Function cooperating method and portable terminal supporting the same

摘要

A method of linking a function of a terminal includes recognizing a face included in a photo, determining whether there is phonebook information having a photo of a face matched with the recognized face, and generating a gallery-phonebook file. The matched phonebook information is linked with the recognized face. The phonebook information of the gallery-phonebook file is based on the phonebook file stored in the storage unit and a controller determines whether or not to update the phonebook file if a recording date of the phonebook information included in the gallery-phonebook file is older than generation date of the phonebook file stored in the storage unit.

主权项

1. A method of linking a function of a portable terminal, the method comprising:
recognizing a face included in a currently displayed photo by a controller of the portable terminal; determining by the controller whether there is contact information in a phonebook in a storage unit that includes a previously-identified photo of a face that matches with the recognized face being output by a display; generating a gallery-phonebook file for a gallery-phonebook of a gallery-phonebook cooperating system having at least photogallery class operations and phonebook and photo-gallery (P &P) synchronization class operations and a Social Network System (SNS) interface controlled by the controller, and in which the gallery-phonebook is provided in addition to the phonebook by linking the contact information in the phonebook from the storage unit that matches with the recognized face of the photo and limit linking of the contact information depending on sharing status of the photo when the currently displayed photo is shared via the SNS interface, and displaying at least one gallery-phonebook file, when a gallery-phonebook is executed, the at least one gallery-phonebook file comprising at least one information related to a person with the recognized face.