IP Library Patent Application 13524431
Patent Application
App. No. 13/524,431

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MIXED-REALITY CONNECTIVITY ASSISTANCE

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App. No.
13/524,431
Abstract

An approach is provided for providing connectivity assistance and the seamless interaction with information sources through a mixed-reality environment. A connectivity platform determines one or more connectivity options within an environment of at least one device. The connectivity platform further causes, at least in part, a presentation, within a user interface of the at least one device, of a mixed-reality representation of the environment including one or more symbols representing the one or more connectivity options.

Claims (56)

1 . A method comprising facilitating a processing of and/or processing (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:

one or more connectivity options within an environment of at least one device; and

a presentation, within a user interface of the at least one device, of a mixed-reality representation of the environment including one or more symbols representing the one or more connectivity options.

2 . A method of claim 1 , wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

one or more inputs associated with at least one symbol of the one or more symbols at the at least one device; and

an establishment of at least one connection of the at least one device to at least one connectivity option associated with the at least one symbol based, at least in part, on the one or more inputs.

3 . A method of claim 2 , wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal associated with the establishment of the at least one connection are further based, at least in part, on the following:

a parsing of data, one or more computational structures, or a combination thereof associated with the at least one symbol into one or more software components; and

a configuring of one or more hardware components associated with the at least one device based, at least in part, on the software components.

4 . A method of claim 1 , wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

one or more preferences, one or more restrictions, or a combination thereof associated with at least one connectivity option of the one or more connectivity options; and

an establishment of at least one connection of the at least one device to the at least one connectivity option based, at least in part, on the one or more preferences, the one or more restrictions, or a combination thereof.

5 . A method of claim 1 , wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

one or more applications associated with the at least one device and one or more icons associated with the one or more applications;

a presentation of the one or more icons at the user interface; and

an association between the one or more applications and the one or more connectivity options based, at least in part, on one or more associations of the one or more icons and the one or more symbols within the user interface.

6 . A method of claim 1 , wherein one or more connectivity options are respectively associated with one or more other devices, and wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

a presentation within the user interface of one or more indicators representing one or more files associated with at least one of the one or more other devices; and

a transferring of at least one file of the one or more files between the at least one of the one or more other devices and the at least one device, at least another of the one or more other devices, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on one or more interactions with the one or more indicators at the user interface.

7 . A method of claim 6 , wherein the user interface includes at least one activation area, and the one or more interactions comprise dragging at least one indicator representing the at least one file to the at least one activation area.

8 . A method of claim 1 , wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

one or more origin locations associated with the one or more connectivity options; and

a presentation of the one or more symbols within the mixed-reality representation corresponding to the one or more origin locations.

9 . A method of claim 8 , wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

a presentation of one or more indicators associated with the one or more origin locations corresponding to one or more directions to the one or more origin locations within the user interface relative to a location of the at least one device.

10 . A method of claim 1 , wherein a size, a shape, a color, or a combination thereof of the one or more symbols visually indicate a type, a capacity, a quality, a price, or a combination thereof of the one or more connectivity options.

11 . 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 one or more connectivity options within an environment of at least one device; and

cause, at least in part, a presentation, within a user interface of the at least one device, of a mixed-reality representation of the environment including one or more symbols representing the one or more connectivity options.

12 . An apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine one or more inputs associated with at least one symbol of the one or more symbols at the at least one device; and

cause, at least in part, an establishment of at least one connection of the at least one device to at least one connectivity option associated with the at least one symbol based, at least in part, on the one or more inputs.

13 . An apparatus of claim 12 , with respect to the establishment of the at least one connection, the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a parsing of data, one or more computational structures, or a combination thereof associated with the at least one symbol into one or more software components; and

cause, at least in part, a configuring of one or more hardware components associated with the at least one device based, at least in part, on the software components.

14 . An apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine one or more preferences, one or more restrictions, or a combination thereof associated with at least one connectivity option of the one or more connectivity options; and

cause, at least in part, an establishment of at least one connection of the at least one device to the at least one connectivity option based, at least in part, on the one or more preferences, the one or more restrictions, or a combination thereof.

15 . An apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine one or more applications associated with the at least one device and one or more icons associated with the one or more applications;

cause, at least in part, a presentation of the one or more icons at the user interface; and

cause, at least in part, an association between the one or more applications and the one or more connectivity options based, at least in part, on one or more associations of the one or more icons and the one or more symbols within the user interface.

16 . An apparatus of claim 11 , wherein one or more connectivity options are respectively associated with one or more other devices, and wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a presentation within the user interface of one or more indicators representing one or more files associated with at least one of the one or more other devices; and

cause, at least in part, a transferring of at least one file of the one or more files between the at least one of the one or more other devices and the at least one device, at least another of the one or more other devices, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on one or more interactions with the one or more indicators at the user interface.

17 . An apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the user interface includes at least one activation area, and the one or more interactions comprise dragging at least one indicator representing the at least one file to the at least one activation area.

18 . An apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine one or more origin locations associated with the one or more connectivity options; and

cause, at least in part, a presentation of the one or more symbols within the mixed-reality representation corresponding to the one or more origin locations.

19 . An apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a presentation of one or more indicators associated with the one or more origin locations corresponding to one or more directions to the one or more origin locations within the user interface relative to a location of the at least one device.

20 . An apparatus of claim 11 , wherein a size, a shape, a color, or a combination thereof of the one or more symbols visually indicate a type, a capacity, a quality, a price, or a combination thereof of the one or more connectivity options.

21 - 48 . (canceled)

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2015
From: NOKIA CORPORATION
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CONVEYING PARTY DATA PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 028862 FRAME 0882. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CONVEYING PARTY DATA FOR ASSIGNOR NUMBER 2 SHOULD BE JARI-JUKKA HARALD KAJAA.. Recorded Sep 28, 2012
From: UUSITALO, MIKKO ALEKSI; BOLDYREV, SERGEY; KAAJA, JARI-JUKKA HARALD; OLIVER, IAN JUSTIN; MURPHY, DAVID JOSEPH
To: NOKIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029058/0289 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2012
From: BOLDYREV, SERGEY; UUSITALO, MIKKO ALEKSI; KAAJA, HARALD; OLIVER, IAN JUSTIN; MURPHY, DAVID JOSEPH
To: NOKIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028862/0882 →