Apparatus and method for providing call connection notification to a caller by displaying public relation (PR) information of a callee

A method for displaying a call connection notification message, the method comprising:

• receiving a telephone number of a callee from a caller when the caller initiates a call to the callee;
• transmitting a call connection request from a user equipment of the caller through a mobile communication system to a user equipment of the callee and transmitting the telephone number of the callee to the mobile communication system;
• receiving, from a call connection notification service server, a call connection notification message including public relations (PR) information at the user equipment of the caller when the callee responds to the call connection request;
• and
• displaying the PR information included in the received call connection notification message on the user equipment of the caller for a first duration of time,
• wherein the call connection notification service server searches for the PR information based on the telephone number of the callee,
• wherein prior to receiving the telephone number of the callee from the caller, the method further comprises registering the telephone number of the callee and corresponding PR information with the call connection notification service server, wherein the callee is a subscriber of a call connection notification service configured to provide the call connection notification message from the call connection notification service server, and
• wherein the registering the telephone number of the callee and corresponding PR information with the call connection notification service server comprises selecting at least one default PR image and at least one default PR sentence, registering the selected at least one default PR image and the selected at least one default PR sentence as the corresponding PR information, and storing the corresponding PR information in a memory of the call connection notification service server.

An apparatus for providing a call connection notification message, the apparatus comprising:

• a public relations (PR) information registration unit configured to register telephone numbers and corresponding PR information received from subscribers and to store the received telephone numbers and corresponding PR information in a memory;
• a PR information search unit configured to search in the memory for a PR information corresponding to a telephone number of a callee, when a call connection request having the telephone number of the callee is received from a user equipment of a caller wherein the call connection request is generated by the user equipment of the caller when the caller initiates a call to the callee through the user equipment;
• and
• a PR information provider configured to provide the call connection notification message to the user equipment of a caller when the callee responds to the call connection request from the caller,
• wherein the call connection notification message comprises a result of the search for the PR information corresponding to the telephone number of the callee,
• wherein the corresponding PR information comprises at least one of a PR image and a PR sentence, and
• wherein the PR information registration unit is configured to provide at least one default PR image and at least one default PR sentence to a subscriber, register a selected default PR image of the at least one default PR image and a selected default PR sentence of the at least one default PR sentence, and store the registered default PR image and the registered default PR sentence as the corresponding PR information.