Method and mobile terminal for displaying terminal information of another party using presence information

摘要

When a user terminal makes contact with another party using a phone call, a video communication, a short message service, a multimedia message service, an instant message service, or an e-mail, functions supported by the other party's terminal are displayed on the user terminal using presence information. When a type of preferred contact is detected, a menu based on the detected preferred contact type is provided. In the user terminal, a transceiver receives the presence information and a controller displays the menu listing the functions supported by the other party's terminal in a desired method using the presence information. The controller extracts information about the detected preferred contact type set by the other party's terminal from the received presence information and displays the menu in a desired method based on the extracted information.

主权项

1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a touch screen configured to receive an input of a terminal user; a transceiver configured to receive presence information including at least one communication type supported by a terminal of another party via a communication network; a memory configured to store the received presence information and information of the other party; and a controller configured to:
execute a phone number search function for transmitting a message to the other party,retrieve, when the user searches for information on the other party using the phone number search function, the presence information mapped to the information of the other party from the memory,detect the at least one communication type supported by the other party based on the retrieved presence information, anddetermine a specific communication type to be displayed based on communication types of the mobile terminal and the detected at least one communication type of the terminal of the other party.