KR100850560B1 - Method for providing icon combination for SMS message - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an icon combining technique of an SMS message, comprising: a first step of calculating a surplus capacity of an SMS in a mobile communication terminal; Calculating a number of lines of the user message; A third step of selecting an appropriate number of icons; A fourth step of performing mapping between an icon and a word; And a fifth step of selecting the icon attachment position and combining the icon with the SMS message. By the configuration, the SMS of the calling terminal among the icons mounted differently according to the type of the receiving terminal when sending the SMS message using the mobile communication terminal By selecting and attaching the icon that is most suitable for the context of the message, it is possible to add a visual effect on the meaning that the message creator of the icon text service intended to convey and to effectively express the emotional state. .

SMS, Icon, Mobile Device, Mapping, Surplus Capacity

Description

Method for providing icon combination for SMS message {Method for providing icon combination for SMS message}

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication system using a general SMS message.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of an icon combined with a conventional SMS message.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of combining an icon with a conventional SMS message.

4 is a diagram showing an example of a more suitable icon combination for the case of FIG.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of combining icons in an SMS message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a detailed flowchart illustrating an appropriate icon number selection operation in FIG. 5.

7A to 7D illustrate examples of a mapping method between icons and words in FIG. 5.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of selecting an icon attachment position in FIG. 5.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of selecting an icon attachment position by applying a priority assignment scheme in FIG. 5.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of selecting an icon attachment position by applying logic to exclude an icon already used in FIG. 9.

11 is a flowchart illustrating a method of combining icons in an SMS message according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

12 is a diagram showing an example of combining an SMS message using an extended icon by the method of combining icons of an SMS message according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example in which an extended icon and an SMS message are divided into left and right areas and an extended icon is arranged in a left area of the SMS message by the method of combining icons of an SMS message according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example in which an extended icon is arranged in a right area of an SMS message by an icon combination method of an SMS message according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example in which an extended icon is arranged in an upper region of an SMS message by an icon combination method of an SMS message according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to an SMS (Short Message Service) message, and in particular, when transmitting an SMS message using a mobile terminal, among the icons mounted differently according to the type of a receiving terminal, it is most suitable for the context of an SMS message of a calling terminal. By selecting and attaching a suitable icon, a method of combining icons of an SMS message that is suitable to provide an icon text service by adding a visual effect to the meaning of the message creator's meaning and expressing an emotional state more effectively. will be.

In general, SMS is a text service that allows mobile phone users to send and receive short sentences without additional equipment.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication system using a general SMS message.

Here, reference numeral 10 denotes a mobile communication terminal that allows a subscriber to receive a mobile communication service in a mobile communication system, and reference numeral 20 denotes a baseband signal processing, wired / wireless conversion, and transmission / reception of a wireless signal. Base station is directly connected (Base Transceiver Station, BTS), 30 is a control station (Base Station Controller, BSC) to control the base station 20, 40 is connected to the control station 30 to perform the exchange function and move A mobile telecommunication company server that provides a mobile communication service including an SMS service to the communication terminal 10.

Therefore, as the spread of mobile communication terminals 10 such as mobile phones and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants, portable information terminals) is rapidly spreading, the population of text service users is rapidly increasing in proportion to SMS. Since the contents can be delivered at about the same time, it is already established as one of the means of communication.

SMS is basically provided with a function to send a reply number and a message between the terminal, and can also know weather forecast / news / stock information, etc., the customer can directly search a variety of information and select only the necessary information. In addition, it is possible to send and receive e-mails through Internet / PC (Personal Computer) communication, or provide various information retrieval services necessary for daily life. In particular, since the information is provided interactively for the user's convenience, anyone can easily use it, and the use of middle-aged and middle-aged people who are outside the use of information is increasing. In Korea, credit card companies continue to expand their use in electronic payment and electronic commerce, such as the introduction of a service that sends a transaction authorization via text message to prevent card accidents.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of an icon combined with a conventional SMS message.

Thus, the prior art has provided a technique of combining icons as shown in FIG. 2 to SMS to supplement the monotony of the text-based SMS message transmission service.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of combining an icon with a conventional SMS message.

So, in combining text messages and icons, if the user selects a method of matching a musical note icon like FIG. 2 only with words that match the meaning of "music, song, karaoke, CD, singer", etc. Since the communication terminal 10 is not abundant with such icons as Samsung 60 species and LG 93 species, there are many cases where an icon is not attached to a text message by such a matching method. On the contrary, if the number of words matching the musical note icon is unconditionally increased, too many icons may be attached, causing a problem of deteriorating the quality of service.

In addition, when the insertion position is not appropriate for inserting the icon in the text message, there is a problem that the quality of the resulting message can be lowered as shown in FIG.

4 is a diagram showing an example of a more suitable icon combination for the case of FIG.

Therefore, in the case of Figure 3 it is appropriate to attach as shown in FIG.

However, in the prior art, the technique of attaching the case of FIG. 3 to the case of FIG. 4 has not been developed.

Accordingly, the present invention has been proposed to solve the above-mentioned general problems, and an object of the present invention is to allow an icon to be attached to as many messages as possible but to provide an appropriate number of icons. It is to provide a method of combining icons.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a method of determining the most appropriate icon attachment position to improve the quality of the resulting message attached to the icon.

In order to achieve the above object, a method of combining icons of an SMS message according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first step of calculating a surplus capacity of an SMS in a mobile communication terminal; Calculating a number of lines of the user message; A third step of selecting an appropriate number of icons; A fourth step of performing mapping between an icon and a word; And a fifth step of selecting an icon attachment position and assembling the icon in the SMS message.

Hereinafter, an embodiment according to the present invention as described above, according to the technical spirit of the icon combination method of the SMS message with reference to the drawings as follows.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of combining icons in an SMS message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown therein, a first step ST1 of calculating surplus capacity of the SMS in the mobile communication terminal 10; A second step ST2 of calculating the number of lines of the user message; A third step ST3 of selecting an appropriate number of icons; A fourth step ST4 of performing mapping between the icon and the word; And a fifth step ST5 of selecting an icon attachment position and combining the icon with the SMS message.

The first step is to calculate the surplus capacity of the SMS message by setting the number of user message input bytes to 80 bytes.

FIG. 6 is a detailed flowchart illustrating an appropriate icon number selection operation in FIG. 5.

As shown therein, the third step comprises: an eleventh step ST11 for setting (i = L) the number of lines L when the SMS message is output to the mobile communication terminal 10; A twelfth step ST12 for determining whether '2 x i> M' for the bytes of the surplus space M; A thirteenth step ST13 for performing 'i = i-1' and then returning to the twelfth step if '2 x i> M' in the twelfth step; In operation 12, if the number of icons is not '2 x i> M', an appropriate number of icons may be determined as step 14 (ST14).

7A to 7D illustrate examples of a mapping method between icons and words in FIG. 5.

As shown in FIG. 4, the fourth step includes: 1) mapping to a specific meaning match word, 2) mapping to an associative match word, 3) mapping to an emotion match word, and 4) mapping to an overall mood match stage. It is characterized by performing mapping between icons and words using one or more mappings.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of selecting an icon attachment position in FIG. 5.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of selecting an icon attachment position by applying a priority assignment scheme in FIG. 5.

As shown in the drawing, the fourth step is characterized in that the mapping is performed by assigning a priority to each icon when the icon and the word are mapped.

In addition, the fifth step may be performed including adding a space character before the word to which the icon is attached so that the word to which the icon is attached and the icon are output on the same line.

In addition, the fifth step may be performed by including an icon in front of the word to which the icon is attached when the number of extra space bytes is smaller than the number of bytes of the space character to be added.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of selecting an icon attachment position by applying logic to exclude an icon already used in FIG. 9.

As shown in FIG. 5, the fifth step may be performed by assigning an attachment position number to the icon to select the icon attachment position.

A preferred embodiment of the method for combining icons of an SMS message according to the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, detailed descriptions of well-known functions or configurations will be omitted if it is determined that the detailed description of the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention. In addition, terms to be described below are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to intention or precedent of a user or an operator, and thus, the meaning of each term should be interpreted based on the contents throughout the present specification. will be.

First of all, the present invention selects and attaches an icon most suitable for the context of an SMS message of a calling terminal from among icons mounted according to the type of a receiving terminal when transmitting an SMS message using a mobile communication terminal. It is intended to provide icon text service by adding visual effects to and expressing the emotional state more effectively.

The present invention will be described in detail as follows.

<Process for selecting the appropriate number of icons>

1) Calculation of surplus capacity: 80 byte-Number of bytes of user message input

2) Count the number of lines in a user message

3) Select the appropriate number of icons (see Figure 6)

4) Mapping between icons and words

5) Select the icon attachment position

<Icon <-> mapping method between words>

First, as shown in Figs. 7A to 7D, 1) mapping to specific meaning matching words, 2) mapping to associative matching words, 3) mapping to emotional matching words, and 4) mapping to overall mood matching stages are performed. can do.

1) in the case of mappings to concretely matched words

This includes 'music, notes, songs'; 'Moon, beginning, full, star, night sky'; 'Sun, sun, sun'; 'Sorrow, tears, weep,' etc. can be set by mapping icons with specific meanings.

2) for mapping to associative match words

This includes 'karaoke, CD, singer'; 'Good night, good night, dream'; 'Sunny, sunny, summer, sunny'; You can set and map an icon with an associative meaning for 'none'.

3) in the case of mappings for emotional match words

This is 'la, lulu, pleasant, pleasant'; 'Quiet, quiet, quiet'; 'Good, pleasant'; You can set and map icons that match your feelings about 'sorrow, cry,' etc.

4) For the mapping for the overall mood match word

This is 'ㅎㅎ, ㅋㅋ'; 'none'; 'ㅎㅎ, ㅋㅋ, ^^'; 'TT TT, ㅠㅠ' etc. can be set by mapping the icon that matches the overall mood.

<How to use mapping logic between icon words>

Therefore, in the present invention, four or more mapping DBs are separately managed, and when the number of words mapped in one text message is larger than the appropriate number of calculated icons, 1) mapping words by the method> 2) mapping words by the method> 3) Mapping word by method> 4) By assigning priority in order of mapping word by method, the words with high priority are selected and the icons are combined. This priority allocation scheme is intended to preferentially match more appropriate icons.

The mapping of the overall mood matching words in 4) is somewhat unclear, but words such as 'ㅎㅎ, ㅋㅋ, ㅜㅜ' are used by SMS users in their 10s and 20s to habitually convey favors to the other party. Recall that the word is related to the mood of the whole message.

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중에서 하나의 아이콘이 부착될 것이다. 따라서 아이콘 부착 빈도를 높이는 결과를 얻을 수는 있으나, 너무 자주 사용되는 단어이기 때문에 단조로움을 줄 수 있다. 따라서 이와 같은 단어의 우선순위를 최저로 낮춤으로써 다른 아이콘이 부착될 가능성을 높일 수 있다.Although unreliable because it is an informal survey, recently, some 2000 SMS messages were randomly extracted from a mobile carrier and more than 30% of the messages contained 'ㅎㅎ, ㅋㅋ, ^^'. According to these research results, if you register a word such as 'ㅎㅎ, ㅋㅋ, ^^' as an icon mapping word, more than 30% of the messages

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One icon will be attached. Therefore, the result of increasing the frequency of attaching the icon can be obtained, but it can be monotonous because it is a word that is used too frequently. Therefore, by lowering the priority of such words to the minimum, it is possible to increase the possibility that other icons are attached.

1) When only the mapping method for the specific meaning matching stage, which is a method, is used, too few icons are attached or no icon is attached to the message in which the icons are combined. If all the words 1) to 4) are included in one DB, too many icons are likely to be attached.

The example of FIG. 8 is an example in which too many icons are attached by batch matching, resulting in a messy message. In FIG. 8, a total of seven icons are used, and when the appropriate number of icons is sufficient, it is effective to remove two icons in view of the number of lines of a message. The icon combination result message to which the above priority assignment scheme is applied is shown in FIG. 9.

However, by adding logic to exclude icons already used, the type of icons used increases as shown in FIG. 10. That is, even if the priority is high, the icon that is already used is not used, and another alternative icon is found.

<Positioning logic for icon attachment I>

아이콘이 다음 줄에 출력되는 경우이다. "우산"과

를 동일한 라인에 표시하기 위해서는 도 4와 같이 "우산" 앞에 필요한 만큼의 스페이스(공백) 문자를 추가하는 과정이 추가되어야 한다. 단, 잉여공간 바이트 수가 추가되어야 할 공백 문자의 바이트 수보다 부족할 경우에는

아이콘을 "우산" 단어 앞에 부착하는 것이 차선의 효과를 제공하여 줄 것이다.In the case shown in Figure 3 according to the SMS message output method of the mobile terminal matched the word "umbrella"

The icon is printed on the next line. "Umbrella" and

In order to display on the same line, a process of adding as many space (blank) characters as necessary before "umbrella" should be added as shown in FIG. However, if the number of extra space bytes is less than the number of bytes of space character to be added

Attaching the icon in front of the word "umbrella" will provide the next best effect.

<Positioning logic for icon attachment II >

먹고"와 같이 "술한잔" 단어 뒤에

아이콘이 부착되었다. "술"이란 단어를 매칭 단어로 등록시킬 경우 "술

한잔먹고"와 같이 보다 적절한 위치에 부착될 수 있으나, 이는 "경술

년", "문제가 술

술 풀린다"와 같은 부적절한 조합을 생성시킬 우려가 있다. 따라서 매칭 단어로는 "술한잔", "술먹", "술 먹", "술집"과 같은 단어를 등록하여야 부적절한 매칭을 피할 수 있기 때문에 "술한잔

먹고", "술먹

으러 가자", "술 먹

으러 가자", "XX술집

에 있다" 와 같이 아이콘 부착 위치가 결정되지만 적절한 위치가 아님을 알 수 있다.In the example of FIG. 8

After the word "drink"

The icon is attached. When the word "sul" is registered as a matching word,

May be attached to a more appropriate location, such as "eat a cup"

Years "," trouble drink

It is possible to create inappropriate combinations such as "unscrewed." Therefore, it is necessary to register words such as "drinking glass", "drunk", "drunk", and "bar" to avoid inappropriate matching. A drink

Eat "," drunk "

Let's go "," Drunk

Let's go "," XX Bar

The location of the icon attachment is determined, but not the proper location.

In order to solve this problem, information such as "Sake Cup: 4", "Sake Cup: 2", "Sake Cup: 3", and "Bar: 0" is registered in a separate DB. The number after each matching word is the number of bytes representing the location of the icon attachment. That is, in the case of "drinking glass", an icon is attached 4 bytes before the matching word end position, in the case of "sulk", an icon is attached 2 bytes before, and in the case of "sulk", an icon is attached 3 bytes before.

한잔 먹고", "술

먹으러 가자", "술

먹으러 가자", "XX술집

에 있다"와 같이 보다 보기 좋은 조합 결과를 얻을 수 있다.In the case of "bars" where the attachment location number is 0, an icon is attached at the end of the matching word. With this logic, the attachment result is

Have a drink "," drink

Let's go eat "," Sake

Let's go eat "," XX Bar

You can get better combination results.

As such, the present invention allows the icon to be attached to as many messages as possible, but performs a service for attaching the appropriate number of icons.

Hereinafter, a second embodiment according to the present invention as described above, according to the spirit of the method of combining icons of SMS messages with reference to the drawings as follows.

11 is a flowchart illustrating a method of combining icons in an SMS message according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

First, a mapping table composed of an extended icon composed of a combination of an icon and a text letter and words corresponding thereto is prepared (ST10). In this case, the extended icon may be configured by arranging the icons and the general text characters in a line, or may be three-dimensionally arranged up and down. In addition, various extension icons can be registered in advance by combining multiple icons and text characters.

Next, the surplus capacity of the SMS is calculated by the mobile communication terminal (ST20). In this case, the surplus capacity of the SMS message is generally calculated by setting the number of bytes of the user message input to 80 bytes. The calculation of the surplus capacity of the SMS is to check in advance the space in which the extension icon can be inserted.

Then, mapping between the extended icon and the word is performed (ST30). In this case, at least one of 1) mapping to a specific meaning match word, 2) mapping to an associative match word, 3) mapping to an emotion match word, and 4) mapping to an overall mood match word as described in the above embodiment. Use mapping to map between extended icons and words.

In this case, the mapping between the expansion icon and the word is performed by assigning priority to each expansion icon.

In addition, since the total number of bytes of the extended icon may not exceed the surplus capacity of the SMS, the extended icons may be selected in order of high priority within the range of the SMS surplus capacity.

Finally, the expansion icon is combined with the SMS message (ST40).

At this time, there are a method of combining the extension icon in the SMS message as a method of inserting the extension icon into the SMS message as it is, and a method of splitting the screen to display the extension icon on only one side. If the extended icons arranged in a line can be inserted and used as they are in the SMS message, it is not easy to insert the extended icons in a three-dimensional combination of icons and text characters. Therefore, the SMS message can be combined so that the extended icon area and the message area are divided and displayed separately.

12 is a diagram illustrating an example of combining an SMS message using an extended icon by the method of combining icons of an SMS message according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, a sigh is expressed by using a combination of an icon representing a human face and a text character of "=" and "3" as an extension icon corresponding to "sigh".

 In this case, since the text characters can be arranged in a line, the SMS characters can be combined by inserting them in the SMS message as it is, and the details of the arrangement of the extended icon may be applied as described above.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example in which an extended icon and an SMS message are divided into left and right areas and an extended icon is arranged in a left area of the SMS message by the method of combining icons of an SMS message according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated, an angry person is represented by three-dimensionally placing a combination of text characters such as "<", "|", and ">" on the left and the bottom of the human face icon as an extension icon corresponding to "hwa". . In this case, it is not possible to insert the SMS message as it is. As shown, the screen is divided left and right, and an extension icon is arranged in the left extension icon area and the SMS message is output in the right message area.

In addition, in the case of splitting the screen, it is not easy to use multiple extension icons, and thus, the priority message may be assigned to include the extension icon having the highest priority among the mapped extension icons in the SMS message. .

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example in which an extended icon is arranged in a right area of an SMS message by an icon combination method of an SMS message according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, a scene of raining is shown by arranging a plurality of "/" on the top of the icon representing the umbrella as an expansion icon corresponding to "rain". This is also the case when the SMS message is combined so that the screen is divided left and right and the extension icon is disposed on the right side as described above.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example in which an extended icon is arranged in an upper region of an SMS message by an icon combination method of an SMS message according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, several people ride the subway by arranging icons representing human faces in a row with extended icons corresponding to "subway" and a combination of text characters "|" and "m" at the left and right and at the bottom. It depicts a thin scene. In this case, when the screen is divided up and down, an SMS message is combined such that an extended icon area is placed at the top and a message area is arranged at the bottom.

As described above, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, an extended icon composed of a combination of an icon and a text character is displayed in combination in an SMS message, so that the quality of the result can be increased with various expressive powers compared to the case of attaching only an individual icon.

As described above, the icon combination method of the SMS message according to the present invention is the most suitable icon in the context of the SMS message of the calling terminal among the icons mounted differently according to the type of the receiving terminal when sending the SMS message using the mobile communication terminal By attaching and attaching a message, the author of the message adds a visual effect on the meaning intended to be delivered, and has an effect of providing an icon text service by expressing an emotional state more effectively.

Although the above has been described as being limited to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is not limited thereto and various changes, modifications, and equivalents may be used. Therefore, the present invention can be applied by appropriately modifying the above embodiments, it will be obvious that such application also belongs to the scope of the present invention based on the technical idea described in the claims below.

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Calculating a surplus capacity of an SMS in a mobile communication terminal; Calculating a number of lines of the user message; A third step of selecting the number of icons to be combined with the SMS based on the surplus capacity and the number of lines; A fourth step of performing mapping between an icon and a word; And A fifth step of selecting an icon attachment position and associating the icon with the SMS message; Method of combining icons of SMS messages, including the configuration. The method according to claim 1, The first step is configured to calculate the surplus capacity of the SMS message by setting the number of bytes of the user message input byte to 80 bytes. The method according to claim 2, The third step for selecting the number of icons, An eleventh step of setting (i = L) the number of lines L when an SMS message is output to the mobile communication terminal; A twelfth step of determining whether or not '2 x i> M' for the bytes M of the SMS surplus space; A thirteenth step of performing 'i = i-1' and then returning to the twelfth step if '2 x i> M' in the twelfth step; And A fourteenth step of selecting the number of icons as i; Method of combining the icons of the SMS message, characterized in that comprises a. The method according to claim 3, The fourth step, Mapping between an icon and a word using one or more of the following mappings: 1) mappings to specific meaning match words, 2) mappings to associative matching words, 3) mappings to emotional matching words, and 4) mappings to overall mood matching stages. Method of combining the icons of the SMS message, characterized in that for performing. The method according to claim 4, The fourth step is a method of combining the icons with the SMS, characterized in that the mapping is performed by assigning a priority to each icon when mapping between the icon and the word. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, And the fifth step includes adding a space character before the word to which the icon is attached so that the word to which the icon is attached and the icon are output on the same line. The method according to claim 6, The fifth step includes the step of attaching an icon in front of the word to which the icon is attached when the number of extra space bytes is less than the number of bytes of the space character to be added when the space character is added. How to combine icons. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, The fifth step comprises the step of assigning the attachment position number to the icon so that the icon attachment position is selected comprising the icon combination method of the SMS message. A tenth step of preparing a mapping table composed of an extended icon composed of a combination of an icon and a text character and words corresponding thereto; Calculating a surplus capacity of the SMS in a mobile communication terminal; A thirtieth step of performing mapping between the extended icon and the word; And Combining the extension icon with the SMS message; Method of combining icons of SMS messages, including the configuration. The method according to claim 9, The thirtieth step is And performing mapping between the icon and the word using one or more of the mappings to the specific meaning match words, the mapping to the associative match words, the mapping to the emotion matching words, and the mapping to the overall mood matching words. Method of combining the icons of the SMS message, characterized in that. The method according to claim 10, The thirtieth step further comprises assigning priorities to each extended icon when mapping between the extended icon and the word. The method according to claim 11, The thirtieth step is And selecting the extension icons in order of high priority so that the total number of bytes of each extension icon among the priority icons to which the priority is allocated does not exceed the SMS's surplus capacity. The method according to any one of claims 9 to 12, And said step 40 comprises adding a space character before a word to which an extension icon is attached and a word to which the extension icon is attached so that the word to which the extension icon is attached and the extension icon are output on the same line. The method according to claim 13, Wherein the step 40 is configured to include the step of attaching the expansion icon in front of the word to which the extended icon is attached when the number of extra space bytes to be added when the space character is added is less than the number of bytes of the space character to be added; How icons are combined in the message. The method according to claim 14, The forty-sixth step may include assigning an attachment location number to the extension icon to select an extension icon attachment location. The method according to claim 11, The thirtieth step further includes selecting an extension icon having the highest priority without exceeding the surplus capacity of the SMS, The 40th step, Dividing the SMS message area into an extended icon area and a message area; And Assembling an SMS message such that the extension icon is output in the extension icon area and an SMS message is output in the message area; Method of combining the icons of the SMS message, characterized in that comprises a.

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