Method and apparatus for utilizing callee information and location before call establishment
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsChi-Hyun Cho, Jin-Wook Lee, Jin-Hyoung Kim, Young-Ki Kim, Jeong-In Kim
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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.
Claims20
A method for providing user information in an electronic device, the method comprising:
- in response to detecting a user input, selecting, while displaying information on at least one user registered to a phone book, a first user among the at least one user using a display of the electronic device;
- in response to selecting the first user, transmitting, to a first electronic device corresponding to the first user, information for requesting information on a status of the first user, using a communication interface of the electronic device;
- and
- in response to receiving the information of the status of the first user from the first electronic device, displaying the information on the status of the first user using the display.
An electronic device for providing user information, the electronic device comprising:
- a communication interface;
- a display;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- in response to detecting a user input, select, while displaying information on at least one user registered to a phone book, a first user among the at least one user, using the display;
- in response to selecting the first user, transmit, to a first electronic device corresponding to the first user, information for requesting information on a status of the first user, using the communication interface;
- and
- in response to receiving the information of the status of the first user from the first electronic device, control the display to display the information on the status of the first user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.