US 10,313,515 B2 · Apparatus and method for providing presence service in communication device

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for determining a state of a counterpart without executing a separate program executed in order to determine a current state of the counterpart in a communication apparatus are provided. The apparatus includes a state information server and a communication apparatus. When receiving state information, the state information server provides the received state information to a user who has registered the communication apparatus that has provided the state information. When receiving state information from the state information server, the communication apparatus outputs the user's state information corresponding to the state information.

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Dependent claims

A first apparatus for providing presence service, the first apparatus comprising:

a plurality of output elements;
at least one transceiver configured to:
transmit user information for a second apparatus to a server for registering the second apparatus,
transmit, to the server, a signal for requesting a current state of a user, and
receive, from the server, state information indicating the current state of the user of the registered second apparatus, wherein the state information is transmitted in response to searching the first apparatus which registers the second apparatus according to the signal by the server;
and
at least one processor configured to:
identify an output element corresponding to the registered second apparatus among the plurality of output elements on the first apparatus based on the state information, and
provide the current state of the user by using the output element without displaying the current state on a screen for a graphic user interface (GUI),
wherein the plurality of output elements on the first apparatus correspond to a plurality of registered apparatuses, respectively.

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A server for providing presence service, the server comprising:

at least one transceiver;
and
at least one processor operatively coupled to the at least one transceiver,
wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
receive user information for a second apparatus from a first apparatus,
store the user information for the second apparatus to register the second apparatus,
receive state information indicating a current state of a user of the second apparatus from the second apparatus,
store the received state information of the second apparatus,
receive, from the first apparatus, a signal for requesting the current state of the user,
search an apparatus which has transmitted the user information for the second apparatus to the server to register the second apparatus, according to the signal, and
in response to the first apparatus being searched, transmit the stored state information of the second apparatus to the searched first apparatus,
wherein the current state of the user is provided by using an output element without displaying the current state on a screen for a graphic user interface (GUI),
wherein the output element corresponding to the registered second apparatus is identified based on the state information among a plurality of output elements on the first apparatus, and
wherein the plurality of output elements on the first apparatus correspond to a plurality of apparatuses registered at the server, respectively.

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A method for operating a first apparatus to provide presence service, the method comprising:

transmitting user information for a second apparatus to a server for registering the second apparatus;
transmitting a signal for requesting a current state of a user to the server;
receiving, from the server, state information indicating the current state of the user of the registered second apparatus, wherein the state information is transmitted in response to searching the first apparatus which register the second apparatus according to the signal by the server;
identifying an output element corresponding to the registered second apparatus among a plurality of output elements on the first apparatus based on the state information;
and
providing the current state of the user by using the output element without displaying the current state on a screen for a graphic user interface (GUI),
wherein the plurality of output elements on the first apparatus correspond to a plurality of registered apparatuses, respectively.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Apparatus and method for providing presence service in communication device

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