METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PROVIDING PERSONALIZED VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT

• US 20100287605A1
• Filed: 05/08/2009
• Published: 11/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: STRANDELL, Toni Peter
• Granted Patent: US 8,429,398 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/00 Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

An approach is provided for providing a personalized virtual environment for a visitor of a service community. A comparison is made of identification information of the visitor with contact entries of a plurality of registered users of a service community. Additionally, an identification is made of content of one or more of the plurality of registered users having a contact entry that matches the identification information of the visitor to provide a personalized virtual environment of the visitor in the service community.

Claims

8. 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,

compare identification information of a visitor with contact entries of a plurality of registered users of a service community, and

to identify content of one or more of the plurality of registered users having a contact entry that matches the identification information of the visitor to provide a personalized virtual environment of the visitor in the service community.

1. A method comprising:

comparing identification information of a visitor with contact entries of a plurality of registered users of a service community; and

identifying content of one or more of the plurality of registered users having a contact entry that matches the identification information of the visitor to provide a personalized virtual environment of the visitor in the service community.

2. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting the personalized virtual environment to the user for display, wherein the visitor has access to the identified content of the one or more of the plurality of users that have the contact entry that matches the identification information of the visitor.

3. A method of claim 1, wherein the identified content for the personalized virtual environment of the visitor is publically accessible content in the service community.

4. A method of claim 1, wherein the identification information of the visitor is a phone number of a device the visitor.

5. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending security information to the visitor using the matched contact entry; and

allowing the visitor to access the identified content on the personalized virtual environment by entering the security information.

6. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

restricting access to the identified content using user preferences set by the respective registered user.

7. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

comparing contact entries stored in a device of the visitor with the registered users corresponding to the identified content; and

labeling identified content of the registered users that match the contact entries stored in the device of the visitor in the personalized virtual environment using the matched contact entries of the visitor.

9. An apparatus of claim 8, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

present the personalized virtual environment to the user for display such that the visitor has access to the identified content of the one or more of the plurality of users that have the contact entry that matches the identification information of the visitor.

10. An apparatus of claim 8, wherein the identified content for the personalized virtual environment of the visitor is publically accessible content in the service community.

12. An apparatus of claim 8, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

send security information to the visitor using the matched contact entry; and

allow the visitor to access the identified content on the personalized virtual environment by entering the security information.

13. An apparatus of claim 8, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

restrict access to the identified content using user preferences set by the respective registered user.

14. An apparatus of claim 8, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

compare contact entries stored in a device of the visitor with the registered users corresponding to the identified content; and

label identified content of the registered users that match the contact entries stored in the device of the visitor in the personalized virtual environment using the matched contact entries of the visitor.

9-1. An apparatus of claim 8, wherein the identification information of the visitor is a phone number of a device the visitor.

15. A method comprising:

providing identification information of a visitor to a service community having a plurality of registered users for comparison of the identification information of the visitor with contact entries of the plurality of registered users, and for identification of content of one or more of the plurality of registered users that have a contact entry that matches the identification information of the visitor to provide a personalized virtual environment of the visitor in the service community.

16. A method of claim 15, further comprising:

initiating display of the personalized virtual environment.

17. A method of claim 15, wherein the identified content for the personalized virtual environment of the visitor is publically accessible content in the service community.

18. A method of claim 15, further comprising:

initiating presentation of a phone number as the identification information.

19. A method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving security information from the service community; and

initiating sending of the security information to the service community in order to access the identified content on the personalized virtual environment.

20. A method of claim 15, further comprising:

providing contact entries stored in a device associated with the visitor for comparison with the registered users corresponding to the identified content in order to label identified content of the registered users that match the contact entries stored in the device in the personalized virtual environment using the matched contact entries.