Abstract: An apparatus for content item annotation comprises a user group processor (105) for determining a group of communication identities associated with a group of users associated with a user of the apparatus. A user group communication processor (109) monitors user group communications within the group of users and generates first characterising data for these where the first characterising data comprises at least one of context and content data for the user group communications. A communication processor (103) receives a content item in a first communication from a communication identity of the group of communication identities and a data processor (111) generates second characterising data for the first communication. An annotation processor (113) then generates annotation data for the content item in response to the first characterising data and the second characterising data.

Abstract: A content item apparatus comprises a content data receiver (201) for receiving first context data and first content characterising data for a content item. A decision structure processor (205) provides a content handling decision structure associating context data and content characteristics data with content handling executable actions in response to a user preference profile. The content handling decision structure also reflects allowable interrelations between content handling actions. An inference processor (203) generates a set of executable handling actions for the content item by evaluating the content handling decision structure in response to the first context data and the first content characterising data and a device distribution interface (209) generates content handling data for the content item where the content handling data comprises the set of executable actions. An exception processor (217) may override actions of the inference processor (203) in response to exception rules.