Method and apparatus for grouping points-of-interest according to area names
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsUmesh Chandra, Juong-Sik Lee, Deepti Chafekar
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Abstract
An approach is provided for crowd sourcing and grouping points-of-interest based on cell broadcast message information. Reception of a message from a mobile terminal is caused, at least in part. The message specifies point-of-interest information and an associated area name corresponding to one of a plurality of cells of a communication network. The message is parsed to determine the point-of-interest information and the associated area name. A connectivity graph specifying relationships among the cells is selectively updated with the point-of-interest information.
Claims8
A method comprising:
- generating, at a mobile terminal, point-of-interest information;
- associating the point-of-interest information with a cell broadcast message identifier corresponding to one of a plurality of cells of a communication network, wherein the cell broadcast message identifier includes an area name;
- and
- generating a message specifying the point-of-interest information and the area name;
- and
- selectively updating a connectivity graph specifying relationships among the cells based on the point-of-interest information and the area name.
An 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 to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,
- generate, at a mobile terminal, point-of-interest information;
- associate the point-of-interest information with a cell broadcast message identifier corresponding to one of a plurality of cells of a communication network, wherein the cell broadcast message identifier includes an area name;
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- generate a message specifying the point-of-interest information and the area name;
- and
- selectively update a connectivity graph specifying relationships among the cells based on the point-of-interest information and the associated cell broadcast message identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.