APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATION USING ICON
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1. A communication terminal comprising:
- an icon profile storage unit for storing at least one icon profile of a user of the communication terminal;
a selection unit for selecting a desired icon profile among the at least one icon profile stored in the icon profile storage unit;
a transmission unit for transmitting the icon profile selected by the selection unit to the outside of the communication terminal;
a receiving unit for receiving an icon profile of a second user output from a communication terminal of the second user; and
a received icon profile storage unit for storing the icon profile of the second user received by the receiving unit,wherein the at least one icon profile of the user of the communication terminal includes icon for representing information of at least one communication terminal by the first user and the icon profile of the second user includes icon for representing information of the communication terminal used by the second user.
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Abstract
Disclosed are an apparatus and method for communication using an icon. A first communication terminal of a first user stores a second user icon profile including an icon(s) representing at least one communication terminal used by a second user and a second communication terminal of the second user stores a first user icon profile including an icon(s) representing at least one communication terminal used by the first user. When the first user a first icon from the at least one icon forming the second user icon profile, the first user can communication with the second communication terminal of the second user represented by the first icon using the first communication terminal.
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1. A communication terminal comprising:
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an icon profile storage unit for storing at least one icon profile of a user of the communication terminal; a selection unit for selecting a desired icon profile among the at least one icon profile stored in the icon profile storage unit; a transmission unit for transmitting the icon profile selected by the selection unit to the outside of the communication terminal; a receiving unit for receiving an icon profile of a second user output from a communication terminal of the second user; and a received icon profile storage unit for storing the icon profile of the second user received by the receiving unit, wherein the at least one icon profile of the user of the communication terminal includes icon for representing information of at least one communication terminal by the first user and the icon profile of the second user includes icon for representing information of the communication terminal used by the second user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for communication using an icon comprising:
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icon profile generating, in which a first user and a second user separately generate their own icon profiles using their own communication terminals; icon profile exchanging, in which the first user and the second user exchange their icon profiles selected by using their own communication terminals; and communication channel forming, in which when the first user selects a first icon from at least one icon forming the icon profile of the second user displayed on the communication terminal of the first user, the communication terminal of the first user forms a communication channel to perform communication with the communication terminal of the second user represented by the selected first icon, wherein the icon profile of the first user and the icon profile of the second user each include icons for representing information of at least one communication terminal used by the first user and the second user. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A method for communication using an icon comprising:
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first icon profile selecting, in which a first user selects a first icon profile from at least one icon profile of the first user stored in an icon profile storage unit using a first communication terminal of the first user; transmitting, in which the first communication terminal transmits the selected first icon profile to a communication terminal of a second user; and receiving and storing, in which the first communication terminal receives and stores an icon profile of the second user output from the communication terminal of the second user in response to the first user icon profile, wherein the at least one first user icon profile includes icons for representing information of at least one communication terminal used by the first user and the icon profile of the second user includes icons for representing information of the communication terminal used by the second user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A method for displaying information of consanguinity degree using a communication terminal comprising:
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first icon selecting, in which a first user selects a first icon representing information of consanguinity degree from an icon profile of a second user displayed on a first communication terminal of the first user; information reading, in which the first communication terminal reads information of at least one third user forming a social network with the second user from a server; and displaying, in which the first communication terminal displays an icon profile of the at least one third user on the first communication terminal, based on the information of the at least one third user read from the server, wherein the icon profile of the second user includes the first icon representing the name of the second user and the degree of consanguinity between the first user and the second user. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method for confirming a degree of consanguinity using a communication terminal comprising:
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second user selecting, in which a first user selects a second user who is displayed in a call list of a communication terminal of the first user and has made a call to the communication terminal; transmitting, in which the communication terminal transmits information of the selected second user to a server storing information of at least one individual forming the social network with the first user; and displaying, in which the communication terminal displays information of consanguinity degree between the first user and the second user or information of consanguinity degree between at least one individual forming the social network with the first user and the second user on the communication terminal, based on information of consanguinity degree output from the server.
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18. A method for confirming a degree of consanguinity using a communication terminal comprising:
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transmitting, in which a first user selects a second user who is displayed in a call list of a communication terminal of the first user and has made a call to the communication, terminal; transmitting, in which a first user transmits information of a second user who is a call correspondent to a server storing information of individuals forming a social network with the first user using a first communication terminal of the first user; and
;displaying, in which the first communication terminal displays information of consanguinity degree between the first user and the second user or information of consanguinity degree between at least one individual forming the social network with the first user and the second user, based on information of consanguinity degree output from the server.
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