METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THEMATICALLY MODIFYING LOCATION AND RELATED INFORMATION
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1. A method comprising:
- determining location information of a device associated with a first user;
modifying the location information to indicate a location other than an actual location of the device according to a predetermined theme; and
causing, at least in part, actions that result in presentation of the modified location information to a second user.
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Abstract
An approach is provided for thematically modifying location and related information. A location modification platform determines location information of a device associated with a first user. The location modification platform then modifies the location information to indicate a location other than an actual location of the device according to a predetermined theme and causes, at least in part, actions that result in presentation of the modified location information to a second user.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining location information of a device associated with a first user; modifying the location information to indicate a location other than an actual location of the device according to a predetermined theme; and causing, at least in part, actions that result in presentation of the modified location information to a second user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus comprising:
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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, determine location information of a device associated with a first user, modify the location information to indicate a location other than an actual location of the device according to a predetermined theme, and cause, at least in part, actions that result in presentation of the modified location information to a second user. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:
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determining location information of a device associated with a first user; determining temporal information corresponding to the location information; modifying the location information to indicate a location other than an actual location of the device according to a predetermined theme; scaling the temporal information according to the predetermined theme; and causing, at least in part, actions that result in presentation of the modified location information and the scaled temporal information to a second user. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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