Apparatus for transmitting media using social intimacy and method thereof

摘要

Disclosed is an apparatus and method for transmitting media data using social intimacy. The apparatus and method can calculate a social intimacy level for a plurality of previously stored terminal information, request at least one terminal of transmitting terminal information according to a media transmission request, and when receiving the requested terminal information from at least one terminal, transmit the media data to a terminal where the terminal information equals the received terminal information among terminal information having higher social intimacy, thereby sharing the media data with people forming a higher social intimacy with a user.

主权项

1. An apparatus configured to transmit media based on social intimacy, the apparatus comprising:
a memory unit configured to store pieces of contact information regarding a plurality of terminals and a plurality of media data; and a control unit configured to; calculate social intimacy levels with the plurality of terminals, wherein each of the social intimacy levels indicates a degree of the social intimacy representing a frequency of contact between a user of the apparatus and users of the plurality of terminals, select at least one of the plurality of terminals having a high social intimacy level among the calculated social intimacy levels, the high social intimacy level representing a high frequency among frequencies of contact with the plurality of the terminals, request and receive contact information of each terminal within a network of the apparatus, and transmit the media data to the at least one of the plurality of terminals having the high social intimacy level when contact information of the at least one of the plurality of terminals having the high social intimacy level is equal to the received contact information, wherein the contact information comprises a phone number and a wireless personal area network identifier (WPAN ID).