Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090023472 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PHONEBOOK USING IMAGE IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for providing a phonebook using an image in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes recording contact information in metadata of an image, and performing a linkage function using the image having the contact information recorded therein. | 01-22-2009 |
20090187607 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROFILE SYNCHRONIZATION - A system and method for profile synchronization is provided. The profile synchronization system includes a web server, a synchronization server, and one or more mobile terminals. The web server includes subscriber accounts each containing a subscriber profile and a profile matching table, identifies, when a subscriber profile is changed at the web server, a subscriber profile in the synchronization server corresponding to the changed subscriber profile using the profile matching table, and transmits the changed subscriber profile to the synchronization server. The synchronization server includes a database to store subscriber profiles of the one or more mobile terminals in synchronization with the synchronization server, updates, when a changed subscriber profile is received from the web server, the corresponding subscriber profile, and transmits the changed subscriber profile to the one or more mobile terminals in synchronization. Each of the one or more mobile terminals updates the corresponding subscriber profile for synchronization when a changed subscriber profile is received. | 07-23-2009 |
20130053070 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING LOCATION BASED SERVICE - A method for accessing a location-based social network service in a portable terminal is provided. The method includes determining whether virtual location information is used when the location-based social network service is requested, obtaining virtual access location information of the portable terminal when it is determined that the virtual location information used, and accessing the location-based social network service using the obtained virtual access location information. | 02-28-2013 |
20130225236 | METHOD OF CAPTURING CONTENT AND MOBILE TERMINAL THEREOF - A method of capturing content, performed by a mobile terminal, is provided. The method includes sensing a user's gesture requesting the mobile terminal to capture at least one content, selecting a type of content to be captured, based on a time period that the user's gesture requesting the mobile terminal to capture at least one content is maintained for or a number of times that the user's gesture requesting the mobile terminal to capture at least one content, and capturing the selected type of the content. The type of the content includes internal content to be reproduced in the mobile terminal, and external content from outside the mobile terminal. | 08-29-2013 |
20130227455 | METHOD OF SHARING CONTENT AND MOBILE TERMINAL THEREOF - A method of sharing data stored in a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes sensing a user's gesture requesting a share panel, and causing the share panel including a list of identification information of one or more external devices to appear from a side of a screen and then displaying the share panel at the side of the screen, according to the user's gesture requesting the share panel. | 08-29-2013 |
20130227456 | METHOD OF PROVIDING CAPTURE DATA AND MOBILE TERMINAL THEREOF - A method of providing capture data, performed by a mobile terminal, is provided. The method includes sensing a user's gesture requesting a capture panel, and displaying the entire capture panel, which was partially displayed at a side of a screen or was hidden, according to the user's gesture requesting the capture panel. The capture panel displays a list of capture data including an image and meta data corresponding to each of at least one content captured by the mobile terminal. | 08-29-2013 |
20130227471 | METHOD OF PROVIDING INFORMATION AND MOBILE TERMINAL THEREOF - A method of providing information, performed by a mobile terminal, is provided. The method includes sensing a user's gesture requesting a panel, and causing the panel to appear from at least one from among a left side, a right side, and a bottom side of a screen and then displaying the panel on the screen, according to the user's gesture requesting the panel. The panel includes at least one from among a share panel including a list of identification information of one or more external devices, a capture panel including a list of capture data, and a recommending panel including recommend contents. | 08-29-2013 |
20130252637 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD OF RECOMMENDING APPLICATION OR CONTENT - A mobile communication terminal and a method of recommending an application or content by providing information regarding a terminal status obtained by the mobile communication terminal when a connection device is connected to the mobile communication terminal without having to look for the application or content. The mobile communication terminal includes a connection status determining unit which determines a connection status of a connection device and the mobile communication terminal, a terminal status storage unit which stores information regarding a terminal status of the mobile communication terminal; and a recommended target executing unit which determines a recommended application based on the connection status and the information regarding the terminal status of the mobile communication terminal. | 09-26-2013 |
20130263009 | SNS PROVIDING METHOD USING PHONE BOOK AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE METHOD - A method of providing a Social Networking Service (SNS) based on a phone book of a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes executing the phone book, receiving a selection of a group tab of the phone book from a first user of the mobile terminal, displaying a list of social groups that shares group activity information of its group members including a second user registered in the phone book in response to the selection of the group tab, and, when at least one social group is selected from the list of social groups, providing at least one piece of information from among group information, a group share space including group activity information, and link information corresponding to the selected at least one social group. | 10-03-2013 |
20140122611 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING LOCATION BASED SERVICE - A method for providing a social network service using location information is provided. The method includes receiving at least one content, when the content includes at least one location information, extracting the at least one location information from the content, and providing the social network service using the extracted at least one location information. | 05-01-2014 |
20140235294 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PHONEBOOK USING IMAGE IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for providing a phonebook using an image in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes recording contact information in metadata of an image, and performing a linkage function using the image having the contact information recorded therein. | 08-21-2014 |