KR100879685B1 - Message processing method of multimedia processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a message processing method of a multimedia processing apparatus capable of processing a message received while a multimedia menu such as DMB, PMP, and mobile game is executed. If a short message (SMS) or a multimedia message (MMS) is received while the multimedia menu is executed, displaying brief information of the message in an overlay window on a screen on which the multimedia menu is executed; and When selecting to check the brief information of the message, the multimedia processing apparatus includes a step of executing a message application by executing a message application. Therefore, if a message is received while the multimedia menu is being executed, the multimedia processing apparatus does not terminate the corresponding multimedia menu to the overlay window. The message can be confirmed through the brief information of the output message, and the spam message or the importance of the message can be determined, thereby increasing user convenience.

Multimedia processing unit, SMS, MMS, brief information

Description

 Message processing method of multimedia processing device {MESSAGE PROCESSING METHOD OF MULTIMEDIA PROCESSING APPARATUS}

The present invention relates to a multimedia processing apparatus capable of executing a multimedia menu. More particularly, when a message is received while a multimedia menu is executed, the present invention relates to a multimedia processing apparatus capable of processing a received message without terminating the corresponding multimedia menu. A message processing method.

Nowadays, mobile communication terminals such as mobile phones and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) include various additional service functions such as digital cameras, video communications, TV broadcast programs, multimedia data playback, and Internet access in addition to wireless communication functions.

In particular, the multimedia data reproduction function of the mobile communication terminal is capable of executing DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting), PMP (Portable Multimedia Player), MP3 player, mobile game.

The mobile communication terminal may receive a short message service (SMS) or a multimedia message service (MMS) while executing a multimedia menu such as DMB, PMP, or mobile game. In this case, the user is inconvenient to check the SMS or MMS after exiting the multimedia menu that is currently being executed to check the SMS or MMS.

In this case, when the SMS or the MMS is a spam message, a process of terminating and reconnecting the multimedia menu unnecessarily needs to be performed, and user complaints may occur such that important messages cannot be checked in time while executing the multimedia application.

As a method of processing a text message while executing a conventional multimedia application, in Korean Patent Registration No. 0539884 (named “a mobile communication terminal and method thereof for processing a text message received during digital broadcast data output”), the phone module is a mobile communication terminal. When the received text message is received, the text message is converted into a data packet of a predetermined format and delivered to the broadcast module, whereby the broadcast module analyzes the text message from the data packet, and displays the text message on at least a portion of the screen that is outputting the digital broadcast data. Print a text message.

In addition, Korean Patent No. 0707692 (name of the invention “Text message display method in mobile communication terminal”) receives a text message while watching a broadcast and informs the user, and the received text message in OSD (On Screen Display) form. After the conversion, the converted message content is displayed on one side of the screen in the form of a ticker caption.

In addition, Korean Laid-Open Patent No. 2005-0106203 (named “Method for displaying a message in a DMB and mobile communication integrated terminal”) discloses that when a message is received from a broadcasting system or a mobile communication system during a broadcast service from a broadcasting system to an integrated terminal, The message display space C is activated on the viewing screen B, and a message is output to the activated message display space C.

Conventional methods as described above convert the text message into a predetermined format to display the text message received while watching a broadcast on a screen, and output the text message on a predetermined space of the screen. Therefore, since the mobile communication terminal must output all the text messages together with the content currently being broadcast on the predetermined screen size, it is often impossible to see the contents of the broadcast content or a part of the text message at once. In order to execute the text message menu after terminating the broadcast output, there is a hassle to input a character after opening the outgoing message window.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to display brief information of a message in an overlay window when a text message is received while executing a multimedia menu such as DMB, PMP, and game, and execute an SMS or MMS application using a designated shortcut key. It is to provide a message processing method of a multimedia processing device.

The message processing method of the multimedia processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object of the present invention, in the message processing method of the multimedia processing apparatus capable of executing a multimedia menu, the short message during the execution of the multimedia menu Displaying a brief information of the received message in an overlay window on a screen on which the multimedia menu is executed when an SMS or a multimedia message is received; And upon selecting to confirm the brief information of the received message, executing the message application by executing the message application.

Displaying short information of the received message in an overlay window on a screen on which the multimedia menu is executed when a short message (SMS) or a multimedia message (MMS) is received while the multimedia menu is executed. The method may include notifying the reception of the message by outputting an icon or a string on a screen on which the multimedia menu is executed.

The brief information of the message may include at least one of caller information and contents of a predetermined length of the message, wherein the contents of the predetermined length of the message include a predetermined number of letters and a predetermined number of words in front of the received message. Can be one,

Displaying short information of the received message in an overlay window on a screen on which the multimedia menu is executed when a short message (SMS) or a multimedia message (MMS) is received while the multimedia menu is executed. The method may include displaying the brief information of the message in a slide form on the overlay window.

When selecting to confirm the brief information of the message, the multimedia processing apparatus may execute a message application to perform message processing, including: outputting the message menu screen; And when the user moves from the message menu to an inbox or an outgoing message box and completes message processing, the message application is terminated and the method returns to the multimedia menu.

The outputting of the message menu screen may include: a method in which the screen on which the multimedia menu is executed is switched to the message menu screen, or a screen in which the screen on which the multimedia menu is executed and the message menu screen are simultaneously output when the screen is divided. Either way may be used.

When selecting to confirm the brief information of the message, the multimedia processing apparatus executes a message application to perform a message processing. When the “confirm / cancel” key input window is displayed on a screen on which the multimedia menu is executed, the “confirmation” is performed. Checking the message through a key input corresponding to “” or terminating the overlay window through a key input corresponding to “Cancel”.

According to the message processing method of the multimedia processing apparatus as described above, if a message is received while the multimedia menu is executed, the message may be checked through brief information of the message output to the overlay window without terminating the corresponding multimedia menu. Spam messages can be determined the importance of the message can increase the user convenience.

In addition, the message processing method of the multimedia processing apparatus as described above, unlike the conventional method of notifying the reception of the message to a part of the execution screen of the multimedia menu, because the brief information of the message is output to the overlay window on the screen on which the multimedia menu is executed. Since the size of the screen on which the multimedia menu is executed does not need to be divided, it is possible to use the screen more efficiently, and there is also an effect that there is no fear that the multimedia menu is reduced in execution.

As the invention allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. In describing the drawings, similar reference numerals are used for similar elements.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Terms such as those defined in the commonly used dictionaries should be construed as having meanings consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art, and, unless expressly defined in this application, are construed in ideal or excessively formal meanings. It doesn't work.

The present invention can be embodied as computer readable codes on a computer readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, and the like, and are also implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet). It also includes. The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

In describing the drawings, similar reference numerals are used for similar components.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, it will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the same reference numerals are used for the same components in the drawings, and duplicate descriptions of the same components are omitted.

1 is an internal block diagram of a multimedia processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a multimedia processing apparatus includes a camera unit 10, an RF module unit 20, a key input unit 30, an audio unit 40, for capturing an image of a subject. A control unit 50 for performing overall control operations of the multimedia processing apparatus, a display unit 60 for displaying images and characters, an interface unit 70 for displaying images and characters on the display unit 60, and a memory ( 80), including but not limited to.

The RF module unit 20 processes signals transmitted and received by connecting to a network, and the key input unit 30 is provided with a plurality of function keys for user commands, including special keys, numeric keys, and character keys.

The audio unit 40 processes an audio signal through a speaker and a microphone, and outputs a background sound or an audio signal when the multimedia menu is executed.

The controller 50 performs general communication functions such as a call, a short message (SMS), a multimedia message (MMS), and executes a multimedia menu such as DMB, PMP, and mobile game according to a user's menu selection.

In particular, when the SMS or MMS is received when the multimedia menu is executed, the controller 50 transflects the screen on which the multimedia menu is executed and the brief message window is overlaid on it, that is, the caller information and the content of the predetermined length of the message on the overlay window. The brief information of the message including at least one of the outputs is output.

The display unit 60 outputs a corresponding multimedia execution screen when the multimedia menu is executed under the control of the controller 50, and displays an overlay window, an image or an image for processing a message such as an outgoing message box or a received message box when the message menu is executed. Outputs

The interface unit 70 performs an interface with the display unit 60 under the control of the controller 50, and performs operations of various multimedia processing devices such as a voice call, a video call, a message transmission, a camera, and the like in the memory 80. Store programs and data for

In the above description, the present invention can be applied to any device capable of executing a multimedia menu such as a mobile terminal such as a multimedia processing mobile phone, a PMP, and an MP3, and a game player.

Hereinafter, a message processing method of a multimedia processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a message processing method of a multimedia processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example screen of a message processing method of the multimedia processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 and 3, in one embodiment of the present invention, a message processing method of a multimedia processing apparatus includes a short message when a mobile game is executed among multimedia menus such as DMB, PMP, and games. When the SMS or multimedia message is received, an overlay window is displayed in the form of an icon or a string on the screen where the game is executed to notify the "message arrival". (Steps S1, S2)

In order to notify the arrival of a message, a letter icon or the message “The message has arrived” is displayed first, and then when the user selects the message confirmation, the brief information of the message is displayed or the brief information of the message is displayed. At least one of the methods may be used.

In this case, the multimedia processing apparatus may generate brief information of the message including only the sender information of the received message and contents corresponding to a predetermined length of the message, and output the brief information of the message as a string in the overlay window.

The brief information of the message may include sender information. Alternatively, the brief information of the message may include content of a predetermined length of the received message. Alternatively, the brief information of the message may include sender information and contents of a predetermined length of the received message. For example, the content of a predetermined length of the received message may be a predetermined number of letters or a predetermined number of words in front of the received message.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3, a caller named Hong-Gil-Dong (010-123-4567) said, “Tonight's meeting will be held in Gangnam Station. If you send a text message, "Please return no participant", the brief information of the message is generated as "Hong Gil-dong (010-123-4567), meeting tonight Gangnam Station" is output to the overlay window.

The message summary information may be output at once according to the size of the overlay window, or the text may be slid by making the size of the overlay window as small as possible.

 The "OK" and "Cancel" key input windows are displayed at the bottom of the screen of the multimedia processing apparatus for user selection, and when the keys corresponding to the respective key input windows are pressed in the key input unit 30, the brief information of the message may be checked. In the step S2, if the message reception status is not displayed separately as an icon or a string, and the message brief information is output in the overlay window, the step of checking the message brief information is unnecessary (step S3).

The user can check the importance of the spam message or the message through the brief information of the message. Therefore, when a spam message or message confirmation is unnecessary, the user can press the key corresponding to "Cancel" to exit the overlay window and continue to play the game.

On the other hand, when the importance of the message is high, the user presses a key corresponding to "OK", and the multimedia processing apparatus switches the screen on which the game is executed to the message menu screen without ending the game. In this case, the screen of the multimedia processing apparatus may be divided into two screens to simultaneously output a game execution screen and a message menu screen. In addition, depending on the user's selection, the game may end after moving to the message menu (step S4).

The user can check the details of the message by moving to the inbox in the message menu, and can also send a reply to the message by moving to the outbox. (Step S5)

When all of the above message processing operations are completed, the message menu is terminated and the previously executed game execution screen is output so that the user can continuously play the game without ending the game (step S6).

In this way, the user can check the received message even while executing the multimedia menu, and can determine the importance of the spam message or the message through the brief information of the message.

Obviously, if a multimedia menu such as watching a DMB broadcast or a PMP player is received while executing the corresponding multimedia menu, the same message processing operation as the above-described mobile game may be applied.

In the above, when the message is received while the multimedia menu is executed in the mobile communication terminal, an embodiment of outputting brief information of the received message as an overlay window on the screen of the mobile communication terminal has been described. The present invention is not limited to being performed in a communication terminal, but may be applied to a multimedia processing device such as a television.

Although described with reference to the embodiments above, those skilled in the art will understand that the present invention can be variously modified and changed without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the claims below. Could be.

1 is an internal block diagram of a multimedia processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart of a message processing method of a multimedia processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example screen of a message processing method of a multimedia processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (8)

In the message processing method of the multimedia processing apparatus capable of executing a multimedia menu, Displaying short information of the received message in an overlay window on a screen on which the multimedia menu is executed when a short message (SMS) or a multimedia message (MMS) is received while the multimedia menu is executed. ; And Outputting the message menu screen and executing a message application by performing a message processing by switching the screen on which the multimedia menu is executed to the message menu screen when selecting the brief information confirmation of the received message; Message processing method of a multimedia processing apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 1, Displaying short information of the received message in an overlay window on a screen on which the multimedia menu is executed when a short message (SMS) or a multimedia message (MMS) is received while the multimedia menu is executed. Is, Notifying the reception of the message by outputting an icon or a string on a screen on which the multimedia menu is executed; Message processing method of a multimedia processing apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 1, The brief information of the message includes at least one of caller information and contents of a predetermined length of the message. The method according to claim 3, wherein the content of the predetermined length of the message is one of a predetermined number of letters and a predetermined number of words in front of the received message. The method of claim 1, Displaying short information of the received message in an overlay window on a screen on which the multimedia menu is executed when a short message (SMS) or a multimedia message (MMS) is received while the multimedia menu is executed. Is, And displaying the summary information of the message in a slide form on the overlay window. The method of claim 1, Upon completion of the message processing, terminating the message application and returning to the multimedia menu; Message processing method of the multimedia processing device further comprising. delete The method of claim 1, Executing the message application to perform message processing, When a "confirm / cancel" key input window is displayed on the screen on which the multimedia menu is executed, the message is confirmed through a key input corresponding to the "confirmation" or the overlay is input through a key input corresponding to the "cancel". Message processing method of the multimedia processing device comprising the step of closing the window.

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