SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RECOMMENDING APPLICATIONS BASED ON CONTEXT INFORMATION
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1. An apparatus for recommending applications based on context information, the apparatus comprising:
- a context information collecting unit which collects context information;
a recommended application determination unit which determines at least one recommended application from among applications based on the collected context information;
a display setting unit which sets an icon of the at least one recommended application to be displayed based on the determination of the recommended application determination unit; and
a display unit which displays the icon of the at least one recommended application based on settings of the display setting unit.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for recommending and displaying a recommended application, in terms of context, from among a plurality of applications in an apparatus are provided. The method includes: collecting context information of a user; determining at least one recommended application from among applications included in the apparatus based on the collected context information; and displaying the at least one recommended application based on the determination.
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1. An apparatus for recommending applications based on context information, the apparatus comprising:
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a context information collecting unit which collects context information; a recommended application determination unit which determines at least one recommended application from among applications based on the collected context information; a display setting unit which sets an icon of the at least one recommended application to be displayed based on the determination of the recommended application determination unit; and a display unit which displays the icon of the at least one recommended application based on settings of the display setting unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A server which provides an apparatus with information related to application recommendation, the server comprising:
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a receipt unit which receives information about applications used in other apparatuses, from the other apparatuses; a recommended information determination unit which determines the information related to the application recommendation, which is to be transmitted to the apparatus, based on the received information; and a transfer unit which transmits the information related to the application recommendation determined by the recommended information determination unit, wherein the information related to the application recommendation is used to determine an application to be recommended from among applications. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of recommending and displaying an application in an apparatus, the method comprising:
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collecting context information; determining at least one recommended application from among applications included in the apparatus based on the collected context information; and displaying the at least one recommended application based on the determination. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method of providing an apparatus with information related to an application recommendation from a server, the method comprising:
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receiving information about applications used in other apparatuses from the other apparatuses; determining information related to the application recommendation, which is to be transferred to the apparatus; and transferring, by the server, the determined information related to the application recommendation to the apparatus from the server, wherein the transferred information related to the application recommendation is used to determine an application to be recommended from among applications. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A computer readable recording medium having embodied thereon a program for executing a method of recommending and displaying an application in an apparatus, wherein the method comprises:
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collecting context information of a user; determining at least one recommended application from among applications included in the apparatus based on the collected context information; and displaying the at least one recommended application based on the determination.
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46. A computer readable recording medium having embodied thereon a program for executing a method of providing an apparatus with information related to an application recommendation from a server, wherein the method comprises:
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receiving information about applications used in other apparatuses from the other apparatuses; determining information related to the application recommendation, which is to be transferred to the apparatus; and transferring, by the server, the determined information related to the application recommendation to the apparatus from the server, wherein the transferred information related to the application recommendation is used to determine an application to be recommended from among the applications.
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