APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SOCIAL ACTIVITY RELATING TO COMMUNICATION SERVICE IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20150149573A1
• Filed: 11/24/2014
• Published: 05/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: OH, Gyu-Bong, LEE, Kyung-Tak, CHOI, Jongsoo
• Application Number:
  US14/551,885
• Publication Number:
  US 20150149573A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1895 for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1063 Application servers providing network services systems providing special services to telephonic subscribers H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15

Abstract

An operation method of a user device in a communication system is provided, which includes receiving a notification of update of session-related contents from a server, and storing information about the session-related contents. The notification is provided by a user preference of the user device.

Claims

1. A method for operating a user device in a communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a notification of an update of session-related contents from a server; and

storing information about the session-related contents,

wherein the notification is provided by a user preference of the user device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the session-related contents comprise at least one of a message transmitted/received through a communication session, a file, conference schedule/opening information, participant information, and reference information for accessing contents.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting a message of requesting sharing of the session-related contents.

4. A method for operating a server in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

generating session-related contents based on a user preference of a first user; and

transmitting information about the session-related contents in order to share the session-related contents with a second user.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving information about the user preference from a document management server.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining at least one of a range of contents to be generated and a range of other users sharing the contents based on information about the user preference.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein transmitting the information about the session-related contents comprises transmitting the information about the session-related contents to a contents server or a server of a domain which other users sharing contents belong to.

8. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining whether to transmit the information about the session-related contents, based on information about the user preference or a request of the first user.

9. A method for operating a server in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a request for information about a user preference; and

providing the information about the user preference,

wherein the information about the user preference instructs at least one of whether to generate session-related contents of a user, whether to share the session-related contents, and a target for sharing the session-related contents.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the information about the user preference is implemented as an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) document.

11. A method for operating a server in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving information about session-related contents of a first user in order to share the session-related contents of the first user with a second user; and

processing the information about the session-related contents of the first user based on a user preference of the second user.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein processing the information about the session-related contents comprises:

if setting for sharing instructed by the user preference of the second user is ‘

accept’

, storing the session-related contents of the first user; and

transmitting, to the second user, a notification of change of the session-related contents of the first user.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein processing the information about the session-related contents comprises:

if setting for sharing instructed by the user preference of the second user is ‘

acknowledge’

, transmitting, to the second user, a message of inquiring whether to receive the session-related contents of the first user;

if the second user accepts to receive the session-related contents of the first user, storing the session-related contents of the first user; and

transmitting, to the second user, a notification of a change of the session-related contents of the first user.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein processing the information about the session-related contents comprises, if setting for sharing instructed by the user preference of the second user is ‘

reject’

, transmitting a notification of non-acceptance to a server providing the session-related contents of the first user.

15. An apparatus for a user device in a communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a communication unit configured to receive a notification of update of session-related contents from a server; and

a control unit configured to store information about the session-related contents,

wherein the notification is provided by a user preference of the user device.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the session-related contents comprise at least one of a message transmitted/received through a communication session, a file, conference schedule/opening information, participant information, and reference information for accessing contents.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the communication unit is further configured to transmit a message of requesting sharing of the session-related contents.

18. An apparatus for a server in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a control unit configured to generate session-related contents based on a user preference of a first user; and

a communication unit configured to transmit information about the session-related contents in order to share the session-related contents with a second user.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the control unit is further configured to get information about the user preference from a document management server.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the control unit is further configured to determine at least one of a range of contents to be generated and a range of other users sharing the contents based on information about the user preference.

21. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the communication unit is further configured to transmit the information about the session-related contents to a contents server or a server of a domain which other users sharing contents belong to.

22. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the control unit is further configured to determine whether to transmit the information about the session-related contents, based on information about the user preference or a request of the first user.

23. An apparatus for a server in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a communication unit configured to receive a request of information about a user preference; and

a control unit configured to provide the information about the user preference,

wherein the information about the user preference instructs at least one of whether to generate session-related contents of a user, whether to share the session-related contents, and a target for sharing the session-related contents.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the information about the user preference is implemented as an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) document.

25. An apparatus for a server in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a communication unit configured to receive information about session-related contents of a first user in order to share the session-related contents of the first user with a second user; and

a control unit configured to process the information about the session-related contents of the first user based on a user preference of the second user.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein, if setting for sharing instructed by the user preference of the second user is ‘

accept’

, the control unit is further configured to store the session-related contents of the first user, and to transmit, to the second user, a notification of change of the session-related contents of the first user.

27. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein, if setting for sharing instructed by the user preference of the second user is ‘

acknowledge’

, the control unit is further configured to transmit, to the second user, a message of inquiring whether to receive the session-related contents of the first user, and, if the second user accepts to receive the session-related contents of the first user, the control unit is further configured to store the session-related contents of the first user, and to transmit, to the second user, a notification of change of the session-related contents of the first user.

28. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein, if setting for sharing instructed by the user preference of the second user is ‘

reject’

, the control unit is further configured to transmit a notification of non-acceptance to a server providing the session-related contents of the first user.