Abstract: An apparatus may include a landmark selector configured to receive selection of a landmark. A sensory device may determine at least one position indicator relating to alignment with the landmark from a sensing location, such as orientation, attitude, and/or altitude. The apparatus may further include a position determiner configured to determine a relative position of the sensing location with respect to the landmark based at least in part on the position indicator. Accordingly, the apparatus may determine the relative position of the sensing location with respect to the landmark. In some embodiments the apparatus may be further configured to determine the absolute position of the sensing location. Thereby position information may be used, for example, to create collaborative content captured at an event occurring near the landmark.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for selecting content for a media remix, comprising: obtaining information about a base media content to be used as a basis for the media remix in a media remix service; retrieving one or more supplementary media content from one or more network domains or multimedia content databases on the basis of said information, said supplementary media content being at least partly similar and/or relevant to the base media content; and generating a media remix on the basis of said base media content and said one or more supplementary media content.

Abstract: Apparatus for audio processing comprises: a beat tracking module for identifying beat time instants in an audio signal and a downbeat identifier for identifying downbeats occurring at beat time instants, each downbeat corresponding to the start of a musical bar or measure. A pattern identifier identifies two or more adjacent bars or measures containing musical characteristics which repeat within the audio signal, the pattern identifier being configured to: generate for each downbeat a plurality of scores using respective analysis methods for indicating different characteristics within the audio signal at the downbeat; combine the scores for each downbeat; and identify based on the combined scores non-adjacent downbeats that correspond to the start of a musical pattern.

Abstract: An approach is provided for generating a compilation of media items. A plurality of media items is received. Respective context vectors for the media items are determined. The context vectors include, at least in part, orientation information, tilt information, altitude information, geo-location information, timing information, or a combination thereof associated with the creation of the respective media items. A compilation of at least a portion of the media items is generated based, at least in part, on the context vectors.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, computer program product and system are provided for managing crowd sourced content creation. In this regard, a method is provided that includes receiving information regarding at least one content recording device and information regarding a recording subject. The method further includes determining whether the at least one content recording device is eligible to receive at least one permission indicator, based at least in part on the information regarding the at least one content recording device and the information regarding the recording subject. The method also includes causing the at least one permission indicator to be provided to the at least one content recording device in an instance in which it is determined that the at least one content recording device is eligible to receive the at least one permission indicator.

Abstract: A method for providing media mixing with reduced uploading may include receiving device situation description data and content analysis data from each of a plurality of devices. The device situation description data and content analysis data received from each of the plurality of devices may be descriptive of media data associated with a common event and recorded separately at respective ones of the plurality of devices. The method may further include determining media segments defining one or more portions of the media data to be requested from selected ones of the plurality of devices based on the device situation description data and content analysis data, causing communication of a request for corresponding ones of the media segments to respective devices among the selected ones of the plurality of devices, and causing generation of mixed content based on receipt of the media segments. A corresponding apparatus and user terminal-side method and apparatus are also provided.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for extracting spatio-temporal features with the aid of sensor information. An exemplary method comprises receiving video data and auxiliary sensor data and associating the two with timestamp information. The method may also include segmenting an input data stream into stable segments and extracting temporal features from the associated video data. The method may further include extracting temporal features either form the whole video or only from the video data where little or no stable segments are detected and performing camera view motion compensation by using information provided by the auxiliary sensors for modifying the feature-descriptors.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for extracting semantic information from user-generated media content to create a video remix which is semantically enriched. An exemplary method comprises extracting media content data and sensor data from a plurality of media content, wherein the sensor data comprises a plurality of data modalities. The method may also include classifying the extracted media content data and the sensor data. The method may further include detecting predefined objects or events utilizing the sensor data to create remix video.

Abstract: A method of performing automatic interactive area of visibility video zooming for low light environments is provided. The method includes defining a first set of candidate frame perimeters comprising a subset of one or more frames of recorded video based upon a cropping threshold for cropping the one or more frames; determining a first brightness value within the first set of candidate frame perimeters for the one or more frames; in response to the first brightness value being above a minimum brightness threshold, not displaying all content outside of the first set of candidate frame perimeters; in response to the first brightness value being at or below the minimum brightness threshold, defining a second set of candidate frame perimeters which comprise a subset of the first set of candidate frame perimeters, and determining a second brightness value within the second set of candidate frame perimeters.

Abstract: An approach is provided for associating relevant metadata and heuristics with one or more media segments of an even. An event analysis platform processes context information associated with one or more media capture devices to determine at least one event type. The event analysis platform further determines one or more event objects, one or more event heuristics, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the at least one event type. The event analysis platform associates the one or more event objects, the one or more event heuristics, or a combination thereof with one or more media segments captured by the one or more media capture devices.

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 provided for determining roles for multi-device recording. A media platform determines one or more devices for generating one or more media items of at least one subject and then determines the respective locations of the one or more devices relative to one or more focal areas of the at least one subject. Based, at least in part, on the respective locations, the media platform determines respective roles for the one or more devices for generating the one or more items.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for scheduling file uploads are provided. A request may be received to upload a file and, utilizing any of personal preferences, position data, network access point data and power consumption data, a time to begin the file upload and/or a network access point(s) by which to upload the file may be scheduled. The scheduling may comprise calculating a suitability score for a network access point(s).

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product select content segments based at least in part on a contextual similarity level between the content segments and at least one of brightness levels, blur levels, and shake levels of the content segments. As such, a resultant video may be produced that comprises selected content segments. Accordingly, brightness levels of the content may be improved and shake and blur levels reduced while maintaining a desired field of view.

Abstract: An apparatus for performing image registration based on sensor data may include a processor and memory storing executable computer program code that cause the apparatus to at least perform operations including capturing successive images corresponding to a scene. The successive images are captured during successive exposure time intervals. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to detect sensor data during the exposure time intervals. The sensor data may be utilized to determine horizontal and vertical orientation differences between at least two consecutive images of successive images. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to perform registration to align pixels of the two images by shifting pixels of a first image of the two images to align with pixels of a second image of the two images based on the horizontal orientation difference and the vertical orientation difference. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus for classifying focus points detected in media content associated with an event(s) and generating a media content recording with media segments associated with a portion of the focus points may include a processor and memory storing executable computer program code that cause the apparatus to at least perform operations including receiving items of recorded media content and sensor data, from one or more devices, corresponding to at least one event. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to determine one or more focus points of interest in the media content indicating areas or locations of interest that are associated with the event. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to classify the focus points of interest based in part on analyzing respective items of the sensor data. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to assign roles to respective image capturing devices regarding at least one object that is a target during the subsequent recording. In the context of a method, at least one object is detected within a recorded image. The method may also cause information regarding the recorded image and information regarding the at least one object that was detected to be transmitted. The method may also include receiving an assignment of a role regarding at least one object being a target during subsequent recording. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product 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 enabling retrieval of media content and identifying an interestingness of the media content may include a processor and memory storing executable computer program code that cause the apparatus to at least perform operations including capturing items of media content including objects and assigning context data indicating a determined location of one of the captured objects and a time that the object was captured to the media content. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to assign a detected item of orientation information indicating an orientation of a media capturing device, capturing the objects, to the context data associated with the media content. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to enable retrieval of the media content from a memory based on analyzing the location of the captured object, the time and the orientation information. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method, a computer program, a computer program product, a system, a sender, a receiver and a session description protocol for transmitting common data from one sender (902) to a plurality of receivers (901) within a transmission session, comprising communicating (802) at least one session parameter, which is related to said transmission of said common data within said transmission session, to said plurality of receivers (901) via a communication protocol; and transmitting said common data from said sender (902) to said plurality of receivers (901) within said transmission session. The invention particularly relates to broadcast/multicast transmission of common data in a wire-bound and/or wireless network, wherein a File Delivery over Unidirectional Transport FLUTE protocol is used.