Apparatus and method for processing query in portable terminal for social network

摘要

A portable terminal which supports a social network, more particularly, an apparatus and a method for generating a community with agents of the same character in a social network and processing an answer to a query by sharing information between the generated communities. The apparatus includes an agent determiner configured to set an agent for a first network object. The apparatus also includes a community setting part configured to establish a community with an agent for a first network and an agent for a second agent, select a first representative agent of the community, and establish a community with the first representative agent selected and other adjacent representative agents.

主权项

1. An apparatus for use in a social network, the apparatus comprising:
a communication unit; and a control unit configured to:
determine a character of each of a plurality of agents for each of a plurality of applications associated with the social network,wherein each of the plurality of agents relates to a function processable by a corresponding application of the plurality of applications, andwherein the character of each of the plurality of agents indicates a function associated with the agent that is processed by the corresponding application;establish, by controlling the communication unit, a first community including agents associated with a first character of the determined characters;establish, by controlling the communication unit, a second community including agents associated with a second character of the determined characters, the second community including at least one agent included in the first community;select a first representative agent for the first community and a second representative agent for the second community;establish, by controlling the communication unit, a higher community including the selected representative agents; andshare information with the first community and the second community via the representative agents included in the higher community.