KR101011845B1 - Message list display method for displaying message list of mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of displaying a message list of a mobile communication terminal. Conventionally, in order to confirm the contents of a received message, a user must confirm details by pressing a confirmation key. There was a problem that it was difficult and had difficulty in selecting a message to delete. In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a method of displaying an additional menu listing icons, reply phone numbers, received times, contents, and sizes as sorting options when a user selects a sorting menu from a menu of a message inbox; Determining which item is selected as the sorting option and performing a sorting operation according to the selected sorting item; The result of the sorting operation is displayed as a character string of the display item. The information is displayed on the display item according to the sorting so that the size comparison between the messages and the received time can be compared to facilitate deletion / archiving. It has the effect of providing convenience for management.

Description

MESSAGE LIST DISPLAY METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MESSAGE LIST OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}

1 is an exemplary view showing a message list and message details according to a message list display method of a conventional mobile communication terminal.

2 is an exemplary view showing that a list display item is changed by specifying a sort order by selecting a sort menu in a message list displaying method of a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3 is an exemplary view showing that a list display item is changed by changing a sort order by a side key in a message list display method of a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a method of displaying a message list of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a method of displaying a message list of a mobile communication terminal in which a display item of a message list is changed according to a sorting order so that a message can be conveniently managed.

The user interface of a conventional mobile communication terminal displays additional menus as a list of menus provided by name and icon, and displays detailed information and menu selection when an item of the list is selected. Here, the user interface of the message inbox is as follows.

In the conventional message inbox, the received messages are sorted and displayed in the order of the latest received date, and the front of the message content is displayed on the display item so as to know what the message is.

1 is an exemplary view showing a message list and message details according to a message list display method of a conventional mobile communication terminal.

In the message inbox, the received messages are displayed in the order of the date recently received. In the display items representing the individual received messages, an order, an icon representing the message attribute, and a character string of a predetermined length read from the beginning of the message content are displayed.

The icon is displayed differently depending on the message type and is displayed as an open letter or a closed letter depending on whether the user confirms the message. The user can determine whether the message is confirmed by checking whether the icon is an open letter or a closed letter.

When the user selects the desired message by pressing the arrow keys on the displayed display item and presses the select key, the details of the message are displayed on the display window.

The details of the message include the telephone number of the reply, the time of receipt, and the content of the message. The user confirms the message by pressing the arrow keys.

However, in the prior art as described above, in order to confirm the received message, it is necessary to select the contents confirmation and confirm the contents of the message using the arrow keys. Therefore, the user has a problem that it is difficult to compare the received time or reply number for each message.

In addition, the extended message or multimedia message is difficult to obtain additional information because the received time, the return telephone number is located before and after the message. Therefore, when a user needs to delete an extended message or a multimedia message, there is a problem in that it is difficult to select a message to be deleted.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and according to a sorting order selected by a user, a display item of a message inbox is changed so that a message can be classified and managed by information included in the display item. The purpose is to provide a message list display method.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of displaying an additional menu including an icon, a reply telephone number, a received time, a content, and a size as a sorting item when a user selects a sorting menu from a menu of a message inbox; Determining which item is selected from the sorting items and performing a sorting operation according to the selected sorting item; And displaying the result of the sorting operation as a string of display items.

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

2 is an exemplary view showing that a list display item is changed by specifying a sort order by selecting a sort menu in a message list displaying method of a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Suppose a user selects a message inbox and sorts the received message.

When the user selects a message inbox, the message inbox lists various types of messages such as a short message, an extended message, and a multimedia message. In other words, the display items including the strings for guessing the contents of the message are listed.

In this case, the user may display the reply telephone number, the received time, and the size instead of the text string of the display item, and set the message type, the received time, and the size instead of the recently received date order, which is the default sort option.

When the user selects the sort menu in the menu of the message inbox, an additional menu including at least one sort item is displayed. The sorting item includes an icon indicating a sorting order, a reply telephone number, a received time, content, and size.

When the user selects the reply telephone number and presses the OK key, the output on the display item of the message inbox is changed. In the display item, the reply telephone number of the received message is output instead of a part of the message content.

The user can look at the reply telephone number displayed in the display item to determine who received the message.

When the icon is selected as the sorting item, the icon is classified and displayed according to the message type, and when the received time is selected, the sorted order is displayed in the received time order. In addition, if the size is selected as the sorting item, the message is sorted and displayed in order. At this time, time and size information received as a result of alignment are additionally displayed on the display item.

Therefore, the user may determine when the message arrived by checking the received time, and determine the file size by checking the message size.

3 is an exemplary view showing that a list display item is changed by changing a sort order by a side key in a message list display method of a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Suppose a user selects a message inbox and presses a side key provided on a side of a terminal on a screen in which display items of a received message are listed on a display window.

When the user presses the side key, the controller (not shown) changes the alignment item so that the character string displayed on the display item is changed.

The controller of the mobile communication terminal determines whether the side key is pressed on the list screen listing the display items of the message inbox. Once the side key is pressed, the control changes from the content currently set as the sorting item to the reply phone number.

The controller parses the reply telephone number from the received message, records the reply telephone number instead of the content string of the display item, and updates the list screen. The list screen lists the display items in which the reply telephone numbers are output in the order of the latest received date.

When the user presses the side key once more, the control unit changes the sorting item to the next sorting item, "received time". The control unit parses the received time in the received message and arranges the display items in the received time order. In the display item, a string indicating the received time is displayed instead of the reply telephone number string.

If the side key is pressed again, the control unit changes the sorting item to the next sorting item "size". The mobile terminal calculates the size of the received message and arranges the display items in order of size. The display item shows the size instead of the received time.

The user can check the received time and size information and use it to select a message to delete. For example, you may want to delete old messages that are older and larger in time.

As described in detail above, the present invention has the effect of selectively viewing the priority by setting the sorting items designated by the user without displaying the received messages collectively.

In addition, by displaying the information according to the alignment on the display items, the size comparison between the messages and the received time comparison are facilitated, so that the deletion / storing decision can be easily performed. Therefore, the user can conveniently classify and manage the messages.

In addition, since the sorting operation is easily performed by changing the sorting item designation with a side key, the sorting and sorting between messages can be easily performed.

Claims (5)

Displaying an additional menu including a plurality of sorting items indicating sorts of sorting received messages when a sorting menu is selected in a menu of a message inbox; Sorting a received message according to the selected sorting item when one sorting item is selected in the displayed submenu; And displaying the sorted received message, wherein the sorted item includes an icon, a reply telephone number, a received time, a content, and a size. delete The method of claim 1, further comprising changing the contents of the sorted received message by pressing a side key provided on the side of the terminal. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein each time the side key is pressed, the sorting order of the sorting items is changed in order of icon, reply phone number, received time, content, and size. The message list display method of the mobile communication terminal characterized in that it is changed together. The method of claim 1, wherein sorting the received message comprises: If the selected sorting item is a reply telephone number, parsing and displaying the reply telephone number in the received message; If the selected sorting item is a received time, sorting and displaying the received message in the order of the received time; If the selected sorting item is a size, calculating the size of the received message and sorting and displaying the received message in order of size; And if the selected sort item is an icon, classifying and displaying the received message by type.

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