METHOD OF MANAGING CONTACT ITEM INFORMATION, USER DEVICE FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF

• US 20110047184A1
• Filed: 08/20/2010
• Published: 02/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Keum-koo, Sung, Ju-yun, Choo, Hee-jeong
• Application Number:
  US12/860,584
• Publication Number:
  US 20110047184A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/792
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

A method of managing contact item information includes requesting an external device for contact item information relating to a contact object; receiving the requested contact item information from the external device; and linking the received contact item information to the contact object. A user device that may execute the above method, and a storage medium are also provided.

Claims

1. A method of managing contact item information, the method comprising:

requesting an external device for contact item information relating to a contact object;

receiving the requested contact item information from the external device; and

linking the received contact item information to the contact object.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising linking the contact item information to information about available user devices.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising executing a task based on the selected contact item information based on the available user device information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the external device is at least one of at least one user device, at least one service, and at least one server that are connected to each other through a network.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the contact object is selected based on identification information of content.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the contact object is selected based on identification information of an object included in content.

7. A computer readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program for executing a method of managing contact item information, comprising:

a first code segment for requesting an external device for contact item information relating to a contact object;

a second code segment for receiving the requested contact item information from the external device;

a third code segment for linking the received contact item information to the contact object;

a fourth code segment for linking the contact item information to information about available user devices; and

a fifth code segment for executing a task based on the selected contact item information based on the available user device information.

8. A user device comprising:

a network interface unit interfacing with a network; and

a processor transmitting a signal for requesting contact item information relating to a contact object to an external device through the network interface unit, and linking the contact item information that is transmitted through the network interface unit to the contact object.

9. The user device of claim 8, wherein the processor links the contact item information to information about available user devices.

10. The user device of claim 9, wherein the processor executes a task according to the selected contact item information based on the available user device information.

11. The user device of claim 8, wherein the external device is at least one of at least one user device, at least one service, and at least one server that are connected to each other through a network.

12. The user device of claim 8, wherein the processor selects the contact object based on identification information of content.

13. The user device of claim 8, wherein the processor selects the contact object based on identification information of an object included in content.