KR20080098233A - A communication terminal for updating a sent message and a method of operating the communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a communication terminal, and more particularly, to a communication terminal for updating a short message sent by a caller to another short message and transmitting the same to a receiving terminal, and a message updating method performed by the communication terminal. The communication terminal according to the present invention for carrying out the above object includes a delimiter in the header of an updated short message for updating the transmitted short message and transmits it to the receiver terminal of the receiver. According to the present invention, when the sender needs to delete or modify some or all of the content of a short message previously transmitted, the user can replace the short message with another modified short message and send the message to the receiver. Various errors in communication due to errors in the content of short messages can be prevented.

Description

COMMUNICATION TERMINAL OF UPDATING SENT MESSAGE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}

1 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a communication terminal for updating a sent message is connected to a mobile communication network according to the present invention.

2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a communication terminal for updating a sent message according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a method of operating a communication terminal for updating a sent message according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram showing the configuration of a communication terminal for updating a sent message according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating a method of operating a communication terminal for updating a sent message according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

6 shows an example of a user interface for short message update provided in a communication terminal for updating a sent message, according to the present invention.

7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface for notifying a result of updating of a short message in a communication terminal for updating a sent message, according to the present invention.

8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface for notifying a reason why a short message is not updated in a communication terminal for updating a sent message according to the present invention.

9 is a diagram illustrating a message receiving method performed in a communication terminal according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

10 is a diagram illustrating a message transmission method performed in a communication terminal according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings>

Short message receiving unit 201, short message updating unit 202,

Short message storage unit 203, the user interface unit 401,

Short message input unit 402, short message sending unit (403)

The present invention relates to a communication terminal, and more particularly, to a communication terminal for updating a short message sent by a caller to another short message and updating a sent message for transmission to a receiving terminal and a method of operating the communication terminal.

In modern society, communication terminals are used by many people as long-distance communication means. Especially, mobile terminals are widely used as a necessity because they provide users with the ability to communicate conveniently on the go without regard to place. It is used. Recent mobile communication terminals provide various functions as well as the conventional mobile communication service as the performance of the processor is improved and the resources of the memory are increased.

Among these functions, the Short Message Service (SMS) is a mobile communication terminal, especially those who use a mobile phone, can send and receive short sentences using only the mobile phone without using any other equipment. Say service.

The user of the mobile communication terminal can use the short message service for various purposes. For example, there is an advantage that the users can easily exchange each other with a simple notification content without the need to make a phone call. In addition, by using a mobile communication terminal directly to the content that is difficult to call can be easily written and sent in the form of a letter, the caller can communicate with the receiver through a variety of paths. As another example, when a user with a language disability exchanges opinions with another user using a mobile communication terminal, a short message may be a useful communication means.

However, in the conventional communication method using the short message, when the sender sends the short message once created to the receiver's mobile communication terminal, even if there is a problem in the content of the short message sent, the content of the short message that has been sent is corrected. There is a problem that can not be replaced by another short message. For this reason, when the sender sends the short message and then sends the modified short message back to the receiver's mobile terminal, the short message is accumulated and stored in the receiver's mobile terminal, thereby receiving the short message. One recipient has a problem that the content contained in the short message is confused. Therefore, in the related art, when the duplicate short message is received from the caller, the receiver needs to directly call the other party to which the short message is sent and check the correct contents again.

The present invention has been made to improve the prior art as described above, and provides a communication terminal for transmitting a short message sent by the sender to another short message and transmitting it to the terminal of the receiver and a message updating method performed in the communication terminal. It is to.

The present invention also provides a method for operating a communication terminal of a receiver and a method of operating a communication terminal of a receiver that have received an updated short message for updating a short message sent from the caller's communication terminal.

In addition, the present invention is to notify the sender of the short message in the form of a short message when the updated short message is completed and the updated short message is stored in the terminal of the receiver.

The present invention may also include a delimiter in a short message created by a sender and transmit the delimiter to a user's receiving terminal, and later, to update the short message stored in the receiving terminal, the delimiter is included in the stored short message. It is to update and save as update short message.

In addition, the present invention is to detect only short messages that are not read by the receiver among the short messages already stored in the receiving terminal, and to update and store the other short message with the same identifier included in the detected short message.

The communication terminal for updating the sent message according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, and to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, a short message receiving unit for receiving a short message from the originating terminal, and the origination Receiving an update short message for updating the short message from a terminal, comparing the first sender identifier included in the short message with a second sender identifier included in the updated short message, and comparing the first short message with the first short message included in the short message; A short message updating unit configured to control to update the short message to the updated short message when a caller identifier and a second sender identifier included in the updated short message are the same, and wherein the updated short message is controlled to update the short message. It characterized by including a delimiter.

According to the present invention, a communication terminal for updating a sent message may further include a storage unit for storing at least one short message among the received short message and the updated short message.

In another embodiment of the present invention, a communication terminal for updating a sent message includes: a user interface for receiving driving of a short message originating application from a sender, an update for receiving an update short message for updating on the short message originating application; A message input unit, and a short message sender for inserting a delimiter for controlling the short message to be updated in the updated short message, and for controlling the updated short message to be transmitted to a receiving terminal.

In a message receiving method performed in a communication terminal, the method includes: receiving a short message from an originating terminal, and receiving an updated short message for updating the short message from the originating terminal, and including the short message in the short message; The first sender identifier and the second sender identifier included in the updated short message, and if the first sender identifier included in the short message and the second sender identifier included in the updated short message are the same, the short message And updating the short message to control to update the updated short message, wherein the updated short message includes a delimiter for controlling to update the short message.

In another embodiment, a message transmission method performed in a communication terminal, the method comprising: receiving a driving of a short message originating application from a sender, receiving an update short message for updating on the short message originating application, and And inserting a delimiter for updating the short message, and sending a short message for controlling the update short message to be transmitted to a communication terminal of a receiver of the short message corresponding to the updated short message. .

Hereinafter, a communication terminal for updating a sent message and a method of operating the communication terminal will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

According to the present invention, a communication terminal for updating a sent message is a concept that collectively refers to all kinds of terminals connected to a mobile communication network or a wired or wireless network to perform communication. Examples of communication terminals for updating the sent message include a personal digital cellular (PDC) phone, a personal communication service (PCS) phone, a personal handyphone system (PHS) phone, a CDMA-2000 (1X, 3X) phone, and WCDMA (Widebans). CDMA phone, Dual Band / Dual Mode phone, Global Standard for Mobile (GSM) phone, Mobile Broadband System (MBS) phone, Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) phone, Smart phone, Mobile phone Handheld devices that may include communications capabilities such as, public switched telephone network (PSTN) terminals, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP), Media Gateway Control (MEGACO), Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), Hand-Held PCs, Notebook Computers, Laptop Computers, WiBro Terminals, MP3 Players, Mobile Phones such as MD Players, and International Roaming Services IMT2000 (Internationa) Provides Communication Services As a portable electric and electronic device, which refers to all types of handheld-based wireless communication devices including a mobile Telecommunication-2000 terminal and a UMTS-based terminal, a code division multiplexing access (CDMA) module, A predetermined communication module such as a wireless communication device equipped with a GPS chip to enable location tracking through a Bluetooth module, an infrared data association, a wired / wireless LAN card, and a global positioning system (GPS) may be provided. In addition, it is interpreted as a concept of collectively a terminal capable of performing a certain operation by mounting a microprocessor capable of performing a multimedia playback function.

In addition, the short message described in the present specification and claims includes all types of message services that can be transmitted and received through a communication terminal such as a short messaging service (SMS), a multimedia messaging service (MMS), or a long messaging service (LMS). Concept.

In addition, according to the present invention, a communication terminal for updating a sent message may be connected to a wired / wireless network and a mobile communication network to perform a series of procedures for updating the short message.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a communication terminal for updating a sent message is connected to a mobile communication network according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile communication network refers to a communication network connecting a communication terminal 101 and a fixed point or communication terminal 102 to each other, and various mobile communication schemes such as a cellular mobile communication scheme. (scheme) may apply. In addition, the mobile communication network 103 is a radio station that relays communication between communication terminals, and transmits and receives information between a base station (BS) relaying transmission and reception radio waves of a communication terminal, a plurality of heterogeneous communication networks, or a homogeneous communication network. Gateways or the like used as functional units or devices. In addition, the communication terminal connected to the mobile communication network 103 may transmit and receive a short message requested by the caller via the short message center (SMSC) 104.

2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a communication terminal for updating a sent message according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the communication terminal for updating the sent message includes a short message receiving unit 201, a short message updating unit 202, and a short message storing unit 203.

3 is a diagram illustrating a method of operating a communication terminal for updating a sent message according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, referring to FIG. 2, it will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 3.

The short message receiving unit 201 receives a short message from the calling terminal 304. At the request of the calling terminal, the short message input from the caller is received through the short message center (SMSC) 305. The short message and the updated short message for updating the short message include a caller identifier for identifying the sender of each of the short messages. The caller identifier may be information that can identify the caller of the short message, such as a cellular telephone number (CTN).

The short message receiving unit 201 receives an updated short message including a delimiter for controlling to update the short message received from the calling terminal.

The short message updating unit 202 receives from the short message receiving unit 201 an updated short message B for updating the short message A received from the calling terminal and storing the short message A in the receiving terminal. The received short message A is stored in the storage unit 203 in a new form for the user to check.

The short message updating unit 202 checks whether the short message A matching the sender identifier included in the received short message B is stored in the short message storage unit 203. When there is no short message A including the same sender identifier as the sender identifier included in the received short message B, the short message updating unit 202 is a short message newly received. It is determined and stored in a new form in the short message storage unit 203. Through this, the receiver may check the stored short message in the form of a newly received short message using a receiving terminal.

The short message updating unit 202 confirms that the short message A including the same sender identifier as the sender identifier included in the received short message B has already been received and is present in the short message storage unit 203. If so, the short message updating unit 202 detects the shortest message A most recently received from the same short message A that is identical to the separator included in the received short message B. However, among the detected short messages A, there may also be short messages already read by the receiver. Accordingly, the short message updating unit 202 may be implemented to detect only a short message not detected by the receiver among the detected short messages A. FIG.

The short message updating unit 202 updates and stores the short message A stored in the short message storage unit 203 with the received short message B.

As a result, the short message updating unit 202 may distinguish and detect only the short message A including the same sender identifier as the received short message B among all short messages stored in the short message storage unit 203. The short message A may be replaced with the received short message B and stored in the short message storage unit 203. In this case, the updated short message B stored in the short message storage unit 203 is stored in a new reception form, and the short message receiver can confirm the newly updated short message using the receiving terminal.

The short message storage unit 203 receives and stores at least one of the short message A from the receiving unit 201 and the short message B for updating the short message.

4 is a diagram showing the configuration of a communication terminal for updating a sent message according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the communication terminal for updating the sent message according to the present invention includes a user interface unit 401, an update message input unit 402, and a short message sender 403. It may further include (not shown).

5 is a diagram illustrating a process of performing a communication terminal for updating a sent message according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

In the following description with reference to FIG. 4, it will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

The user interface 401 receives an input of driving an application for short message transmission from the sender.

The update message input unit 402 receives the content of the short message created by the user on the application associated with the short message transmission. Before transmitting the written short message to the receiving terminal 502, the sender may store the written short message in a storage unit (not shown). Therefore, the sender may later use the short message stored in the storage unit (not shown) again to transmit the short message to the receiver's communication terminal again.

The short message sending unit 403 transmits at least one short message of the short message (A) and the short message (B) for updating the short message sent. For convenience of explanation, the short message (A) is a short message newly created from the caller's calling terminal, and the updated short message (B) updates the short message (A) transmitted from the calling terminal's calling terminal so that the receiver's communication terminal 502 It is assumed that the message is an update short message including a delimiter for transmission in the &quot;

The short message transmitting unit 403 inserts a delimiter for controlling the short message to be updated in the header of the updated short message B, and controls the short message B to be transmitted to the receiving terminal. The delimiter is information for controlling a previously sent short message (A) to be updated as an updated short message (B) on a receiving terminal, and updated according to the sender's update short message sending selection input of a short message sending application installed in the calling terminal. It may be implemented to be included in a short message.

6 shows an example of a user interface for short message update provided in a communication terminal for updating a sent message, according to the present invention.

As shown, a menu configuration for sending the short message created by the caller to the terminal 502 of the receiver, and a menu configuration for deleting the sent short message (A) and updating the modified short message (B) for transmission. It can be displayed on the calling terminal, including. As such, the sender can easily transmit the short message and the short message for deleting or updating the short message to the receiving terminal without any additional manipulation.

7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface for notifying a result of updating of a short message in a communication terminal for updating a sent message, according to the present invention.

When the update of the short message is successfully completed according to the update request of the user sent from the calling terminal, the calling terminal may be implemented to receive the result from the receiving terminal 502 in the form of a short message.

In this case, the short message for notification of completion of renewal received from the receiving terminal 502 may include a date (including at least one of time, year, month, and day) when the short message is sent. The updated short message (B) is sent to the receiver terminal 502 by the recipient's information (including either name or personal information) and the updated short message (B), and the date when the short message (A) is updated (time, And at least one of year, month, and day).

However, when the user sends an update short message B for updating the short message A, the receiver has already confirmed the short message A previously sent by the user and the short message A ), The calling terminal may be implemented to receive the reason that the short message is not updated from the receiving terminal 502.

8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface for notifying a reason why a short message is not updated in a communication terminal for updating a sent message according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 8, when an update of a short message is not successfully completed at the request of the user, the reason may be received in the form of a short message. In this case, the short message may include a date (including at least one of time, year, month, and day) when the short message is sent, and further includes information of a receiver who has received the updated short message (B). Information including at least one of a name or personal information), a title of the updated short message (B), and a reason why the updated short message (B) failed to replace the short message (A) at the receiving terminal. It may include.

9 is a diagram illustrating a message receiving method performed in a communication terminal according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

In step S901, the user receives a short message A from the calling terminal. The short message A and the updated short message B for updating the short message each include a caller identifier. The caller identifier may be information that can identify the caller of the short message, such as a cellular telephone number (CTN).

In step S901, an updated short message B including a delimiter for controlling to update the short message A received from the calling terminal is received. The delimiter is information for controlling a previously sent short message (A) to be updated with an updated short message (B) on a receiving terminal, and according to the sender's update short message sending selection input on a short message sending application installed in the calling terminal. It may be implemented to be included in an update short message.

In step S902, it is checked whether the short message A including the same sender identifier as the sender identifier included in the received updated short message B is stored in the short message storage unit. If there is no short message including the same sender identifier as the sender identifier included in the received updated short message B, it is stored in the storage unit in a new form.

In step S903, when the short message including the same sender identifier as the sender identifier included in the received short message is stored, the sender identifier included in the received updated short message B is included. The short message A most recently received from among the short messages A is detected. However, if the receiver has already read among the detected short messages A, it may be implemented not to be updated with the updated short message B as described above.

In step S904, the detected short message A is replaced with the received updated short message B to be updated.

In step S905, the updated short message B is stored in the short message storage unit in a new form. If the short message A is not found in step S902, the received short message B is stored in the short message storage unit in a new form in step S905. In addition, when it is confirmed that the user reads the short message A received in step S903, the short message A is not updated to the updated short message B in step S905. The updated short message B may be displayed on the receiving terminal in the form of a new short message. In this case, in step S905, a short message for notifying the result is transmitted to the sender's terminal.

10 is a diagram illustrating a message transmission method performed in a communication terminal according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

In step 1010, the driving of the short message transmission application is input from the sender.

In step 1020, the content of the short message written by the user is input on the application associated with the short message transmission.

A delimiter for controlling to update the short message is inserted in the header of the updated short message B for updating the short message A sent in step 1030. The delimiter is information for controlling a previously sent short message (A) to be updated as an updated short message (B) on a receiving terminal, and updated according to the sender's update short message sending selection input of a short message sending application installed in the calling terminal. It may be implemented to be included in a short message.

In step 1040, the update short message created by the sender is sent to the receiving terminal. The receiving terminal uses the updated short message B sent in step 1040 to the short message A including the same sender identifier as the sender identifier of the updated short message B among the recently received short messages A. Is detected and the detected short message (A) is updated with the updated short message (B). As described above, the short message A to be updated by the updated short message B may be a short message that is not viewed by the receiver.

An operating method of a communication terminal for updating a sent message according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a computer readable medium including program instructions for performing operations implemented by various computers. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, local data files, local data structures, or the like, alone or in combination. The media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, magnetic-optical media such as floppy disks, and ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute the same program instructions are included. The medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like that transmits a signal specifying a program command, a local data structure, or the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

In the present invention as described above has been described by the specific embodiments, such as specific components and limited embodiments and drawings, but this is provided to help a more general understanding of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For those skilled in the art, various modifications and variations are possible from such description.

Therefore, the spirit of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, and all the things that are equivalent to or equivalent to the claims as well as the following claims will belong to the scope of the present invention. .

According to the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal for updating a short message sent by a caller to another short message and transmitting the same to a terminal of a receiver, and a message updating method performed by the communication terminal.

According to the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal of a receiver and a method of operating a communication terminal of a receiver that have received an updated short message for updating a short message sent from a caller's communication terminal.

Further, according to the present invention, when the renewed short message is completed and the updated short message is stored in the terminal of the receiver, the sender of the short message is notified of the completion of the update in the form of a short message.

In addition, according to the present invention, if a short message created by a sender includes a delimiter and transmits it to a receiving terminal of a user, and later attempts to update the short message stored in the receiving terminal, it matches the delimiter included in the stored short message. Update and save as an update short message.

In addition, according to the present invention, among the short messages already stored in the receiving terminal, only the short message not detected by the receiver is detected, and updated and stored in another updated short message having the same separator included in the detected short message.

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In a communication terminal, Short message receiving unit for receiving a short message from the calling terminal; And Receive an update short message for updating the short message from the calling terminal, The first sender identifier included in the short message and the second sender identifier included in the updated short message are compared, and the first sender identifier included in the short message and the second sender identifier identifier included in the updated short message are compared. Is the same, the short message updating unit which controls to update the short message to the updated short message. Including, And the update short message includes a delimiter for controlling to update the short message. The method of claim 1, A storage unit for storing at least one short message of the received short message and the updated short message Communication terminal characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 2, The short message is a previous short message received from the originating terminal, And wherein the updated short message is received from the calling terminal after the short message is received to update the short message. The method of claim 1, And wherein the first and second caller identifiers are Cellular Telephone Numbers (CTNs). The method of claim 1, The delimiter is included in the header of the update short message. The method of claim 1, Short message update department And checking whether the received short message is a short message read on the communication terminal and controlling to delete the short message if it is not read. In a communication terminal, A user interface for receiving input of driving of a short message originating application from a caller; An update message input unit for receiving an update short message for updating the short message on the short message sending application; Inserting a delimiter for controlling to update the short message in the update short message, and a short message sender for controlling to transmit the updated short message to the receiving terminal Communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 7, wherein And a storage unit configured to store at least one short message of the transmitted short message and the updated short message. The method of claim 7, wherein The delimiter is included in the header of the update short message. The method of claim 6, The short message is a previous short message received by the receiving terminal, and the updated short message is transmitted from the communication terminal after the short message is received to update the short message. . In the message receiving method performed in the communication terminal, Receiving a short message from an originating terminal; And Receiving an updated short message for updating the short message from the calling terminal, comparing the first sender identifier included in the short message and the second sender identifier included in the updated short message, wherein the short message is included in the short message; Updating a short message to control to update the short message to the updated short message if a first sender identifier and the second sender identifier included in the updated short message are the same. Including, The update short message includes a delimiter for controlling to update the short message. The method of claim 11, And storing at least one short message of the received short message and the updated short message. The method of claim 11, The short message is a previous short message received by the receiving terminal, and the updated short message is transmitted from the communication terminal after the short message is received to update the short message. How to receive messages from. The method of claim 11, And wherein the first and second caller identifiers are Cellular Telephone Numbers (CTNs). The method of claim 11, The delimiter is included in the header of the update short message, the message receiving method of the communication terminal. The method of claim 11, Short message update step Checking whether the received short message is a short message read through the receiving terminal; And if not read, controlling to delete the short message. In the message transmission method performed in the communication terminal, Receiving input of driving of the short message transmitting application from the caller; Receiving an update short message for updating on the short message sending application; And Inserting a delimiter for updating the short message, and sending the updated short message to a communication terminal of a receiver of the short message corresponding to the updated short message. Message transmission method of a communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 17, And storing at least one short message of the outgoing short message and the updated short message. The method of claim 17, And the delimiter is included in a header of the updated short message. The method of claim 16, Wherein the short message is a previous short message received by a receiving terminal, and the updated short message is transmitted from the communication terminal after the short message is received to update the short message. How to send a message. The method of claim 17, The short message and the updated short message include a sender identifier, The receiving terminal receiving the short message and the updated short message is operable to update the short message to the updated short message when the first sender identifier of the short message and the second sender identifier of the updated short message are the same. Message transmission method of a communication terminal characterized in that. The method of claim 21, A method of transmitting a message in a communication terminal, characterized in that it is a cellular telephone number (CTN). A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of any one of claims 11 to 22.

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