METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING DEVICE CONTEXT USING AN IP ADDRESS IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

The present invention relates to a system configuration and an apparatus for preventing the infringement of user privacy, and for collecting and analyzing information regardless of the service feature and type, while a system providing a context aware service collects and analyzes user information. The present invention discloses a method of configuring and using a context analyzer and a device profile database in order for the system providing the context aware service to collect and analyze information regardless of the service feature and type.

主权项

1. A method for managing context in a communication system, the method comprising:
detecting a packet transmitted between a device and a server; requesting a device profile database for information on an IP address of the device by sending an IP request message; receiving an IP response message from the device profile database; and updating the context according to the IP address information in the IP response message.