Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Luyi Wang

Peter Chang King

Parvinder Sawhney

Hyoung Wook Ham

Xiang Sun

An apparatus, system and method for providing search results based on a social distance from a user are provided. The method includes receiving a search query from a user, setting a value representing a social distance from the user, the social distance including one or more levels, gathering results corresponding to the search query for each level of social distance, and providing the gathered results to the user.

Social-distance permission-based search algorithm

An apparatus and method for no enrollment proximity target detection of mobile devices. The method includes identifying at least one target user, detecting at least one target device, and for each target user and for each target device, determining a probability of the target user being associated with the target device.

No enrollment proximity target detection on mobile devices

An apparatus and method for providing a mobile personal assistant are provided. The method includes receiving a telephone call at a mobile terminal, determining whether a user of the mobile terminal is available to take the call based on a current context of the mobile terminal; and when the user of the mobile terminal is not available to take the call, handling the call by a mobile personal assistant on behalf of the user.

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Luyi Wang