| CPC H04L 12/1822 (2013.01) [G06V 40/171 (2022.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method for providing a group call service performed by a first electronic device, the method comprising:
receiving a user input for a group call between a plurality of people included in a designated image displayed on a screen of the first electronic device;
in response to the user input, acquiring facial features of the plurality of people in the designated image;
based on the facial features, acquiring first contact information of a first person among the plurality of people from a first local contact list stored in the first electronic device;
transmitting the first contact information of the first person and a facial feature of a second person among the plurality of people to a server, wherein second contact information of the second person is not included in the first local contact list;
receiving, from the server, information indicating that the first person has the second contact information of the second person;
in response to the receiving of the information indicating that the first person has the second contact information of the second person, initiating the group call with a second electronic device of the first person by using the first contact information; and
transmitting, to the second electronic device, a request for participation of a third electronic device in the group call,
wherein the first person having the second contact information of the second person is identified by the server by comparing the facial feature of the second person with a plurality of cloud contact lists stored in the server.
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