Patent ID: 8825019
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a phone directory service to a user terminal in a mobile communication network, the method comprising: receiving a search request including a search keyword for the phone directory service and a subscriber identifier for the user terminal from the user terminal; acquiring subscriber information of a subscriber corresponding to the user terminal from the mobile communication network in which the user terminal is registered using the subscriber identifier; acquiring a business list of businesses corresponding to the search keyword from a business DataBase (DB) for managing businesses that have subscribed to the phone directory service; arranging the business list according to statistical information of call information of calls to the businesses including call count values of calls for genders, age groups, and call origination times for the businesses stored in the business DB by a group of similar subscribers that have been determined to have subscriber information similar to that of the subscriber corresponding to the user terminal according to a predetermined criteria; and providing, in response to the search request, the phone directory service comprising the arranged business list to the user terminal.