Patent ID: 8819753
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring a social network channel for multi-functional display devices comprising: displaying a list of individuals on a display of a first multi-functional display device; receiving a user selection for assigning an individual to an available channel number and assigning the individual to the available channel number that the user selected; generating a human channel map by assigning the selected channel number to at least one social network service (SNS) account of the individual; displaying information related to the individual including at least one of a name, an e-mail address or a social network service (SNS) account of the individual; retrieving a social network address associated with the channel number from the human channel map; receiving content associated with the social network address; receiving a first registration request from the first multi-functional display device that includes a first social network address and an address of the first multi-functional display device; receiving a second registration request signal from a second multi-functional display device that includes a second social network address and an address of the second multi-functional display device; storing the first and second social network address and the address of the first and second multi-functional display device in response to the received first and second registration request; receiving a connection request from the first multi-functional display device to connect to the second multi-functional display device, the connection request including the second social network address; and transmitting a first response that includes the address of the second multi-functional display device to the first multi-functional display device, in response to the received connection request, and transmitting a second response that includes the address of the first multi-functional display device to the second multi-functional display device, wherein the social network address includes at least one of an e-mail address, an account name, a user name or a Session Initiation Protocol-Uniform Resource Locator (SIP-URL), and wherein the address of the first and second multi-functional display devices includes at least one of a Media Access Control (MAC) address, an Internet Protocol (IP) address, a port number, a Domain Name System (DNS) name or a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).