Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Young-jae Ryu

Yoo-ra Oh

Pil-eun Yang

Hyun-woo Kim

Hyun-Woo Kim

Hyun-Chung Kim

Ju-hyun Ko

Seong-won Jo

Hwa-youn Suh

A method and apparatus for providing a user interface, at a device, is provided. The method includes displaying a first user interface associated with a specific user; receiving a selection of the first user interface; and displaying a communication function list for connecting with the specific user.

Method and apparatus for providing a user interface

A method and apparatus for providing a user interface in which user interfaces related to child elements are displayed on neighboring zones of a user interface related to a parent element. In the method, a first user interface related to a parent element that is associated with a plurality of child elements is displayed on a display screen. A plurality of second user interfaces related to the plurality of child elements are then displayed on neighboring zones of the first user interface.

An apparatus and method for providing multimedia contents is provided. The apparatus includes an analyzing unit that analyzes a quantity ratio corresponding to a type of first multimedia content included in an album, a mood code generating unit that generates a mood code corresponding to the quantity ratio as the analyzed result, a content abstracting unit that abstracts a list of second multimedia content corresponding to the generated mood code, and a sending/receiving unit that sends at least one of the list and the second multimedia content included in the list.

Apparatus and method of providing multimedia content

A method and apparatus for providing a user interface is provided. The apparatus includes a transmitting/receiving unit-that receives a instruction signal transmitted by a control device, and a control unit in communication with the transmitting/receiving unit that determines whether devices connected to an audio-video (AV) network can be operated according to the instruction signal that is received, wherein the control device includes a first button that is operable to display a list menu that lists the devices connected to the AV network on a display, and a second button that is operable to display a function menu of at least one function corresponding to the devices on the display.

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Yongin-si, South Korea

Young-jae Ryu