Abstract: An approach is provided to facilitate chatting services. A friend list page is displayed via a user terminal, the friend list page including an area configured to present a status message associated with a friend. A message page is displayed in response to selection of the status message, the message page including a list of status messages associated with the friend. A chat room page is displayed in response to selection of at least one of the listed status messages, the chat room page being configured to facilitate chatting, the chat room page being displayed including the at least one selected status message automatically inserted into an input area of the chat room page.

Abstract: Provided is a composition-based exposure measuring method and apparatus for measuring an exposure degree of an object included in an image, including: receiving an input of the image; measuring an exposure amount of a pixel located in a region determined based on a composition, among pixels of the received image; and determining the exposure degree of the object based on the measured exposure amount.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a group messaging system for providing file sharing through bidirectional interlock with a cloud server, including: a messenger server receiving information requesting creation of a group chatting room including group members and instructing user terminals of the respective group members to create the group chatting room; and a cloud server interlocking with the messenger server, receiving information about the creation of the group chatting room from the messenger server, and creating a sharing group mapped to the group chatting room in a one-to-one scheme.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method of identifying an access network. The apparatus including: a packet capturing unit configured to capture a plurality of packets transmitted or received by a server; a flow classifying unit configured to classify each of the captured packets into individual flows with reference to at least one of an origination address, a destination address, and a port number; a round trip time (RTT) calculating unit configured to calculate RTT values from the packets classified into a flow of the individual flows; an access network determining unit configured to determine that an origination address included in a packet classified into the flow is an address accessing the server through a first communication network when the RTT calculated values exceed a reference value; and a storage unit configured to store the address accessing the server through the first communication network.

Abstract: A method for providing a game through a connection with a challenge opponent, performed by a game service platform server managing a plurality of games, the method including: receiving challenge game selection information and challenge opponent request information of a challenge applicant from a first user terminal; transmitting challenge application information to a second user terminal, which is a terminal of at least one member specified based on the challenge opponent request information; and setting the member accepting a challenge to the challenge opponent based on challenge acceptance information received from the second user terminal. The first user terminal and the second user terminal execute a game service platform managing the plurality of games and provide the challenge opponent request information and the challenge acceptance information through the game service platform, respectively.

Abstract: A method and a system are disclosed. The method that is executed by a game service platform server managing a plurality of games for searching game challenge opponents includes: receiving a game challenge opponent request, on the game service platform server, generated according to a motion of a first terminal from the first terminal; receiving a position of the first terminal and a distance from the first terminal; searching for a second terminal based on the position and the distance; and setting the searched second terminal to be a game challenge opponent candidate and providing user information for the searched second terminal to the first terminal, wherein the game service platform server executes a game service platform managing the plurality of games and provides the game challenge opponent candidate request through the game service platform.

Abstract: A social network service (SNS) system and method for recommending a friend of a friend based on an intimacy between users are provided. The SNS system includes an extracting unit to extract communication information from each of a friend relationship between a user and a first-group friend and a friend relationship between the user and a second-group friend. The system also includes a calculating unit to calculate an intimacy of each of the friend relationships based on the extracted communication information. The system includes a generating unit to generate a list of recommended second-group friends based on the calculated intimacy.

Abstract: A method and system for providing a query using an image is disclosed. A search keyword is determined using an image and position information of a terminal that are received from the terminal. Search queries associated with the determined search keyword are provided to the terminal. Lower search queries may be provided to the terminal if one of the provided search queries is selected.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method, a server, and a computer readable recording medium for providing social-commerce deals with route information. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing social-commerce deals with route information executed by a social-commerce server, method including receiving route request information from a user terminal and calculating route information based on the received route request information, extracting recommendation social-commerce deal information based on the calculated route information, and providing the calculated route information and the extracted recommendation social-commerce deal information to the user terminal.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for providing an integrated electronic program guide (EPG). An image display apparatus may receive signals from a plurality of input sources via at least one port, may identify the plurality of input sources, may receive EPG information of each of the plurality of input sources, and may generate an integrated EPG by integrating the received EPG information. Using the integrated EPG, a user of the image display apparatus may select and view all the contents that are provided by the plurality of input sources, without a need to select a predetermined input source.