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| 20080250315 | GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION FOR ACCESSING AND REPRESENTING MEDIA FILES - A method, an electronic device, and a computer program product are provided for creating a graphical presentation for accessing and representing one or more media files. According to one embodiment, the method includes analyzing one or more media files associated with a user and generating at least one graphical representation representative of the one or more media files. The method further includes enabling a selection of at least a portion of the at least one graphical representation in order to access the one or more media files. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20090005141 | Personalized Multiplayer Media Game or Quiz - A method, apparatus, computer program product and system are provided for providing a multiplayer media trivia quiz or game that generates and provides personalized questions on the fly. In particular, each time a new quiz or game commences, the media files (e.g., music, video, etc.) stored on each of the players' electronic devices may be analyzed in order to find out in which music, videos, and the like, each of the players is interested and/or has knowledge. This information may then be used to generate trivia questions that are more specific to the people playing the game at that moment. The information may be gathered and new questions may be generated each time a player commences a new game, thus taking into consideration changes in the players' tastes and media collections, as well as preventing the players from learning and possibly memorizing the questions provided. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090118020 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING GAME CONTENT INCLUDING DOWNLOAD THEREOF - The present invention generally relates to methods and devices as well as handheld stations and computer program products for sending video game content to handheld mobile terminals, comprising broadcasting common video game content to handheld mobile communication terminals via a digital video broadcast handheld channel, to enable said handheld mobile terminals to execute video game applications. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090307594 | Adaptive User Interface - A method comprising: obtaining music information that defines at least one characteristic of audible music; and controlling changes to an appearance of a graphical user interface using the music information. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090327193 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR FILTERING MEDIA FILES - An apparatus, method and computer program product are provided for filtering media files for inclusion in a user's profile. A user may define rules to prevent certain media files from being included in his/her profile and, if desired, to redirect the media files to another individual's profile. The recommendation service, itself, may further generate rules to be used to filter the media files. When a media file that meets one of the rules defined by the user, or automatically by the service, is consumed in association with the user's account, a reference associated with the media file may, depending upon the requirements of the rule, be placed into a temporary folder, from which the user may delete the reference or redirect it to his or her own, or another's, profile. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20110077861 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THEMATICALLY MODIFYING LOCATION AND RELATED INFORMATION - An approach is provided for thematically modifying location and related information. A location modification platform determines location information of a device associated with a first user. The location modification platform then modifies the location information to indicate a location other than an actual location of the device according to a predetermined theme and causes, at least in part, actions that result in presentation of the modified location information to a second user. | 03-31-2011 |
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| 20090005022 | Methods, Apparatuses and Computer Program Products for Providing a Party Defined Theme - An apparatus for providing a party defined theme may include a processing element. The processing element may be configured to receive an indication of a communication between parties comprising an initiator and a receiver of the communication, identify theme information associated with and defined by one of the parties, and render the identified theme information at the other of the parties in response to receipt of the indication. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090067605 | Video Sequence for a Musical Alert - A method of creating a video sequence for display in synchronization with a musical alert including selecting one or more images; modifying the one or more selected images in dependence upon musical metadata for the musical alert to create a video sequence, wherein the extent and/or type of modification is dependent upon the musical metadata; and playing the video sequence with the musical alert. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090171559 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Providing Instructions to a Destination that is Revealed Upon Arrival - An apparatus for providing instructions to a destination that is revealed upon arrival may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive indications of context associated with a user, determine a destination for the user based on the context and user information, provide for a presentation of guidance instructions to guide the user to the destination, and reveal the destination to the user only when the user is proximate to the destination. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20100251094 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COMMENTS DURING CONTENT RENDERING - An approach is provided for selecting comments to present when rendering content such as music, images, video, games and other digital media. The approach includes determining a preference of a user for types of expressions presented as comments. Content received for rendering on a device of the user is determined. A comment about the content, based on the preference of the user, is automatically presented on the device in response to the content being received for rendering. In some embodiments an entity is determined to which the comment is attributed, and an identifier for the entity, such as an avatar, is also presented on the device when the content is being rendered to represent that the identified entity is providing the comment. In various embodiments, the entity is a default commentator, a celebrity or a contact of the user. | 09-30-2010 |
