Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090219252 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MOVING CONTROLS ON A TOUCHSCREEN - An apparatus, method and computer program product are provided for facilitating blind usage of an electronic device having a touchscreen. The electronic device may sense the location of a user's finger on the touchscreen and generate, at that location, an output associated with an object capable of being selected. Generating the output may include displaying an icon and/or generating a sensation associated with the object. Alternatively, generating an output may include generating a sensation or tactile feedback that guides the user to the location of an icon associated with the object. In addition, or alternatively, each of a plurality of objects may have a different sensation associated therewith. The electronic device may output the sensation of the various objects upon receipt of a tactile input at different locations on the touchscreen, so that the user can move his or her finger around the touchscreen until he can feel the desired object. | 09-03-2009 |
20090315834 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANIPULATING A DEVICE USING DUAL SIDE INPUT DEVICES - An apparatus, method and computer program product are provided for using dual side input devices for controlling an electronic device and applications running thereon. According to one technique, a user take some action with respect to an adjustable feature associated with the electronic device (e.g., zoom and/or skew an image on a display screen) by simulating (or actually) bending or twisting the electronic device. According to another technique, the user may cause a region of an image displayed on the front of the device to be magnified by touching the back of the device at a location that corresponds to the region. According to yet another technique, the user may cause a graphical item displayed on the front of the electronic device to be rotated by essentially simulating the grabbing of the item with two or more fingers on either side of the electronic device and rolling the item. | 12-24-2009 |
20100011291 | USER INTERFACE, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR A PHYSICALLY FLEXIBLE DEVICE - A user interface including a flexible display configured to display graphical objects and a controller configured to detect a first bend and determine a resulting first foldline, determine a graphical object being intersected by the first foldline and execute a function associated with the graphical object. | 01-14-2010 |
20100083150 | USER INTERFACE, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A USE CASE BASED INTERFACE - A user interface includes a controller which is configured to receive a first and a second input identifying a first and a second object associated with each an attribute. The controller is also configured to pair the attributes to determine a resulting application according to the associated attributes and execute the resulting application. | 04-01-2010 |
20100130125 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Analyzing Data Associated with Proximate Devices - An apparatus for analyzing data associated with proximate devices may include a processor. The processor may be configured to detect that a first device is proximate to a second device and receive indications of active data directly from the first device. The processor may also be configured to perform an analysis of the indications of active data and cause a user interface to present results of the analysis. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided. | 05-27-2010 |
20100169955 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A method, and apparatus and computer program for enabling the method, the method comprising: detecting a user input at a first apparatus and, in response to the detection of the user input, selecting content wherein the content is stored at a remote server; establishing a communication link with a second apparatus wherein the second apparatus is different from the first apparatus; transmitting information indicative of the location of the selected stored content over the established communication link to the second apparatus; receiving identification information from the second apparatus over the established communication link wherein the identification information enables at least the user of the second apparatus to be identified; and transmitting information to the remote server to enable a user associated with the received identification information to access the selected stored content. | 07-01-2010 |
20100251086 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING HYPERLINKING IN TEXT EDITING - An approach is provided for associating one or more content identifiers with respective keywords. While a user is using a text editing application, the input is monitored to determine when one of the respective keywords is entered. In response, the one or more associated content identifiers are suggested as hyperlinks for that keyword within the message. If the user accepts one of the suggested content identifiers, then an appropriate hyperlink is created. | 09-30-2010 |
20100325218 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SOCIAL NETWORKING RELATIONSHIPS - An approach is provided for recognizing one or more people from media content and determining if the one or more people are associated with a social networking service. A request is received from a user equipment specifying a media content. Electronically processing of the media content to recognize one or more people is initiated. It is determined whether the one or more people are associated with a member account of a social networking service. A prompting of the user is initiated with an option based on the determination. | 12-23-2010 |
20110004851 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ASSOCIATING APPLICATION STATE INFORMATION WITH CONTENT AND ACTIONS - An approach is provided for associating applications, such as widgets, with content and actions. The approach specifies a hierarchy of content and/or actions to be presented and/or executed by a first widget based on state information of a second widget. This hierarchy is stored in an association framework for retrieval by active widgets. | 01-06-2011 |
20110148739 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Information for Display - An apparatus, comprising a processor and memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following, determining a first angle between a first display and a second display that is simultaneously viewable with the first display, causing display of a first information on the first display, determining a second information based, at least in part, on first information and on the first angle, and causing display of the second information on the second display is disclosed. | 06-23-2011 |
20110148934 | Method and Apparatus for Adjusting Position of an Information Item - An apparatus, comprising a processor, memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following, identify a first information item positioned coincidingly with a determined position of a display boundary, determine at least one split region candidate, select a split region from the at least one split region candidate, and adjust position of the first information item so that the selected split region coincides with the determined position of the display boundary is disclosed. | 06-23-2011 |
20110154267 | Method and Apparatus for Determining an Operation Associsated with a Continuous Stroke Input - An apparatus, comprising a processor and memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: receiving indication of a first input associated with a first touch display, receiving indication of a second input relating to an exiting touch display boundary input associated with the first touch display, receiving indication of a third input relating to an entering touch display boundary input associated with a second touch display, receiving indication of a fourth input associated with the second display, determining that a continuous stroke input comprises the first input, second input, third input, and fourth input, and determining an operation based, at least in part, on the continuous stroke input is disclosed. | 06-23-2011 |
20110239142 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTENT OVER MULTIPLE DISPLAYS - An approach is presented for providing content over multiple displays. A display manager causes, at least in part, presentation of a first content on a first display. The display manager then receives an input for activating one or more second displays. The display manager selects a second content based, at least in part, on the first content and the input, and causes, at least in part, presentation of the second content on the one o more second displays. | 09-29-2011 |
20120005591 | Method and Apparatus for Presenting User Information Based on User Location Information - An approach is provided for determining location information and presenting user information on at least one display. A location detection and presentation module determines location information of one or more users. The location detection and presentation module causes, at least in part, presentation of user information on at least one display at a position based, at least in part, on the determined location of the one or more users. | 01-05-2012 |
20120030627 | EXECUTION AND DISPLAY OF APPLICATIONS - Apparatus comprises at least one processor, at least one memory including computer program code, where the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to store an identifier associated with a first application-type data item that is caused to be displayed during execution and display of a first application, and subsequent to removing the first application from the display, when executing a second application, automatically to cause a second application-type data item associated with the stored identifier to be displayed or automatically to cause to be displayed a selectable option, the selectable option being for causing a second application-type data item associated with the stored identifier to be displayed. | 02-02-2012 |
20120045093 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING OBJECTS IN MEDIA CONTENT - An approach is provided for recognizing objects in media content. The capture manager determines to detect, at a device, one or more objects in a content stream. Next, the capture manager determines to capture one or more representations of the one or more objects in the content stream. Then, the capture manager associates the one or more representations with one or more instances of the content stream. | 02-23-2012 |
20120047380 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION IN A LOW POWER MODE - Provided herein is a method, apparatus, and computer program product for presenting information on a display to a user when the display is operating in a low, or reduced power mode. In particular, the method includes providing for operation in a user interface state that is configured to present a first amount of information with at least a portion of the first amount of information being presented on a display while operating in a first power mode, selecting information from the first amount of information to create a second amount of information that is a subset of the first amount of information, where the second amount of information is selected from the first amount of information based upon relevancy parameters, and providing for display of a second amount of information from the user interface state while operating in a second power mode. | 02-23-2012 |
20120047469 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTING A CONTENT PACKAGE COMPRISING A FIRST CONTENT SEGMENT FROM A FIRST CONTENT SOURCE TO DISPLAY A SECOND CONTENT SEGMENT FROM A SECOND CONTENT SOURCE - An apparatus may include a user interface configured to display a content package including a first content segment from a first content source. A gesture interpreter may be configured to receive a gesture input in a positional relationship to the first content segment. The apparatus may further include a content relationship manager which may be configured to determine relationships between content segments such that a content segment selector may select a second content segment relating to the first content segment from a second content source. Further, the apparatus may include a content package adaptor configured to adapt the content package to provide for display of the second content segment. In some instances the content package adaptor may adapt the content package by providing for display of a second content package, for example from a different application than an application which the first content segment is from. | 02-23-2012 |
20120058801 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ENHANCING ACTIVATION OF AN AUGMENTED REALITY MODE - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for enhancing activation of an augmented reality mode. A method may include detecting a predefined trigger for activating an augmented reality mode. The method may further include determining, responsive to the predefined trigger, at least a portion of content visibly displayed. The method may additionally include activating the augmented reality mode, wherein content displayed in the augmented reality mode is at least partially defined by the determined content. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided. | 03-08-2012 |
20120151413 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A MECHANISM FOR PRESENTATION OF RELEVANT CONTENT - A method for providing a mechanism by which relevant content can be determined and/or presented may include receiving an indication of a touch event at a touch screen display, determining context information associated with a device employing the touch screen display, determining relevancy information for a plurality of content items based on the context information, and causing provision of a set of relevant content items according to a selected presentation paradigm based on the relevancy information. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 06-14-2012 |
20120159402 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DIFFERENT USER INTERFACE EFFECTS FOR DIFFERENT IMPLEMENTATION CHARACTERISTICS OF A TOUCH EVENT - A method for providing a mechanism by which different user interface effects may be performed for different classifications of gestures may include receiving an indication of a touch event at a touch screen display, determining a gesture classification and an implementation characteristic classification for the touch event, and enabling provision of substantively different user interface effects for respective different implementation characteristic classifications of the gesture classification. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 06-21-2012 |
20120221241 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ROUTE INFORMATION IN IMAGE MEDIA - An approach is provided for recognizing objects in media content. The capture manager determines to detect, at a device, one or more objects in a content stream. Next, the capture manager determines to capture one or more representations of the one or more objects in the content stream. Then, the capture manager associates the one or more representations with one or more instances of the content stream. | 08-30-2012 |
20120278744 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INCREASING THE FUNCTIONALITY OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE IN A LOCKED STATE - An approach is provided for increasing the functionality of an electronic device when the device is in a locked state. The approach involves determining one or more applications for presentation at a device. The approach also involves determining that the device is in a locked state. The approach further involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of the one or more applications to cause, at least in part, presentation of the one or more applications in a user interface of the device associated with the locked state. | 11-01-2012 |
20120320076 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAUSING A PORTION OF AT LEAST ONE CONTENT ITEM TO BE HIGHLIGHTED RELATIVE TO ANOTHER PORTION OF THE AT LEAST ONE CONTENT ITEM DURING MOVEMENT OF THE CONTENT ITEM - A method is provided for causing a display of at least one content item and for enabling movement of the at least one content item. The method also causes a portion of the at least one content item to be highlighted relative to another portion of the at least one content item while the at least one content item is being moved. The portion of the at least one content item may be highlighted in various manners including by changing the brightness of the portion, applying a graphical effect to the portion and/or causing movement of the portion, such as by zooming the portion of the at least one content item. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 12-20-2012 |
20120324380 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AT LEAST TWO GROUPS OF CONTENT DURING MOVEMENT OF THE CONTENT - A method is provided for causing a display of content with the content that is displayed being divided into at least two groups having a predefined spatial relationship therebetween. The method also enabling movement of the content and causes the spatial relationship of the at least two groups of content to change from the predefined spatial relationship while the content is moved. The method also causes the at least two groups of content to return to the predefined spatial relationship following the movement of the content. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 12-20-2012 |
20120327126 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAUSING PREDEFINED AMOUNTS OF ZOOMING IN RESPONSE TO A GESTURE - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to permit a user to utilize a gesture, such as a pinching gesture, to select from among one or more predefined amounts of zooming. In the context of a method, the method may include receiving input representative of a gesture associated with zooming of a view and then causing one or more indicators of respective predefined amounts of zooming to be displayed in response to receiving the input. In response to selection of a respective indicator, the method may also cause the view to be zoomed in accordance with the predefined amount of zooming associated with the respective indicator. | 12-27-2012 |
20130083074 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS UTILIZING HOVERING, IN PART, TO DETERMINE USER INTERFACE ORIENTATION - An apparatus for providing a user-friendly and reliable manner for orienting a user interface may include a processor and memory storing executable computer program code that cause the apparatus to at least perform operations including detecting at least one pointer in association with one or more portions of a display. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to determine a location(s) of the pointer in relation to a user interface and analyze data of an image of the pointer at the location corresponding to the user interface to determine an orientation of a user in relation to the user interface. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to orient the user interface to display the user interface in an orientation that matches or corresponds to the determined orientation of the user in relation to the user interface. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided. | 04-04-2013 |
20130110974 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLED SELECTION AND COPYING OF FILES TO A TARGET DEVICE | 05-02-2013 |
20130222432 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT - A method, apparatus and computer program comprises: displaying, first content on a display; detecting a user input wherein the user input comprises deforming at least a portion of a housing of an apparatus; and in response to detecting the user input, performing a geometric transformation on the content such that after the geometric transformation second content, different to the first content is displayed on the display; wherein the location of the deforming within the housing of the apparatus determines a location within the content for performing the geometric transformation. | 08-29-2013 |
20140007019 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELATED USER INPUTS | 01-02-2014 |
20140369605 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING OBJECTS IN MEDIA CONTENT - An approach is provided for recognizing objects in media content. The capture manager determines to detect, at a device, one or more objects in a content stream. Next, the capture manager determines to capture one or more representations of the one or more objects in the content stream. Then, the capture manager associates the one or more representations with one or more instances of the content stream. | 12-18-2014 |
20150089450 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IMPLEMENTING A VARIABLE CONTENT MOVABLE CONTROL - Various methods for implementing a variable content movable control are provided. One example method includes receiving an indication that a movable control is located at a second position along a defined path on a touch screen display. A first position, the second position, and at least a third position may defined along the defined path such that the movable control being located at the first position causes first content to be presented and the movable control being located at the third position causes a transition from a locked mode to an unlocked mode. The example method may further include causing second content to be presented on the touch screen display in response to at least receiving the indication that the movable control is located at the second position. Similar and related example methods, example apparatuses, and example computer program products are also provided. | 03-26-2015 |