Methods and apparatus for transmitting data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9247046-B2
Application number	US-201113324374-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2011
Priority date	Feb 22, 2011
Publication date	Jan 26, 2016
Grant date	Jan 26, 2016

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for transmitting data are provided. A relationship, between a sender of a call signal and a receiver of a call signal, that exists in at least one network service server, is confirmed. Data associated with the sender is selected based on the relationship between the sender and the receiver. The data associated with the sender is transmitted to the receiver.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of transmitting data, the method being performed by an apparatus for transmitting data, comprising the steps of:
receiving a call signal, from a sender to a receiver, including sender and receiver information associated with the call signal and information of at least one server in which data associated with the sender, based on a relationship between the sender and the receiver is stored;
confirming the relationship between the sender and the receiver that exists in the at least one server;
requesting recently uploaded sender data associated with the sender from the at least one server to which the sender is subscribed, when there is no sender data stored in the account of the sender in the apparatus;
receiving the requested sender data from the server;
selecting sender data based on the relationship between the sender and the receiver; and
transmitting the call signal and the selected sender data associated with the sender to the receiver.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein confirming the relationship comprises:
confirming the relationship between the sender and the receiver based on the received sender and receiver information.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing the received sender data associated with the sender in the account of the sender in the apparatus.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
requesting receiver data associated with the receiver from the at least one server; and
storing the receiver data associated with the receiver in an account of the receiver in the apparatus, when the receiver data associated with the receiver is received from the at least one server.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected sender data is transmitted to the receiver together with the call signal received from the sender.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sender and the receiver are filtered based on an order of call frequency.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the sender and the receiver are associated with call signals received during a predetermined period of time.

8. A method of transmitting data, the method being performed by an apparatus for transmitting data, comprising the steps of:
receiving, from a sender, a call signal to be transmitted to a receiver, the call signal including sender and receiver information associated with the call signal and address information of a terminal of the sender, in which data associated with the sender, based on a relationship between the sender and the receiver, is stored;
requesting the data associated with the sender, based on the relationship between the sender and the receiver, from the terminal of the sender based on the received address information of the terminal of the sender; and
transmitting the call signal and the data associated with the sender, based on the relationship between the sender and the receiver, to the receiver when the data is received from the terminal of the sender.

9. An apparatus for transmitting data, the apparatus comprising:
a control unit that receives a call signal, from a sender to a receiver, including sender and receiver information associated with the call signal and information of at least one server in which data associated with the sender, based on a relationship between the sender and the receiver is stored, confirms the relationship between the sender and the receiver, that exists in the at least one server, requests recently uploaded sender data associated with the sender from the at least one server to which the sender is subscribed, when there is no sender data stored in the account of the sender in the apparatus, receives the requested sender data from the server, and selects sender data based on the relationship between the sender and the receiver;
a storage unit that stores the account of the sender and an account of the receiver; and
a transmission unit that transmits the call signal and the selected sender data associated with the sender to the receiver.

10. An apparatus for transferring data, the apparatus comprising:
a receiving unit that receives, from a sender, a call signal to be transmitted to a receiver, the call signal including sender and receiver information associated with the call signal and address information of a terminal of the sender, in which data associated with the sender, based on a relationship between the sender and the receiver, is stored;
a control unit that requests the data associated with the sender, based on the relationship between the sender and the receiver, from the terminal of the sender, based on the received address information of the terminal of the sender, and selects the data associated with the sender, when the data is received from the terminal of the sender through the receiving unit; and
a transmission unit that transmits the call signal and the selected data associated with the sender to the receiver.

11. An article of manufacture for transmitting data, comprising a non-transitory computer readable recording medium containing one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of:
receiving a call signal, from a sender to a receiver, including sender and receiver information associated with the call signal and information of at least one server in which data associated with the sender, based on a relationship between the sender and the receiver is stored;
confirming the relationship between the sender and the receiver, that exists in the at least one server;
requesting recently uploaded sender data associated with the sender from the at least one server to which the sender is subscribed, when there is no sender data stored in the account of the sender in the apparatus;
receiving the requested sender data from the server;
selecting sender data based on the relationship between the sender and the receiver; and
transmitting the call signal and the selected sender data associated with the sender to the receiver.

Assignees

• Cho Hyung-Rae
• Oh Hyun-Joo
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cho Hyung-Rae
• Oh Hyun-Joo

Classifications

• H04M2203/655

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