KR100664384B1 - Mobile phone for displaying sent and recieved character messages in a screen, and the method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal for displaying transmitted and received text messages on one screen unit, and a display method thereof. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of creating a character to be transmitted, receiving a character, or searching for a character stored in the mobile communication terminal. The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal for displaying text messages related to a specific conversation with a counterpart belonging to a specific conversation group within one screen unit, and a display method thereof.

To this end, the present invention comprises the first step of selecting at least one chat partner of the text message to be displayed in a format corresponding to the chat mode; And a second step of displaying a text message received from the at least one selected chat partner and a text message to be transmitted to the at least one selected chat partner on one screen.

One screen, messenger, conversation

Description

Mobile phone for displaying sent and received text messages on one screen and a method of displaying the same {mobile phone for displaying sent and recieved character messages in a screen, and the method}

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying and managing a received text message of a conventional mobile communication terminal.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a text message search and display method of a conventional mobile communication terminal.

3 is an internal configuration diagram of a mobile communication terminal for displaying a text message transmitted and received according to an embodiment of the present invention on a screen.

4 is a flowchart of a text message transmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5a to 5d are screen examples for text message transmission in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flow chart of a text message receiving method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7A to 7C are screen examples for receiving text messages in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a flowchart of a text message storing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

9A and 9B are screen examples for storing text messages in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

10 is a flowchart of a text message searching method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

11A and 11B are screen examples for text message retrieval in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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100: mobile communication terminal 102: transmission and reception unit 104: input unit

106: display unit 108: storage unit 110: control unit

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal for displaying transmitted and received text messages on one screen unit, and a display method thereof. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of creating a character to be transmitted, receiving a character, or searching for a character stored in the mobile communication terminal. The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal for displaying text messages related to a specific conversation with a counterpart belonging to a specific conversation group within one screen unit, and a display method thereof.

In general, personal communication service is an inexpensive and universal mobile service that enables an individual to perform voice and data communication regardless of place and time using a mobile communication terminal. In the past, wired / wireless communication networks are mainly used for voice communication. However, in recent years, due to the steady increase in data service subscribers, its use has exploded into non-voice services such as data services.

SMS (Short Message Service) supplementary service is a service that performs additional functions other than basic message delivery through a special type of message by providing additional information to the subscriber by loading additional information on the SMS basic service.

In order to provide various SMS supplementary services, it is easy to add or delete stored texts, and to create a service suitable for subscriber preferences, and to promote convenience of subscribers.

A method of displaying a text message of a general mobile communication terminal will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying and managing a received text message of a conventional mobile communication terminal.

Referring to FIG. 1, in the standby state, it is often determined whether a message is received (S100). When the determination result message is received, the received message is processed and stored according to a predetermined operation (S102), and the contents of the received message are displayed. (S104). Thereafter, it is determined whether there is a reply key input for sending a reply message by the user (S106), and if the reply key is input by the user as a result of the S106 determination, the display of the received message disappears and an empty reply input window is displayed. (S108). Thereafter, the reply text message is input to the reply input window and is transmitted after completion of the input (S109).

2 is a flowchart illustrating a text message search and display method of a conventional mobile communication terminal.

Referring to FIG. 2, it is determined whether there is an input of a text search key in the standby state (S200), and if there is an input of the text search key, it is determined whether a sent box menu is selected (S202).

As a result of the determination in step S202, when the sent letter box menu is selected, the stored letter list is displayed according to the reverse transmission time (S204). When the user selects one item from the list, the contents of the selected text message are displayed (S206 and S208).

Meanwhile, as a result of the determination in S202, when the sent box menu is not selected, it is determined whether the received box menu is selected (S210). As a result of the determination of S210, when the inbox menu is selected, a list of stored text messages is displayed in the reverse order of reception time (S212). When one item of the list is selected, the contents of the selected text message are displayed (S214 and S216).

Meanwhile, as a result of the determination of S210, when the inbox menu is not selected, the procedure is terminated after performing a function corresponding to the corresponding key (S211).

In the conventional method of managing a received text message of a mobile communication terminal, the stored text message is divided into an inbox / sent text box and stored one by one, thereby not only increasing the number of stored text messages but also storing the history of the text message for each message case. There is a problem that takes a lot of time to search and delete text messages.

In addition, when checking the received text message, or when replying to the received text message, there is an inconvenience that can not check the contents of the text message sent previously on one screen.

 An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems, all text messages repeatedly transmitted and received with the mobile communication terminals belonging to the same talk group are displayed continuously in one screen unit, that is, talking with the other party, that is, It's about making you feel like an instant messenger.

Another object of the present invention is to alleviate the inconvenience of having to search for messages exchanged with a specific person, because all messages related to a specific conversation exchanged with all mobile communication terminals belonging to the same conversation group are stored in one case. .

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes the steps of selecting a conversation partner of at least one text message to be displayed in a format corresponding to the conversation mode; Retrieving a history of a text message conversation currently in progress using the selected at least one conversation partner as a sender and a receiver; And if the search result history exists, displaying the history and the text input window of the text message received and transmitted to the at least one chat partner on one screen. Characterized in that it is a method of displaying a message on one screen.
According to another aspect of the present invention, if any text message is received, determining whether the sender of the received text message is included in a preset talk group; Retrieving a history of a text message conversation currently in progress using a person who belongs to the talk group as a sender or a receiver when it is included in the talk group as a result of the determination; And displaying the history of the retrieved text message at a specific position on one screen.

According to another aspect of the present invention, if any menu is selected, searching for the stored text message and displaying each item for each conversation; And displaying a history of the text messages received and received on one screen when the one of the items is selected, on one screen. It is done.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an input unit for receiving a text message and a key for selecting an arbitrary menu item; A storage unit for storing the text message; And selecting a conversation partner of at least one text message to be displayed in a format corresponding to the conversation mode, searching the history of the text message conversation currently in progress using the selected at least one conversation partner as a sender and a receiver, and searching the search result. If there is a history, the control unit for displaying the history and the text input window of the transmission and reception of the text message for the at least one or more selected recipients on one screen Characterized in that the mobile communication terminal displayed on the screen.
According to another aspect of the present invention, an input unit for receiving a text message and a key for selecting an arbitrary menu item; A storage unit for storing the text message; And when an arbitrary text message is received, it is determined whether the sender of the received text message is included in the preset talkgroup, and when the decision is included in the talkgroup, the person belonging to the talkgroup is sent and received. And a control unit for retrieving a history of a text message conversation currently in progress and displaying a history of the retrieved text message at a specific position within one screen unit. Characterized in that the terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an input unit for receiving a text message and a key for selecting an arbitrary menu item; A storage unit for storing the text message; When a certain menu is selected, the text message stored for the interactive text message service is searched and displayed for each item by conversation. When one of the items is selected, the history of text messages sent and received for the conversation is displayed. Control unit for displaying on one screen; characterized in that the mobile communication terminal for displaying the transmitted and received text messages on one screen.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, for convenience of description, a character by the conventional text transmission, reception, storage, and retrieval method is called a general character, and a character by the transmission, reception, storage, and retrieval method of the present invention is called a conversation character.

In addition, due to the LCD screen size of the mobile communication terminal, the entire screen that is not displayed on one screen but can be displayed by the scroll function is called one screen or one screen unit.

3 is an internal configuration diagram of a mobile communication terminal for displaying a text message sent and received according to an embodiment of the present invention on one screen.

Referring to FIG. 3, the mobile communication terminal 100 displaying the transmitted and received text messages on one screen includes a transceiver 102, an input unit 104, a display unit 106, and a storage unit ( 108, and the control unit 110 and the like.

The transceiver 102 transmits and receives a voice of a user when voice communication and a text message to a base station when transmitting and receiving a text message.

The input unit 104 includes a character key, a numeric key, and various function keys, and generates and transmits a key input signal corresponding to a key input by the user to the controller 110.

The display unit 106 displays information signals generated during the operation operation of the mobile communication terminal 100, and in particular, transmits and receives text messages and stored text messages.

The storage unit 108 stores data and programs necessary for the control of the controller 110 and stores text messages received and transmitted.

The controller 110 controls to display a menu including a chat text sending item and a chat text search item when a chat text menu is selected from a menu including at least one text item from a user. When the conversation text sending menu is selected from the user and at least one recipient information is input, the history of transmission and reception text messages between the receivers is sequentially arranged in one screen unit in order of transmission and reception time, and the text to be transmitted at the bottom thereof. Control to enter a message.

On the other hand, when the conversation text search menu is selected, it controls to display a menu including items for each conversation event indicating the transmission, the recipient name, the transmission date, the reception date of the stored conversation, and the number of times of transmission and reception. When the user selects one of the items per conversation, the controller controls to display the history of text messages sent and received on the screen in one screen.

On the other hand, when a text message is received from a sender belonging to a talk group through the transceiver in the talk mode, all the songs belonging to the talk group, the transmission between recipients, and the history of the received text message are transmitted and received in one screen unit in order of time. To be arranged in order.

In addition, when the conversation text storage key is input through the input unit 104, a message to be stored is selected from the text message history currently displayed in one screen unit, and the selected message is controlled to be stored.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a text message transmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the text message transmission method applied to FIG. 3 will be described. First, the control unit 110 receives a text menu key from a user and displays a text menu item (S300). For example, as illustrated in FIG. 5A, items of a menu may be displayed as ① general characters ② conversation characters ③ received characters ④ sent characters.

Thereafter, it is determined whether a menu selection signal by a button manipulation of the input unit 104 provided in the mobile communication terminal 100 is input by the user (S302). It is determined whether or not the menu (S304). In response to the selection of the conversation text menu as a result of the determination of S304, a menu including a conversation text transmission and a conversation text search item is displayed (S306).

For example, as illustrated in FIG. 5B, an item of a menu may be displayed as ①conversational text ②conversational text search ③other.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the dialogue character menu is not selected as 304, the function corresponding to the key is performed and the procedure ends (S305).

Thereafter, it is determined whether a menu selection signal by a button manipulation of the input unit 104 provided in the mobile communication terminal 100 is input from the user (S308). As a result of the determination, when a certain menu selection signal is input, it is determined whether the selected menu is the dialogue character sending menu (S310). As a result of the determination in S310, when the user selects the menu for sending a text message, the receiver phone number input window of the text to be transmitted is displayed, for example, as shown in FIG. 5C, and at least one receiver phone number is input from the user. (S312).

On the other hand, if the S310 decision result is not selected the menu for sending a chat character, and performs the function corresponding to the key and ends the procedure (S311).

The history of the text message conversation that is currently in progress between the receiver mobile communication terminal and the user mobile communication terminal 100 is searched to determine the existence (S314). As a result of the determination in S314, if the history exists, the history of the transmitted and received text messages for the receiver is displayed in one screen unit sequentially according to the transmission and reception time (S316) and the message to be transmitted at the bottom is input. The window is displayed (S318).

For example, as shown in FIG. 5D, the receiver's telephone number is displayed at the top of the screen, and the contents of the conversation message are arranged in the center of the screen from top to bottom in the order of transmission and reception time, and displayed on one screen. If you can't display it, you can use the scroll bar on the right to display its contents. At the bottom of the history, an input window for receiving a text message may be displayed.

As the identifier of each song and receiver, a song, a recipient name, a telephone number of a song, a receiving mobile communication terminal or other symbols may be used. In the case of Fig. 5D, names of the song and the receiver are used as identifiers. When using an identifier other than the telephone number, a procedure for inputting an identifier corresponding to the telephone number is additionally required. If the phone number is in the phone number list of the mobile communication terminal 100, it may be set to display the name registered in the list.

When the character to be transmitted from the user is input to the input window and a confirmation key selection signal is input through the input unit 104, the character is transmitted through the transceiver 102 (S320).

On the other hand, as a result of the determination in S314, if there is no history of the conversation text message conversation currently in progress with respect to the receiver's mobile communication terminal, after displaying an input window of a text message to be transmitted on one screen in a format corresponding to the conversation mode ( S322) The process moves to step S320 described above.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a text message receiving method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A method of receiving a text message applied to FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIG. 6. First, when receiving a text message (S400), the controller 110 determines whether the sender of the received text message is included in a preset talk group (S402).

As a result of the determination in S402, when belonging to the talk group, the person who belongs to the talk group as a sender or a receiver is searched for the history of the text message conversation that is currently in progress to determine whether the message exists.

As a result of the determination in S404, the history of the searched text message is arranged in the order of the time of transmission and reception within one screen unit and displayed in a format corresponding to the conversation mode (S406).

For example, as shown in FIG. 7A, the phone numbers of the sender and the receiver are displayed at the top of the screen, and the contents of the conversation message are arranged from the top to the bottom in the order of the song and the reception time, and displayed on one screen. If the display is not complete, the contents can be displayed using the scroll bar on the right. As the identifier of each song and receiver, a song, a recipient name, a telephone number of a song, a receiving mobile communication terminal or other symbols may be used.

On the other hand, if there is no history as a result of the determination in S404, after displaying only the received text message in a format corresponding to the conversation mode (S420), the process moves to step S408 described later. The format corresponding to the conversation mode is to express text messages in a manner similar to the manner in which the participants' screen names and contents are displayed in the instant messenger, so that those who send and receive text messages feel as if they are using the instant messenger. I mean.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7B, the text message sender's telephone number may be displayed at the top of the screen, and the conversation contents may be displayed along with an identifier such as the sender's name.

As a result of the determination in S402, when the sender of the received text message does not belong to the preset talk group, the user is asked whether to set the chat mode to the chat mode (S416).

For example, as shown in FIG. 7C, an item of a menu may be displayed in a general text mode and a conversation text mode.

If the user selects a conversation text mode item, a new conversation group including the sender of the received text message is set (S418), and the received text message is displayed in a format corresponding to the conversation mode (S420). Go to step S408.

On the other hand, if a general text mode item is selected by the user, the received text message is displayed in a format corresponding to the general mode, that is, in general, a format for displaying text messages on the corresponding mobile communication terminal (S422) S408 described later. Go to step.

Thereafter, it is determined whether a menu selection signal by a button manipulation of the input unit 104 provided in the mobile communication terminal 100 is input from the user (S408). It is determined whether or not the menu (S410). When the answer menu is selected in the determination result of S410, a history including the received text message is displayed and a reply text message input window is displayed at the bottom of the history display (S412). Thereafter, when the character to be transmitted is input from the user and the confirmation key selection signal is input from the user through the input unit 104, the character is transmitted through the transceiver 102 (S414).

On the other hand, if the selected menu is not a reply menu as a result of the determination in S410, a function corresponding to the corresponding key is performed and the procedure is terminated (S411).

8 is a flowchart illustrating a text message storing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The text message storage method applied to FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIG. 8. First, the controller 110 determines whether a key input signal by a button manipulation of the input unit 104 provided in the mobile communication terminal 100 is input from the user (S500), and if there is a key input signal, the dialogue character storage. It is determined whether a key has been selected (S502).

In step S504, when the dialogue character storage key is selected, a menu including capturing and storing all items is displayed (S504).

For example, as shown in FIG. 9A, an item of a menu may be displayed as ① full save and ② capture save.

On the other hand, if the dialogue character storage key is not selected as a result of the determination in S502, the procedure ends after performing a function corresponding to the corresponding key (S503).

Thereafter, when the user selects the capture storage item, the message to be stored is selected from the text message history currently displayed in one screen unit (S508), and the selected text message is stored as one file (S510).

For example, as shown in FIG. 9B, after moving the cursor to select a message part to be stored, the conversation part to be stored may be selectively stored as one file by pressing the save key at the bottom of the screen.

On the other hand, if the user selects the entire storage item, the text message history currently displayed in one screen unit is stored in one file (S505).

10 is a flowchart illustrating a text message searching method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A text message searching method applied to FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIG. 10. First, the controller 110 receives a text menu key from a user and displays a text menu item (S600).

For example, as illustrated in FIG. 5A, items of a menu may be displayed as ① general characters ② conversation characters ③ received characters ④ sent characters.

Thereafter, it is determined whether a menu selection signal by a button manipulation of the input unit 104 provided in the mobile communication terminal 100 is input from the user (S602). It is determined whether or not the menu (S604).

As a result of the determination in S604, when the conversation text menu is selected, a menu including a conversation text sending and a conversation text search item is displayed (S606).

For example, as illustrated in FIG. 5B, an item of a menu may be displayed as ① conversation text transmission ② conversation text search ③ other.

On the other hand, if the dialogue character menu is not selected as a result of the determination S604, the function corresponding to the corresponding key is performed and the procedure ends (S605).

Thereafter, it is determined whether a menu selection signal by a button manipulation of the input unit 104 provided in the mobile communication terminal 100 is input from the user (S608). It is determined whether the text search menu (S610).

As a result of the determination in S610, when the user selects the conversation text search menu, a menu including an item representing information on the conversation is displayed for each stored conversation (S612).

For example, as illustrated in FIG. 11A, each conversation event may be displayed using a menu indicating the name of the speaker, the date of the conversation, and the total number of transmissions and receptions.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the dialogue character search menu is not selected as a result of the determination of S610, a function corresponding to the corresponding key is performed and the procedure is terminated (S611).

After selecting a specific conversation item among the items (S614), the conversation history which is the stored contents for the selected conversation item is displayed (S616).

For example, the stored contents may be displayed as shown in FIG. 11B.

The present invention has the same effect as using an instant messenger using a text message, and the present invention can be implemented using the existing SMS text message as it is without changing the communication protocol or format of the SMS text message.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications and changes can be made by those skilled in the art, which are included in the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims.

According to the present invention as described above, all text messages repeatedly exchanged with the same person are continuously displayed on one screen unit, so that the user can feel like an instant messenger talking to the other party.

In addition, according to the present invention as described above, there is an effect that can alleviate the inconvenience of searching because all the messages exchanged with one conversation character counterpart are stored.

Claims (26)

Selecting a conversation partner of at least one text message to be displayed in a format corresponding to the conversation mode; Retrieving a history of a text message conversation currently in progress using the selected at least one conversation partner as a sender and a receiver; And If the history of the search result exists, displaying the history and the text input window of the text message sent and received for the at least one or more chat partner on one screen. How to display on one screen. The method of claim 1, wherein each text message is displayed on one screen by being arranged in order of transmission and reception time. The method of claim 1, wherein the conversation partner is a recipient of the text message to be transmitted. delete The method according to claim 1, wherein after the displaying step And receiving the text message through the text input window and transmitting the text message to the at least one recipient. delete Sending / receiving a text message on one screen using the sender of an arbitrary text message as a conversation partner. Determining whether a sender of the received text message is included in a preset talkgroup when an arbitrary text message is received; Retrieving a history of a text message conversation currently in progress using a person who belongs to the talk group as a sender or a receiver when it is included in the talk group as a result of the determination; And And displaying the history of the retrieved text message on a screen on a screen. The method according to claim 7, Determining whether a conversation mode is selected when the decision result of the determination step is not included in the conversation group; And And if the conversation mode is selected, displaying an output screen corresponding to the selected conversation mode on one screen. The method of claim 7, wherein after the displaying step Displaying a reply input window at a specific position on the screen; And And transmitting the reply text message input through the reply input window on one screen. Searching for a stored text message and displaying each item for each conversation when an optional menu is selected; If one of the items is selected, displaying a history of text messages sent and received for the conversation on one screen; Method for displaying a text message received, including on a screen. The method according to claim 10, Display a text input window at a specific position on the screen Transmitting a text message input through the text input window to a receiver; Method for displaying a text message, the received, characterized in that it further comprises a screen. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the history of the text messages sent and received for the selected conversation is displayed on one screen, arranged in the order of the time of the transmission, the received text on one screen How to. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing a history of the text message displayed on the screen according to any key input, wherein the storing is performed. And transmitting and receiving the text message on one screen, wherein the text message is selected and stored among the history of the text message. An input unit for receiving a text message and a key for selecting an arbitrary menu item; A storage unit for storing the text message; And Selects the conversation partner of at least one text message to be displayed in a format corresponding to the conversation mode, searches the history of the text message conversation currently in progress using the selected at least one conversation partner as a sender and a receiver, and the search result history If present, the transmission and received text message, characterized in that it comprises a control unit for displaying the history and the text input window of the transmission, received text messages for one or more selected recipients on one screen Mobile terminal displayed on. The method of claim 14, wherein the control unit And displaying the text message on one screen, wherein the text message is arranged on the one screen in order of transmission and reception time. The mobile communication terminal of claim 14, wherein the conversation partner is a recipient of the text message to be transmitted. delete The method of claim 14, wherein the control unit And a text message received through the text input window to one or more selected recipients. The method of claim 14, wherein the control unit In order to select the conversation partner, if a conversation text menu is selected from a menu including at least one text item, a menu including a text sending item and a text searching item is displayed. A mobile communication terminal for displaying a text message sent and received on a screen, characterized in that receiving the recipient information for one recipient. delete A mobile communication terminal that displays a text message sent and received on one screen by using a sender of an arbitrary text message as a conversation partner. An input unit for receiving a text message and a key for selecting an arbitrary menu item; A storage unit for storing the text message; And When a certain text message is received, it is determined whether the sender of the received text message is included in the preset talk group, and if it is included in the talk group, the person belonging to the talk group is sent and received. And a control unit for retrieving the history of the ongoing text message conversation and displaying the history of the retrieved text message at a specific position within one screen unit. . The method of claim 21, wherein the control unit If it is determined that the conversation mode is not included in the conversation group, the system determines whether a conversation mode is selected, and if the conversation mode is selected, an output screen corresponding to the selected conversation mode is displayed. Mobile terminal displayed on the screen. The method of claim 21, wherein the control unit And displaying a reply text message on a screen, wherein a reply input window is displayed at a specific position on the screen, and a reply text message is received and transmitted through the reply input window. An input unit for receiving a text message and a key for selecting an arbitrary menu item; A storage unit for storing the text message; If a certain menu is selected, the text message stored for the interactive text message service is searched and displayed for each item by conversation. If one of the items is selected, the history of the text messages sent and received for the conversation is selected. A control unit which displays a screen on one screen; Mobile communication terminal for displaying a text message, the received, characterized in that on one screen. The method of claim 24, wherein the control unit And displaying a text message input window at a specific position on the screen and transmitting the text message received through the text input window to a receiver. The method of claim 24, wherein the control unit A mobile communication terminal for displaying a text message received and received on one screen, characterized in that arranged in the order of the time of the transmission, received on a screen, the history of the text message, the received text message for the selected conversation.

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