Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080279134 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION OF MOBILE TERMINAL USING RELAY DEVICE - A method and apparatus for allowing a mobile terminal to communicate using a relay device are provided. In the method, whether a communication environment between a base station and the relay device changes is determined so that information representing the change in the communication environment is selectively created, and then a communication environment between the relay device and the mobile terminal is controlled based on the created information. | 11-13-2008 |
20090019364 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ELECTRONIC CONTENT GUIDE - A method and apparatus that generates an electronic content guide using received metadata associated with content provided from a plurality of servers and which has different formats. The received metadata is collected, the formats of the collected metadata are converted into a same format, and an electronic content guide is generated using the metadata having the same format. | 01-15-2009 |
20090049055 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE CONTENT USING CONTENT PREFERENCE INFORMATION - A method, an apparatus, and a system to provide content using content preference information of users, and a computer readable medium to store a computer readable program to execute the content providing method. The method comprises searching the content preference information to identify one of the users that is likely to prefer the content; and transmitting the content to the selected user. | 02-19-2009 |
20090063506 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING RECOMMENDATION CONTENT LIST - A method and apparatus for generating a recommendation content list by the cooperation of user groups. Sets of content that are classified according to a predetermined criterion are distributed to user terminals within a user terminal group. Assessment information on the content included in the sets of content is collected from the corresponding user terminals, and the recommendation content list is then generated based on the collected assessment information. | 03-05-2009 |
20090063568 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING USER PROFILE USING CONTENT TAG, AND METHOD FOR CONTENT RECOMMENDATION USING THE CONSTRUCTED USER PROFILE - A method of and apparatus for constructing a user profile using a content tag, a method of recommending digital content by using a user profile including a tag included in the digital content and a preference value for the tag. According to the methods and apparatus, a user profile is generated by using a content tag, and thus the taste of the user according to digital content consumption can be expressed in more varied ways. Also, by suggesting a method of generating a tag from web content, construction of a user profile for digital content having no tag is enabled. Furthermore, a tag extracted from digital content used by a user is included in a profile and it can be used for a variety of purposes, such as expansion of a comparison scope, use of preference keywords, providing of content links, and expansion of search scope. | 03-05-2009 |
20090154420 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING NEIGHBOR NODE HAVING SIMILAR CHARACTERISTIC TO THAT OF ACTIVE NODE AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD - A method and apparatus for managing a neighbor node having a similar characteristic to that of an active node, the method including: generating a neighbor list containing information about at least one neighbor node; selecting at least one parent node from among the at least one neighbor node; determining fitness parameters using a characteristic value of the active node, characteristic values of the at least one neighbor node included in the neighbor list of the active node, and characteristic values of at least one neighbor node included in a neighbor list of each parent node; and updating the neighbor list of the active node according to values of the determined fitness parameters. | 06-18-2009 |
20090187674 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PERFORMING COMMUNICATION BY USING PLURALITY OF NETWORK INTERFACES MOUNTED ON THE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS - Provided is a method of performing communication by using a plurality of network interfaces mounted on a communication terminal apparatus. The method includes allocating different Internet protocol (IP) addresses corresponding to the plurality of network interfaces to a plurality of applications of the communication terminal apparatus, relaying data transmitted or received between the plurality of applications and the plurality of network interfaces based on the allocated IP addresses, and simultaneously performing communication with an external network by the plurality of network interfaces through the relaying of the data. | 07-23-2009 |
20090201886 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING QOS IN DATA TRANSMISSION OVER SCTP SESSION - A method of adjusting quality of service (QoS) with respect to changes in a transmission environment of a mobile terminal receiving data based on a stream control transmission protocol (SCTP) session. When the transmission environment of the mobile terminal receiving data based on the SCTP session changes, the mobile terminal transmits link information indicating a new transmission environment to a destination node, and the destination node adjusts the quality of data or the size of a transmission window based on the link information. Thus, without adding separate network devices, the QoS of the data being transmitted can be adjusted with respect to the changed transmission environment, only by adding functions with software to the transmission terminal and the reception terminal. Also, since the destination node manually adjusts the transmission window according to the link information, packet loss can be minimized compared to the conventional congestion control method. | 08-13-2009 |
20100082568 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING INTEGRATED METADATA - A method of generating integrated metadata. The method includes receiving metadata about second contents including content access information for accessing the second contents from one or more content providers, which provide the second contents generated by changing at least one of quality, viewing cost, viewing time, and content providing method of at least one piece of first content; and generating integrated metadata using the received metadata about the second contents. | 04-01-2010 |
20100106827 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOMMENDING CONTENT - Provided is a content recommending method including receiving from second users meta data regarding content belonging to each of the second users having a content preference similar to a content preference of a first user, detecting based on the received meta data a plurality of pieces of recommended content similar to content that the first user is currently using, and outputting information regarding the respective pieces of detected recommended content. | 04-29-2010 |
20100178949 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA USING INFORMATION ON COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENT - Provided is data transmission method and apparatus. A method for transmitting data from a first device to a second device includes detecting information on a communication environment of the first device; receiving information on a communication environment of the second device from the second device; and adjusting the QoS of the data transmission in an application layer based on at least one of the information on the communication environment of the first device and the information on the communication environment of the second device. Accordingly, when a sender transmits data to a receiver, the QoS of data transmission can be adjusted by considering communication environments of the sender and the receiver, and thus optimized data transmission can be achieved. | 07-15-2010 |
20100191680 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING PREFERENCE RATING FOR CONTENT, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING SAMPLE CONTENT - Provided are a method and an apparatus for predicting a preference rating for content, and a method and an apparatus for selecting sample content in order to predict a preference rating for the content. In the method of predicting a preference rating for the content, a list of users having similar preferences to a target user is extracted from content usage information collected with respect to the same content, and the target user's preference rating for the content is predicted by applying preference rating information of the users with similar preferences to a machine learning algorithm. | 07-29-2010 |
20120136893 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING CONTENTS IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for searching for contents in a communication system are provided. A method of a search system for searching for contents includes obtaining a plurality of keywords from a terminal; determining a meaning of each keyword based on relations between the plurality of the keywords; searching for contents corresponding to the meaning of each keyword among contents provided from an open knowledge system; and providing a contents search result to the terminal. | 05-31-2012 |
20120224833 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEGMENTING VIDEO DATA IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - In one embodiment, a method for segmenting video data in a mobile communication terminal includes acquiring sensor data periodically together with video data during video shooting, and segmenting the video data based on the acquired sensor data. | 09-06-2012 |
20120226752 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING MEDIA BASED ON SOCIAL NETWORK IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for sharing media using a social network in a communication system are provided. A method of a transmit terminal for sharing media using a social network includes transmitting to a media server, identification information relating to at least one counterpart terminal, generating media comprising location information associated with the media, and registering the generated media to the media server. A method of a receive terminal for sharing media using a social network includes transmitting to a media server, identification information relating to at least one counterpart terminal, transmitting location information of the receive terminal to the media server, and receiving from the media server, media corresponding to the location information among media registered by the at least one counterpart terminal. | 09-06-2012 |
20120226996 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHARING COMMENT IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method share a comment related to contents in a mobile communication terminal. In the method, a comment regarding a contents file that is being reproduced is received. A comment Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is read from a metadata storage space of the contents file. The comment regarding the contents file is stored in a storage space of the comment URL. | 09-06-2012 |
20120254170 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING USER PROFILE USING CONTENT TAG, AND METHOD FOR CONTENT RECOMMENDATION USING THE CONSTRUCTED USER PROFILE - A method of and apparatus for constructing a user profile using a content tag, a method of recommending digital content by using a user profile including a tag included in the digital content and a preference value for the tag. According to the methods and apparatus, a user profile is generated by using a content tag, and thus the taste of the user according to digital content consumption can be expressed in more varied ways. Also, by suggesting a method of generating a tag from web content, construction of a user profile for digital content having no tag is enabled. Furthermore, a tag extracted from digital content used by a user is included in a profile and it can be used for a variety of purposes, such as expansion of a comparison scope, use of preference keywords, providing of content links, and expansion of search scope. | 10-04-2012 |
20130138674 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING APPLICATION BY USING KEYWORD - A system and method for recommending an application by using a keyword. A keyword-based application recommending user terminal includes a keyword extraction unit for extracting a keyword from an application that is running, a recommended application determination unit for determining an application to be recommended to correspond to the extracted keyword and a display unit for displaying the determined application. | 05-30-2013 |
20140348001 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PERFORMING COMMUNICATION BY USING PLURALITY OF NETWORK INTERFACES MOUNTED ON THE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS - Provided is a method of performing communication by using a plurality of network interfaces mounted on a communication terminal apparatus. The method includes allocating different Internet protocol (IP) addresses corresponding to the plurality of network interfaces to a plurality of applications of the communication terminal apparatus, relaying data transmitted or received between the plurality of applications and the plurality of network interfaces based on the allocated IP addresses, and simultaneously performing communication with an external network by the plurality of network interfaces through the relaying of the data. | 11-27-2014 |
20150019976 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION USING THE SAME - A portable terminal and a method for providing information using the same are provided. An information providing method of a portable terminal includes linking to a content playback device, detecting a movement pattern of the portable terminal using a movement detection sensor, receiving additional information related to content currently being played back by the content playback device when the detected movement pattern of the portable terminal is a predetermined pattern, and displaying the received additional information on a standby screen of the portable terminal. | 01-15-2015 |