Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Korea University Industrial Academic Collaboration Foundation

Yonsei University

Jun Hyeong Kim

Sang Do Park

Paul Barom Jeon

Won Keun Kong

Sun Shin An

Tae Ho Jang

Chung Gu Kang

Sungsoo Lim

Sung Min Kang

Jin-hyuk Hong

Sung-Bae Cho

Chul Hee Kang

Dong Hun Yu

Ii Whan Kim

Joo Sang Youn

Moon Jeong Choi

A mobile communication terminal to provide a widget expansion function using a message communication, and an operation method of the mobile communication terminal is provided. The method includes a configuration of generating an additional function expansion message based on expansion of an additional function of a widget, and transmitting the generated additional function expansion message. The method also includes a configuration of expanding the additional function of the widget by receiving the additional function expansion message, by determining an application programming interface (API) library with respect to the expansion of the additional function, and by calling the determined API library.

Mobile communication terminal to provide widget expansion function using message communication, and operation method of the mobile communication terminal

Provided are a method and apparatus for supplying a local service (LS) using a LS information server that is based on a distributed network. The LS may be supplied to the terminal through at least one of an LS information server, a root server, and a neighboring LS information server.

Method for supplying local service using local service information server based on distributed network and terminal apparatus

Disclosed are a universal remote control apparatus, a system for controlling a universal remote control, and a method for the same based on a batch instruction, in which at least one device is selected using a pointing scheme performed by a user, and a standard control command is acquired from the selected device, thereby automatically generating the batch instruction. The universal remote control apparatus, which includes a device selection unit for receiving, from a user, a selection input with respect to a first device and a second device; a pointer providing unit for providing a pointer for selecting the first device and the second device; and a batch instruction-generation unit for generating a batch instruction for controlling the first device and the second device based on device information with respect to the first device and the second device.

Universal remote control apparatus, system for controlling universal remote control, and method for the same based on batch instruction

An apparatus for generating a task-based User Interface (UI) includes a task ontology unit for maintaining task information with respect to the task, a device ontology unit for maintaining device information with respect to a device, a UI description generation unit for reading the task information and/or the device information using the task ontology unit and/or the device ontology unit, respectively, and generating UI description information from the read task information and/or the read device information, the UI description information being made by a task-based language, and a UI description parsing unit for parsing the UI description information to output the task-based UI.

Apparatus and method for generating user interface based on task service

A universal remote control apparatus, a system for controlling a universal remote control, and a method for the same, and more particularly, to a universal remote control apparatus, a system for controlling a universal remote control, and a method for the same, which includes batch instruction information having graphical user interface (GUI) components corresponding to status information of at least one device, and provides the GUI adapting mechanical properties of the device to a user.

Universal remote control apparatus, system for controlling universal remote control, and method for the same

A system for managing a queue order may receive queue order registration requests from a plurality of user terminals, generate queue order information of the plurality of user terminals, and broadcast, when the queue order information changes, notification information about the change of the queue order information.

System and method of managing queue order, and terminal device

A method and apparatus for allocating a radio resource in a wireless sensor network are provided, in which a signal requesting a radio resource allocation is received from any one of sensors included in the wireless sensor network, an amount of remaining energy is compared with respect to each zone where a sensor transmitting the signal is included, an order of zones, from a zone comprising a greatest amount of remaining energy to a zone having a least amount of remaining energy, is determined as a result of the comparison, and a time slot is allocated to a sensor of each zone according to the determined order of zones, when transmitting a frame for the radio resource allocation.

Method and apparatus for allocating radio resource in wireless sensor network

A discovery apparatus among a plurality of networks including at least one client includes: a transceiver which transmits and receives shared information and a request message to and from the client within the plurality of networks, the shared information being intrinsic information of the clients; a storage unit which receives the shared information from the transceiver and stores the shared information of the transceiver; and a controller which creates a shared space, which stores the shared information in the storage unit, in accordance with the request message received through the transceiver, and manages the shared information stored in the shared space.

Discovery apparatus and method

A universal remote control apparatus and method for controlling various types of devices and equipments, the universal remote control apparatus includes a service profile generator which generates a service profile based on first device information and second device information that are recognized from at least one device, a service profile management unit which stores and manages the generated service profile, a service profile-based control unit which universally controls the at least one device based on the service profile, and a user interface unit which receives from a user a first selection on a first device object corresponding to the first device information and a second selection on a second device object corresponding to the second device information.

Universal remote control apparatus and method based on service profiles

A method and device of enabling interoperation between different devices over a network are provided. A control script corresponding to a service to be performed using device information received from a service providing device in a network is generated, the control script interoperating with the service providing device is executed, and when an error occurs during an execution of the control script, one routine of a plurality of handling routines is executed according to severity of the occurred error type. A suitable environment is established for interoperation with the service providing device as a result of having executed the one routine of the plurality of handling routines, when interoperation with the service providing device is possible.

Method of providing interoperatibility of different network devices capable of error handling and network device using the same

A method of discovering a component in a sub-network, the method including: receiving unique information on at least one component included in a first sub-network of a network by a first component in the first sub-network; and broadcasting the unique information on the at least one component to a second sub-network of the network, by joining the first component in the second sub-network.

Method and apparatus for discovering component in at least one sub-network

An Obje network device service apparatus in a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) network system, the apparatus including: an information providing unit which discovers an Obje device, and provides information about the discovered Obje device; and an Obje service generation unit which generates a UPnP device, a counter Obje component, and an Obje client, based on the information about the Obje device, the UPnP device controlling the Obje client to use the Obje device in a UPnP control point and corresponding to the Obje device, the counter Obje component having a data type of the Obje device, and the Obje client generating a session for data transmission between the Obje device and the counter Obje component.

Obje network device service apparatus and method in UPnP network system

A method and apparatus for establishing a path in a wireless network are provided where the method includes receiving location information about a first neighbor node and a second neighbor node, the first neighbor node being located within a range of a first hop from a source node, the second neighbor node being located within a range of a second hop from the source node, determining a direction of a point where the second neighbor node is located, based on the source node, by using the received location information; detecting a particular second neighbor node having a same direction of a point where a destination node is located, based on the source node, and limitedly establishing a path via the detected second neighbor node, when the source node establishes a path for transmitting predetermined data to the destination node.

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Anyang-si, South Korea

Jun Hyeong Kim