KR20140014681A - Terminal having chatting information display function in the chatting thread and control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a terminal with a chatting information display function in a chatting thread, which includes: a display unit which displays a chatting thread screen including a friend list or a chatting room list; a user input unit which receives information on the chatting thread screen through the button input or the touch action of a user; and a control unit which displays a profile information screen including the information of the chatting room in which the corresponding friend and the user participates with an arbitrary friend selected in the friend list based on the inputted information or displays the information of the chatting room in which the user and the corresponding friend participate by searching the friend in the chatting room list, and performs movement to the corresponding chatting room. [Reference numerals] (AA,DD) Yes; (BB,CC) No; (S11) Display a friend list or a chatting room list on a chatting thread screen; (S12) Receive the information on the chatting thread screen; (S13) Searching for profiles is requested in the friend list?; (S14) Display the participated chatting room information with the profile information; (S15) Searching for friends is requested in the chatting room list?; (S16) Display the chatting room information participated with friends; (S17) Display chatting room contents as moving to the chatting room selected by the users

Description

A terminal having a function of displaying conversation information in a conversation thread and a method of controlling the same {TERMINAL HAVING CHATTING INFORMATION DISPLAY FUNCTION IN THE CHATTING THREAD AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a terminal having a function of displaying conversation information in a conversation thread and a method of controlling the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to searching and displaying a plurality of chat rooms in which a friend and a user want to search in a conversation thread. The present invention relates to a terminal having a function of displaying conversation information in a conversation thread capable of searching for and displaying contents shared by the user, and a method of controlling the same.

A terminal can be divided into a mobile / portable terminal and a stationary terminal depending on whether the terminal is movable or not. The mobile terminal can be divided into a handheld terminal and a vehicle mount terminal according to whether the user can directly carry the mobile terminal.

As the terminal functions are diversified, for example, as well as communication functions of voice, text, video, and e-mail, a terminal such as a picture or video recording, a music or video file playback, a game, a broadcast reception, etc. It is implemented in the form of a multi-function multimedia player with multimedia functions.

In order to support and enhance the functionality of such terminals, it may be considered to improve the structural and / or software parts of the terminal.

Chatting threads are widely used in various applications running on the terminal. In addition, multiple conversation threads can be executed within a single application. For example, multiple conversation threads can be created for each function. Conventionally, it is difficult to search for a plurality of chat rooms in which a user participates in a chat thread, or to search for and display contents shared in a corresponding chat room.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is a conversation information in a conversation thread that can search for and display a plurality of chat rooms in which a friend and user participating in the conversation thread participate together or search and display contents shared in the chat room. A terminal having a display function and a control method thereof are provided.

According to an aspect of the invention, the display unit for displaying a chat thread screen including a friend list or chat room list; A user input unit configured to receive information on the conversation thread screen through a user's touch action or button input; And a profile information screen including information of a chat room in which the user and the friend participate together with respect to any friend selected in the friend list based on the input information, or searching for a friend in the chat room list to search for a friend. A terminal having a conversation information display function is provided in a conversation thread that displays information of a chat room in which the friend has joined together and displays a corresponding chat room when requested.

The controller may detect a touch action of the user and perform a conversation content editing function including a conversation content hiding or a conversation content deleting function by an action in a chat room.

The controller detects a touch action of the user and sorts the contents included in the chat room by type, displays any kind of content selected from the sorted contents by type, and displays the chat room screen at the time of the conversation including the corresponding content. Can be displayed.

The control unit may display a chat room having unconfirmed chat contents among a plurality of chat rooms by using flicking.

When the flicking is detected, the controller may read and display chat room information having the latest unconfirmed conversation contents.

The controller may search for and display contents included in the chat room based on image information drawn and input by the user.

The controller may sort and display a chat room of the corresponding chatter by clicking a thumbnail icon of a participant in the chat room.

According to another aspect of the invention, the method comprising the steps of: displaying a chat thread screen including a friend list or a chat room list; When a friend is selected in the friend list, a profile information screen including information of a chat room in which the user and the friend are joined together is displayed, or information about the chat room in which the user and the friend participated is searched for by searching for a friend in the chat room list. Displaying; And displaying a chat room when a user request is received for the displayed chat room information.

The method of displaying conversation information in a conversation thread of the terminal may further include detecting a touch action of the user and performing a conversation content editing function including a conversation content hiding function or a conversation content deleting function by an action in a chat room. .

The method for displaying conversation information in a conversation thread of the terminal may include: sorting contents included in a chat room by type by detecting a touch action of the user; Displaying any kind of content selected from the sorted contents by type; And displaying the chat room screen at the time of the conversation including the corresponding content.

According to the present invention, it is possible to display chat room information in which a user and a friend participate together in a profile. When a certain friend is selected in the friend list, the profile information screen including the chat room information in which the user and the friend participate together is displayed to facilitate the movement from the profile to the chat room.

According to the present invention, a chat room can be sorted and displayed through a friend search in the chat room list. Searching for a friend in the chat room list shows the chat room where the user and the friend participated, making it easy to move from the chat room list to the chat room.

According to the present invention, in a chat room, various conversation content editing functions including a conversation content hiding and a conversation content deleting function may be detected and performed by the user's action. By performing an operation of hiding or deleting conversation contents in response to a user's action, the user's convenience of editing the contents of the conversation in a chat room may be improved.

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily perform the sorting of chat room contents by type by detecting a user's action, to display the selected content, and to move to a conversation at a time including the corresponding content.

According to the present invention, when a plurality of chat rooms are operated using left and right flicking, chat rooms with unconfirmed chat contents are always placed on the right side and flicked to the left so that chat room screens with unconfirmed chat contents are displayed. Enable effective operation

According to the present invention, the contents of the chat room can be easily searched by searching for and displaying the content included in the chat room based on the image information drawn by the user.

According to the present invention, by clicking a thumbnail icon of a participant in a chat room to sort and display the chat room of the corresponding participant, it is possible to easily refer to the chat room in which each participant participates.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying conversation information in a conversation thread of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3A to 3C are exemplary views illustrating a chat room display function in which a user and a friend participate in a profile according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4A to 4C are exemplary views illustrating a dialog list according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5A through 5D are screen views for explaining a function of hiding a conversation content in a chat room screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6A to 6D are diagrams illustrating screens for explaining a conversation content eraser function in a chat room screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7A to 7E are diagrams for explaining a content sorting function in a chat room screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8A through 8C are screen views for explaining a method of moving a chat room using left and right flicking according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9A to 9D illustrate screens for explaining a search function according to a user image input.
10A to 10C are exemplary views illustrating screen movement of a chat room according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following embodiments are provided by way of example so that those skilled in the art can fully understand the spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below, but may be embodied in other forms. In the drawings, the width, length, thickness, and the like of the components may be exaggerated for convenience. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout. The suffix "module" and " part "for the components used in the following description are given or mixed in consideration of ease of specification, and do not have their own meaning or role.

The mobile terminal described herein includes a mobile phone, a smart phone, a pad, a note, a tablet PC, a laptop computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), and navigation. Etc. may be included. However, it will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that the configuration according to the embodiments described herein may also be applied to fixed terminals such as digital TVs, desktop computers, etc., except when applicable only to mobile terminals.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a wireless communication unit 110, an A / V input unit 120, a user input unit 130, and a sensing unit 140. The output unit 150 may include a memory 160, an interface unit 170, a controller 180, and a power supply 190. The components shown in FIG. 1 are not essential, and a mobile terminal having more or fewer components may be implemented.

The wireless communication unit 110 may include one or more modules for enabling wireless communication between the mobile terminal 100 and the wireless communication system or between the mobile terminal 100 and the network in which the mobile terminal 100 is located. For example, the wireless communication unit 110 may include a broadcast receiving module 111, a mobile communication module 112, a wireless Internet module 113, a short range communication module 114, and a location information module 115 .

The broadcast receiving module 111 receives a broadcast signal and / or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management server through a broadcast channel. Here, the broadcast channel may include a satellite channel and a terrestrial channel. The broadcast management server may mean a server that generates and transmits a broadcast signal and / or broadcast related information, or a server that receives pre-generated broadcast signals and / or broadcast related information and transmits the same to a terminal. The broadcast signal may include a TV broadcast signal, a radio broadcast signal, a data broadcast signal, and a broadcast signal in which a data broadcast signal is combined with a TV broadcast signal or a radio broadcast signal.

The broadcast-related information may mean information related to a broadcast channel, a broadcast program, or a broadcast service provider. The broadcast-related information can also be provided through a mobile communication network. In this case, it may be received by the mobile communication module 112. The broadcast related information may exist in various forms. For example, an EPG (Electronic Program Guide) of DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) or an ESG (Electronic Service Guide) of Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H).

The broadcast receiving module 111 may be a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB-T), a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB-S), a media forward link only (DVF-H) (ISDB-T), and digital broadcasting systems such as ISDB-T (Integrated Services Digital Broadcast-Terrestrial). Of course, the broadcast receiving module 111 may be configured to be suitable for other broadcasting systems as well as the digital broadcasting system described above.

The broadcast signal and / or broadcast related information received through the broadcast receiving module 111 may be stored in the memory 160.

The mobile communication module 112 transmits and receives radio signals to at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server on a mobile communication network. Here, the wireless signal may include various types of data depending on a voice call signal, a video call signal, or a text / multimedia message transmission / reception.

The wireless Internet module 113 is a module for wireless Internet access, and may be built in or externally attached to the mobile terminal 100. WLAN (Wi-Fi), Wibro (Wireless broadband), Wimax (World Interoperability for Microwave Access), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) and the like can be used as wireless Internet technologies.

The short-range communication module 114 refers to a module for short-range communication. Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), infrared data association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, and the like can be used as a short range communication technology.

The location information module 115 is a module for obtaining a location of a mobile terminal, for example, a GPS (Global Position System) module.

The A / V (Audio / Video) input unit 120 is for inputting an audio signal or a video signal and may include a camera 121 and a microphone 122. The camera 121 processes image frames such as still images or moving images obtained by the image sensor in the video communication mode or the photographing mode. The processed image frame can be displayed on the display unit 151. [

The image frame processed by the camera 121 may be stored in the memory 160 or transmitted to the outside through the wireless communication unit 110. [ Two or more cameras 121 may be provided depending on the use environment.

The microphone 122 receives an external sound signal through a microphone in a communication mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, or the like, and processes it as electrical voice data. The processed voice data can be converted into a form that can be transmitted to the mobile communication base station through the mobile communication module 112 when the voice data is in the call mode, and output. Various noise reduction algorithms may be implemented in the microphone 122 to remove noise generated in receiving an external sound signal.

The user input unit 130 generates input data for a user to control the operation of the terminal. The user input unit 130 may include, for example, a key pad dome switch, a touch pad (static pressure / capacitance), a jog wheel, and a jog switch.

The sensing unit 140 detects a current state of the mobile terminal 100 such as an open / closed state of the mobile terminal 100, a location of the mobile terminal 100, presence or absence of a user contact, orientation of the mobile terminal, acceleration / deceleration of the mobile terminal, and the like. To generate a sensing signal for controlling the operation of the mobile terminal 100. For example, when the mobile terminal 100 is in the form of a slide phone, it may sense whether the slide phone is opened or closed. In addition, whether the power supply unit 190 is supplied with power, whether the interface unit 170 is coupled to the external device may be sensed. The sensing unit 140 may include, for example, a touch sensor 141 and a proximity sensor 142. The touch sensor 141 is a sensor for detecting a touch motion. For example, the touch sensor 141 may have a form of a touch film, a touch sheet, a touch pad, or the like.

The touch sensor 141 may form a mutual layer structure (hereinafter, referred to as a touch screen) with the display unit 151. The touch sensor 141 may be configured to convert a change in pressure applied to a specific portion of the display unit 151 or capacitance generated at a specific portion of the display unit 151 into an electrical input signal. The touch sensor 141 may be configured to detect not only the touched position and area but also the pressure at the touch.

If there is a touch input to the touch sensor 141, the corresponding signal (s) is sent to the touch controller. The touch controller processes the signal (s) and transmits the corresponding data to the controller 180. As a result, the controller 180 can know which area of the display unit 151 is touched.

The proximity sensor 142 may be disposed near the touch screen or an inner region of the mobile terminal surrounded by the touch screen. The proximity sensor 141 refers to a sensor that detects the presence of an object approaching a predetermined detection surface or an object existing in the vicinity thereof without mechanical contact using the force of the electromagnetic field or infrared rays. The proximity sensor 141 has a longer life than the contact type sensor and its utilization is also high.

Examples of the proximity sensor 142 include a transmission photoelectric sensor, a direct reflection photoelectric sensor, a mirror reflection photoelectric sensor, a high frequency oscillation proximity sensor, a capacitive proximity sensor, a magnetic proximity sensor, and an infrared proximity sensor. When the touch screen is electrostatic, it is configured to detect the proximity of the pointer by the change of the electric field along the proximity of the pointer. In this case, the touch screen (touch sensor) may be classified as a proximity sensor.

"Proximity touch" refers to the act of bringing the pointer close to the touch screen without being touched to recognize that the pointer is located on the touch screen. "Contact touch" refers to the act of actually touching the pointer on the touch screen. The position where the pointer is proximately touched on the touch screen means the position where the pointer corresponds vertically to the touch screen when the pointer is touched proximately.

The proximity sensor 142 detects a proximity touch and a proximity touch pattern (for example, a proximity touch distance, a proximity touch direction, a proximity touch speed, a proximity touch time, a proximity touch position, and a proximity touch movement state). Information corresponding to the detected proximity touch operation and the proximity touch pattern can be output on the touch screen.

The output unit 150 is for generating output related to the visual, auditory or tactile sense and includes a display unit 151, an audio output module 152, an alarm unit 153, and a haptic module 154 .

The display unit 151 displays (outputs) information processed by the mobile terminal 100. For example, when the mobile terminal is in the call mode, a UI (User Interface) or a GUI (Graphic User Interface) associated with a call is displayed. When the mobile terminal 100 is in the video communication mode or the photographing mode, the photographed and / or received video or UI and GUI are displayed.

The display unit 151 may be a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), a flexible display display, and a 3D display.

Some of these displays may be transparent or light transmissive so that they can be seen through. This can be referred to as a transparent display, and a typical example of a transparent display is TOLED (Transparent OLED) and the like. The rear structure of the display unit 151 may also be of a light transmission type. With this structure, the user can see an object located behind the terminal body through the area occupied by the display unit 151 of the terminal body.

There may be two or more display units 151 according to the embodiment of the mobile terminal 100. For example, in the mobile terminal 100, a plurality of display portions may be spaced apart from one another, or may be disposed integrally with one another, and may be disposed on different surfaces, respectively.

The sound output module 152 may output audio data received from the wireless communication unit 110 or stored in the memory 160 in a call signal reception, a call mode or a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, and the like. The sound output module 152 also outputs sound signals related to functions (e.g., call signal reception sound, message reception sound, etc.) performed in the mobile terminal 100. [ The audio output module 152 may include a receiver, a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The alarm unit 153 outputs a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event of the mobile terminal 100. Examples of events that occur in the mobile terminal include call signal reception, message reception, key signal input, touch input, and the like. The alarm unit 153 may output a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event in a form other than the video signal or the audio signal, for example, vibration. The video signal or the audio signal may also be output through the display unit 151 or the audio output module 152. Accordingly, the display unit 151 or the voice output module 152 may be classified as part of the alarm unit 153.

The haptic module 154 generates various tactile effects that the user can feel. Vibration is a representative example of the haptic effect generated by the haptic module 154. The intensity and pattern of vibration generated by the haptic module 154 can be controlled. For example, different vibrations may be synthesized and output or sequentially output.

In addition to the vibration, the haptic module 154 may include a pin arrangement vertically moving with respect to the contact skin surface, a spraying force or suction force of the air through the injection port or the suction port, a touch on the skin surface, contact with an electrode, And various tactile effects such as an effect of reproducing a cold sensation using an endothermic or exothermic element can be generated.

The haptic module 154 can be implemented not only to transmit the tactile effect through the direct contact but also to allow the user to feel the tactile effect through the muscular sensation of the finger or arm. At least two haptic modules 154 may be provided according to the configuration of the mobile terminal 100.

The memory 160 may store a program for the operation of the controller 180 and temporarily store input / output data (e.g., a phone book, a message, a still image, a moving picture, etc.). The memory 160 may store data regarding vibration and sound of various patterns output when a touch is input on the touch screen.

The memory 160 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, SD or XD memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), PROM A disk, and / or an optical disk. The mobile terminal 100 may operate in association with a web storage that performs storage functions of the memory 160 on the Internet.

The interface unit 170 serves as a path for communication with all external devices connected to the mobile terminal 100. The interface unit 170 receives data from an external device or supplies power to each component in the mobile terminal 100 or transmits data to the external device. For example, a wired / wireless headset port, an external charger port, a wired / wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio I / O port, A video input / output (I / O) port, an earphone port, and the like may be included in the interface unit 170.

The identification module is a chip for storing various information for authenticating the use right of the mobile terminal 100 and includes a user identification module (UIM), a subscriber identity module (SIM), a general user authentication module A Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM), and the like. Devices with identification modules (hereinafter referred to as "identification devices") can be manufactured in a smart card format. Accordingly, the identification device can be connected to the terminal 100 through the port.

When the mobile terminal 100 is connected to an external cradle, the interface unit 170 becomes a passage through which power from the cradle is supplied to the mobile terminal 100, or various command signals input from the cradle by a user are input to the mobile terminal. It can be a passage to be delivered. The various command signals or power from the cradle may be operated as a signal for recognizing that the mobile terminal 100 is correctly mounted on the cradle.

The controller 180 controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal. For example, the controller 180 may perform related control and processing for voice call, data communication, video call, and the like. The control unit 180 may include a multimedia module 181 for multimedia playback. The multimedia module 181 may be implemented in the control unit 180 or may be implemented separately from the control unit 180. [

The controller 180 may display a profile information screen including information on a chat room participating with the user and the friend for any friend selected from the friend list based on the input information.

The controller 180 may search for a friend in the chat room list to display information of the chat room that participated with the friend, and display the chat room when requested.

The controller 180 may detect a user's touch action and perform a conversation content editing function including a conversation content hiding or a conversation content deleting function by the action in the chat room.

The controller 180 detects a user's touch action and sorts the contents included in the chat room by type, and displays any kind of content selected from the sorted contents by type. In addition, the controller 180 may display a chat room screen at the time of the conversation including the corresponding content.

The controller 180 may display a chat room having unconfirmed chat contents among a plurality of chat rooms by using flicking. When the flicking is detected, the controller 180 may read and display chat room information having the latest unconfirmed conversation contents.

The controller 180 may search for and display the contents included in the chat room based on the image information drawn and input by the user.

The controller 180 may sort and display a conversation of the corresponding conversation by clicking a thumbnail icon of the participant in the chat room.

The power supply unit 190 receives an external power source and an internal power source under the control of the controller 180 to supply power for operation of each component.

The various embodiments described herein may be embodied in a recording medium readable by a computer or similar device using, for example, software, hardware, or a combination thereof.

According to a hardware implementation, the embodiments described herein may be implemented as application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays May be implemented using at least one of processors, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, and other electronic units for performing other functions. In some cases, May be implemented by the control unit 180.

According to a software implementation, embodiments such as procedures or functions may be implemented with separate software modules that perform at least one function or operation. The software code may be implemented by a software application written in a suitable programming language. The software codes are stored in the memory 160 and can be executed by the control unit 180. [

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying conversation information in a conversation thread of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the controller 180 executes a conversation thread to display a conversation thread screen. The conversation thread screen may include a friend list or a chat room list (S11).

The user input unit 130 receives information on the conversation thread screen through a user's touch action or button input (S12).

The controller 180 determines whether a profile search is requested from a friend list based on the input information (S13), and includes a profile information screen including information on a chat room in which the user and the friend participate together with respect to a selected friend. (S14).

The controller 180 determines whether a friend search is requested from the chat room list (S15), searches for a friend, and displays information of the chat room in which the user and the friend participate together (S16).

If there is a user's request for the displayed chat room information, the controller 180 moves to the selected chat room and displays chat room contents on the screen (S17).

3A to 3C are exemplary views illustrating a chat room display function in which a user and a friend participate in a profile according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3A, the controller 180 provides a friend list screen 23 through the display unit 151. To this end, the controller 180 reads friend list information from the memory 160 of the terminal 100 and generates a friend list screen 23. For example, the friend list screen 23 may be implemented as a friend list including photo information 23a and name information 23b for each friend.

The friend list displayed on the friend list screen 23 may be sorted and displayed according to a preset sorting criterion. For example, the friends list may be sorted alphabetically or alphabetically.

If any friend is selected from the friend list, the controller 180 provides a profile information screen 24 of the friend as shown in FIG. 3B.

At this time, the profile information screen 24 includes profile information of the friend. For example, the profile information screen 24 may include a picture 24a, a name or nickname, a phone number 24b, and additional information 24c. The additional information 24c may include, for example, a home telephone, an email, memo information, and SNS information. The profile information screen 24 may include a chat window list 24d in which the user and the corresponding friend participate together. The chat window list 24d may be sorted and displayed according to a preset sorting criterion.

The dialog list 24d in the figure includes a picture, the name of a chat participant, or the number of participants. Only a few people can see the name of the chat participant.

The chat window list 24d may include a list of friends who participated in the same chat room with the user. Therefore, the friends displayed on the friend list screen are friends who participate in the same chat room as the user.

If any chat window is selected from the displayed chat window list (1), the controller 180 displays a chat screen of the chat room screen 22 as shown in FIG. 3C. The chat room screen 22 includes a picture 22a and a message 22b.

4A to 4C are exemplary views illustrating a dialog list according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4A, the controller 180 displays a conversation list screen 25. The conversation list displayed on the conversation list screen 25 is a list 25a of chat rooms in which the user participated. Thus, the chat rooms displayed on the chat list screen 25 are chat rooms in which the user and at least one friend participate. The chat room list displayed on the chat list screen 25 is sorted and displayed according to a preset sorting criterion. The chat room list in the figure includes a chat room picture 25a, a chat participant's name 25b, and the number of attendees. Only a few people can see the name of the chat participant. The conversation list screen 25 includes a conversation list search window 25c.

Referring to FIG. 4B, the controller 180 may receive a search word in the conversation list search window 25c. The controller 180 may display the keyboard 25d on the screen to receive a search word in the conversation list search window 25c. When the controller 180 receives a search word after inputting a search word into the conversation list search window 25c and then executes a search (1), the chat room in which the participant corresponding to the search word entered from the displayed chat room list is shown in FIG. 4C participates. Search for 25e. The search execution request may be made by clicking on the search icon displayed adjacent to the conversation list search window. The controller 180 displays the searched chat room list on the screen. The drawing shows two chat rooms in which a chat room participant named 'TK' participates. In this case, the two chat rooms mean at least a chat room in which a person called 'TK' and a user participate together. If any chat window is selected from the displayed chat window list, the controller 180 displays a chat screen of the chat window.

5A through 5D are screen diagrams for explaining a function of hiding conversation contents in a chat room screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5A, the controller 180 displays a chat room screen 22. The chat room screen 22 includes information 22a and chat contents 22b of participants participating in the chat. The controller 180 may hide some of the conversation contents selected from the conversation contents displayed on the chat room screen 22. Hiding here includes hiding the conversation on the screen. When the controller 180 selects an arbitrary conversation content 22d, the controller 180 displays a popup menu 22e for executing a hiding function for the conversation content as illustrated in FIG. 5B. The popup menu 22e includes a field for executing the hide function. When the hide function is requested from the user through the click 1 of the field for executing the hide function, the controller 180 does not display the corresponding chat contents on the chat room screen 22, as shown in FIG. The message 22f may be displayed in place of the conversation. The controller 180 displays the hidden contents on the screen when a click on the message “Show hidden contents” is detected. Meanwhile, the controller 180 may display a delete icon 22g for executing a delete function in a box called 'show hidden content'. Therefore, when a click on the delete icon 22g is detected, the controller 180 deletes the corresponding conversation content from the chat room screen 22 as shown in FIG. 5D.

6A to 6D are diagrams illustrating screens for explaining a conversation content eraser function in a chat room screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6A, the controller 180 displays a chat room screen 26. The chat room screen 26 includes information 26a and conversation contents 26b of participants participating in the conversation. The controller 180 may delete a part of the conversation contents selected from the conversation contents displayed on the chat room screen 26. The chat room screen 26 may include a delete icon 26d for executing a function of deleting a chat content in one area of the screen. In the figure, a delete icon 26d is provided on the upper right side of the screen.

When the click 1 is detected at the delete icon 26d, the controller 180 displays a popup menu called 'Eraser' on the screen as shown in FIG. 6B. Subsequently, when an action such as a user's touch operation 2 is performed on any conversation contents displayed on the screen as illustrated in FIG. 6C, the controller 180 displays the corresponding conversation contents as shown in FIG. 6D. Delete from 26). That is, the controller 180 may delete the contents of the conversation by a user action such as a user's touch operation through the eraser function. The user's convenience can be improved by executing the eraser function through an action such as a touch instead of a click. User touch gestures include left-to-right touch, right-to-left touch, bottom-to-up touch, top-to-down touch, diagonal left-to-right diagonal touch, diagonal right-to-left diagonal touch For example, the diagonal touch from the upper left to the lower right and the diagonal touch from the lower right to the left may be possible. In addition, the controller 180 may execute a eraser function by detecting a touch action thrown out of the chat room screen 26 by touching a certain conversation content by the user. In addition, the controller 180 may execute the eraser function by detecting the movement of the finger left or right or up and down while the user touches the conversation contents on the screen as if the user erases the eraser. Here, the execution of the eraser function by the controller 180 means that the contents of the conversation disappear gradually or temporarily on the screen.

7A to 7E are diagrams for explaining a content sorting function in a chat room screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7A, the controller 180 displays a chat room screen 26. The chat room screen 26 includes information 26a and conversation contents 26b of participants participating in the conversation. The controller 180 may classify and display various contents included in the conversation displayed on the chat room screen 26 by content type. For example, when the controller 180 detects a pinch-in operation of the user on the screen, as illustrated in FIG. 7B, the controller 180 displays a folder in which various contents included in the chat room are classified by content type. The classification of the folder may include, for example, a photo folder 27a, a video folder 27b, a music folder 27c, and a document folder 27d. Therefore, the photo folder 27a stores the photo files exchanged between the participants in the chat room. In the video folder 27b, video files exchanged between participants in the corresponding chat room are stored separately. In the music folder 27c, music files exchanged between participants in the corresponding chat room are stored separately. In the document folder 27d, document files exchanged between participants in the corresponding chat room are stored separately.

When the controller 180 detects a click on any of the displayed folders, the controller 180 displays contents stored in the folder on the screen. In the drawing, the picture folder 27a is clicked and the controller 180 displays the pictures 28 stored in the picture folder 27a as shown in FIG. 7C. In addition, when the controller 180 detects the click 1 of the arbitrary picture 28a among the displayed pictures, the controller 180 displays the picture on the screen in the full screen mode 28b as shown in FIG. 7D. In the full screen mode 28b, a return icon button 28c and a go button 28d for associative conversation are provided. When a click on the return icon button 28c is detected, the controller 180 moves to a mode in which the pictures stored in the picture folder 27a are displayed. On the other hand, if a click (1) on the button 28d to go to the associated conversation is detected, the controller 180 displays the chat room screen 28d when the corresponding photo file is exchanged in the chat room as shown in FIG. 7E. give.

8A through 8C are screen views for explaining a method of moving a chat room using left and right flicking according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8A, the controller 180 displays an arbitrary first chat room screen 29a. The name of the chat room displayed on the first chat room screen 29a is 'Oyako chat room'. The controller 180 detects the flicking input 4 from the user. Flicking refers to a touch action of turning from right to left or left to right by a user's touch. The controller 180 displays the second chat room screen 29b as shown in FIG. 8B when the flicking 4 from the user is detected. If another flicking 3 is detected with respect to the second chat room screen 29b, the controller 180 displays the third chat room screen 29c as shown in FIG. 8C. As such, the controller 180 detects the flicking of the user to move between chat rooms. When the chat room is moved by the user's flicking, the controller 180 always moves to the chat room where the latest conversation contents have arrived by the flicking operation. To this end, the controller 180 always stores information of a chat room in which the latest chat contents have arrived in the memory 150, and displays a chat room screen in which the latest chat contents have arrived when there is a flicking operation from the user. The controller 180 may preset the direction of the flicking. For example, the controller 180 may set a chat room with an unacknowledged message to always be displayed on the right side when the chat room with the unacknowledged message is always placed on the right side and flickered to the left when operating a plurality of chat rooms. Therefore, by flicking from right to left, it is possible to set to display the information of the chat room where the latest chat contents have arrived. Alternatively, the flicking operation from left to right may be set to display information of chat rooms with unconfirmed conversation contents. Therefore, when a user flicks in a set direction while participating in several chat rooms, the user can continuously participate in various chat rooms without missing the corresponding chat contents in the chat room where the latest chat contents have arrived.

9A to 9D illustrate screens for explaining a search function according to a user image input.

Referring to FIG. 9A, the controller 180 displays the chat room screen 30. The lower part of the chat room screen 30 is provided with a data input window 21 and a command execution button 31. If the controller 180 detects that the command execution button 31 is pressed for a long time, the controller 180 can display an open menu as illustrated in FIG. 9B. The expanded menu may include various chat room menus. For example, the drop-down menu may include a general conversation button 31, whisper button 32, draw button 33, search button 34, add contact button 35, share button 36, and internet search button ( 37). When the search button 34 is selected from the open menu (1), the controller 180 moves the position of the data input window 21 upward as shown in FIG. 9C, and moves the search button 34 to the command execution button. The input keyboard 40 is displayed. The input keyboard 40 may include a drawing keyboard 41. When the drawing button 41 is clicked, the controller 180 displays the drawing input window 41a below the data input window 21 as shown in FIG. 9D. The controller 180 displays the image 41b input by the user's drawing operation in the drawing input window 41a. When the controller 180 detects that the search button 34 is clicked after receiving the image 41b from the user, as shown in FIG. 9E, the controller 180 searches for an image using the image 41b as a search condition in the corresponding chat room. Is performed to display the chat screen 41d of the chat room including the corresponding image 41c.

10A to 10C are exemplary views illustrating screen movement of a chat room according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 10A, the controller 180 displays the first chat room screen 50. The first chat room screen 50 includes a thumbnail area 51 displaying a user participating in the chat room at the bottom. If any user is selected in the thumbnail area 51 (1), the controller 180 displays information of the chat room in which the user is currently participating, as shown in FIG. 10B. For example, in FIG. 10B, the second chat room image 51a representing the second chat room and the third chat room image 51b representing the third chat room are displayed. When the controller 180 detects that the third chat room image 51b is selected, the controller 180 displays the third chat room screen 51d including the chat room screen 51c as illustrated in FIG. 10C. In the figure, the name of the third chat room screen 51d is " lanterns chat room. &Quot;

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the above-described method can be implemented as a code readable by a processor on a medium on which a program is recorded. Examples of the medium that can be read by the processor include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, etc., and may be implemented in the form of a carrier wave (e.g., transmission over the Internet) .

The mobile terminal described above can be applied to not only the configuration and method of the embodiments described above but also all or some of the embodiments may be selectively combined so that various modifications may be made to the embodiments It is possible.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined by the equivalents of the claims and the claims.

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A display unit displaying a conversation thread screen including a friend list or a chat room list;
A user input unit configured to receive information on the conversation thread screen through a user's touch action or button input; And
Display a profile information screen including information of a chat room in which the user and the friend participate together with respect to any friend selected in the friend list based on the input information, or search for a friend in the chat room list to correspond to the user. A terminal having a conversation information display function in a conversation thread that displays information of a chat room in which a friend joins together and displays a corresponding chat room when requested. The apparatus of claim 1,
And a conversation information display function in a conversation thread that senses a touch action of the user and performs a conversation content editing function including a conversation content hiding function or a conversation content deleting function by an action in a chat room. The apparatus of claim 1,
Detects a user's touch action and sorts the contents included in the chat room by type, displays any kind of content selected from the sorted contents by type, and displays a chat room screen at the time of the chat including the corresponding content A terminal having a function of displaying conversation information in a thread. The apparatus of claim 1,
A terminal having a chat information display function in a chat thread that displays chat rooms with unconfirmed chat contents among multiple chat rooms using flicking. 5. The apparatus of claim 4,
A terminal having a chat information display function in a chat thread that reads and displays chat room information with the latest unconfirmed chat contents when flicking is detected. The apparatus of claim 1,
A terminal having a conversation information display function in a conversation thread that searches for and displays contents included in a corresponding chat room based on image information drawn and input by a user. The apparatus of claim 1,
A terminal having a chat information display function in a chat thread that sorts and displays a chat room of a corresponding chat user by clicking a thumbnail icon of a participant in a chat room. Displaying a conversation thread screen including a friend list or a chat room list;
Receiving information on the conversation thread screen through a user's touch action or button input;
Display a profile information screen including information of a chat room in which the user and the friend participate together with respect to any friend selected in the friend list based on the input information, or search for a friend in the chat room list to correspond to the user. Displaying information of a chat room in which a friend joined; And
And displaying the chat room when the user requests the information of the displayed chat room. The method of claim 8,
Detecting a touch action of the user and performing a conversation content editing function including a conversation content hiding function or a conversation content deleting function by an action in a chat room. The method of claim 8,
Sensing the touch action of the user and sorting the contents included in the chat room by type;
Displaying any kind of content selected from the sorted contents by type; And
And displaying a chat room screen at the time of the chat including the corresponding contents.

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