Methods and apparatus for transmitting data

• US 10,116,791 B2
• Filed: 01/07/2016
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cho, Hyung-rae, Oh, Hyun-joo
• Primary Examiner(s): Htun, San
• Application Number:
  US14/990,223
• Publication Number:
  US 20160119471A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,027 Days
• Field of Search: 455415, 370352, 37914201, 37914204, 37914206, 379 8819
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/655 Combination of telephone service and social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A methods and apparatus for transmitting data are provided. The method includes receiving a call signal to be transmitted to a receiver including sender and receiver information associated with the call signal from a sender; confirming a relationship between the sender and the receiver that exists in at least one server; requesting sender data associated with the sender from the at least one server to which the sender is subscribed based on the relationship between the sender and the receiver to the at least one server; receiving the requested sender data from the at least one server; and transmitting the received sender data to the receiver.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting data performed by an apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving a request for a call signal, from a sender device to a receiver device, including sender information and receiver information associated with the call signal, from the sender device;

confirming a relationship between the sender and the receiver that exists in at least one external server, based on the received sender information and the receiver information;

requesting content associated with the sender which is uploaded on the at least one external server to which the sender is subscribed based on the relationship between the sender and the receiver, to the at least one external server;

receiving the requested content from the at least one external server; and

transmitting the call signal together with the received content, to the receiver device,

wherein the content is displayed on the receiver device while the call signal is being output on the receiver device, and

wherein the sender and the receiver are filtered based on an order of call frequency.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the received content in an account of the sender in the apparatus.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

requesting receiver data associated with the receiver to the at least one external server;

receiving the requested receiver data from the at least one external server; and

storing the receiver data in an account of the receiver in the apparatus.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the received content is transmitted to the receiver device together with the call signal received from the sender device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the sender and the receiver are associated with call signals received during a predetermined period of time.

6. An apparatus for transmitting data, the apparatus comprising:

a communication interface; and

a controller configured to;

control to receive, via the communication interface, a request for a call signal, from a sender device to a receiver device, including sender information and receiver information associated with the call signal, from the sender device;

confirm a relationship between the sender and the receiver, that exists in at least one external server, based on the received sender information and the receiver information;

control to request content associated with the sender which is uploaded on the at least one external server to which the sender is subscribed based on the relationship between the sender and the receiver, to the at least one external server;

control to receive, via the communication interface, the requested content from the at least one external server; and

control to transmit, via the communication interface, the call signal together with the received content, to the receiver device,

wherein the content is displayed on the receiver device while the call signal is being output on the receiver device, and

wherein the sender and the receiver are filtered based on an order of call frequency.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to control to transmit, via the communication interface, the received content to the receiver device together with the call signal received from the sender device.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to store the received content in an account of the sender in the apparatus.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to:

control to request receiver data associated with the receiver to the at least one external server;

control to receive, via the communication interface, the requested receiver data from the at least one external server; and

store the receiver data in an account of the receiver in the apparatus.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the sender and the receiver are associated with call signals received during a predetermined period of time.

11. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method comprising:

receiving a request for a call signal, from a sender device to a receiver device, including sender information and receiver information associated with the call signal, from the sender device;

confirming a relationship between the sender and the receiver that exists in at least one external server, based on the received sender information and the receiver information;

requesting content associated with the sender which is uploaded on the at least one external server to which the sender is subscribed based on the relationship between the sender and the receiver, to the at least one external server;

receiving the requested content from the at least one external server; and

transmitting the call signal together with the received content, to the receiver device,

wherein the content is displayed on the receiver device while the call signal is being output on the receiver device, and

wherein the sender and the receiver are filtered based on an order of call frequency.