Method and apparatus for utilizing callee information and location before call establishment

• US 9,769,600 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2012
• Issued: 09/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cho, Chi-Hyun, Lee, Jin-Wook, Kim, Jin-Hyoung, Kim, Young-Ki, Kim, Jeong-In
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Bryan
• Assistant Examiner(s): GIDADO, OLUWATOSIN M
• Application Number:
  US13/570,075
• Publication Number:
  US 20130041963A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,868 Days
• Field of Search: 709206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42102 Making use of the called party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/487 Arrangements for providing information services, e.g. recorded voice services or time announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to providing user information. In a method for requesting user information of an information requesting device in a mobile communication system, the method includes selecting a callee from a user, acquiring a user identifier (ID) of the selected callee, transmitting a user information request for the selected callee and the user ID to a relay server, evaluating whether an admission message is received from the relay server, and if the admission message is received, receiving user information from the relay server.

Claims

1. A method to provide a user information in an electronic device, the method comprising:

receive an identifier (ID) of another user and a request for the user information of a first user of the electronic device from a device of the other user through a server;

determining whether to admit the request for the user information based on the ID of the other user;

based on determining to admit the request for the user information, identifying, by the electronic device, a schedule of the first user of the electronic device stored in the electronic device;

based on that the first user'"'"'s schedule does not exist at a time when the request is received, transmitting, by the electronic device, an admission message indicating an available status of the first user to the device of the other user through the server; and

based on the first user'"'"'s schedule exists at the time when the request is received, transmitting a rejection message indicating an unavailable status of the first user to the device of the other user through the server, wherein the rejection message is transmitted without the user information by the electronic device, and the admission message is transmitted with the user information by the electronic device, wherein the user information stored in a storage of the server is transmitted from the server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether to admit the request for the user information comprises admitting the request for the user information when the ID of the other user is a pre-set ID.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising a second user information stored and configured in, and managed by the electronic device for enhanced security, and wherein the second user information comprises at least one of:

a user location information, a photo, a text, a voice message, a birthday date, or a home address.

4. An electronic device for providing user information, the electronic device comprising:

a communication circuitry configured to communicate with one or more devices; and

a controller configured to;

receive an identifier (ID) of another user and a request for the user information of a first user of the electronic device from a device of the other user through a server;

determine whether to admit the request for the user information based on the ID of the other user;

identify a schedule of the first user of the electronic device stored in the electronic device based on determining to admit the request for the user information;

control to transmit an admission message indicating an available status of the first user to the device of the other user through the server based on that the first user'"'"'s schedule does not exist at a time when the request is received; and

control to transmit a rejection message indicating an unavailable status of the first user to the device of the other user through the server based on that the first user'"'"'s schedule exists at the time when the request is received, wherein the rejection message is transmitted without the user information, and the admission message is transmitted with the user information, wherein the user information stored in a storage of the server is transmitted from the server.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the controller is configured to admit the request for the user information when the ID of the other user is a pre-set ID.

6. The electronic device of claim 4, further comprising a second user information stored and configured in, and managed by the electronic device for enhanced security, and wherein the second user information comprises at least one of:

a user location information, a photo, a text, a voice message, a birthday date, or a home address.