公开(公告)号：US09799080B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-24

申请号：US14208256

申请日：2014-03-13

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Sang-Woo Lee ,  Jong-Sung Joo ,  Se-Jun Song ,  Young-Seok Lim

IPC: H04M1/00 ,  G06Q50/00

CPC classification number: G06Q50/01

Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing a contact address based on context information and an indication of a recommended contact and a preferred communication channel for reaching the recommended contact. The indication is based on pre-stored context information that matches the current context information. The communication channel may be one of a social networking service (SNS), a mobile phone number, a home phone number, a business phone number, a short message services (SMS), and a multimedia message service (MMS). The method may include: detecting, by an electronic device, current context information of the electronic device; comparing the current context information with prestored context information; and outputting an indication of a recommended contact and a preferred communication channel for reaching the recommended contact, wherein the indication is output based on the prestored context information matching the current context information.