Abstract: An apparatus receives information about at least one item displayed on a display and singled out by a user via a user interface, wherein the at least one singled out item is a part of a group of items displayed on the display on a par with each other. The apparatus determines items, which are displayable on a display and which are related according to a given criterion to the at least one singled out item. The same or another apparatus causes a replacement of displayed items of the group of items that are not related according to the given criterion to the at least one singled out item by items determined to be related to the at least one singled out item such that the at least one singled out item is displayed as a part of a group of items displayed on the display on a par with each other and comprising the determined items.

Abstract: An apparatus, the apparatus comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: when the determined relative position of a first portable electronic device with respect to a second electronic device is within a predetermined overlying proximity position in which at least a portion of the first portable electronic device overlies the second electronic device, consider at least one of input from or for the first portable electronic device as input for the second electronic device, and output from or for the second electronic device as output from the first portable electronic device.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product is disclosed for providing a personalized audio file. Various recordings of an event or performance may be scored by weighting properties relating to audio quality. The scored properties may include information regarding the quality of a recording device, location or orientation of a recording device relative to a sound source, and/or an amount background noise detected on a recording. Scored properties may be weighted based on provided user preferences, detected user device qualities, and/or user listening environments. A personalized audio file, which may include a combination of audio files or extracted tracks from various audio files, is provided to a user.

Abstract: An approach is provided for generating a relevant social graph. A social graph identifying people associated with a user is retrieved. A communication history from a device associated with the user is retrieved. Information regarding a respective occurrence of each identified person in the communication history is determined. A relevant social graph is generated based, at least in part, on the determined occurrence information.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are herein provided for optimizing content display on a user interface. A method may include receiving an indication of user input indicating that a first portion of a display of a map is to be one of compressed or expanded. The method may further include causing the one of compression or expansion to the first portion of the display. The method may also include determining, based at least in part on the first portion of the display, at least one second portion of the display. The method may further include causing another one of compression or expansion to the at least one second portion of the display such that the second portion of the display is modified in a different manner than the first portion of the display. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for changing a viewing angle of a video image. An indication to change a viewing angle of a first video image of a subject may be received, and in response, a second video image of the subject, captured from a different angle, is displayed. The indication is detected by user input such as selection of an area of an image, movement of a mobile device, or detection of a user's gaze. Display adjustments may be made by zooming and cropping, and audio adjustments may be made by changing a volume associated with an area of an image, allowing for a customizable viewing experience.

Abstract: Personal augmented reality advertising involves detecting a proximity between a participant's mobile device and a viewer's mobile device. An identifier of the participant's mobile device and biometric data that describes the participant have both been made publicly available. The biometric data is obtained in response to detecting the proximity between the participant's mobile device and the viewer's mobile device. A match is detected between the biometric data of the participant and an image captured from a sensor of the viewer's mobile device. In response to detecting the match, the captured image and an advertisement presented with the captured image is presented in the viewer's mobile device. The advertisement is associated with the participant.

Abstract: A method includes receiving first media data from a plurality of persons; identifying first media data generated within a window of time at a certain location and associating the identified first media data with an occurrence of a first event; determining which persons of the plurality of persons were present at the occurrence of the first event; and storing information related to the first event in association with information identifying those persons determined to be present at the occurrence of the first event.

Abstract: An approach is provided for generating a relevant social graph. A social graph identifying people associated with a user is retrieved. A communication history from a device associated with the user is retrieved. Information regarding a respective occurrence of each identified person in the communication history is determined. A relevant social graph is generated based, at least in part, on the determined occurrence information.

Abstract: A method including identifying a plurality of common objects-of-interest in each of a plurality of videos, where each of the plurality of videos has a different viewing angle of the plurality of objects-of-interest; and automatically selecting a first one of the videos to send to a user based, at least partially, upon a selection by the user of one of the objects-of-interest.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided, including detecting user applied twisting of an apparatus having a touch display that provides a desktop; and revealing a desktop extension on twist-direction side of the desktop in response to the detected twisting.

Abstract: Provided herein are a method, apparatus and computer program product for dynamically and visually interfacing with a device to locate information and objects using a dynamic graphical interface to select and adjust the weight afforded to individual search criterion and a search. Example methods may provide for display of a search target, provide for display of a first search criterion disposed at a first distance from the search target where the first distance corresponds to a first search criterion weight, and provide for display of a second search criterion disposed at a second distance from the search target, where the second distance corresponds to a second search criterion weight. Methods may further include providing for searching the search target using the first search criterion afforded the first search criterion weight and the second search criterion afforded the second search criterion weight.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are herein provided for optimizing content display on a user interface. A method may include receiving an indication of user input indicating that a first portion of a display of a map is to be one of compressed or expanded. The method may further include causing the one of compression or expansion to the first portion of the display. The method may also include determining, based at least in part on the first portion of the display, at least one second portion of the display. The method may further include causing another one of compression or expansion to the at least one second portion of the display such that the second portion of the display is modified in a different manner than the first portion of the display. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.

Abstract: An approach is provided for grouping points-of-interest on a map. Information is aggregated about a plurality of points-of-interest. The plurality of points-of-interest are categorized into a first level grouping based on a first criterion and the aggregated information. The plurality of points-of-interest are categorized into a second level grouping based on a second criterion that is less restrictive than the first criterion and the aggregated information. The first level grouping is assigned to a first scale level of a map. The second level grouping is assigned to a second scale level of the map.

Abstract: A method is provided for controlling information detail in a multi-device environment. In particular, example methods may provide for operating a device in a multi-device environment, directing the presentation, on a display of the device, of a first image, detecting a motion of the device, directing a change of the image presented on the display of the device from the first image to a second image in response to detecting the motion of the device. The first image presented on the device is related to images displayed on other devices in the multi-device environment. The second image may be a scaled version of the first image and the second image may be scaled based on at least one property of the motion. Each device in the multi-device environment may be directed to display a portion of a complete image, where the first image is a portion of the complete image.

Abstract: An apparatus for determining media item privacy settings may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive media item capture data associated with a media item. The media item capture data may include at least a capture location. The processor may also be configured to identify a privacy context that corresponds to the media item capture data. In this regard, the capture location of the media item capture data may be within a geographic zone of the privacy context. The processor may be further configured to determine a privacy setting for the media item based on the corresponding privacy context, and, in some embodiments, control access to the media item in accordance with the determined privacy setting. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided for controlling display operations is provided, comprising: detecting presence of an object in close proximity to an input surface, detecting at least one information item associated with the object, detecting distance information on the distance of the object to the input surface, and controlling selection of additional information associated with the at least one information item for display on the basis of the distance information.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, computer program and user interface wherein the method comprises: displaying an assessment area on a display of a first apparatus; displaying an item indicative of transfer data in the assessment area where the transfer data originates from a second apparatus; and determining whether a user input has been made accepting the transfer data, wherein if a user input accepting the transfer data has been made, enabling use of the transfer data by the first apparatus and if a user input accepting the transfer data has not been made, preventing use of the transfer data by the first apparatus.

Abstract: A method for providing access management for a virtual workspace may include receiving location information defining a distance between a first device and at least one other device forming a virtual workspace in association with the first device, determining an access status of the virtual workspace based on the location information, and causing enabling or disabling of access to the virtual workspace based on the access status determined. A corresponding apparatus is also provided.

Abstract: An approach is provided for generating a relevant social graph. A social graph identifying people associated with a user is retrieved. A communication history from a device associated with the user is retrieved. Information regarding a respective occurrence of each identified person in the communication history is determined. A relevant social graph is generated based, at least in part, on the determined occurrence information.