Abstract: Techniques to provide context-indexed network resource sections include, in response to receiving first data that describes a network resource, determining a section of a plurality of sections included in the network resource. A section context token that indicates a probability in the section of a topic from a context vocabulary is determined. The context vocabulary includes concepts describing temporal, spatial, environmental or activity circumstances of consumers. Second data that indicates the section in association with the section context token is stored.

Abstract: An approach is provided for providing a multimodal user interface track. A multimodal generation platform determining one or more user interface elements for interacting with at least one media segment. The multimodal generation platform further causes, at least in part, an inclusion of the one or more user interface elements as at least one track of the at least one media segment. Accordingly, when the at least one track is processed during a presentation of the at least one media segment by at least one device, the at least one track causes, at least in part, an enablement of the one or more user interface elements.

Abstract: An approach is presented for providing recommendation channels. A recommendation platform receives an input for creating at least one recommendation channel, the input specifying at least one category. Next, the recommendation platform determines one or more tokens based, at least in part, on the at least one category, wherein at least one of the one or more tokens represents context information. Then, the recommendation platform determines to create the at least one recommendation channel based, at least in part, on the one or more tokens.

Abstract: An approach is provided for providing location information of user devices based on signal frequencies of transmitters. The positioning platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of one or more signals, from one or more transmitters, captured at one or more user devices to determine one or more frequencies of the one or more signals. Next, the positioning platform determines device location information of the one or more user devices based, at least in part, on the one or more frequencies.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing a framework for supporting a context resource description language may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least receiving an indication of content loaded at a browser, parsing the content for context resource description language providing an identification of properties requested in association with a service from which the content was loaded, and providing property management with respect to the identified properties for provision to the service. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided.

Abstract: An approach is provided for providing aggregated position-related information at a user interface based on invocation conditions. An invocation platform determines one or more applications, one or more services, or a combination thereof that provide position-related information. The invocation platform further determines one or more invocation conditions associated with the position-related information, the one or more applications, the one or more services, or a combination thereof. The invocation platform also causes, at least in part, a presentation of at least one user interface that aggregates the position-related information from the one or more applications, the one or more services, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the one or more invocation conditions.

Abstract: An approach is provided for determining heuristic information for creating at least one media compilation, wherein the heuristic information is associated with at least one directing user. A processer may determine a selection of the heuristic information by at least one end user and process and/or facilitate a processing of the heuristic information to cause, at least in part, a creating of the at least one media compilation based, at least in part, on one or more media items associated with the at least one end user.

Abstract: An approach is provided for user directed video editing. A media platform determines one or more viewpoints of a live event selected by a user. The media platform then determines respective media segments that depict the respective one or more viewpoints. The media segments include metadata of orientation information, geo-location information, timing information, or a combination thereof associated with the creation of respective media segments. The media platform then determines to generate a compilation of at least a portion of the media segments based, at least in part, on the metadata.

Abstract: An approach is provided for user directed video editing. A media platform determines one or more viewpoints of a live event selected by a user. The media platform then determines respective media segments that depict the respective one or more viewpoints. The media segments include metadata of orientation information, geo-location information, timing information, or a combination thereof associated with the creation of respective media segments. The media platform then determines to generate a compilation of at least a portion of the media segments based, at least in part, on the metadata.

Abstract: Techniques to provide a secure, shared personal map layer include determining a geographic location. The geographic location is associated with operation of a device. The techniques also include determining indication that describes a relationship between the geographic location and a first user of the device. The techniques also include determining a privacy level for the indication. Then, the first user of the device is associated with the indication and the geographic location and the privacy level. In some embodiments, the techniques also include determining a personal description vocabulary word based, at least in part, on the geographic location and a context for the device. Then it is determined to present on the device a prompt that includes the personal description vocabulary word.

Abstract: An approach is provided for providing a co-creation platform. A co-creation application extracts tags from a plurality of information sources reflecting the expertise of a user. The co-creation application creates a model of the user's expertise by applying a probabilistic analysis on the extracted tags. The co-creation application collects assignment information including at least one or more specified areas of expertise, and matches the model of the user's expertise against the specified areas of expertise.

Abstract: An approach is provided for providing recommendations based on a recommendation model and a context-based rule. A recommendation platform receives a request for generating at least one recommendation, the request including at least one user identifier, at least one application identifier, or a combination thereof. Next, the recommendation platform determines at least one recommendation model associated with the at least one user identifier, the at least one application identifier, or a combination thereof. Then, the recommendation platform determines at least one context-based recommendation rule. Then, the recommendation platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of the at least one recommendation model, the at least one context-based recommendation rule, or a combination thereof for generating the at least one recommendation.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory, computer program code, and processor configured to cause the apparatus to receive a content package comprising one or more selectable segments and at least one dynamic content segment. The apparatus may be configured to parse the content package for topics and provide for one or more user preference models. The apparatus may be configured to match the parsed topics with predefined topics from a user preference model. The apparatus may be configured to monitor user interactions with the selectable segments and provide an external script with a list of prioritized and/or matched topics. The apparatus may provide at least one dynamic content segment as directed by a script, wherein the dynamic content segment may change based upon a user interaction. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.

Abstract: An approach is provided for generating multi-channel video. A media platform segments a plurality of media items into one or more media segments based on a plurality of viewpoints of at least one event. The media platform then generates a plurality of media channels for respective one or more plurality of viewpoints. The plurality of media channels compiles the one or more media segments that depict the respective one or more of the plurality of viewpoints. The media platform then compiles the plurality of media channels into a multi-channel media item.

Abstract: An approach for sharing and/or viewing one or more remixes of content based on the preferences of a user is described. A segmentation platform causes, at least in part, a segmentation of content into one or more segments, wherein the one or more segments are associated with one or more content labels. The segmentation platform also causes, at least in part, a rendering and/or sharing of one or more remixes of the content based, at least in part, on at least one subset of the one or more segments based, at least in part, on profile information, context information, or a combination thereof associated with one or more viewers of the content, one or more owners of the content, one or more sharers of the content.

Abstract: An approach is provided for enriching media with meta-information blocks. Specifically, one or more segments of one or more media files are processed to determine meta-information (e.g., topics, annotations, meta-data, etc.) related to the one or more segments. Based on the determined meta-information, other media or related meta-information is determined, analyzed, and appended to the original media as one or more meta-blocks. One or more relationships among the original and other media is then determined. Based on the determination of the one or more relationships, topic blocks (i.e., multi-topic links) are generated and associated with the original and other media. The addition of the meta-blocks and topic blocks to the original media enables either a renderer or a service to generate one or more composite media (e.g., a video mashup) based on the navigation and analysis of media determined as a result of traversing the one or more topic blocks.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for generating, storing, and/or distributing semantic media signatures for media content. A method may comprise receiving media content to be analyzed for generating a semantic signature. The method may further comprise processing the media content to determine one or more media segments of the media content. Additionally, the method may comprise identifying one or more topics represented by the media content. The method may further comprise associating one or more media segments with each of the one or more topics. The one or more media segments associated with a topic may contain a representation of the topic. The method may additionally comprise generating a semantic signature for the media content. The semantic signature may comprise an indication of the one or more identified topics and the one or more media segments associated with each topic. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided.

Abstract: An approach is provided for querying media based on media characteristics. A media platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of one or more images, one or more videos, or a combination thereof to determine one or more latent vectors associated with the one or more images, the one or more videos, or the combination thereof. The media platform further causes, at least in part, a comparison of the one or more latent vectors to one or more models. The media platform also causes, at least in part, an indexing of the one or more images, the one or more videos, or the combination thereof based, at least in part, on the one or more latent vectors, the one or more models, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing an event scheme for a context model may include a processor and a memory storing executable instructions that in response to execution by the processor cause the apparatus to at least perform operations including defining an event scheme comprising at least two phases and providing the event scheme for use in a topologically independent context model. One of the at least two phases defined may enable provision of a notification from a consumer application to a data provider and the other of the at least two phases may enable provision of a notification from the data provider to the consumer application. The context model may be configured to provide access by consumer applications to property information of data providers via the context model.

Abstract: An approach is provided for providing abstracted user models in accordance with one or more access policies. A model platform determines an ontology for specifying a hierarchy of one or more abstraction levels for items data used in latent factorization models. The model platform further causes, at least in part, a generation of one or more user models for the one or more abstraction levels. The model platform also causes, at least in part, a selection of at least one of the one or more user models for generating one or more recommendations for one or more applications, one or more services, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on one or more privacy policies, one or more security policies, or a combination thereof.