METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING CAPABILITY DISCOVERY OF RICH COMMUNICATION SUITE IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL

• US 20130339520A1
• Filed: 06/17/2013
• Published: 12/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JANG, Jae-Young
• Granted Patent: US 9,559,933 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/10 Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4594 Address books, i.e. directories containing contact information about correspondents telephone directories in user terminals H04M1/27453
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2747 Scrolling on a display
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

A method of performing capability discovery of Rich Communication Suite (RCS) in a portable terminal is provided. The method includes displaying a predetermined number of pieces of contact information from among registered contact information when a displaying of the registered contact information is requested, displaying the registered contact information so as to correspond with a user input when the user input is determined, and selecting currently displayed contact information and performing capability discovery with respect to the selected displayed contact information, when the user input is not determined during a predetermined time.

Claims

1. A method of performing capability discovery of Rich Communication Suite (RCS) in a portable terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a predetermined number of pieces of contact information from among registered contact information when a displaying of the registered contact information is requested;

displaying the registered contact information to correspond with a user input when the user input is determined; and

performing capability discovery with respect to each of the displayed contact information, when the user input is not determined during a predetermined time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input comprises a scroll input.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the performing of the capability discovery comprises:

performing the capability discovery with respect to at least one of contact information, when a user selects the at least one of contact information from among the displayed contact information

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the performing of the capability discovery comprises:

notifying a user that capability discovery is to be performed with respect to each of a currently displayed pieces of contact information when the user input is not determined during the predetermined time; and

performing capability discovery with respect to each of the currently displayed pieces of contact information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the predetermined number of pieces of contact information comprises:

determining a communication history when the displaying of the registered contact information is requested; and

displaying the predetermined number of pieces of contact information corresponding to recently performed communication in chronological order from among the registered contact information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the predetermined number of pieces of contact information comprises:

determining a communication history when the displaying of the registered contact information is requested; and

displaying the predetermined number of pieces of contact information corresponding to frequently performed communication in an order of frequency from among the registered contact information.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

updating an RCS database based on a result of performing capability discovery when capability discovery with respect to each of the selected pieces of contact information is completed; and

displaying an updated RCS capability with respect to each of the displayed pieces of contact information, based on the updated RCS database.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the capability discovery is performed automatically with respect to the displayed contact information when the predetermined time expires.

9. An apparatus for performing capability discovery of Rich Communication Suite (RCS) in a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a memory storing information associated with contact information;

a display unit to display the contact information;

a wireless transceiving unit to provide a communication function for performing capability discovery; and

a controller to control to display a predetermined number of pieces of contact information from among registered contact information when a displaying of the registered contact information is requested, to display the registered contact information to correspond with a user input when the user input is determined, and to, when the user input is not determined during a predetermined time, perform capability discovery with respect to the displayed contact information.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the user input comprises a scroll input.

11. The apparatus of claim 9,

the controller controls to performing the capability discovery with respect to at least one of contact information, when a user selects the at least one of contact information from among the displayed contact information,

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein, when the capability discovery is performed, the controller controls to:

notify a user that capability discovery is to be performed with respect to each of a currently displayed pieces of contact information when the user input is not determined during the predetermined time; and

perform capability discovery with respect to each of the currently displayed pieces of contact information.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein, when the predetermined number of pieces of contact information is displayed, the controller controls to:

determine a communication history when the displaying of the registered contact information is requested; and

display the predetermined number of pieces of contact information corresponding to recently performed communication in chronological order from among the registered contact information.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein, when the predetermined number of pieces of contact information is displayed, the controller controls to:

determine a communication history when the displaying of the registered contact information is requested; and

display the predetermined number of pieces of contact information corresponding to frequently performed communication in an order of frequency from among the registered contact information.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller controls to:

update an RCS database based on a result of performing capability discovery when capability discovery with respect to each of the selected pieces of contact information is completed; and

display an updated RCS capability with respect to each of the displayed pieces of contact information, based on the updated RCS database.

16. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller controls to automatically perform the capability discovery with respect to the displayed contact information when the predetermined time expires.