Method and apparatus for associating context information with content
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsVidya Raghavan Setlur, David Alexander Dearman
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided to facilitate sharing of content including, but not limited to, the sharing of content between people who are co-located. In the context of a method, an indication is received of the content to be shared with a recipient and context information indicative of an intended use of the content by the recipient is associated with the content. The method also causes a representation of the content and the associated context information to be shared with the recipient. The method may also generate the context information based on at least one of the location of the content, a recent action performed on the content or a change made to the content.
Claims30
A method comprising:
- receiving an indication of content to be shared with a recipient;
- associating, by a processor, context information with the content, wherein the context information is indicative of an intended use of the content by the recipient;
- and
- causing a representation of the content and the associated context information to be shared with the recipient.
A method comprising:
- receiving a representation of content shared by a sender along with context information indicative of an intended use of the content;
- determining, by a processor, the intended use of the content based upon the context information;
- and
- processing the content based upon the intended use of the content.
An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
- receive an indication of content to be shared with a recipient;
- associate context information with the content, wherein the context information is indicative of an intended use of the content by the recipient;
- and
- cause a representation of the content and the associated context information to be shared with the recipient.
An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
- receive a representation of content shared by a sender along with context information indicative of an intended use of the content;
- determine the intended use of the content based upon the context information;
- and
- process the content based upon the intended use of the content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.