Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hyun-Joo Oh

Hyung-Rae Cho

Sun-ae Kim

Ji-young Kwahk

Ji-Young Kwahk

Keum-koo Lee

Min-jeong Moon

Hee-jeong Choo

Ju-yun Sung

Seung-dong Yu

So-Young Kim

Soo-Hong Park

Ji-hyeon Kweon

Min-Jung Park

Jin-Guk Jeong

Yeon-hee Roh

Ju-Yun Sung

Joon-Hwan Kim

Soung-min Yoo

A method for changing a communication network for video communication is provided. The method includes performing, by a user equipment (UE), video communication through a mobile communication network; searching for whether there is a wireless local area network (WLAN) accessible by the UE; displaying, if a WLAN accessible by the UE is found, the accessible WLAN; and when the displayed WLAN is selected by a user, changing a communication network for the video communication to perform the video communication through the selected WLAN.

Method and apparatus for video communication

A device control method and apparatus and computer readable medium storing the method, the method including selecting at least one device based on at least one outdoor environment information; and generating control information regarding the selected at least one device based on the at least one outdoor environment information.

Method and apparatus for controlling a guiding device based on user's future activity and computer readable medium storing the method

A method for reproducing a content in a display apparatus, a method for controlling an electronic apparatus connected to a plurality of display apparatuses, and a video system are provided. The method for reproducing a content in a display apparatus includes, based on a signal being received from a user apparatus, transmitting a response signal to the user apparatus; receiving the content and control information for reproducing the content from an external apparatus which communicates with the user apparatus; and reproducing the content based on the control information.

Method for controlling video system including a plurality of display apparatuses

A method for controlling a video system wherein the nearest display apparatus is selected by detecting a distance to each of a plurality of display apparatuses and information regarding the nearest display apparatus is transmitted to another video apparatus allowing a user apparatus to select the nearest display apparatus without additional input.

A method for providing information in a content providing system is provided, which includes generating public information and personalized information regarding content, identifying a first display apparatus corresponding to the public information, identifying a second display apparatus corresponding to the personalized information, transmitting the public information the first display apparatus, and transmitting the personalized information to the second display apparatus.

Method for providing personalized information and public information

A metadata tagging system, an image searching method, a device, and a gesture tagging method are provided. The metadata tagging system includes a first device which tags metadata to an image and transmits the image tagged with the metadata and a second device which allows at least one image from among stored images to be searched. Accordingly, generated data may be searched and used more easily and conveniently.

Metadata tagging system, image searching method and device, and method for tagging a gesture thereof

A methods and apparatus for transmitting data are provided. The method includes receiving a call signal to be transmitted to a receiver including sender and receiver information associated with the call signal from a sender; confirming a relationship between the sender and the receiver that exists in at least one server; requesting sender data associated with the sender from the at least one server to which the sender is subscribed based on the relationship between the sender and the receiver to the at least one server; receiving the requested sender data from the at least one server; and transmitting the received sender data to the receiver.

Methods and apparatus for transmitting data

A method for controlling a home network system using a mobile terminal is provided, which includes the mobile terminal connecting to a gateway of a home network through a communication network, the mobile terminal receiving a list of devices which are connected to the home network from the gateway of the home network, the mobile terminal displaying the devices connected to the home network, if one of the displayed devices is selected, requesting the status information of the selected device from the selected device status information of the selected device through the gateway, receiving the status information of the selected device from the selected device, and displaying the received status information and a user interface for controlling the selected device.

Method and apparatus for controlling home network system using mobile terminal

A method, devices, and a non-transitory recording medium for providing contents are provided. The method includes reproducing at least one content, at a first device; transmitting information corresponding to the at least one content from the first device to a second device to reproduce content corresponding to the at least one content in the second device; receiving a message from an external device while reproducing the at least one content at the first device; providing the received message while reproducing the at least one content at the first device; and transmitting information corresponding to the received message from the first device to the second device, the information corresponding to the received message being used to enable the second device to provide a message corresponding to the received message while reproducing the content corresponding to the at least one content.

Method for play synchronization and device using the same

A method and apparatus for managing data is provided, including determining one or more network services associated with user-uploaded data stored in a database, and linking the user-uploaded data with the one or more network services to provide the user-uploaded data via the one or more network services.

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Hyun-Joo Oh