Abstract: A method for providing a user interface in connection with a recommendation service may include causing communication of a request for content where the request includes context information and preference information associated with a user of a device causing communication of the request, receiving a response to the request in response to the request being serviceable where the response includes a series of recommendations serialized in protocol-specific data structure, and causing rendering of content associated with the recommendations as graphical tiles according to the protocol-specific data structure such that a plurality of recommendations associated with a same primary context are associated with each other in a common channel. An apparatus and computer program product corresponding to the method are also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a content module configured to provide for recommendation of one or more content segments based at least in part on a recipient region. A registrar may be configured to provide for access to a plurality of content provision models configured to recommend the content segments, wherein the content provision models correspond to a plurality of spatial regions. Further, a locator module may be configured to determine a recipient region of the spatial regions at which one or more of the content segments are to be provided. Thereby a user may be provided content based on a content provision model of a service provider associated with the location of the user. A manager entity may coordinate registration of service providers and user terminals and/or facilitate transfer between the content provision models of the service providers when the user transfers between spatial regions.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a registrar configured to register settings for requesting content segments. The settings may be configured to apply to requests for content segments from all of the content providers of a content channel or one or more individual content providers. A contextual characteristic determiner may be configured to determine contextual characteristics of the user and/or the apparatus. A settings manager may be configured to adapt the settings based on the contextual characteristics determined by the contextual characteristic determiner. Thereby, update settings, operational settings, and/or other settings may be adapted. Further, a content requestor may be configured to build a content request package based on the settings. Accordingly, content providers and/or a content recommender may recommend content based on the content request package.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses and computer program products for establishing a single session for processing a multimodal application with multiple devices and for distributing the multimodal application amongst the multiple devices participating in the single session based on the respective capabilities of each device are provided. A system, method and computer program product for allowing new devices operated by the same user to join in the previously established session for processing the multimodal application where the capabilities of the new device exceed that of all devices currently participating in the session are also provided.

Abstract: A method including creating a node that is associated with an event recorded by a user, storing metadata associated with the node and linking the node with other nodes that are associated with the event, wherein the other nodes comprise at least one of local nodes and remote nodes. The method also includes sending metadata for the node to a corresponding remote node, searching at least one local device or remote device for nodes related to the event by using the metadata of nodes associated with the event and providing information to the user based on results obtained from searching of metadata associated with the local and remote nodes related to the event.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses and computer program products for establishing a single session for processing a multimodal application with multiple devices and for distributing the multimodal application amongst the multiple devices participating in the single session based on the respective capabilities of each device are provided. A system, method and computer program product for allowing new devices operated by the same user to join in the previously established session for processing the multimodal application where the capabilities of the new device exceed that of all devices currently participating in the session are also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a recommendation module configured to recommend a group of content segments recommended for a user by one or more content channels. A profile determiner may determine a user profile, which may be used to recommend the content channels. The user profile may include contextual characteristics, which may be determined by a contextual characteristic determiner. Further, the apparatus may include a content provider registrar configured to register a content provider channel. Thereby, the apparatus may provide for recommendation of one or more of the content segments by the content provider channel. Further, the content provider channel may be provided access to the user profile. Accordingly, the content provider channel may function in the same manner as the other content channels in some instances. Conversely, the content provider registrar may provide for download of an installation package and confirmation of compatibility in another instance.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a monitoring module configured to monitor user interactions by a user with applications. A contextual characteristics determiner may determine one or more contextual characteristics relating to the user interactions. Thereby, a data model builder may build a user behavior model for the user based at least in part on the user interactions and the contextual characteristics. The apparatus may provide for private storage of the user behavior module. A recommendation module may issue a recommendation, which may be mapped to one of the applications, based at least in part on the user behavior model. The recommendation may be issued in response to a query directed to a query module. The query may include current contextual characteristics of the user and/or the apparatus. The application recommendation may include one or more applications selected from one or more content providers, as controlled by a registrar module.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a profile determiner configured to determine a user profile. A contextual characteristic determiner may be configured to determine contextual characteristics relating to the apparatus and/or the user of the apparatus such that the profile determiner may infer user preferences and thereby create a dynamic portion of the user profile. An index builder may be configured to build an index of profile categories included within the user profile. A subscription registrar may cause the user profile to be registered for sharing with a service provider. Thereby a profile manager may provide for direct controlled access to the user profile which may be limited by user selection of permission levels and/or profile categories which are shared. Thereby access to the user profile may occur directly with the apparatus without storing the user profile on a separate server.

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 apparatus for providing adaptive context model framework may include a processor and a memory storing executable instructions that in response to execution by the processor cause the apparatus to perform various operations. The operations performed may include receiving data from a data provider for provision to an application, querying a generic data model for a representation associated with context data corresponding to the received data, translating the received data into an application specific model based on a response to the querying, and providing data to the application represented based on the application specific model. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided.

Abstract: A method for providing context triggered distribution of context models may include receiving current context information related to a first device, accessing a context profile and a security profile associated with the first device, and developing a composite context tree based on at least a portion of the current context information related to the first device and context information related to at least one other device based at least in part on the context profile defining, for a current context of the first device, aspects of the current context information to be utilized for the developing of the composite context tree. An apparatus and computer program product corresponding to the method are also provided.

Abstract: An architecture for context provisioning that is specifically suited for web applications utilizing the delivery context interface (DCI) specification promulgated by the W3C. A client side application programming interface (API) uses a DCI tree to generate a dynamic device profile that provides snapshots of delivery context information (DCI) dynamically during a browser application session. The client side API provides support for the application author to subscribe to various device properties represented in the DCI tree, and generate the dynamic device profile based on property changes.

Abstract: A method including creating a node that is associated with an event recorded by a user, storing metadata associated with the node and linking the node with other nodes that are associated with the event, wherein the other nodes comprise at least one of local nodes and remote nodes. The method also includes sending metadata for the node to a corresponding remote node, searching at least one local device or remote device for nodes related to the event by using the metadata of nodes associated with the event and providing information to the user based on results obtained from searching of metadata associated with the local and remote nodes related to the event.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing an adaptive framework for a metadata-context switch may include a processing element. The processing element may be configured to receive, from an application, a query for data, to determine whether to provide a response to the query in a context view or in a metadata view based on an indication received from the application, and to generate the metadata view based at least in part on a context model and rules specified by the application in response to determining to provide the response in the metadata view.

Abstract: A system and method for enabling the use of tangible user interfaces with applications on mobile devices. Semantic tagging can be used in connection with everyday objects, with the semantic tags providing semantic information about the object at issue. The semantic tags are configured to belong to an ontology that is understood by mobile middleware. The mobile middleware can scan for the presence of tangible interfaces. The tangible interfaces are then populated to a context representation model so that they can be shared by one or more applications.

Abstract: A system and method for using a context-based dynamic speech recognition grammar generation system that is suitable for multimodal input when applied to context-based search scenarios. Dynamic context-based grammar is generated for a media stream during a post-processing period. The media stream is fed to an external automatic speech recognizer (ASR) for a specified number of frames. The ASR performs recognition of words that do not occur in common vocabulary that may be specific to those media frames. These words that are specific to the frames are sent back to the post processor, where they are fed to a dynamic grammar generator that generates speech grammars in some format, using the words that are fed to it. This grammar and other contextual information, form a new set of context data for those frames of media. The media, the grammar and other context data. is stored in a database. This is repeated for the entire stream of media, and a full speech recognition grammar can be constructed.

Abstract: A request for modification of a structured representation of properties is received, wherein the modification comprises one of adding a specific property to the structured representation of properties, removing a specific property from the structured representation of properties, and changing a specific property in the structured representation of properties. Based on an ontology for the structured representation of properties, it is determined where the specific property has to be added to, removed from or changed in the structured representation of properties to satisfy the request.

Abstract: An architecture for context provisioning that is specifically suited for web applications utilizing the delivery context interface (DCI) specification promulgated by the W3C. A client side application programming interface (API) uses a DCI tree to generate a dynamic device profile that provides snapshots of delivery context information (DCI) dynamically during a browser application session. The client side API provides support for the application author to subscribe to various device properties represented in the DCI tree, and generate the dynamic device profile based on property changes.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses and computer program products for establishing a single session for processing a multimodal application with multiple devices and for distributing the multimodal application amongst the multiple devices participating in the single session based on the respective capabilities of each device are provided. A system, method and computer program product for allowing new devices operated by the same user to join in the previously established session for processing the multimodal application where the capabilities of the new device exceed that of all devices currently participating in the session are also provided.