Apparatus and method for sharing contents of Social Network Service in communication system

摘要

A system, apparatus, and method in a communication system allow sharing contents of users by acquiring an access right even if there is no connection relationship in a Social Network Service (SNS). The system includes an SNS provider and a middleware server. The SNS provider provides the SNS and generates an authorization key and an authorization token according to an open authorization protocol. The middleware server obtains contents of a second user from the SNS provider by using an authorization key of the second user when a first user requests sharing SNS contents of the second user, and transmits the contents of the second user to the first user.

主权项

1. A communication system for supporting a Social Network Service (SNS), the system comprising:
an SNS server configured to:
provide the SNS to a first SNS subscriber and a second SNS subscriber, both SNS subscribers subscribing to the SNS from the SNS server respectively, where the first SNS subscriber has no SNS connection for providing accessibility to content of the second SNS subscriber with the second SNS subscriber;generate an authorization key and an authorization token according to an open authorization protocol for the second SNS subscriber of the SNS;receive a request for accessing the SNS content of the second SNS subscriber from the first SNS subscriber; andinquire the second SNS subscriber whether to approve the request by using the authorization key of the second SNS subscriber; and a middleware server configured to:
in response to the SNS server receiving the authorization key from the second SNS subscriber:
obtain the SNS content of the second SNS subscriber from the SNS server by using an authorization key of the second SNS subscriber; andtransmit the SNS content of the second SNS subscriber to the first SNS subscriber.