APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING COMMUNITY SERVICE IN PORTABLE TERMINAL

• US 20130024530A1
• Filed: 07/17/2012
• Published: 01/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Jae-Hwan, RHEE, Young-Ho
• Application Number:
  US13/551,145
• Publication Number:
  US 20130024530A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

An apparatus and method for providing a community service in a portable terminal is provided. The apparatus includes a community management part for requesting community generation by transmitting information regarding a member constituting community in a community generation request; a control part for assigning and registering a main number identifying the community through the community generation request; and a communication part for transmitting information for the community generation, wherein the control part posts a message to the community using the main number, and the community management part obtains the information regarding the member using at least one of an address book stored on a web server which manages the address book and an address book stored on the portable terminal.

Claims

1. An apparatus for providing a community service in a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a community management part for requesting community generation by transmitting information regarding a member constituting community in a community generation request;

a control part for assigning and registering a main number identifying the community through the community generation request; and

a communication part for transmitting information for the community generation,

wherein the control part posts a message to the community using the main number, and

wherein the community management part obtains the information regarding the member using at least one of an address book stored on a web server which manages the address book and an address book stored on the portable terminal.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the main number comprises at least one of a telephone exchange number indicating a message of a community service, and an identification number for identifying the community service.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the message posted to the community comprises at least one of a short message, a multimedia message, a voice message, an e-mail message, and a voice call based on Internet Protocol (IP).

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control part transmits a message using the main number as a recipient information.

5. An apparatus for providing a community service in a community server, the apparatus comprising:

a number management part for assigning and transmitting a main number for identifying a community to generate, to a portable terminal, when receiving a community generation request;

a server control part for identifying a community to forward the received message, when receiving a message to post to the community from the portable terminal;

a member management part for identifying members of the community identified by the server control part; and

a message management part for transmitting the received message to the member identified by the member management part.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the community generation request comprises information of a member constituting the community, and

the message management part transmits a notification message which notifies the member of the community generation to.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the message management part generates log information by storing the received message, after transmitting the received message to the members of the identified community.

8. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the main number comprises at least one of a telephone exchange number indicating a message of a community service, and an identification number for identifying the community service.

9. A method for providing a community service in a portable terminal, the method comprising:

requesting community generation by transmitting information regarding a member constituting community in a community generation request;

assigning a main number which identifies the community through the community generation request; and

posting a message to the community using the assigned main number,

wherein the requesting of the community generation obtains the information regarding the member using at least one of an address book stored on a web server which manages the address book and an address book stored on the portable terminal.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the main number comprises at least one of a telephone exchange number indicating a message of a community service, and an identification number for identifying the community service.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the message posted to the community comprises at least one of a short message, a multimedia message, a voice message, an e-mail message, and a voice call based on Internet Protocol (IP).

12. The method of claim 9, wherein posting of the message to the community using the assigned main number transmits a message using the main number as a recipient information.

13. A method for providing a community service in a community server, the method comprising:

assigning a main number for identifying a community to generate, when receiving a community generation request;

transmitting the assigned main number to a portable terminal;

identifying a community to forward the received message, when receiving a message to post to the community from the portable terminal; and

transmitting the received message to members of the identified community.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the community generation request comprises information regarding a member constituting the community, and

transmitting a notification message to the member regarding the community generation.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

generating log information by storing the received message, after transmitting the received message to the members of the identified community.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the main number comprises at least one of a telephone exchange number indicating a message of a community service, and an identification number for identifying the community service.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for executing a method of managing telephone numbers based on call history in a mobile communication system, the method comprising;

requesting community generation by transmitting information regarding a member constituting community in a community generation request;

assigning a main number which identifies the community through the community generation request; and

posting a message to the community using the assigned main number,

wherein the request of the community generation obtains the information regarding the member using at least one of an address book stored on a web server which manages the address book and an address book stored on the portable terminal.

18. The computer-readable recording medium of claim 17, wherein the main number comprises at least one of a telephone exchange number indicating a message of a community service, and an identification number for identifying the community service.

19. The computer-readable recording medium of claim 17, wherein the message posted to the community comprises at least one of a short message, a multimedia message, a voice message, an e-mail message, and a voice call based on Internet Protocol (IP).

20. The computer-readable recording medium of claim 17, wherein posting of the message to the community using the assigned main number transmits a message using the main number as a recipient information.