Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Gyu-Bong Oh

Kyung-Tak Lee

Wuk Kim

Han-Il Yu

Seung-Yong Lee

Sun-Gi Gu

Jong-Hyun Jin

Sung-Ho Choi

Do-Hyung Kim

Basavaraj Jayawant Pattan

Sung-jin Park

Venkateswar Jeedigunta

Jongsoo Choi

Kyung-hun Jung

Soon-Hyun Cha

Jong-Soo Choi

JongSoo Choi

Arun Prasath Ramamoorthy

Kyung-Hun Jung

Jae-Seung Yun

A method for sharing user profile information includes transmitting a session initiation message including profile information of a first user of the terminal to a communication network server based on a sharing level for the first user's profile information, receiving a response message responsive to the session initiation message from the communication network server or a corresponding terminal, storing or displaying profile information of a second user of the corresponding terminal, if the response message includes the profile information of the second user, and performing a call with the corresponding terminal. A terminal includes a controller configured to transmit a session initiation message including profile information of a first user of the terminal to a communication network server based on a sharing level setting on the first user's profile information, receive a response message responsive to the session initiation message, when the response message includes profile information of a second user of the corresponding terminal.

Scheme for sharing user profile information in mobile communication system

Disclosed in various examples is a method for supporting voice calls linked with message provision in a communication terminal. To this end, additional information is transmitted to a counterpart communication terminal by a voice call request to the counterpart communication terminal, and after the additional information is transmitted, the counterpart communication terminal is called in response to the transmitted additional information. The additional information includes information on at least one message selected from among messages transmitted to the counterpart communication terminal or being received from the counterpart communication terminal and stored.

Method for supporting voice calls in communication terminal

Disclosed is a method of efficiently inviting a subscription to contact information, the method including receiving a subscription invitation request of particular contact information of a first client from the first client; and determining whether a condition for allowing the subscription to the particular contact information is included in the subscription invitation request, and transmitting a subscription request containing address information by which the condition and the particular contact information can be received to a second client when the condition is included. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a communication service at a high speed in a communication system supporting various types of communication services without a waste of resources, power, or memories. Also, it is possible to provide a data transmission/reception method capable of easily and quickly providing a CAB service according to a selection by user's intention.

Apparatus and method for inviting subscription to contact information

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for proving a user expression service in a communication system. The method in a server may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a gateway connected to a contents server, a message requesting a user expression from a terminal of a user viewing contents; determining whether the user terminal prefers to receive the message requesting the user expression; if the user terminal prefers to receive the message requesting the user expression, delivering, to the user terminal, the message requesting the user expression; and receiving, from the user terminal, the message including user expression information and delivering the message to the gateway.

Method and apparatus for providing user expression service in communication system

A method for notifying of an activity of a first user to a second user during a first communication session is provided. The method includes receiving an interrupt when the first user engages in a second activity during the first communication session, encoding an information message by a first device of the first user, after receiving the interrupt, and sending the information message to a second device of the second user.

Method and system for communicating during a communication session

A method, an apparatus, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes initiating communication at an electronic device, providing first information associated with the communication, and providing second information associated with the communication, the second information being provided in a mode that is different from a mode in which the first information is provided.

Communication method for electronic device in wireless communication network and system therefor

Methods and apparatuses are provided for changing a mode of a device by a server. The server receives, from a master device, at least one of a user preference document including information related to whether mode synchronization is activated between devices, a device context profile (DCP) document including a rule applied per mode, and a DCP directory document including information related to a profile activated in the DCP document. The at least one of the user preference document, the DCP document, and the DCP directory document is registered. When information related to changing a mode of the master device is received, the at least one of the user preference document, the DCP document, and the DCP directory document is changed based on the changed mode of the master device. The at least one of the changed user preference document, the changed DCP document, and the changed DCP directory document is transmitted to at least one slave device.

Apparatus and method for changing mode of device

Provided is an apparatus and method for searching for address book information. To this end, the present invention, upon receiving a search request message for searching address book information from a client, checks a search preference, searches for the address book information based on the checked search preference, applies a priority to the found address book information to create a final search result, creates a response message including the created final search result, forwards the response message to the client, and updates the preset search preference based on the final search result, thereby providing a search result optimized for a user.

Apparatus and method for searching for address book information

A method and apparatus for recommending multimedia content in a communication system are provided. The method includes generating recommendation information for recommending content, and transmitting a message including the recommendation information, wherein the recommendation information includes information necessary for joining a session carrying the recommended content. The apparatus includes a control unit configured to generate recommendation information for recommending content; and a communication unit configured to transmit a message including the recommendation information, wherein the recommendation information includes information for joining a session carrying the content.

Apparatus and method for real-time recommendation of multimedia content in communication system

Provided is an apparatus and method for setting disposition with respect to document information share. To this end, once a transmission-side server forwards a document forward request message including a document disposition rule with respect to a document to a reception-side server, the reception-side server checks a preference with respect to the document forward request message by using a preset user preference to notify a document change, and stores document data together with a disposition rule regarding the document data, such that efficient management and disclosure of private information forwarded to a user become possible and thus a CAB service can be easily and rapidly provided according to user's selection.

Apparatus and method for setting disposition with respect to document share

A method and an apparatus for providing a contact through interworking with a Social Network Service (SNS) are provided. The method includes receiving, by a client using the other service through SNS interworking, a contact provided in the SNS, determining whether the other party's client having subscribed to the same service as that of the client is present in the received contact, and informing a user of the determination results. Based on the determination results, the client may determine subscription/non-subscription of the other party's client to the service, and may send an invite request for the service if the other party's client has not subscribed to the same service as that of the client. By doing so, the number of targets, subscription/non-subscription of which to a specific service can be determined, may be extended.

Apparatus and method for providing contacts through interworking between messaging service and social network service

A method and an apparatus for updating personal information in a communication system supporting a Converged Address Book (CAB) service are provided. The apparatus and method includes importing external personal profile information from a non-CAB system, and updating personal information in accordance with a user preference-based synchronization method using the external personal profile information.

Method and apparatus for updating personal information in communication system

A method of an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) Document Management (XDM) server for communicating a delivery status of an XDM resource in an XDM environment is provided. The method includes receiving a request for forwarding the XDM resource to one or more intended XDM recipient devices from an XDM client device; forwarding the XDM resource to the one or more intended XDM recipient devices; and communicating the delivery status associated with delivery of the XDM resource to the one or more intended XDM recipient devices to the XDM client device.

Method and system of communicating delivery status of an XDM resource in an XDM environment

A method and apparatus for updating personal information in a communication system supporting a Converged Address Book (CAB) service are provided. The method and apparatus includes subscribing to external personal profile information from a non-CAB system, and updating personal information in accordance with a user preference-based synchronization method using the external personal profile information.

A method and apparatus for providing a communication history of a terminal in a Session Initiation Protocol/Internet Protocol (SIP/IP) core network. When a user having a plurality of terminals sends a subscribe request for a communication history of the terminals to a server, the server transmits all communication history information associated with the plurality of terminals to any one of the terminals each time the communication histories associated with the terminals are newly registered. The terminal, which has received the communication history information, can request and receive presence information of a corresponding terminal, which is included in the communication history information, if needed.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Gyu-Bong Oh