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20110107117 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACTIVATING DEVICE - Method and apparatus for activating a slave device are provided. The method including: receiving communication medium scan signals comprising a slave device identifier; controlling a main power supply when the slave device is in an inactive state; determining whether the slave device is completely booted; and executing an upper layer communication when the slave device is completely booted. | 05-05-2011 |
20110171909 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONNECTING SHORT RANGE WIRELESS NETWORK IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for automatically connecting a short range wireless network in a portable terminal. The method for automatically connecting a short range wireless network in the portable terminal includes, when registering to an Access Point (AP), storing location information of the AP. The method also includes obtaining location information of the terminal. The method further includes controlling an activation cycle of a communication module by comparing the location information of the terminal and the location information of the AP. The method still further includes, when the communication module is activated, searching for the AP. | 07-14-2011 |
20120066622 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SOFTWARE FOR DISPLAYING DATA OBJECTS - A method, apparatus, and software for displaying data objects. The method, apparatus, and software includes arranging data objects into groups, selecting representative data objects from the groups of the data objects, and upon receiving a zoom-out instruction, zooming out all the data objects except for the representative data objects. | 03-15-2012 |
20120089748 | METHOD OF ENABLING SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN DEVICES, USER DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF - A method, user device, and computer-readable storage medium enable synchronization between devices. The method includes connecting a second device to a first device, requesting the first device to transform data to be received by the second device and disconnecting the second device to the first device, re-connecting the second device to the first device in response to the occurrence of a first event set at the second device, and receiving the transformed data from the firs device. | 04-12-2012 |
20120280930 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION SCROLLING ON TOUCH-SCREEN - A method of controlling scrolling of contents provided in an electronic device including a touch screen and a scroll controlling region including a scroll pointer. The method includes sensing a touch on at a location in the scroll controlling region on the touch screen; sensing movement of the touch on to a location out of a scroll moving region on the touch screen; and changing a scrolling rate based on the sensed location out of the scroll moving region to control scrolling of the provided contents. | 11-08-2012 |
20130002589 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION SCROLLING ON TOUCH-SCREEN - An apparatus to control playback of multimedia contents comprising a touch screen to display an information scroll controlling bar and a scroll pointer, the information scroll controlling bar and the scroll pointer being included in an information scroll controlling region, and a controller to sense a touch at the scroll pointer on the touch screen, to sense a movement of the touch in a direction to a location outside the information scroll controlling region on the touch screen, to set a moving rate of the scroll pointer based on the sensed location outside the information scroll controlling region to control playback of multimedia contents, and to move the scroll pointer in a moving direction based on the direction of the movement. | 01-03-2013 |
20140213302 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION IN SYSTEM INCLUDING ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROVIDING SERVER, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - Exemplary embodiments may disclose a method for providing information in a system including an electronic device and an information providing server and an electronic device. The information providing method includes transmitting location information of a region that a user wishes to search and a local information request signal to the information providing server, by the electronic device, searching local information of the region using at least one social network service of at least one user located in the region, by the information providing server, in response to the local information request signal, transmitting the searched local information to the electronic device, by the information providing server, and displaying a local information user interface (UI) using the local information received from the information providing server and a map of the region, by the electronic device. | 07-31-2014 |
20140222572 | SERVER OFFERING SERVICE TARGETING USER AND SERVICE OFFERING METHOD THEREOF - A server for offering a service targeting a user and a service offering method thereof, the method including: collecting data from a plurality of user devices; determining a unit zone partitioned from a service zone based on geographic information; adjusting the unit zone based on the amount of data collectable according to the determined unit zones; performing modeling to parse the data collected according to the adjusted unit zones; and offering a service targeting a user of the unit zone, based on results from the modeling. | 08-07-2014 |
20150065054 | Method and Apparatus for Automatically Connecting Short Range Wireless Network in Portable Terminal - A method and an apparatus for automatically connecting a short range wireless network in a portable terminal. The method for automatically connecting a short range wireless network in the portable terminal includes, when registering to an Access Point (AP), storing location information of the AP. The method also includes obtaining location information of the terminal. The method further includes controlling an activation cycle of a communication module by comparing the location information of the terminal and the location information of the AP. The method still further includes, when the communication module is activated, searching for the AR | 03-05-2015 |