Method and apparatus of providing personalized virtual environment
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1. A method comprising:
- comparing identification information of a visitor with contact entries of a plurality of registered users of a service community;
identifying content of one or more of the plurality of registered users including a contact entry associated with the identification information of the visitor to provide a personalized virtual environment of the visitor in the service community;
sending security information, using the associated identification information, to the visitor that requests access to the identifying content;
initiating permitted access by the visitor to the identified content on the personalized virtual environment following entering the security information; and
performing a two-way match of the contact entries of the plurality of registered users to include contact entries of the visitor,wherein the visitor is provided a generic virtual environment and not a personalized virtual environment when the identification information of the visitor is not associated with any of the contact entries of the plurality of registered users.
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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.
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1. A method comprising:
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comparing identification information of a visitor with contact entries of a plurality of registered users of a service community; identifying content of one or more of the plurality of registered users including a contact entry associated with the identification information of the visitor to provide a personalized virtual environment of the visitor in the service community; sending security information, using the associated identification information, to the visitor that requests access to the identifying content; initiating permitted access by the visitor to the identified content on the personalized virtual environment following entering the security information; and performing a two-way match of the contact entries of the plurality of registered users to include contact entries of the visitor, wherein the visitor is provided a generic virtual environment and not a personalized virtual environment when the identification information of the visitor is not associated with any of the contact entries of the plurality of registered users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. 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, compare identification information of a visitor with contact entries of a plurality of registered users of a service community, to identify content of one or more of the plurality of registered users including a contact entry associated with the identification information of the visitor to provide a personalized virtual environment of the visitor in the service community, to send security information, using the associated identification information, to the visitor that requested access to the identifying content; to initiate permitted access by the visitor to the identified content on the personalized virtual environment following entering the security information; and performing a two-way match of the contact entries of the plurality of registered users to include contact entries of the visitor, wherein the visitor is provided a generic virtual environment and not a personalized virtual environment when the identification information of the visitor is not associated with any of the contact entries of the plurality of registered users. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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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 associated with the identification information of the visitor to provide a personalized virtual environment of the visitor in the service community; initiating receipt of security information, which uses the associated identification information, by the visitor that requests access to the identified content; initiating providing the received security information to the service community for access to the identified content on the personalized virtual environment; and performing a two-way match of the contact entries of the plurality of registered users to include contact entries of the visitor, wherein the visitor is provided a generic virtual environment and not a personalized virtual environment when the identification information of the visitor is not associated with any of the contact entries of the plurality of registered users. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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