US 9,350,809 B2 · Method and apparatus for automatically determining communities of interest, for use over an ad-hoc mesh network, based on context information

Abstract

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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Dependent claims

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 one or more themes;
at least one determination of one or more communities of interest based, at least in part, on at least one of the one or more commonly used terms, the one or more communities of interest having respective community identifiers corresponding therewith;
and
at least one determination to associate the device with at least one of the one or more communities of interest based, at least in part, on the corresponding community identifiers, for accessing awareness information related to one or more of the one or more communities of interest associated with the device.

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An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor;
and
at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,
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,
determine to access context information of a device;
process and/or facilitate 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 one or more themes;
determine one or more communities of interest based, at least in part, on at least one of the one or more commonly used terms, the one or more communities of interest having respective community identifiers corresponding therewith;
and
determine to associate the device with at least one of the one or more communities of interest based, at least in part, on the corresponding community identifiers, for accessing awareness information related to one or more of the one or more communities of interest associated with the device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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

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

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