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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2010
Jung-tae Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Jung-Tae Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
Provided are an apparatus for providing a social network service using the relationship of ontology and a method thereof. The apparatus includes: an ontology storage unit storing social ontology defining relationship information between a user and a social network subscriber, service ontology defining position and relationship information of services, and tag ontology defining tag information related to information included in the social ontology and the service ontology; when a service request is inputted from the user, an ontology analysis unit retrieving a tag corresponding to the user's current position and the service request factor by using the relationship of the ontologies stored in the ontology storage unit; a service processing unit extracting the corresponding service on the basis of the retrieved tag information; and a service providing unit providing the user with the extracted service.