WO2009066944A2 - Method and device for displaying of message - Google Patents

Method and device for displaying of message Download PDF

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WO2009066944A2
WO2009066944A2 PCT/KR2008/006854 KR2008006854W WO2009066944A2 WO 2009066944 A2 WO2009066944 A2 WO 2009066944A2 KR 2008006854 W KR2008006854 W KR 2008006854W WO 2009066944 A2 WO2009066944 A2 WO 2009066944A2
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    • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
    • H04M1/72403—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
    • H04M1/7243—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality with interactive means for internal management of messages
    • H04M1/72436—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality with interactive means for internal management of messages for text messaging, e.g. SMS or e-mail

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  • the present invention relates to mobile communication, more specifically to a method of displaying a message in accordance with a liquid crystal display of a mobile terminal and a device having the same.
  • a message sending and receiving service is one of the most popular services that current mobile terminals support.
  • the contents of the received message are routinely displayed in an absolute size by default.
  • the present invention provides a method of, and a device for, displaying a message in a font size that is optimised for the size of display area in accordance with font information.
  • the present invention also provides a method of, and a device for, displaying a message in a different style in accordance with the importance of the message by setting font information.
  • the present invention also provides a method of, and a device for, displaying a message in a different style in accordance with the age of a terminal user and the user's styles by setting the font information.
  • the present invention also provides a method of, and a device for, displaying a message corresponding to the resolution of LCD screen of an incoming terminal.
  • An aspect of the present invention provides a terminal and a device that output a message differently in accordance with the communication terminal.
  • a communicaton terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can include: a display unit; a transceiver, which receives a message including font information; a parsing unit, which extracts the font information from the message and create message output information by using the extracted font information; and a controller, which controls the message to be displayed on the display unit such that the message corresponds to the message output information.
  • a message transmission device configured to transmit a message by being connected to an outgoing terminal and an incoming terminal, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention can include: a transceiver, which receives a message including font information from the outgoing terminal; a parser, which extracts the font information from the message and create message output information by using the extracted font information; and a message change unit, which inserts the message output information into the message, in which the message including the message output information is transmitted to the incoming terminal through the transceiver.
  • a communication terminal configured to create a message, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention can include: a display unit, which displays a content of a message; an input unit, which has font information inputted or selected and in which the font information corresponds to the content of the message; a message generating unit, which creates a message including the content and the font information, when a transmission command is inputted through the input unit; and a transmitter, which transmits the created message.
  • Another aspect of the present invention provides a method of outputting a message differently in accordance with a communication terminal.
  • a method of outputting a message from a communicaton terminal is disclosed.
  • the method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can include: receiving a message including font information; extracting the font information from the message; creating message output information by using the extracted font information; and displaying the message by using the message output information.
  • a method of transmitting a message , the message being transmitted by a message transmission device connected to an outgoing terminal and an incoming terminal can include: receiving a message including font information or message output information from the outgoing terminal; extracting the font information from the message; creating message output information by using the extracted font information; and inserting the created message output information into the message and transmitting the message to the incoming terminal.
  • Figure 1 illustrates the configuration of a system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 2 illustrates the configuration of the inside of a teminal creating a messange including font information in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 3 illustrates a message displaying screen in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 4 illustrates the configuration of the inside of an incoming terminal outputting a message in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 5 illustrates the configuration of a message service center controlling the transmission of a message in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 6 illustrates a message displayed on a screen of an incoming terminal in correspondence with font information or message output information in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of creating and sending a message including font information in an outgoing terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of trsmitting a message from a message service center to an incoming terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 9 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying a message by using font information in an incoming terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a configuration of a system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the system configuration in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention is constituted by an outgoing terminal 110, an incoming terminal 130 and a message service center 120.
  • the outgoing terminal 110 and the incoming terminal 130 are devices that are used for a variety of services, provided from a mobile communication system, over a network of base stations.
  • any terminal such as a mobile communication terminal, a PDA, a laptop computer, a smart phone and a mobile broadcast system (MBS), used for providing a variety of services over a network of base stations can be equally applied to the outgoing terminal 110 and the incoming terminal 130.
  • a mobile communication terminal such as a PDA, a laptop computer, a smart phone and a mobile broadcast system (MBS)
  • MBS mobile broadcast system
  • the outgoing terminal 110 can create a message including font imformation and transmit the message to the incoming terminal 130.
  • the font information is a value that represents a relative size of the font used to display the characters in a message.
  • the font information can be set to be divided into "small”, “normal”, “large” and “very large.” Since the font information is not an absolute (invariable) value with respect to a particular font, the message can be displayed by a variety of methods in accordance with the font information. This will be described in more detail below with reference to the related drawings.
  • the incoming terminal 130 can receive the message including the font information from the outgoing terminal 110 and output the message corresponding to the font information.
  • each of the outgoing terminal 110 and the incoming terminal 130 can include all the function of creating the message including the font information and the function of displaying the message corresponding to the font information.
  • the message service center 120 receives a message including font information from the outgoing terminal 1 10 and transmits the message to the incoming terminal 130.
  • the message service center 120 extracts the font information included in the message received from the outgoing terminal 110 and creates message output information by using the extracted font information.
  • the message service center 120 transmits the multimedia message including the font information and the message output information to the incoming terminal 130.
  • the message service center 120 can be any one of a multimedia message service center (MMSC), a short message service center (SMSC) and a long message service center (LMSC) in accordance with the type of a message transmitted by the outgoing terminal 110.
  • MMSC multimedia message service center
  • SMSC short message service center
  • LMSC long message service center
  • Figure 2 illustrates the configuration of the inside of a teminal that creates a messange including font information in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention
  • Figure 3 illustrates a message displaying screen in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • a terminal which creates and transmits a message
  • the terminal includes a transceiver 210, an input unit 215, a generating unit 220, a display unit 225, a storage unit 230 and a controller 235.
  • the transceiver 210 is a divice used for sending and receiving data, such as voice and vidio, over a wireless network of base stations when the terminal is in communication mode to operate.
  • the role of the reansceiver 210 is also to transmit the messange including the font information to the incoming terminal 130 in accordance with the control of the controller 235.
  • the font information indicates the relative size for displaying the characters of the message, and this will be described in more detail the description below.
  • the role of the input unit 215 is to create a variety of signals in response to the user's manipulation and output the signals to the controller 235.
  • the input unit 215 is a medium used for receiving a control command, which is to control the operation of the temninal, and another control command, which is to excute a particular application, for example, an application for editing the message, from the user.
  • the input unit 215 can be implemented in the form of a plurality of keys (for example, a number/character key, the * key or the # key, and one or more of function keys such as a menu key, an enter key and an application excution key), or in the form of a touch screen.
  • the input unit 215 can also receive the font information as well as information about the contents of the message from the user. After the font information is selected or received by the user through the input unit 215, the generating unit 220 creates a message including the selected or received font information.
  • Figure 3 illustrates a message displaying screen that shows the font information with respect to the characters of the message to be selected.
  • the terminal is provided with a user interface for receiving the font information, as illustrated in Figure 3.
  • the user can select the font information for displaying a message by manufulating the input unit 215.
  • the font information can be selected from one of, for example, "small", “normal”, “large” and “very large.”
  • the font information and parameter values set to correspond with the font information are represented in the following Table 1.
  • the font information For example, if it is assurmed that the font information is selected by the user through the input unit 215, a transmission command for transmitting a message is inputted into the generating unit 220 by the manipulation of the input unit 215.
  • the generating unit 220 converts the font information by using the predetermined parameter and parameter value and inserts the font information into the message.
  • the font information can be represented in the following parameter and parameter value.
  • Font_Size Value Value represents the font information.
  • the parameters and parameter values described above are used as some examples. However, it shall be evident that other parameters and parameter values defined can be inserted into the message. A method ofoutputting a message by using the font information will be described in more detail below with reference to the related drawings.
  • the font information is divided into 4 grades and described in the description.
  • the font information is not information that represents the absolute size but information that indicates the relative size, and thus it shall be evident that the same can be applied to all examples besides the examples described in the present description.
  • the generating unit 220 can select or be inputted with the message output information from the user through the input unit 215. If the message output information is inputted, the generating unit 220 can create a message including the message output information rather than the font information.
  • the message output information can be information about the number of pixels per character for outputting a message that corresponds to the size of the terminal's LCD screen by using the font information or the number of characters that can be displayed in one line on the LCD screen.
  • the message output information is the number of characters joined together in one line on the terminal's LCD screen
  • the message output information can be set in the following Table 2.
  • the generating unit 220 creates a message including the font information, and this will be mainly described.
  • the role of the display unit 225 is to display data processed by the control of the controller 235 as visual information.
  • the display unit 225 can display a message being written by the control of the controller 235.
  • the display unit 225 can be a liquid crystal display (LCD) or a plasma display panel (PDP).
  • the storage unit 230 is used for storing a program for terminal operations and data (letters, numbers, images, video, audio) inputted through an external input device, for example, a 24-pin data input/output connector in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Moreover, the storage unit 230 stores a message received through the transceiver 210 in accordance with a predetermined rule. Moreover, the storage unit 230 may temporarily store a message (that is, a message that includes the font information) created by the present terminal.
  • the role of the controller 235 is to control the internal configuration elements
  • the terminal for example, the transceiver 210, the input unit 215, the generating unit 220, the display unit 225 and the storage unit 230 of the terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the controller 235 also transmits the message (that is, the message that includes the font information) created by the generating unit 220 to the incoming terminal 130 through the transceiver 210.
  • the font information is set to the relative size corresponding to the incoming terminal's display screen such that the original information (for example, characters) of the message can be displayed. That is, the message can be displayed in accordance with the size of the terminal's LCD screen. Furthermore, when a sender sends a message, the font information can be set in accordance with the importance of the message and the age of the incoming terminal user, i.e., a receiver, who receives the message. As a result, the message can be easily recognized by the receiver.
  • the font information can be set differently for key words in the message, depending on the importace of the words. Therefore, the key words can be emphasized over other words.
  • Figure 4 illustrates the configuration of the inside of an incoming terminal that outputs a message in an embodiment of the present invention. Illustrated in Figure 4 are a transceiver 410, an parsing unit 415, a display unit 420, a storage unit 425 and a controller 430.
  • the transceiver 410 receives a message from the outgoing terminal 110 through the outgoing message service center 120 over a network of base stations.
  • the message includes at least one of the font information and the message output information.
  • the font information is a value that represents a relative size the font used for displaying the characters of a message.
  • the message output information can be a value that represents the number of pixels per character for outputting a message that corresponds to the size of the terminal's LCD screen by using the font information or the number of characters that can be displayed in a row on the LCD screen.
  • the parsing unit 415 determines whether the message output information is included. If the message output information is not included, the parsing unit 415 creates the message output information by using the font information.
  • the parsing unit 415 extracts the message output information. However, if the message output information is not included, the parsing unit 415 extracts the font information from the received message.
  • the parsing unit 415 can create the message output information corresponding to the font information.
  • the message output information can be set to correspond with the size of the incoming terminal's LCD screen.
  • the message output information is the number of characters joined together in a row on the terminal's LCD screen.
  • the message output information can be set to correspond with the font information in the following Table 3.
  • the parsing unit 415 obtains information about the number of letters that corresponds to the extracted font information as the message output information and outputs the information. For example, it shall be assumed that the extracted font information is to be "large.”
  • the parsing unit 415 can output a string of "4 characters" as the message output information that corresponds to the font information "large.”
  • the parsing unit 415 can create (or extract) and output the number of pixels per character as the message output information.
  • the message output information corresponding to each of the font information can be stored in the storage unit 425 as a form of table, respectively.
  • the parsing unit 415 can extract (or create) and output the message output information corresponding to the font information.
  • the display unit 420 outputs a message corresponding to the message output information inputted through the parsing unit 415 as visual information.
  • the display unit 420 can be a liquid crystal display (LCD) or a plasma display panel (PDP).
  • the storage unit 425 stores a program for terminal operations in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Moreover, the storage unit 425 stores each message output information corresponding to each of the font information as a form of table.
  • the role of the controller 430 is to control the internal configuration elements (for example, the transceiver 410, the parsing unit 415, the display unit 420 and the storage unit 425) of the terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • controller 235 controls the message to be displayed on the display unit 420 such that the message corresponds to the message output information.
  • Figure 5 illustrates the configuration of a message service center that controls message transmissions in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the message service center 120 can be any one selected from a group consisting of a multimedia message service center (MMSC), a short message service center (SMSC) and a long message service center (LMSC).
  • MMSC multimedia message service center
  • SMSC short message service center
  • LMSC long message service center
  • the message service center 120 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention is constituted by a transceiver 510, a parser 515, a change unit 520, a storage unit 525 and a controller 530.
  • the transceiver 510 receives a message including the font information from the outgoing terminal 110. Moreover, the transceiver 510 transmits the message (the message received from the outgoing terminal 110) to a corresponding incoming terminal 130 by controlling the controller 530.
  • the parser 515 extracts the font information by analyzing the message received from the outgoing terminal 110. Then, the parser 515 determines whether the message output information is included or not by analyzing the extracted font information. If the message output information is not included, the parser 515 creates a control command for creating the message output information and outputs the control command to the change unit 520.
  • the parser 515 obtains a parameter value corresponding to the pre-set font information by analyzing the message. Then, the parser 515 can determine whether the message output information is included or not by using the obtained parameter value.
  • the parser 515 extracts the message output information that corresponds to the font information by using the pre-set tables.
  • the parser 515 can extract "H6" as the message output information corresponding to the font information "H3" and output "H6" to the change unit 520.
  • the change unit 520 changes the message such that the message includes the message output information inputted through the parser 515.
  • the change unit 520 can include the message output information in the message by using the pre-set parameter.
  • the message output information can be inserted into the message by using an additional parameter and also inserted into the message by using the parameter corresponding to the font information. For the convience of describing the present description, it shall be assumed that the message output information using the same parameter as that of the font information is inserted into the message, and this will be mainly described.
  • the font information can be used as parameter values, for example, Hl to H4, and the parameter values corresponding to the message output information can be used as H5 to H8.
  • the storage unit 525 stores a program for operating the message service center
  • the role of the controller 530 is to control the internal configuration elements (for example, the transceiver 510, the parser 515, the change unit 520 and the storage unit 525) of the message service center 120 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the controller 530 also controls the message received from the outgoing terminal 110 such that the message is transmitted to a corresponding incoming terminal 130.
  • a method of transmitting the requested message from the outgoing terminal 110 to the incoming terminal 130 is well-known to those with ordinary skill in the art, and thus detailed description will be omitted.
  • Figure 6 illustrates a message displayed on a screen of an incoming terminal in correspondence with font information or message output information in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the outgoing terminal 110 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can creaste and transmit a message including the font information that represets a relative size of the message or the message output information.
  • the font information is divided into
  • the outgoing terminal 110 transmits a message including the parameter and parameter value H2 corresponding to the font information.
  • the outgoing terminal 110 transmits a message without the message output information.
  • the incoming terminal 130 analyze the message received from the outgoing terminal 110 to extract the font information. Then, the incoming terminal 130 extracts the message output information corresponding to the font information by using Table 3. As illustrated in 610 of Figure 6, if the font information is set to be "small,” the incoming terminal 130 can display a message on the screen such that a string of 10 characters are displayed with reference to Table 3.
  • the incoming terminal 130 can display the message on the screen such that a string of 8 characters are displayed, as illustrated in 615 of Figure 6.
  • each message can be outputted differently, depending on the size of the incoming terminal's LCD screen (reference numaerals 610 to 620 in Figure 6), by setting the message output information in the incoming terminal 130 by using the font information. For example, it shall be assumed that the size of a first terminal's LCD screen is 2.0 inch, and the size of a second terminal's LCD screen is 2.5 inch. Then, suppose that the font information is set to be "normal.”
  • a method of outputting a message set to each terminal can be different from each other. For example, if the font information is "normal,” the first terminal is set to display a string of 8 characters as the message output information. Likewise, if the font information is "normal,” the second terminal is set to display a string of 10 characters as the message output information. Due to the reason above, a terminal that outputs a message using the font information can output the message corresponding to the size of the terminal's LCD screen.
  • the font information can be set to be "small" and the message can be sent such that all the contents of the message can be displayed on the screen.
  • the incoming terminal 130 can display the contents of the message on one screen, and thus the user do not need an addition operation, such as screen scroll, to view the entire contents of the message.
  • the message output information can be set in the outgoing terminal 110 and the message service center 120, as described above.
  • the message output information is not only the number of characters that can be displayed in a row on the screen, but also the number of pixels per character.
  • Figure 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of creating and sending a message including font information in an outgoing terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Each step described hereinafter will be performed by each internal component of the outgoing terminal 110, or the outgoing terminal 110 is used collectively for better understanding.
  • the outgoing terminal 110 gets input (or selection) from the user, in which the input is the font information.
  • the font information is a value that represents a relative font size of a character of a message to be displayed, as described above.
  • the outgoing terminal 110 also can be inputted with (or select) the message output information. Nevertheless, for the convience of describing the description, it shall be assumed that the message output information is not inputted.
  • the outgoing terminal 110 gets input from the user, in which the input is a message transmission command.
  • step 720 the outgoing terminal 110 creates a transmission message including the font information corresponding to the transmission command.
  • the outgoing terminal 110 extracts a parameter value corresponding to the font information inputted by using the pre-set tables, as described above. Then, the outgoing terminal 110 creates the transmission message including the font information by using the parameter and parameter value corresponding to the pre-set font information.
  • step 725 the outgoing terminal 110 transmits the created transmission message to the message service center 120 and requests the message to be sent.
  • Figure 8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of trsmitting a message from a message service center to an incoming terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Each step being described hereinafter will be performed by each internal component of the message service center 120, or the message service center 120 is used collectively for better understanding.
  • the message service center 120 receives a request for transmitting the transmission message including the font information from the outgoing terminal 110.
  • the message service center 120 determines whether the message output information is included or not by analyzing the tramission message.
  • step 820 if the message output information is included, the message service center 120 transmits the transmission message to a corresponding incoming terminal 130 in accordance with the conventional method. However, if the message output information is not included, the message service center 120 obtains terminal information about the incoming terminal 130 over a network of base stations in the step 825.
  • the terminal information can be, for example, information about the model of the incoming terminal 130.
  • step 830 the message service center 120 obtains information about the size of the LCD screen of the incoming terminal 130 by using the obtained terminal information.
  • the message service center 120 creates the message output information by using the information about the size of the LCD screen and the font information. For example, a size of LCD screen can be different by the type of each terminal.
  • the message output information according to the font information can be set differently in accordance with the sizes of the LCD screen corresponding to each terminal in the message service center 120. Therefore, a message corresponding to the size of the LCD screen of the incoming terminal 130 can be outputted differently by creating the message output information corresponding to the size of the LCD screen of the incoming terminal 130 and the font information.
  • step 840 the message service center 120 transmits the transmission message including the created message output information to the incoming terminal 130.
  • the message service center 120 can create the message output information by extracting a parameter value from the table corresponding to the font information. Then, the message service center 120 can change the parameter value corresponding to the font information. For example, it shall be assumed that the parameter and parameter value corresponding to the font information of the transmission message were set as follows.
  • the message service center 120 can create the message output information H6 corresponding to H3.
  • the message service center 120 can change the transmission message by changing the parameter and parameter value corresponding to the font information to Font_Size:H6 and transmit the transmission message to the incoming terminal 130.
  • the same can be applied when the message output information is set as the number of pixels per character. It shall be evident that a parameter corresponding to the font information and the message output information can be set differently depending on how it is implemented.
  • Figure 9 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying a message by using font information in an incoming terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Each step being described hereinafter will be performed by each internal component of the incoming terminal 130, or the incoming terminal 130 is used collectively for better understanding.
  • step 910 the incoming terminal 130 receives a message.
  • step 915 the incoming terminal 130 determines whether the message output information is included or not by analyzing the received message.
  • the incoming terminal 130 extracts the message output information and displays a message corresponding to the extracted message output information in the step 920.
  • the incoming terminal 130 can output a message such that a string of 8 characters are displayed to correspond with the extracted message output information H6.
  • the incoming terminal 130 extracts the font information from the message in the step 925.
  • step 930 the incoming terminal 130 creates the message output information by using the font information. Then, the step 920 is continued. For example, it shall be assumed that the extracted font information is H3.
  • the incoming terminal 130 creates the message output information (for example, display a string of 8 characters) by using the table for message output information corresponding to the font information.
  • the message output information is set as the number of pixels per character, and this will be described.
  • the table for the message output information that corresponds to the font information is the following Table 4.
  • the incoming terminal 130 creates "10 X 14" as the message output information. Then, the incoming terminal
  • the incoming terminal 130 displays each character of the message in 10 X 14 pixels. For example, if the size of the LCD screen of the incoming terminal 130 is assumed to be, for example, 240 X 320, the incoming terminal 130 can display a maxium of 528 characters on the single screen when the font information is set to be "small.” Then, the incoming terminal 130 can display a string of 24 characters on the LCD screen.
  • the incoming terminal 130 can create 100 X 140 as the message output information.
  • the incoming terminal 130 can display a maxium of 4 characters and display a string of 2 characters on the LCD screen.

Abstract

A method of displaying a message and a device having the same are disclosed. A communication terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can include: a display unit; a transceiver, which receives a message including font information; a parsing unit, which extracts the font information from the message and create message output information by using the extracted font information; and a controller, which controls the message to be displayed on the display unit such that the message corresponds to the message output information.

Description

[DESCRIPTION]
[Invention Title]
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING OF MESSAGE
[Technical Field]
The present invention relates to mobile communication, more specifically to a method of displaying a message in accordance with a liquid crystal display of a mobile terminal and a device having the same.
[Background Art]
Recent years have seen the rapid development and/or distribution of mobile terminals with the propagation of the Internet and personal computers due to the development of information and communication technologies. Moreover, the latest mobile terminals not only send and receive simple text messages or voice messages but also handle many additional multimedia services, such as sending and receiving images, sound and video.
In addition to the standard voice function of a mobile terminal, a message sending and receiving service is one of the most popular services that current mobile terminals support. However, in the conventional mobile terminals, the contents of the received message are routinely displayed in an absolute size by default.
[Disclosure] [Technical Problem] The present invention provides a method of, and a device for, displaying a message in a font size that is optimised for the size of display area in accordance with font information.
The present invention also provides a method of, and a device for, displaying a message in a different style in accordance with the importance of the message by setting font information.
The present invention also provides a method of, and a device for, displaying a message in a different style in accordance with the age of a terminal user and the user's styles by setting the font information.
The present invention also provides a method of, and a device for, displaying a message corresponding to the resolution of LCD screen of an incoming terminal.
[Technical Solution]
An aspect of the present invention provides a terminal and a device that output a message differently in accordance with the communication terminal. A communicaton terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can include: a display unit; a transceiver, which receives a message including font information; a parsing unit, which extracts the font information from the message and create message output information by using the extracted font information; and a controller, which controls the message to be displayed on the display unit such that the message corresponds to the message output information.
A message transmission device, configured to transmit a message by being connected to an outgoing terminal and an incoming terminal, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention can include: a transceiver, which receives a message including font information from the outgoing terminal; a parser, which extracts the font information from the message and create message output information by using the extracted font information; and a message change unit, which inserts the message output information into the message, in which the message including the message output information is transmitted to the incoming terminal through the transceiver.
A communication terminal, configured to create a message, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention can include: a display unit, which displays a content of a message; an input unit, which has font information inputted or selected and in which the font information corresponds to the content of the message; a message generating unit, which creates a message including the content and the font information, when a transmission command is inputted through the input unit; and a transmitter, which transmits the created message.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a method of outputting a message differently in accordance with a communication terminal.
A method of outputting a message from a communicaton terminal is disclosed. The method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can include: receiving a message including font information; extracting the font information from the message; creating message output information by using the extracted font information; and displaying the message by using the message output information.
A method of transmitting a message , the message being transmitted by a message transmission device connected to an outgoing terminal and an incoming terminal, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention can include: receiving a message including font information or message output information from the outgoing terminal; extracting the font information from the message; creating message output information by using the extracted font information; and inserting the created message output information into the message and transmitting the message to the incoming terminal.
[Description of Drawings] Figure 1 illustrates the configuration of a system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 illustrates the configuration of the inside of a teminal creating a messange including font information in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 illustrates a message displaying screen in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 illustrates the configuration of the inside of an incoming terminal outputting a message in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 5 illustrates the configuration of a message service center controlling the transmission of a message in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 6 illustrates a message displayed on a screen of an incoming terminal in correspondence with font information or message output information in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of creating and sending a message including font information in an outgoing terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of trsmitting a message from a message service center to an incoming terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 9 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying a message by using font information in an incoming terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
[Mode for Invention]
Since there can be a variety of permutations and embodiments of the present invention, certain embodiments will be illustrated and described with reference to the accompanying drawings. This, however, is by no means to restrict the present invention to certain embodiments, and shall be construed as including all permutations, equivalents and substitutes covered by the spirit and scope of the present invention. Throughout the drawings, similar elements are given similar reference numerals. Throughout the description of the present invention, when describing a certain technology is determined to evade the point of the present invention, the pertinent detailed description will be omitted.
Terms such as "first" and "second" can be used in describing various elements, but the above elements shall not be restricted to the above terms. The above terms are used only to distinguish one element from the other. The terms used in the description are intended to describe certain embodiments only, and shall by no means restrict the present invention. Unless clearly used otherwise, expressions in the singular number include a plural meaning. In the present description, an expression such as "comprising" or "consisting of is intended to designate a characteristic, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a part or combinations thereof, and shall not be construed to preclude any presence or possibility of one or more other characteristics, numbers, steps, operations, elements, parts or combinations thereof.
Certain embodiments in accordance with the present invention will be described in more detail through the below description with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 illustrates a configuration of a system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to Figure 1 , the system configuration in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention is constituted by an outgoing terminal 110, an incoming terminal 130 and a message service center 120.
The outgoing terminal 110 and the incoming terminal 130 are devices that are used for a variety of services, provided from a mobile communication system, over a network of base stations.
For example, any terminal, such as a mobile communication terminal, a PDA, a laptop computer, a smart phone and a mobile broadcast system (MBS), used for providing a variety of services over a network of base stations can be equally applied to the outgoing terminal 110 and the incoming terminal 130.
The outgoing terminal 110 can create a message including font imformation and transmit the message to the incoming terminal 130. The font information is a value that represents a relative size of the font used to display the characters in a message. For example, the font information can be set to be divided into "small", "normal", "large" and "very large." Since the font information is not an absolute (invariable) value with respect to a particular font, the message can be displayed by a variety of methods in accordance with the font information. This will be described in more detail below with reference to the related drawings.
The incoming terminal 130 can receive the message including the font information from the outgoing terminal 110 and output the message corresponding to the font information.
For the convenience of describing the present description, a terminal that creates a message including font information will be referred to as the outgoing terminal 110, and a terminal that receives the message including the font information and displayes the message corresponding to the font infoπnation will be referred to as the incoming terminal 130. Nevertheless, it shall be evident that each of the outgoing terminal 110 and the incoming terminal 130 can include all the function of creating the message including the font information and the function of displaying the message corresponding to the font information.
A method of how the incoming terminal 130 receves a message including font information and displays the message corresponding to the font information will be described in more detail below with reference to the related drawings. The message service center 120 receives a message including font information from the outgoing terminal 1 10 and transmits the message to the incoming terminal 130.
Furthermore, the message service center 120 extracts the font information included in the message received from the outgoing terminal 110 and creates message output information by using the extracted font information. The message service center 120 transmits the multimedia message including the font information and the message output information to the incoming terminal 130. For the convenience of description and understanding, a method of creating the message output information by the message service center 120 will be described in more detail below with reference to the related drawings. The message service center 120 can be any one of a multimedia message service center (MMSC), a short message service center (SMSC) and a long message service center (LMSC) in accordance with the type of a message transmitted by the outgoing terminal 110.
Figure 2 illustrates the configuration of the inside of a teminal that creates a messange including font information in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 3 illustrates a message displaying screen in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. It is assumed in the following description that a terminal, which creates and transmits a message, is the outgoing terminal 110. Referring to Figure 2, the terminal includes a transceiver 210, an input unit 215, a generating unit 220, a display unit 225, a storage unit 230 and a controller 235.
The transceiver 210 is a divice used for sending and receiving data, such as voice and vidio, over a wireless network of base stations when the terminal is in communication mode to operate. The role of the reansceiver 210 is also to transmit the messange including the font information to the incoming terminal 130 in accordance with the control of the controller 235. Here, the font information indicates the relative size for displaying the characters of the message, and this will be described in more detail the description below.
The role of the input unit 215 is to create a variety of signals in response to the user's manipulation and output the signals to the controller 235. For example, the input unit 215 is a medium used for receiving a control command, which is to control the operation of the temninal, and another control command, which is to excute a particular application, for example, an application for editing the message, from the user. The input unit 215 can be implemented in the form of a plurality of keys (for example, a number/character key, the * key or the # key, and one or more of function keys such as a menu key, an enter key and an application excution key), or in the form of a touch screen.
The input unit 215 can also receive the font information as well as information about the contents of the message from the user. After the font information is selected or received by the user through the input unit 215, the generating unit 220 creates a message including the selected or received font information. Figure 3 illustrates a message displaying screen that shows the font information with respect to the characters of the message to be selected.
For example, while an application is running for writing a message by the user, the terminal is provided with a user interface for receiving the font information, as illustrated in Figure 3. The user can select the font information for displaying a message by manufulating the input unit 215. Here, the font information can be selected from one of, for example, "small", "normal", "large" and "very large." The font information and parameter values set to correspond with the font information are represented in the following Table 1.
[Table 1 ]
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For example, if it is assurmed that the font information is selected by the user through the input unit 215, a transmission command for transmitting a message is inputted into the generating unit 220 by the manipulation of the input unit 215. When the transmission command is inputted, the generating unit 220 converts the font information by using the predetermined parameter and parameter value and inserts the font information into the message. For example, the font information can be represented in the following parameter and parameter value.
Font_Size: Value Value represents the font information. For the convenience of describing the present description, the parameters and parameter values described above are used as some examples. However, it shall be evident that other parameters and parameter values defined can be inserted into the message. A method ofoutputting a message by using the font information will be described in more detail below with reference to the related drawings.
Furthermore, the font information is divided into 4 grades and described in the description. Here, the font information is not information that represents the absolute size but information that indicates the relative size, and thus it shall be evident that the same can be applied to all examples besides the examples described in the present description.
In another example, the generating unit 220 can select or be inputted with the message output information from the user through the input unit 215. If the message output information is inputted, the generating unit 220 can create a message including the message output information rather than the font information. Here, the message output information can be information about the number of pixels per character for outputting a message that corresponds to the size of the terminal's LCD screen by using the font information or the number of characters that can be displayed in one line on the LCD screen.
For example, if it is assumed that the message output information is the number of characters joined together in one line on the terminal's LCD screen, the message output information can be set in the following Table 2.
[Table 2]
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For the convience of describing the present description, it shall be assumed that the generating unit 220 creates a message including the font information, and this will be mainly described. The role of the display unit 225 is to display data processed by the control of the controller 235 as visual information. For example, the display unit 225 can display a message being written by the control of the controller 235. Moreover, the display unit 225 can be a liquid crystal display (LCD) or a plasma display panel (PDP).
The storage unit 230 is used for storing a program for terminal operations and data (letters, numbers, images, video, audio) inputted through an external input device, for example, a 24-pin data input/output connector in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Moreover, the storage unit 230 stores a message received through the transceiver 210 in accordance with a predetermined rule. Moreover, the storage unit 230 may temporarily store a message (that is, a message that includes the font information) created by the present terminal.
The role of the controller 235 is to control the internal configuration elements
(for example, the transceiver 210, the input unit 215, the generating unit 220, the display unit 225 and the storage unit 230) of the terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
Furthermore, the controller 235 also transmits the message (that is, the message that includes the font information) created by the generating unit 220 to the incoming terminal 130 through the transceiver 210.
As described above, the font information is set to the relative size corresponding to the incoming terminal's display screen such that the original information (for example, characters) of the message can be displayed. That is, the message can be displayed in accordance with the size of the terminal's LCD screen. Furthermore, when a sender sends a message, the font information can be set in accordance with the importance of the message and the age of the incoming terminal user, i.e., a receiver, who receives the message. As a result, the message can be easily recognized by the receiver.
Moreover, the font information can be set differently for key words in the message, depending on the importace of the words. Therefore, the key words can be emphasized over other words.
For example, suppose that a wedding announcement message is about to be sent. The user can set the font information about time and place to be "large", and thus the information about the time and place in the message can be clearly exposed to a viewer. Figure 4 illustrates the configuration of the inside of an incoming terminal that outputs a message in an embodiment of the present invention. Illustrated in Figure 4 are a transceiver 410, an parsing unit 415, a display unit 420, a storage unit 425 and a controller 430.
The transceiver 410 receives a message from the outgoing terminal 110 through the outgoing message service center 120 over a network of base stations. Here, the message includes at least one of the font information and the message output information. The font information is a value that represents a relative size the font used for displaying the characters of a message. Here, the message output information can be a value that represents the number of pixels per character for outputting a message that corresponds to the size of the terminal's LCD screen by using the font information or the number of characters that can be displayed in a row on the LCD screen.
The parsing unit 415 determines whether the message output information is included. If the message output information is not included, the parsing unit 415 creates the message output information by using the font information.
In other words, if the message output information is included, the parsing unit 415 extracts the message output information. However, if the message output information is not included, the parsing unit 415 extracts the font information from the received message. The parsing unit 415 can create the message output information corresponding to the font information. Here, the message output information can be set to correspond with the size of the incoming terminal's LCD screen.
For example, it shall be assumed that the message output information is the number of characters joined together in a row on the terminal's LCD screen. The message output information can be set to correspond with the font information in the following Table 3.
[Table 3]
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The parsing unit 415 obtains information about the number of letters that corresponds to the extracted font information as the message output information and outputs the information. For example, it shall be assumed that the extracted font information is to be "large." The parsing unit 415 can output a string of "4 characters" as the message output information that corresponds to the font information "large." In another example, the parsing unit 415 can create (or extract) and output the number of pixels per character as the message output information. The message output information corresponding to each of the font information can be stored in the storage unit 425 as a form of table, respectively. Thus, the parsing unit 415 can extract (or create) and output the message output information corresponding to the font information.
The display unit 420 outputs a message corresponding to the message output information inputted through the parsing unit 415 as visual information. Moreover, the display unit 420 can be a liquid crystal display (LCD) or a plasma display panel (PDP).
The storage unit 425 stores a program for terminal operations in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Moreover, the storage unit 425 stores each message output information corresponding to each of the font information as a form of table.
The role of the controller 430 is to control the internal configuration elements (for example, the transceiver 410, the parsing unit 415, the display unit 420 and the storage unit 425) of the terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
Furthermore, the controller 235 controls the message to be displayed on the display unit 420 such that the message corresponds to the message output information.
Figure 5 illustrates the configuration of a message service center that controls message transmissions in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
Below, the message service center 120 can be any one selected from a group consisting of a multimedia message service center (MMSC), a short message service center (SMSC) and a long message service center (LMSC). Referring to Figure 3, the message service center 120 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention is constituted by a transceiver 510, a parser 515, a change unit 520, a storage unit 525 and a controller 530.
The transceiver 510 receives a message including the font information from the outgoing terminal 110. Moreover, the transceiver 510 transmits the message (the message received from the outgoing terminal 110) to a corresponding incoming terminal 130 by controlling the controller 530.
The parser 515 extracts the font information by analyzing the message received from the outgoing terminal 110. Then, the parser 515 determines whether the message output information is included or not by analyzing the extracted font information. If the message output information is not included, the parser 515 creates a control command for creating the message output information and outputs the control command to the change unit 520.
For example, the parser 515 obtains a parameter value corresponding to the pre-set font information by analyzing the message. Then, the parser 515 can determine whether the message output information is included or not by using the obtained parameter value.
For example, suppose that the font information is the same as the ones described in Table 1. Then, the extracted font information is assumed to be "H3". Here, if the font information is "H3", the relative font information about the message can be assessed, but the concrete message output information cannot be assessed. As a result, in case the message output information is not included in the message received from the outgoing terminal 110, the parser 515 extracts the message output information that corresponds to the font information by using the pre-set tables.
For example, it shall be assumed that the message output information corresponding to the font information is the same as the ones in Table 2. The parser 515 can extract "H6" as the message output information corresponding to the font information "H3" and output "H6" to the change unit 520.
The change unit 520 changes the message such that the message includes the message output information inputted through the parser 515. For example, the change unit 520 can include the message output information in the message by using the pre-set parameter. The message output information can be inserted into the message by using an additional parameter and also inserted into the message by using the parameter corresponding to the font information. For the convience of describing the present description, it shall be assumed that the message output information using the same parameter as that of the font information is inserted into the message, and this will be mainly described.
As described above, the font information can be used as parameter values, for example, Hl to H4, and the parameter values corresponding to the message output information can be used as H5 to H8. The storage unit 525 stores a program for operating the message service center
120, the font information and each table that corresponds to the message output information.
The role of the controller 530 is to control the internal configuration elements (for example, the transceiver 510, the parser 515, the change unit 520 and the storage unit 525) of the message service center 120 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
The controller 530 also controls the message received from the outgoing terminal 110 such that the message is transmitted to a corresponding incoming terminal 130. A method of transmitting the requested message from the outgoing terminal 110 to the incoming terminal 130 is well-known to those with ordinary skill in the art, and thus detailed description will be omitted.
Figure 6 illustrates a message displayed on a screen of an incoming terminal in correspondence with font information or message output information in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. As described above, the outgoing terminal 110 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can creaste and transmit a message including the font information that represets a relative size of the message or the message output information. For example, it shall be assumed that the font information is divided into
"small", "normal", "large" and "very large." Here, suppose that the user manipulates the outgoing terminal 110 such that the font information is set to be, for example, "large.'The outgoing terminal 110 transmits a message including the parameter and parameter value H2 corresponding to the font information. For the convience of describing the present description, it shall be assumed that the outgoing terminal 110 transmits a message without the message output information.
The incoming terminal 130 analyze the message received from the outgoing terminal 110 to extract the font information. Then, the incoming terminal 130 extracts the message output information corresponding to the font information by using Table 3. As illustrated in 610 of Figure 6, if the font information is set to be "small," the incoming terminal 130 can display a message on the screen such that a string of 10 characters are displayed with reference to Table 3.
If the font information is set to be "normal," the incoming terminal 130 can display the message on the screen such that a string of 8 characters are displayed, as illustrated in 615 of Figure 6. As such, each message can be outputted differently, depending on the size of the incoming terminal's LCD screen (reference numaerals 610 to 620 in Figure 6), by setting the message output information in the incoming terminal 130 by using the font information. For example, it shall be assumed that the size of a first terminal's LCD screen is 2.0 inch, and the size of a second terminal's LCD screen is 2.5 inch. Then, suppose that the font information is set to be "normal."
Since the sizes of LCD screens of the first terminal and the second terminal are different from each other, a method of outputting a message set to each terminal can be different from each other. For example, if the font information is "normal," the first terminal is set to display a string of 8 characters as the message output information. Likewise, if the font information is "normal," the second terminal is set to display a string of 10 characters as the message output information. Due to the reason above, a terminal that outputs a message using the font information can output the message corresponding to the size of the terminal's LCD screen. For another example, if the user of the outgoing terminal 110 sends a large volume of a message, the font information can be set to be "small" and the message can be sent such that all the contents of the message can be displayed on the screen. In this case, the incoming terminal 130 can display the contents of the message on one screen, and thus the user do not need an addition operation, such as screen scroll, to view the entire contents of the message. Furthermore, the message output information can be set in the outgoing terminal 110 and the message service center 120, as described above.
Moreover, for another example, the message output information is not only the number of characters that can be displayed in a row on the screen, but also the number of pixels per character.
Figure 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of creating and sending a message including font information in an outgoing terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Each step described hereinafter will be performed by each internal component of the outgoing terminal 110, or the outgoing terminal 110 is used collectively for better understanding.
For the convience of describing the description, it shall be assumed that the entire contents of the message are inputted.
In step 710, the outgoing terminal 110 gets input (or selection) from the user, in which the input is the font information. Here, the font information is a value that represents a relative font size of a character of a message to be displayed, as described above. The outgoing terminal 110 also can be inputted with (or select) the message output information. Nevertheless, for the convience of describing the description, it shall be assumed that the message output information is not inputted. In step 715, the outgoing terminal 110 gets input from the user, in which the input is a message transmission command.
In step 720, the outgoing terminal 110 creates a transmission message including the font information corresponding to the transmission command.
For example, the outgoing terminal 110 extracts a parameter value corresponding to the font information inputted by using the pre-set tables, as described above. Then, the outgoing terminal 110 creates the transmission message including the font information by using the parameter and parameter value corresponding to the pre-set font information.
In step 725, the outgoing terminal 110 transmits the created transmission message to the message service center 120 and requests the message to be sent.
Figure 8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of trsmitting a message from a message service center to an incoming terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Each step being described hereinafter will be performed by each internal component of the message service center 120, or the message service center 120 is used collectively for better understanding.
In step 810, the message service center 120 receives a request for transmitting the transmission message including the font information from the outgoing terminal 110. In step 815, the message service center 120 determines whether the message output information is included or not by analyzing the tramission message.
In step 820, if the message output information is included, the message service center 120 transmits the transmission message to a corresponding incoming terminal 130 in accordance with the conventional method. However, if the message output information is not included, the message service center 120 obtains terminal information about the incoming terminal 130 over a network of base stations in the step 825. Here, the terminal information can be, for example, information about the model of the incoming terminal 130.
In step 830, the message service center 120 obtains information about the size of the LCD screen of the incoming terminal 130 by using the obtained terminal information.
In step 835, the message service center 120 creates the message output information by using the information about the size of the LCD screen and the font information. For example, a size of LCD screen can be different by the type of each terminal.
As a result, the message output information according to the font information can be set differently in accordance with the sizes of the LCD screen corresponding to each terminal in the message service center 120. Therefore, a message corresponding to the size of the LCD screen of the incoming terminal 130 can be outputted differently by creating the message output information corresponding to the size of the LCD screen of the incoming terminal 130 and the font information.
In step 840, the message service center 120 transmits the transmission message including the created message output information to the incoming terminal 130.
For example, it shall be assumed that the font information using the same parameter as that of the font information is inserted into the tranmission message. The message service center 120 can create the message output information by extracting a parameter value from the table corresponding to the font information. Then, the message service center 120 can change the parameter value corresponding to the font information. For example, it shall be assumed that the parameter and parameter value corresponding to the font information of the transmission message were set as follows.
Font-Size:H3
The message service center 120 can create the message output information H6 corresponding to H3. The message service center 120 can change the transmission message by changing the parameter and parameter value corresponding to the font information to Font_Size:H6 and transmit the transmission message to the incoming terminal 130.
The same can be applied when the message output information is set as the number of pixels per character. It shall be evident that a parameter corresponding to the font information and the message output information can be set differently depending on how it is implemented.
Figure 9 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying a message by using font information in an incoming terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Each step being described hereinafter will be performed by each internal component of the incoming terminal 130, or the incoming terminal 130 is used collectively for better understanding.
In step 910, the incoming terminal 130 receives a message. In step 915, the incoming terminal 130 determines whether the message output information is included or not by analyzing the received message.
If the message output information is included, the incoming terminal 130 extracts the message output information and displays a message corresponding to the extracted message output information in the step 920.
For example, if it is assumed that the extracted message output information is 'H6,' the incoming terminal 130 can output a message such that a string of 8 characters are displayed to correspond with the extracted message output information H6.
However, if the message output information is not included, the incoming terminal 130 extracts the font information from the message in the step 925.
In step 930, the incoming terminal 130 creates the message output information by using the font information. Then, the step 920 is continued. For example, it shall be assumed that the extracted font information is H3. The incoming terminal 130 creates the message output information (for example, display a string of 8 characters) by using the table for message output information corresponding to the font information.
In another example, it shall be assumed that the message output information is set as the number of pixels per character, and this will be described.
For example, it shall be assumed that the table for the message output information that corresponds to the font information is the following Table 4.
[Table 4]
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In case the font information is set to be "small," the incoming terminal 130 creates "10 X 14" as the message output information. Then, the incoming terminal
130 displays each character of the message in 10 X 14 pixels. For example, if the size of the LCD screen of the incoming terminal 130 is assumed to be, for example, 240 X 320, the incoming terminal 130 can display a maxium of 528 characters on the single screen when the font information is set to be "small." Then, the incoming terminal 130 can display a string of 24 characters on the LCD screen.
In another example, suppose that the font information is set to be "very large." The incoming terminal 130 can create 100 X 140 as the message output information. In this case, the incoming terminal 130 can display a maxium of 4 characters and display a string of 2 characters on the LCD screen.
While the spirit of the invention has been described in detail with reference to particular embodiments, the embodiments are for illustrative purposes only and do not limit the invention. It is to be appreciated that those skilled in the art can change or modify the embodiments without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. As such, many embodiments other than those set forth above can be found in the appended claims.

Claims

[CLAIMS] [Claim 1 ]
1. A communication terminal configured to output a message, the communicaton terminal comprising: a display unit; a transceiver configured to receive a message including font information; a parsing unit configured to extract the font information from the message and create message output information by using the extracted font information; and a controller configured to control the message to be displayed on the display unit such that the message corresponds to the message output information.
2. The communication terminal of claim 1, wherein: the font information is a relative size for displaying the message; and the message output information is either the number of pixels per character for outputting the message such that the message corresponds to a size of an LCD screen of the communication terminal by using the font information or the number of characters that can be displayed on one line of the LCD screen.
3. The communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the parsing unit creates message output information corresponding to the font information by using the size of an LCD screen of the communication terminal.
4. A method of outputting a message from a communicaton terminal, the method comprising: receiving a message including font information; extracting the font information from the message; creating message output information by using the extracted font information; and displaying the message by using the message output information.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein: the font information is a relative size for displaying the message; and the message output information is either the number of pixels per character for outputting the message such that the message corresponds to a size of an LCD screen of the communication terminal by using the font information or the number of characters that can be displayed on one line of the LCD screen.
6. The method of claim 4, wherein the creating of the message output information by using the extracted font information is performed by creating the message output information by using the font information such that the size of the message is proportional to the size of an LCD screen of the communication terminal.
7. A message transmission device configured to transmit a message by being connected to an outgoing terminal and an incoming terminal, the message transmission device comprising: a transceiver configured to receive a message including font information from the outgoing terminal; a parser configured to extract the font information from the message and create message output information by using the extracted font information; and a message change unit configured to insert the message output information into the message, wherein the message including the message output information is transmitted to the incoming terminal through the transceiver.
8. The message transmission device of claim 7, wherein: the font information is a relative size for displaying the message; and the message output information is either the number of pixels per character for outputting the message such that the message corresponds to a size of an LCD screen of the communication terminal by using the font information or the number of characters that can be displayed on one line of the LCD screen.
9. The message transmission device of claim 7, wherein the parser obtains terminal information on the incoming terminal from the incoming terminal and creates the message output information corresponding to the obtained terminal information.
10. The message transmission device of claim 9, wherein the parser obtains information on a size of an LCD screen of the incoming terminal by using the obtained terminal information and creates the message output information corresponding to the information on the size of the LCD screen.
11. A method of transmitting a message, the message being transmitted by a message transmission device connected to an outgoing terminal and an incoming terminal, the method comprising: receiving a message including font information or message output information from the outgoing terminal; extracting the font information from the message; creating message output information by using the extracted font information; and inserting the created message output information into the message and transmitting the message to the incoming terminal.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein: the font information is a relative size for displaying the message; and the message output information is either the number of pixels per character for outputting the message such that the message corresponds to a size of an LCD screen of the communication terminal by using the font information or the number of characters that can be displayed on one line of the LCD screen.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the creating of the message output information by using the extracted font information comprises: obtaining terminal information on the incoming terminal through a communication network; extrating information on a size of an LCD screen of the incoming terminal by using the obtained terminal information; and creating the message output information by using the information on the size of the LCD screen and the font information.
14. A communication terminal configured to create a message, the communicaton terminal comprising: a display unit configured to display a content of a message; an input unit configured to have font information inputted or selected, the font information corresponding to the content of the message; a message generating unit configured to create a message including the content and the font information, when a transmission command is inputted through the input unit; and a transmitter configured to transmit the created message.
15. The communication terminal of claim 14, wherein: the font information is a relative size for displaying the content of the message, and the message output information is either the number of pixels per character for outputting the message such that the message corresponds to a size of an LCD screen of the communication terminal by using the font information or the number of characters that can be displayed on one line of the LCD screen.
16. A method of creating and transmitting a message, the message being created and transmitted by a communicaton terminal, the method comprising: receiving a content of a message; having font information inputted or selected, the font information corresponding to the content of the message; creating a message including the content and the font information, when a transmission command is inputted; and transmitting the created message.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein: the font information is a relative size for displaying the content of the message, and the message output information is either the number of pixels per character for outputting the message such that the message corresponds to a size of an LCD screen of the communication terminal by using the font information or the number of characters that can be displayed on one line of the LCD screen.
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