Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yang-Un Lee

Sung-Jin Park

Wuk Kim

Jun-Ho Koh

Jin-Hyoung Kim

Jin-Wook Lee

Young-ki Kim

Shin-Il Kang

Hyung-Jun Daniel Park

Chul-Yong Jeon

Seong-Il Ham

Moon-Joo Lee

A method and an apparatus are provided for configuring a Personal Network (PN). A connection request message is received from a Personal Network Entity (PNE) at the PN gateway. A registration request message for a PN, to which the PNE belongs, is transmitted from the PN gateway to a server located in a Wide Area Network (WAN). An authentication request message including ID information of the PN is received at the PN gateway from the server. The authentication request message is forwarded from the PN gateway to one or more PNEs mapped to the ID information of the PN, with reference to a PN routing table in which information about the one or more PNEs is mapped to the ID information of the PN. The one or more PNEs receive a service from the server through the PN gateway.

Apparatus and method for configuring personal network using PN routing table

A method and apparatus of a first device for selecting at least one of a plurality of second devices to be accessed. The method includes transmitting pieces of media data to the corresponding plurality of second devices one-to-one, and determining at least one of the plurality of second devices to be accessed by the first device according to a user's selection on the basis of the pieces of media data being reproduced by both the first device and each of the plurality of second devices.

Method and apparatus for accessing device based on intuitive selection

Provided are an apparatus and a method for providing a ring back tone in a mobile communication terminal. Character information is received through a wireless data communication or generated through a user input. The character information is transformed into voice using a text-to-speech transformer and then provided as a ring back tone.

Mobile communication terminal providing ring back tone

Disclosed is a remote controller for a portable terminal which can perform a hands-free function and control the channel selection and the volume of the portable terminal for watching television (TV) and moving pictures. The remote controller with a hands-free function for a portable terminal, the portable terminal including a liquid crystal display (LCD) for watching TV and moving pictures, a speaker unit capable of controlling the volume of the portable terminal, and a microphone unit, the remote controller including a connecting section for connecting with the portable terminal and a remote controller device having a hands-free unit and having an end for attaching to the connecting section, the remote controller device selecting channels for watching TV and moving pictures of the portable terminal and for controlling the volume of the portable terminal.

Remote controller with hands-free function for portable terminal

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Yang-Un Lee