Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100274568 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING USER ACTIVITY IN LINKED SERVICES - An approach is provided for monitoring user activity in linked services. A linked services enabler initiates monitoring of progress of a user towards achieving a goal corresponding to a service and for periodic reporting of the progress. The goal includes an activity to be completed in one or more linked services. | 10-28-2010 |
20100274617 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REWARDING USER ACTIVITY IN LINKED SERVICES - An approach is provided for rewarding user activity in linked services. A linked services enabler initiates synchronization of information related to one or more tasks and corresponding status of completion between a first service and a second service, determines whether the user has completed the one or more tasks based on the synchronized information, and initiates providing one or more rewards to the user within the first service based on the determination. The one or more tasks are created in the first service for the user to complete in the second service. | 10-28-2010 |
20100275215 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LINKING SERVICES - An approach is provided for linking services. A linked services enabler seamlessly links multiple services together by initiating a service and then invoking one or more linked services for the user to perform an action in one or more linked services. The linked services enabler then resumes the service after the user performs the action. | 10-28-2010 |
20110202406 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING ITEMS USING A SOCIAL GRAPH - An approach is provided for distributing items via a store. A social graph associated with a user account at a store is retrieved. The social graph depicts relationships between the user account and other user accounts. One or more of the other user accounts are selected. A user account history is retrieved for each of the selected other user accounts. Presentation of one or more items from the retrieved user account histories is caused, at least in part. | 08-18-2011 |
20120253894 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TAG-BASED CONTENT INSTALLATION - An approach is provided for providing tag-based content installation. The content manager causes, at least in part, reading of tag information from one or more memory tags, the one or more memory tags compliant with at least one protocol for automated content installation. Next, the content manager processes and/or facilitates a processing of the tag information to determine at least one link to one or more content items. Then, the content manager causes, at least in part, retrieval, installation, or a combination thereof of the one or more content items according to the at least one protocol. | 10-04-2012 |
20140086586 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A WIRELESS OPTICAL LINK - Example method, apparatus, and system embodiments are disclosed to provide a high data throughput optical communication link. An example embodiment comprises: a high frequency optical receiver configured to receive signals modulated with high frequency data; an optical waveguide having a receiving portion and a transmitting portion juxtaposed with the receiver, configured to transfer signals incident on the receiving portion, to the transmitting portion, and to transmit the signals to the receiver; a guide portion configured to releasably engage another apparatus, for positioning the waveguide with respect to the other apparatus, to receive at the receiving portion of the waveguide, signals from the other apparatus, for delivery to the receiver; and a wireless power circuit configured to exchange wireless power with the other apparatus, to convert between electrical signals modulated with high frequency data and the optical signals modulated with high frequency data received by the waveguide. | 03-27-2014 |
20140117921 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR OPTIMIZED DEVICE-TO-DEVICE CHARGING - Method, apparatus, and computer program product example embodiments provide device-to-device charging. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method comprises receiving, by a first device, a user's selection of a charging criterion for balancing stored charges in the first device's own battery and in a second device's rechargeable battery; determining, by the first device, that recharging of the second device's rechargeable battery is required; computing, by the first device, an amount of charging required for the second device's rechargeable battery, in order to satisfy the user's selected charging criterion; and transmitting, by the first device, power provided by the first device's own battery, to the second device, for charging the second device's rechargeable battery until the present level of stored battery charge in the second device's rechargeable battery reaches the computed amount of charging required. | 05-01-2014 |
20140320668 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE CAPTURE TARGETING - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method and corresponding apparatus and computer program are disclosed for: receiving images from an image sensor of a camera unit ( | 10-30-2014 |