KR102415083B1 - Method and apparatus for managing message of electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention includes a process of displaying an application execution screen, a process of displaying a marking message list when a touch input for extracting a marking message from the execution screen is detected, a process of displaying a marking message from the list, when a marking message is selected from the list, including the selected marking message It is characterized in that it consists of a process of converting and displaying the dialog window.

Description

Method and apparatus for managing messages in an electronic device

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for managing messages in an electronic device.

Currently, with the development of digital technology, the use of various electronic devices capable of communication and personal information processing (eg, a mobile communication terminal, a smart phone, a tablet PC (Personal Computer), etc.) has become common. These electronic devices include voice and video call services, SMS (Short Message Service)/MMS (Multimedia Message Service) and message transmission and reception functions such as e-mail, shooting functions, image or media (video and music) playback functions, Internet functions, It provides messenger function and social networking service (SNS, Social Networking Service).

In particular, the electronic device supports a chatting service using a messenger function. The user may transmit/receive messages to and from at least one interlocutor in real time by using a messenger in the electronic device. The use of the chat service using such a messenger is increasing due to its ease of use and real-time conversation between users.

However, such an electronic device provides a path to store a message by using functions such as sharing and copying when a message is to be stored during message transmission and reception, but it is cumbersome to call another application or other screen through an additional operation. There is this. In addition, when using the messenger service, it is inconvenient to have to repeat a scrolling operation to find a specific message in a message window with a specific conversationalist.

In addition, when searching for a message in the messenger service, if a search result is selected, the function of moving to the selected message and displaying a related message cannot be performed, only moving to a detailed page for only the corresponding content.

An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention proposes a method and apparatus for easily storing a message to be remembered or stored among messages transmitted and received through a messenger. In addition, by applying a PIN icon (or an asterisk icon) to the marked message, it can be displayed to be distinguished from the unmarked message. To this end, the electronic device sets a message to be remembered as a marking message while exchanging a message, and then provides only the corresponding marking message to be checked. In addition, when only messages sent by a specific person are searched for during group chatting, only messages from a specific person can be filtered so that the user can easily check the messages, thereby enhancing the convenience of searching for a specific message. In addition, when one message is selected from among the searched messages, it is possible to move to the message at the time and check the messages made at the time at once.

The present invention includes a process of displaying an application execution screen, a process of displaying a marking message list when a touch input for extracting a marking message from the execution screen is detected, a process of displaying a marking message from the list, when a marking message is selected from the list, including the selected marking message It includes the process of converting and displaying the dialog window.

The present invention controls to display a marking message and a storage unit for storing metadata for the marking message, a touch screen for displaying an application execution screen and a list of marking messages, an application execution screen, and a marking message on the displayed application execution screen When a touch input for extraction is detected, the control unit controls to display a marking message list, and when a marking message is selected from the list, the control unit controls the touch screen to switch to and display a chat window including the selected marking message. .

The electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention satisfies a user's need to quickly store a specific message or to retrieve only a specific message in a messenger service, and to search for other conversations at the time of the searched conversation, thereby searching the messenger service. and/or improve query-related usability. In addition, it moves to the point of the actual conversation so that you can check the related contents based on the search results, so you can check the related contents right away.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an electronic apparatus including a touch device;
Fig. 2 is a flow chart showing a message management method;
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of setting a marking message;
4A to 4C are diagrams for explaining a method of setting a marking message.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of extracting a marking message;
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of extracting a marking message from a messenger application.
7A to 7D are diagrams for explaining a method of extracting a marking message from a one-to-one chat window;
8A to 8D are diagrams for explaining a method of extracting a marking message from a dialog list screen.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a method of extracting a marking message from a messenger application.
10A to 10E are diagrams for explaining a method of extracting a marking message from a group chat window;

Hereinafter, various embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this case, it should be noted that in the accompanying drawings, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals as much as possible. In addition, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may obscure the gist of the present invention will be omitted. In the following description, only parts necessary for understanding the operation according to various embodiments of the present invention will be described, and it should be noted that descriptions of other parts will be omitted so as not to obscure the gist of the present invention.

On the other hand, the embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the present specification and drawings are merely presented as specific examples to easily explain the technical contents of the present invention and help the understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains that other modifications based on the technical spirit of the present invention can be implemented in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

Prior to the detailed description, an electronic device according to the present invention includes a mobile communication terminal, a smart phone, a tablet, a hand-held PC, a portable multimedia player (PMP), and a personal computer. It may be a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a notebook PC, or a laptop computer.

In an embodiment of the present invention, an "application" is a communication application for transmitting and receiving messages between electronic devices, and the application is a social network service (SNS) service application such as Facebook and Twitter, an email service application, and one-to-one and group chat messenger service. It may include an application and a message service application for exchanging text and multimedia messages.

Also, in an embodiment of the present invention, "marking message" means a message in which a message to be remembered or stored among messages transmitted and received with at least one interlocutor. And by applying a marking icon to the marking message, it can be displayed to be distinguished from the unmarked message. Here, it is assumed that the marking icon is a PIN icon and will be described. The marking message can be displayed by filtering only the marking message centered on the conversationalist, and when one of the filtered messages is selected, it switches to the message screen at the time and other related messages (eg, before and/or after messages) ) can be displayed. In addition, "metadata" is information on the marking message, and may include the name of a conversationalist, the number and number of marking messages related to the conversationalist, date information and time information corresponding to the marking message. In an embodiment of the present invention, marking messages may be displayed in an arrangement based on the metadata.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an electronic device including a touch device.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the electronic device of the present invention may include a communication unit 110 , a storage unit 120 , a touch screen 130 , and a control unit 140 .

The communication unit 110 performs a voice call, a video call, or data communication with an external device through a network. The communication unit 110 may include an RF transmitter for up-converting and amplifying a frequency of a transmitted signal, and an RF receiver for low-noise amplifying a received signal and down-converting a frequency of the received signal. Also, the communication unit 110 may include a modulator and a demodulator. The modulator and demodulator may include CDMA, WCDMA, LTE, Wi-Fi, WIBRO, Bluetooth and NFC. The communication unit 110 may be a mobile communication module, an Internet communication module, and/or a short-distance communication module.

The storage unit 120 may include a program memory for storing an operation program of the electronic device and a data memory for storing data generated during program execution.

In particular, in an embodiment of the present invention, the storage unit 120 may store a marking message set for marking among messages transmitted and received through the communication unit 110 .

The touch screen 130 may be configured as an integral body including the display unit 131 and the touch panel 132 . The display unit 131 may display various screens according to the use of the electronic device under the control of the control unit 140 . The display unit 131 may include a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light emitting diode (OLED), and an active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED). The touch panel 132 may be a composite touch panel including a hand touch panel for detecting a hand gesture and a pen touch panel for detecting a pen gesture.

In particular, in an embodiment of the present invention, the display unit 131 may display an application execution screen under the control of the controller 140 . When a gesture is detected for setting message marking through the touch panel 132 on the execution screen displayed on the display unit 131 (eg, a screen for transmitting and receiving messages with a specific interlocutor), a marking icon can be applied to the marking message to be displayed have. In addition, when detecting a gesture for extracting a marking message through the touch panel 132 under the control of the control unit 140 , the display unit 131 may filter and display only the marking message.

The controller 140 controls the overall operation of the electronic device and the signal flow between internal components of the electronic device, performs data processing, and controls power supply from the battery to the components.

In particular, in an embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 140 may control the display unit 131 to display an application execution screen. When detecting a gesture for marking a message through the touch panel 132 on the execution screen, the controller 140 may set it as a marking message. In addition, when detecting a gesture for extracting a marking message through the touch panel 132 , the controller 140 may filter only the marking message and display it in the form of a list. In addition, when one of the messages displayed on the list is selected, the controller 140 may control the display unit 131 to switch to the selected message chat window and display it. In this case, the controller 140 may control the display unit 131 to automatically move and focus the scroll bar to the time of the marking message in the chat window.

In addition, the electronic device includes a GPS (Global Positioning System) module for receiving location information, a camera module for capturing static images and dynamic images, an audio processing unit having a microphone and a speaker, a broadcast receiving module for receiving broadcasts, and a hard key ( Hard Key)-based components having additional functions such as an input unit for input support may be optionally further included, but a description and illustration thereof will be omitted.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a message management method.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the controller 140 may control the display unit 131 to display an application execution screen in step 201 . Here, the application may include a social network service (SNS) service application such as Facebook and Twitter, an email service application, a one-to-one and group chat messenger service application, and a message service application for exchanging text and multimedia messages. In an embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the application is a messenger application.

In addition, the application execution screen may include a chat window screen for transmitting and receiving messages with at least one or more dialogs, a dialog list screen including dialogs registered in an application or an electronic device, and the like. And the message may include text, image, voice, image data, and the like. On the screen displayed on the display unit 131 , the controller 140 may determine whether to mark the message in step 203 . In an embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the marking message is set by a long tap gesture. When a message marking gesture occurs, the controller 140 sets a message at a position where the gesture is detected in response to the gesture as a marking message in step 205, maps the marking message and metadata corresponding to the marking message, and stores it may be stored in the unit 120 . Here, the metadata is information on the marking message, and may include the name of the conversationalist, the number and number of marking messages related to the conversationalist, and date information and time information corresponding to the marking message.

A specific execution step of step 205 of FIG. 2 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4A to 4C .

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of setting a marking message.

Referring to FIG. 3 , in step 301 , the controller 140 may control the display unit 131 to display a context menu in response to the message marking gesture generated in step 203 of FIG. 2 . Here, the context menu means a menu including an action item that can be performed in relation to a message of a location where a gesture is detected. The action item may include message delivery, message copying, message sharing, and the like. The controller 140 may determine whether a marking message setting item is selected from the context menu in step 303 . When a marking message setting item is selected, the controller 140 may detect it in step 303 and set a message at a location where the gesture is detected as a marking message in step 305 . In this case, the marking message may include a separate marking icon (eg, a PIN icon), wherein the marking icon may include a pin icon and an asterisk icon, and marking in an embodiment of the present invention It is assumed that the message is displayed as a PIN icon. A marked message and an unmarked message can be distinguished through the marking icon.

On the other hand, if the message marking message setting item is not selected in step 303 , the controller 140 may perform a corresponding function in step 307 . Here, the corresponding function may include operations such as message copying and message sharing.

The specific execution steps of FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4A to 4C .

4A to 4C are diagrams for explaining a method of setting a marking message.

4A to 4C , as shown in FIG. 4A , a messenger execution screen including messages transmitted/received to and from one chatter may be displayed on the display unit 131 . When a long tap gesture occurs in a message as shown in 401 on the messenger execution screen displayed on the display unit 131, a contact including an action item that can be performed in relation to the message as shown in 403 of FIG. 4B in response to the long tap gesture You can display the swipe menu. The displayed context menu may include a Forward item, a Copy item, a Share item, a Delete item, and a PIN item (ie, a marking message setting item). When a PIN item is selected as shown in 405 of FIG. 4B in the context menu, a message at the location where the long tap gesture occurs may be set as a marking message, and the marking message may have a separate PIN icon as shown in 407 of FIG. 4C. have. It can be confirmed that it has been set and stored as a marking message through the PIN icon. In this case, the marking message may be stored in the storage unit 120 together with metadata corresponding to the marking message.

Returning to the description of FIG. 2 , if the message marking gesture does not occur in step 203 , the controller 140 may determine whether to extract the marking message in step 207 . When the marking message extraction gesture occurs, the controller 140 may extract the marking message in step 209 . In this case, the marking messages may be sorted based on metadata according to the messenger execution screen. Here, the metadata is information on the marking message, and may include the name of the conversationalist, the number and number of marking messages related to the conversationalist, and date information and time information corresponding to the marking message.

A specific execution step of step 209 of FIG. 2 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5 .

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of extracting a marking message.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the controller 140 may control the display unit 131 to display a context menu in response to a marking message extraction gesture in step 501 . Here, the context menu may include a chat window and/or an action item that can be performed in relation to the dialog. In the context menu, the controller 140 may determine whether a marking message extraction item is selected in step 503 . When a marking message extraction item is selected, the control unit 140 may control the display unit 131 to sort the marking messages extracted in step 505 based on metadata, and display the aligned marking messages in a list form. Here, the metadata is information on the marking message, and may include the name of the conversationalist, the number and number of marking messages related to the conversationalist, and date information and time information corresponding to the marking message. As described above, the marking message list may be sorted based on metadata. For example, it may be arranged in the order of time information according to the application execution screen and/or based on the dialog information. Specifically, if the application execution screen is a chat window screen for transmitting and receiving messages with at least one chatter, the marking message list may be sorted in chronological order. Alternatively, if the messenger execution screen is a list of chatters, the marking message list may be sorted based on the chatter.

Subsequently, the controller 140 may determine whether to select one marking message from the marking message list in step 507 . When the marking message is selected, the controller 140 may display the conversion to a chat window including the selected marking message in step 509 . In this case, the chat window may be displayed by automatically moving and focusing a scroll bar to the selected marking message point.

On the other hand, if the marking message extraction item is not selected in step 503 , the controller 140 may perform a corresponding function in step 511 .

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of extracting a marking message from a messenger application.

Referring to FIG. 6 , the controller 140 may control the display 131 to display a messenger application execution screen in step 601 . The messenger application execution screen may include a chat window screen (eg, a one-to-one chat window, a group chat window) and a dialog list screen. On the messenger application execution screen displayed on the display unit 131 , the controller 140 may determine whether to detect a touch input from a separately provided menu item. When a touch input occurs in the menu item, the controller 140 may control the display unit 131 to display a context menu related to the execution screen. The context menu may include an Invite buddies item, a Chat info item, an Alert off item, a Translate item, and a PIN message item (ie, a marking message search item). In the context menu, the controller 140 may determine whether a selection input occurs in the PIN message item in step 603 . When the PIN message item is selected, the controller 140 detects it in step 603 , sorts the marking messages corresponding to the chatter based on the metadata in step 605 , and displays the sorted marking messages in the form of a list. Here, the metadata is information on the marking message, and may include the name of the conversationalist, the number and number of marking messages related to the conversationalist, and date information and time information corresponding to the marking message.

Subsequently, the controller 140 may determine whether to select one marking message from the marking message list in step 607 . When the marking message is selected, the controller 140 may detect it in step 607 and display it by switching to a chat window including the selected marking message in step 609 . In this case, the control unit 140 may display a scroll bar automatically moved and focused to the selected marking message point. In addition, the chat window may include messages before and/or after the selected marking message. In this case, when the chat window including the marking message is deleted, it may be determined whether to delete the marking message. If the marking message is also deleted when the chat window is deleted, the marking message deleted when the marking message is extracted is not displayed in the list. Alternatively, if the marking message is not deleted when the chat window is deleted, the conversion to the chat window is not performed because the chat window has been deleted, and only the marking message information may be displayed.

On the other hand, if a touch input does not occur in the PIN message menu item in step 603 , corresponding functions such as inviting a conversationalist, chatting window information, and deleting a message may be performed.

Subsequently, the controller 140 may detect an end command in step 613 . When an end command is generated, the controller 140 may end the operation of extracting the marking message. On the other hand, if an end command does not occur, the controller 140 may branch to step 601 .

Specifically, it will be described with reference to FIGS. 7A to 7D and FIGS. 8A to 8D .

7A to 7D are diagrams for explaining a method of extracting a marking message from a one-to-one chat window.

7A to 7D will be described on the assumption that the screen displayed by the execution of the messenger application is a one-to-one chat window screen for transmitting and receiving messages with one chatter.

Referring to FIGS. 7A to 7D , as shown in FIG. 7A , a one-to-one chat window in a state in which a message is transmitted/received with Gillian Jacobs, a chatter, may be displayed by executing a messenger application. When a touch input occurs as shown in 703 in a menu item separately provided in the chat window as shown in 701 of FIG. 7A , a context menu may be displayed as shown in 705 of FIG. 7B . The context menu may include an Invite buddies item, a Chat info item, an Alert off item, a Translate item, and a PIN message item, but is not limited thereto. When a touch input occurs as shown in 707 in the PIN message item of the context menu, the marking message set by the user among the messages of the interlocutor Gillian Jacobs can be displayed in a list form as shown in FIG. 7C . Specifically, the marking messages set by the user among the messages of Gillian Jacobs are 709, 711, 713, and 715. At this time, if a touch input is generated as shown in 717 in the 707 marking message item, it can be displayed by switching to a chat window including the 707 marking message as shown in FIG. 7D. Also, in the chat window, as shown in 719 of FIG. 7D , a scroll bar may be automatically moved and focused to the 707 marking message point and displayed. Also, a previous message and/or a subsequent message may be displayed together at the message point.

The method of extracting the marking message as shown in FIGS. 7A to 7D is described assuming that it is a one-to-one chat window, but is not limited thereto, and may include a method of extracting a marking message from a group chat window. In the group chat window, only marking messages related to a plurality of dialogues included in the group can be filtered and displayed in a list form, and when a selection input occurs in the marking message, it can be displayed by switching to a corresponding message window.

8A to 8D are diagrams for explaining a method of extracting a marking message from a dialog list screen.

8A to 8D will be described on the assumption that the screen displayed by the execution of the messenger application is the dialog list screen.

8A to 8D , as shown in FIG. 8A , a dialog list screen may be displayed by executing a messenger application. As shown in 801 of FIG. 8A , when a touch input occurs as shown in 803 in a menu item separately provided on the dialog list screen, a context menu as shown in 805 of FIG. 8B may be displayed. In this case, the context menu in the dialog list screen may include an Add group item, a Manage buddies item, a Tell friends item, a Contact sync item, a Setting, a Support item, and a PIN message item. When a touch input is generated as shown in 807 in the PIN message item of the context menu, a marking message related to a conversationalist included in the list may be displayed in a list form as shown in FIG. 8C . In this case, the marking messages of the list may be sorted based on the conversational person. For example, as shown in FIG. 8c , it may be displayed as the interlocutor standard of the interlocutor Gillian Jacobs of 809, Soo-jung Kim of 811, Amanda Seyfried of 813, and Brian Peterson of 815, and a marking message related to the interlocutor Gillian Jacobs of 809 may include an 817 marking message and an 819 marking message, that is, two marking messages. And the marking message related to Soo-jung Kim of 811 may include an 821 marking message and an 823 marking message, that is, two marking messages. And through the number of messages displayed next to the name of the conversationalist, it can be confirmed that 7 marking messages related to Amanda Seyfried and 1 marking message related to Brian Peterson are included.

In addition, the marking message can be displayed or hidden according to whether a touch input is made in the dialog name item. For example, if a touch input occurs while the marking message is displayed, the marking message may be changed to be displayed in a hidden state, and if a touch input occurs while the marking message is hidden, the marking message is changed to an unfolded state can be displayed. When a touch input occurs as shown in 825 in the 817 marking message in the marking message list of FIG. 8C , it may be displayed by switching to a chat window including the 817 marking message as shown in FIG. 8D . In addition, as shown in 827 of FIG. 8D , in the chat window, a scroll bar may be automatically moved and focused to the 817 marking message point to be displayed. Also, a previous message and/or a subsequent message may be displayed together at the message point.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a method of extracting a marking message from a messenger application.

9 illustrates an operation of displaying a dialog list corresponding to a group in order to search for a message according to a dialog in the group chat window, and filtering and displaying messages of a dialog selected from the list.

Referring to FIG. 9 , in step 901 , the controller 140 may control the display unit 131 to display a group chat window screen for transmitting and receiving messages with at least two chatters. On the group chat window screen displayed on the display unit 131 , the controller 140 may determine whether to detect a gesture for extracting a message of the chatter in step 903 . In an embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the gesture is a touch input in a menu item separately provided in a chat window. When a gesture for extracting a marking message for an interlocutor occurs, the controller 140 may control the display unit 131 to display a list of interlocutors in step 905 . In step 907 , the controller 140 may determine whether one chatter is selected from the displayed chatter list. When a conversationalist is selected, the controller 140 may detect this in step 907 and filter and display the message of the selected conversationalist in step 909 . At this time, the filtered message may be divided on the screen of the electronic device and the display unit 131 may be controlled to be displayed in a multi-window form. The multi-window screen divided and displayed on the one screen may be displayed in any one of the upper, lower, left, and right areas of the group chat window, and in an embodiment of the present invention, the filtering message window is displayed in the lower area of the group chat window assume that Among the filtered messages displayed on the screen, the controller 140 may determine whether to select one message in step 911 . When a message is selected, the controller 140 detects the message location by using metadata such as date, time, and interlocutor of the corresponding message, switches to a chat window screen including the selected message in step 913, and scrolls the selected message to a point. bar) can be automatically moved and focused to display.

The specific execution steps of FIG. 9 will be described with reference to FIGS. 10A to 10E .

10A to 10E are diagrams for explaining a method of extracting a marking message from a group chat window.

Referring to FIGS. 10A to 10E , as shown in FIG. 10A , a group chat window including messages transmitted/received to and from at least two talkers may be displayed. In the displayed group chat window, as shown in 1003, a gesture for filtering a marking message of a specific person may be detected. When a gesture for filtering the marking message of the specific person occurs, a context menu may be displayed as shown in 1005 of FIG. 10B . The displayed context menu may include, but is not limited to, an Invite buddies item, a Chat info item, an Alert off item, a Translate item, and a specific person conversation search item. When a touch input is detected in a specific conversation search item such as 1007 in the context menu of 1005 , dialogues included in the group conversation window may be displayed in a list form as shown in 1009 of FIG. 10C . When a touch input occurs as shown in 1011 in the dialog list of 1009, an existing group chat window is displayed as shown in 1013 of FIG. 10D, and a filtering message window in which the marking message of the selected dialog is filtered as shown in 1015 can be displayed in the lower part. . 1017 of FIG. 10D is a boundary between the existing group chat window and the filtering message window, and the size of the window may be adjusted by touching and dragging in the upward direction and/or downwardly dragging the window in 1017 . Subsequently, as shown in 1015 of FIG. 10D, when a touch input occurs as shown in 1019 in the filtering message window, the screen is switched to a chat window screen including the selected message as shown in FIG. 10E, and the scroll bar automatically moves to the selected message point. and focused.

As described above, the embodiments disclosed in the present specification and drawings with respect to the message management method and apparatus of an electronic device according to the present invention are merely specific examples to easily explain and understand the contents of the present invention. It is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should be construed as including all changes or modifications derived based on the technical spirit of the present invention in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein are included in the scope of the present invention.

110: communication department
120: storage
130: touch screen
131: display unit
132: touch panel
140: control unit

Claims (20)

A method for managing messages in an electronic device, the method comprising:
An operation of providing a user interface for displaying one of a plurality of chat windows including a first chat window associated with one or more messages transmitted and received with the first chatter and a second chat window associated with one or more messages transmitted and received with the second chatter ;
displaying, when a first user input is detected in the user interface, at least one or more marking messages designated by a user among one or more messages transmitted/received with the first interlocutor and one or more messages transmitted/received with the second interlocutor;
displaying a first chat window including the selected first marking message when a second user input for selecting a first marking message corresponding to a first chat window from among the displayed at least one or more marking messages is detected;
checking whether or not to delete at least one or more marking messages including the selected first marking message included in the first chat window when a third user input for deleting the first chat window is detected; and
When it is confirmed that at least one or more marking messages including the selected first marking message have not been deleted, at least one or more messages included in the first chat window except for at least one or more marking messages including the selected first marking message including the operation of deleting
The operation of displaying the at least one or more marking messages comprises:
The user-specified marking message among the one or more messages transmitted and received with the first interlocutor included in the first chat window and the user-specified marking among one or more messages transmitted and received with the second interlocutor included in the second chat window displaying one or more marking messages related to the plurality of chat windows including the message; and
and displaying a list of the one or more marking messages based on the first chatter and the second chatter. The method of claim 1,
The operation of displaying the first chat window includes:
Message management method, characterized in that for focusing and displaying the selected first marking message. 3. The method of claim 2,
The operation of displaying the first chat window includes:
The message management method, characterized in that the focused first marking message and the message before and after the first marking message are displayed together. The method of claim 1,
Based on detecting an input for selecting one of the one or more messages transmitted/received with the first talker and the one or more messages transmitted/received with the second talker, further comprising the operation of setting the selected message as a marking message Message management method, characterized in that. 5. The method of claim 4,
The operation of displaying the at least one or more marking messages comprises:
Message management method comprising the operation of displaying at least one or more marking messages associated with the at least one or more chatters. 6. The method of claim 5,
The marking message is a message management method, characterized in that it comprises at least one of text, image, voice data, and video data. 6. The method of claim 5,
The operation of setting the marking message is,
and storing the mapping between the selected marking message and metadata of the selected marking message. 8. The method of claim 7,
The metadata includes a name of at least one talker, a marking message related to the at least one talker, the number of marking messages related to the at least one talker, date information and time information corresponding to the marking message. How to manage messages with delete delete The method of claim 1,
The operation of displaying the at least one or more marking messages comprises:
When the first chat window includes a plurality of messages associated with at least two dialogs, displaying a dialog list including the at least two talkers connected to the first chat window based on detecting the first user input ; and
and displaying at least one or more marking messages associated with the selected chatter when a chatter is selected from the chatter list. The method of claim 1,
The user interface includes a user interface for a social network service application, a user interface for an email service application, a user interface for one-to-one and group chat messenger service applications, and a user interface for a message service application for sending and receiving text and multimedia messages. Message management method comprising a. In an electronic device,
touch screen; and
including a control unit,
The control unit is
Provide a user interface for displaying one of a plurality of chat windows including a first chat window associated with one or more messages transmitted and received with the first chatter and a second chat window associated with one or more messages transmitted and received with the second chatter,
When a first user input is detected in the user interface, at least one or more marking messages designated by a user among one or more messages transmitted and received with the first interlocutor and one or more messages transmitted and received with the second interlocutor are displayed on the touch screen do,
When a second user input for selecting a first marking message corresponding to a first chat window from among the displayed at least one or more marking messages is detected, a first chat window including the selected first marking message is displayed on the touch screen,
When a third user input for deleting the first chat window is detected, it is confirmed whether at least one or more marking messages including the selected first marking message included in the first chat window are deleted,
When it is confirmed that at least one or more marking messages including the selected first marking message have not been deleted, at least one or more messages included in the first chat window except for at least one or more marking messages including the selected first marking message delete the
The user-specified marking message among the one or more messages transmitted and received with the first interlocutor included in the first chat window and the user-specified marking among one or more messages transmitted and received with the second interlocutor included in the second chat window display one or more marking messages related to the plurality of chat windows including the message; and
The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the list of the at least one or more marking messages is displayed based on the first chatter and the second chatter. 14. The method of claim 13,
The control unit is
Displaying the selected first marking message by focusing, and displaying the first chat window including the focused first marking message and the messages before and after the first marking message on the touch screen Device. 14. The method of claim 13,
The control unit is
Electronic, characterized in that the selected message is set as a marking message based on detecting an input for selecting one of the one or more messages transmitted/received with the first talker and the one or more messages sent and received with the second talker Device. 16. The method of claim 15,
The control unit is
An electronic device characterized in that at least one or more marking messages associated with the one or more talkers are displayed. 16. The method of claim 15,
The control unit is
The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the selected marking message and metadata of the selected marking message are mapped and stored. 18. The method of claim 17,
The metadata includes a name of at least one talker, a marking message related to the at least one talker, the number of marking messages related to the at least one talker, date information and time information corresponding to the marking message. electronic device with delete 14. The method of claim 13,
The control unit is
When the first chat window includes a plurality of messages associated with at least two dialogs, based on detecting the first user input, displaying a dialog list including the at least two talkers connected to the first chat window, When a conversationalist is selected from the conversationalist list, the electronic device characterized in that at least one or more marking messages associated with the selected conversationalist are displayed.

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