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| 20090029699 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING A PERCEIVABLE PHYSICAL INDICATION OF SERVICE AVAILABILITY - An apparatus, method and computer program product are provided for directing a device to emit a perceivable physical indication (e.g., noise, light, vibration, smell, etc.), in order to indicate to a user that the device provides a particular service of interest to the user. A user may request a list of the instances of a service (e.g., printer service, audio service, display service, etc.) available within a certain area. Upon receipt of the list of instances of a particular service, the user may select respective instances one by one such that the device on which each instance is executed emits a perceivable physical indication. This physical indication enables the user to determine where the device is located and how it is situated, information which the user can use to determine which device, or instance of the service, he or she should select. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20100054242 | Method, apparatus and computer program to generate a unique node identifier - A method includes receiving a request for a node identifier, the request including a first information element. In response, the method further includes generating a unique node identifier that includes a plurality of second information elements and the first information element; and responding to the request with the generated unique node identifier. Also disclosed are apparatus for performing the method, as well as a computer program embodied on a computer-readable media for executing the method. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100142402 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Determining A Master Module in a Dynamic Distributed Device Environment - An apparatus for determining a master module in a dynamic distributed device environment may include a processor. The processor may be configured to calculate a connectivity stability factor for a module. The module may be included on a device configured to be connected to a distributed device network. The distributed device network may be defined as a network where devices leave or enter the network at any time, such as a smart space. The processor of the apparatus may also be configured to weigh the connectivity stability factor of the module against neighboring connectivity stability factors associated with neighboring modules, and assign a role of master module to the module based on a determination that the connectivity stability factor of the module describes a more stable module than the connectivity stability factors of the neighboring modules. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100169345 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING DATA SIGNATURES IN A DYNAMIC DISTRIBUTED DEVICE NETWORK - An apparatus for determining data signatures in a dynamic distributed device network may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a first query and generate a local partial closure of the data identified by the first query. The processor may be further configured to synthesize a data signature of the local partial closure. In this regard, the data signature may be an irreducible polynomial expression and the data signature may be orthogonal to remote data signatures generated from remote partial closures. Further, the processor may be configured to store the data signature in an information store within a dynamic distributed device network. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169346 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR POLYNOMIAL-BASED DATA TRANSFORMATION AND UTILIZATION - An apparatus for polynomial based data transformation may include a processor. The processor may be configured to identify data that is relevant to a set of one or more queries and generate an information source vector that indicates information sources associated with the data. The processor may also be configured to generate a cyclotomic polynomial based on the information source vector and factor the cyclotomic polynomial to generate a plurality of orthogonal data signatures. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100306278 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF SPLITTING AND MERGING INFORMATION SPACES - An approach is provided for managing split and merge operations for information spaces with respect to their information content. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100318488 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DYNAMIC RULES INSERTION BY AGENTS - An approach is provided for dynamic modification of inference rules and deduction engines in an information base. Authorized agents are allowed to insert, delete or modify inference rules and deduction engines dynamically by signing their input using an authorized signature. Additionally, the functionalities of dynamic modification of inference rules and deduction engines can be provided through a direct application programming interface (API). | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110029985 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COORDINATING RESOURCE ACCESS - An approach is provided for coordination resource access. A resource access coordinating application determines the conflict condition among a plurality of queries from a respective plurality of applications for access to an identical resource in an information space. The resource access coordinating application then orders the queries based on one or more characteristics (e.g., read, write, update, delete, read-only, read-update, write-update, write-add, write-add, etc.) of the queries irrespective of the applications. Thereafter, the resource access coordinating application selects one of the queries based on the order. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110055351 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING CONTENT VIA A SERVICE ENDPOINT - An approach is provided for retrieving ordered content via a service endpoint. A radio frequency memory tag is preloaded with content managed by a service platform. A request is generated for content stored on the radio frequency memory tag of an endpoint associated with the service platform. Transmission of the request to the endpoint is initiated. The request for the content is received from a user equipment. Transmission of the content is initiated from the memory tag to the user equipment. The user equipment receives the content from the memory tag in response to the request. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110060797 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE SHARING OF SEMANTIC INFORMATION SETS - An approach is provided for selective sharing of semantic information sets in a smart space interoperable across platforms, devices, and equipment. A personal smart space application creates a personal information space for a user, wherein the personal information space includes a plurality of semantic information sets. Thereafter, the personal smart space application receives a request for selective sharing of the semantic information sets, and merges, in response to the request, a projection of the selected semantic information sets into a shared information space. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110078166 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING AND UTILIZING INFORMATION REPRESENTATION OF QUERIES - An approach is provided for creating and utilizing information representation of queries. A query application receives a query. The query application expresses the query as a resource description framework graph. The query application causes at least in part storage of the query resource description framework graph. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110078231 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DEVICE COMPATIBILITY INFORMATION - An approach is provided for determining device compatibility using alerts and information spaces. A link redirector receives a request from a device for a required type of service. The link redirector alerts the device compatibility service and the export control interface about the potential request or stores the request information in an information space while searching for a suitable service for the device. Therefore, the device compatibility service and the export control interface can start preparing information about device compatibility and export control before the information is requested by the service determined. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110093463 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROJECTING AND INJECTING INFORMATION SPACES - An approach is provided for managing projection and injection operations on information spaces with respect to their information content. An information space projection module receives a query to project a first information space from a second information space. In response to the query, the module extracts a subset of information content from the second information space by using a partitioning function. The module also extracts a subset of rules from the second information space by using the partitioning function. The module then creates the first information space using the extracted subset of information content, and the extracted subset of rules while maintains a link between the first and the second information spaces. An information space injection module enables further injection of the first information space back into the second information space. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110125881 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION AND QUERIES IN INFORMATION SPACES - An approach is provided for managing symmetric and asymmetric communication among information spaces with respect to their distributed nature. An information space is composed of semantic information brokers that handle internal processes of the information space. One or more of the semantic information brokers compute a stability factor corresponding to each of a plurality of semantic information brokers in an information space. The one or more semantic information brokers then select one or more of the plurality of semantic information brokers as a master semantic information broker based on the computed stability factors. The one or more master semantic information brokers manage communication among the plurality of semantic information brokers. | 05-26-2011 |
