KR100784263B1 - Method and apparatus for message sending using clip-board - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for transmitting a message using a clipboard are provided to transmit a short message to a mobile terminal from a PC or a PDA more easily and to improve occupancy for system resources of the PC or PDA. If the user of a network terminal calls a clipboard in order to transmit a short message(S110), the network terminal reads stored information from the clipboard and displays it to the user(S115). If the user selects text, voice or moving picture information, based on the displayed information, the network terminal determines whether the selected information is a text stream composed of characters only or contains voice or moving picture information, and converts the selected information so that it can be executed at a terminating party's mobile terminal(S120,S125). Then the network terminal transmits the converted message to the terminating party's mobile terminal(S130).

Description

Method for transmitting message using clipboard and apparatus for same {Method and Apparatus for message sending using clip-board}

1 is a flow chart for schematically explaining a text message transmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a structure of an apparatus for transmitting a text message according to another embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a view for explaining a step of a user of a network terminal selecting a text, voice, and video information on a program running on the terminal and then making a copy request to a clipboard;

4 is a view for explaining a step of selecting a text, voice, or video information to be included in a text message from among clipboard stored information displayed after a user of a network terminal calls a clipboard;

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a step for receiving input necessary for transmitting the selected information to a mobile communication terminal of a called party.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting a text message, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for transmitting a message using a clipboard which can more easily transmit a text message from a network terminal to a mobile communication terminal.

As the mobile communication technology develops, the types of supplementary services are diversified accordingly. That is, various types of services such as short message service, wireless internet, and ringtone download are implemented in the mobile communication terminal.

The short message service, which is currently widely used, is a service capable of transmitting various text messages. Initially, only a short message having a limited size can be transmitted. A service that can be transmitted is provided. That is, hereinafter, all of the messages that are currently being developed or can be put to practical use among the messages that can be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal, including the short message, are simply referred to as text messages.

On the other hand, due to the development of wireless or wired communication network, a system for accessing the Internet through a wired / wireless communication network using a terminal device such as a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a 'PC') or a PDA is widely used. It is a situation. In accordance with such a change in the communication environment, a service for transmitting a text message from the mobile communication terminal to the mobile communication terminal as well as between the mobile communication terminal and the network terminal is provided.

However, in order to transmit a text message to a mobile communication terminal through a network terminal according to the prior art, after executing a web page or a program capable of transmitting a text message, it is necessary to go through a complicated process such as copying and pasting or directly inputting the information. Therefore, there is a problem that it is difficult to use because of the high occupancy of the resources of the PC or PDA.

In addition, when a non-text image or a combination of text and image is to be transmitted together, there is a problem in that a message may be transmitted only through a more complicated process.

A first object of the present invention for solving the above problems is to provide a message sending method and apparatus for more simply transmitting a text message from a network terminal to a mobile communication terminal.

It is a second object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for sending a message which improves the occupancy of system resources of a network terminal.

A third object of the present invention is a message sending method that facilitates the process of editing and transmitting a message to be transmitted in case of transmitting a text message as well as text, an image, voice, video, or any two or more information selected from them. To provide a device.

In order to achieve the object of the present invention as described above, the message transmission method using the clipboard of the present invention,

When a user of a network terminal calls a clipboard for text message transmission, a first step of reading information stored in the clipboard and displaying the same to the user;

Receiving, by the user, text, voice, or video information to be included in a text message from the displayed information;

Converting the selected information into a message form for text message transmission; And,

And a fourth step of transmitting the converted message to the mobile communication terminal of the called party.

In order to achieve the above object of the present invention, the text message transmission apparatus using the clipboard of the present invention,

A clipboard reading module for reading information stored in the clipboard;

A clipboard writing module for recording information on the clipboard;

A clipboard editing module for editing information stored in the clipboard according to a user's request;

A display module for outputting information stored in the clipboard to inform the user of the information necessary to transmit the information to the called party in a text message;

A message type determining module for determining whether the selected information includes a text string or voice or video information when the user selects one or more pieces of information stored in the clipboard for transmission in a text message; And,

And a message conversion module for converting the information selected by the user for transmission in a text message to be executed in the called party's mobile communication terminal according to the determination result value of the message type determination module.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, in describing in detail the operating principle of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the related known functions or configurations may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, the same reference numerals are used for parts having similar functions and functions throughout the drawings.

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

1, in order to transmit a text message according to the present invention, a user of a network terminal selects text, voice or video information displayed on one or more programs running on the terminal (S100). The data is copied to the clipboard, which is a storage area inside the network terminal, and stored (S105).

A network terminal applicable to the present invention has a clipboard, which is a storage area for temporarily storing internal data processing, and is a device capable of transmitting and receiving data stored in the clipboard to the external internet through a wired or wireless network, for example. Devices such as PCs, Macintoshes, or PDAs.

In the step S100, the user of the network terminal to select any one or more of the text, voice and video information to request to store in the clipboard, the information to be stored in the information as a block, then the clipboard In order to execute a command to be stored in a single key or a combination of two or more keys, for example, under a Microsoft Windows operating system (OS), a combination of a control (Ctrl) key and a C key can be performed simultaneously.

In step S105, the duplication request from the user of the network terminal may be made to any one or more selected from text, voice, and video information on a program being executed on the network terminal. In this case, the plurality of information selected at the same time may be independently stored in the clipboard and stored as separate information, but the storage method may be changed differently by a user's selection.

Next, when the user of the network terminal calls the clipboard to send information such as text, music or video stored in the clipboard to the called party in a text message (S110), the network terminal is stored in the clipboard Displayed information is displayed to the user (S115).

In the step S110, the user calls the clipboard may be used a single key or a combination of two or more keys, similar to the method for storing the selected information in the clipboard. For example, you can call the clipboard by simultaneously entering a combination of Control (Ctrl), Alt (Shift), and the C-key.

In step S115, a separate application program may be used to display the information stored in the clipboard to the user according to the user's call, which will be referred to as a clipboard indicator for convenience of description. Such a clipboard indicator is basically set in an operating system (OS) of a network terminal such as Windows or OS X or a separate program used in the network terminal such as Excel or Word. At this time, in the embodiment applicable to the present invention, it is preferable to use the indicator program basically installed in the operating system of the network terminal.

Next, the user of the network terminal selects one or more text, voice or video information stored in the clipboard to transmit as a text message based on the information displayed in step S115 (S120).

In step S120, when the user selects one or more of text, voice, or video information stored in the clipboard, the user may simultaneously select the same or different types of information to simultaneously transmit to the same called party.

Next, the information selected in step S120 is transmitted to the called party in a text message is converted into a text message form that can be executed on the mobile communication terminal of the other party (S125).

In step S125, the information selected in step S120 is converted into a form that can be executed in the mobile communication terminal. When the information selected by the user is a character string composed of simple characters, a short message service (SMS) In case of including voice or video information, the message is converted into a message format for a multimedia message service (hereinafter, referred to as 'MMS').

In this case, before the information selected in step S120 is converted into a text message form through step S125, the method may further include editing the selected information by the user of the network terminal (S123).

In the step S123, the user corrects before transmitting information to be delivered to the called party in a text message among text, voice, or video information stored in the clipboard, or receives two or more homogeneous or heterogeneous information selected. It is to be able to send to the other party at once. To this end, the indicator program may have its own editing function or may call an external professional editor to provide the editing function.

The information converted into a text message through the step S125 is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal of the called party (S130).

In step S130, the converted message is transmitted to a short message service center (SMSC) or a multimedia message service center (MMSC) so that the message converted in step S125 can be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal of the called party. .

2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the structure of a text message transmission apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the text message transmission device 100 according to the present invention may include a clipboard reading module 110, a clipboard writing module 120, a display module 130, an editing module 140, and a message type determination module. And a message conversion module 160.

The clipboard reading module 110 is a device for accessing and reading the clipboard 300 which is a storage area for temporarily storing internal data processing and interpreting the read information.

The editor module is for editing information read through the clipboard reading module 110 according to a user's request, and the editor calling module is for editing information stored in the clipboard 300 according to a user's request. To call an external editor. The edited information is stored in the clipboard 300 again by the clipboard writing module 120.

When the user selects one or more pieces of information stored in the clipboard 300 to send a text message, the editing module 140 corrects the information to be delivered to the called party in advance, or selects two or more kinds of homogeneous or heterogeneous pieces of information. This is for modifying the transmission to the same called party at once. The preferred editing module 140 applicable to the present invention performs a direct editing function on the information stored in the clipboard 300 or directly calls an external editor that can edit the information according to a user's request. Perform the function.

Message type determination module 150, if the user selects one or more information stored in the clipboard 300 to transmit in a text message, the information selected by the user is a string consisting only of text, or includes audio or video information; To determine if there is one.

The message conversion module 160 is a mobile communication terminal of the called party according to the determination result value of the message type determination module 150 with respect to the information selected by the user to transmit the text message among the information stored in the clipboard 300. To convert to a form that can be run on. At this time, if the message type determination module 150 determines that the information selected by the user is a character string consisting of simple characters, the message is converted into an SMS message form, and if the message type includes voice or video information, the message type determination module 150 is converted into an MMS message form. .

The display module 130 outputs the information stored in the clipboard 300 to inform the user of the information necessary to transmit the information to the called party as a text message. The display module 130 receives the user's call and receives the clipboard reading module 110. Information stored in the clipboard 300 read), information to be received in order to transmit the text message to the called party, such as a text message editing process by the editing module 140, and a called phone number. Print to inform the user.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail through the text message transmission process according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention through FIGS. 3 to 5.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a step of a user of a network terminal selecting a text, voice, and video information displayed on a program running on the terminal and then making a copy request to a clipboard.

Referring to FIG. 3, the A program 210 and the B program 220 are executed on the network terminal 200. At this time, the string 1 (211), the string 2 (212) and the string 3 (123) are displayed on the A program 210, and the voice 1 (221), the voice 2 (222), and the voice 3 are displayed on the B program (220). 223, moving picture 1 224, and moving picture 2 225 are displayed. Accordingly, the user of the network terminal 200 simultaneously selects the string 1 211 and the string 2 212 on the A program 210 and then simultaneously inputs the Ctrl and C keys to the string 1 211 and the string 2 212. ) And only the string 1 211 and the string 2 212 are copied to the clipboard 300 and stored.

Next, the user again selects the voice 1 221 on the B program 220 and simultaneously inputs the Ctrl key and the C key to store the voice 1 221 on the clipboard 300, and then again the B program ( On the video 220, the video 1 (224) is selected and the Ctrl and C keys are input at the same time to save the video 1 (224) to the clipboard (300).

4 is a diagram illustrating a clipboard indicator displayed according to a user's clipboard call, and FIG. 5 illustrates a step of transmitting a text message to a mobile communication terminal of a called party based on information selected by the clipboard indicator. It is a figure for following.

Referring to FIG. 4, in the left column 410 of the clipboard indicator 400, the string 1 211, the string 2 212, and the voice 1 (stored in the clipboard 300 as described above with reference to FIG. 3). 221 and a video 1 222 are displayed on the right side, a message transmission button 420 for transmitting the information stored in the clipboard 300 to the mobile communication terminal and an edit button for editing the information stored in the clipboard ( 430 is provided.

The clipboard indicator 400 shown in FIG. 4 is an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and is illustrated to describe a clipboard indicator applicable to the present invention. Therefore, the clipboard indicator applicable to the present invention is described above. It is not limited by FIG.

First, since the information to be transmitted to the called party by the user of the network terminal is the string 1 211 and the voice 1 221, the string 1 211 and the voice 1 221 are simultaneously selected and the message transmission button 420 is selected. Click or click the edit button 430 to edit the two information strings 1211 and voice 1221 to be one information (not shown), and then click the message transmission button 420. Done.

When the user clicks the message transmission button 420, a confirmation window 500 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed in order to receive the necessary information for transmitting the selected information to the mobile communication terminal of the called party. The user inputs the telephone number 520 of the called party's mobile communication terminal and the telephone number 530 to be returned to the confirmation window 500, and then clicks the send button 540 to move the information to the called party. Finally request to be transmitted to the communication terminal. At this time, the message content window 510 is for displaying the information to be transmitted to the user once again.

The screen shown in FIG. 5 is one embodiment of the present invention, and is illustrated to describe a confirmation window applicable to the present invention, and therefore, the confirmation window applicable to the present invention is limited by FIG. 5. no.

The present invention described above is not limited to the above-described embodiments and the accompanying drawings, and it is common in the art that various substitutions, modifications, and changes can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

According to the present invention, not only can a text message be easily transmitted from a PC or PDA terminal to a mobile communication terminal, but also the occupancy of system resources of the PC or PDA terminal can be improved. In addition, according to the present invention, even when transmitting a text message as well as an image, a voice, a video, or any two or more information selected therefrom, the message can be easily edited and transmitted.

Claims (13)

When a user of a network terminal calls a clipboard for text message transmission, a first step of reading information stored in the clipboard and displaying the same to the user; Receiving, by the user, text, voice, or video information to be included in a text message from the displayed information; A third step of determining whether the selected information is a character string or voice or video information and converts the selected information into a form that can be executed in the mobile communication terminal of the called party according to the determination result value; And, And a fourth step of transmitting the converted message to a mobile communication terminal of a called party. The method of claim 1, Between the second step and the third step, at the request of the user further comprising the step of storing the edited information on the clipboard based on the text, voice or video information stored in the clipboard How to send a text message using the clipboard. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The network terminal has a clipboard which is a storage area for temporarily storing internal data processing, and is a device capable of transmitting and receiving data stored in the clipboard to the external internet through a wired or wireless network. How to send a text message using the clipboard. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The network terminal is a text message transmission method using a clipboard, characterized in that the PC, Macintosh or PD. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The request for copying from the user is a text message transmission method using a clipboard, characterized in that the request is made to any one or more selected from text, voice and video information on a program running on the network terminal. The method according to claim 1 or 2, In the first step, a clipboard indicator, which is basically installed in the operating system of the network terminal, is used to display the information stored in the clipboard to the user. The method according to claim 1 or 2, In the third step, when the information selected in the second step is a character string consisting of simple characters, the message is converted into a message format for a short message service, and when the information included in voice or video information is converted into a message format for a multimedia message service. Text message transmission method using a clipboard, characterized in that. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The fourth step transmits the converted message to the short message service center (SMSC) or the multimedia message service center (MMSC) so that the message converted in the third step can be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal of the called party. Text message transmission method using a clipboard, characterized in that. A clipboard editing module for editing information stored in the clipboard according to a user's request; A display module for outputting information stored in the clipboard to inform the user of the information necessary to transmit the information to the called party in a text message; A message type determining module for determining whether the user selects one or more pieces of information stored in the clipboard for transmission in a text message, and whether the selected information includes a text string or voice or video information; And, And a message conversion module configured to convert information selected by a user to be transmitted as a text message so as to be executed by a called party's mobile terminal according to the determination result of the message type determination module. The method of claim 9, A clipboard reading module for reading information stored in the clipboard; And, The apparatus for transmitting text messages using the clipboard, further comprising a clipboard writing module for recording information on the clipboard. The method of claim 9, The editing module directly edits the information stored in the clipboard according to a user's request. The method of claim 9, The editing module is a text message transmission apparatus using a clipboard, characterized in that for calling the external editor that can directly edit the information stored in the clipboard at the request of the user. The method according to any one of claims 9 to 12, If the message conversion module determines that the message to be sent to the called party is a character string composed of simple characters, the message conversion module converts the message into a message for short message service. Text message transmission apparatus using a clipboard, characterized in that for converting the message format for.

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