Method and apparatus for automatically determining communities of interest, for use over an ad-hoc mesh network, based on context information

US9350809B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9350809-B2
Application numberUS-201113050358-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMar 17, 2011
Priority dateJan 31, 2011
Publication dateMay 24, 2016
Grant dateMay 24, 2016

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An approach is provided for methods and apparatus for efficiently and effectively determining communities of interest for a user, for use over an ad-hoc mesh network, based on context information associated with user devices. Context information of a device is accessed. The context information is processed to determine one or more themes associated with the context information. One or more communities of interest relating to the one or more themes are determined, the one or more communities of interest having respective community identifiers corresponding therewith. The device is associated with at least one of the communities of interest relating to the one or more themes, based at least in part on the corresponding community identifiers, for accessing awareness information related to one or more of the communities of interest associated with the device. Further, the availability of at least one of the communities of interest associated with the device can be identified via the ad-hoc mesh network, based at least in part on the corresponding community identifiers, and awareness information can be accessed, based at least in part on the availability of the at least one of the communities of interest associated with the device.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method comprising facilitating a processing of and/or processing, by a processor, (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal, the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal based, at least in part, on the following: context information of a device; a processing of the context information to determine one or more commonly used terms within the context information, wherein the one or more commonly used terms indicate…

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What does patent US9350809B2 cover?
An approach is provided for methods and apparatus for efficiently and effectively determining communities of interest for a user, for use over an ad-hoc mesh network, based on context information associated with user devices. Context information of a device is accessed. The context information is processed to determine one or more themes associated with the context information. One or more comm…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Leppänen Kari Juhani, Turunen Markku Tapio, Kiukkonen Niko Tapani, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04L67/12. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue May 24 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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