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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2008
Eero Räsänen, Tampere, FI;
Roman Kikta, Dallas, TX (US);
Antti Sorvari, Itasalmi, FI;
Jukka-pekka Salmenkaita, Helsinki, FI;
Ykä Huhtala, Helsinki, FI;
Heikki Mannila, Espoo, FI;
Hannu T. Toivonen, Helsinki, FI;
Kari Oinonen, Lempäälä, FI;
Juhani Murto, Helsinki, FI;
Eero Räsänen, Tampere, FI;
Roman Kikta, Dallas, TX (US);
Antti Sorvari, Itasalmi, FI;
Jukka-Pekka Salmenkaita, Helsinki, FI;
Ykä Huhtala, Helsinki, FI;
Heikki Mannila, Espoo, FI;
Hannu T. Toivonen, Helsinki, FI;
Kari Oinonen, Lempäälä, FI;
Juhani Murto, Helsinki, FI;
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
The invention is a system and method for computing a result for a location, wherein the result indicates how novel it is for a wireless device to occupy a specific location. After determining the location of a wireless device through various means, a Novelty Index Value (NIV) is calculated for the location, and the NIV is then stored into a database. The NIV may then be subsequently used by application programs to compute a desired result from the NIV. Multiple users may utilize and/or share the same NIV values. The NIV may also be used to alter the configuration of a wireless device as well. A recommendation system is also disclosed, wherein user context is utilized along with NIV values to compute particular results for a user.