Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving handwriting animation message

• US 10,277,729 B2
• Filed: 01/24/2011
• Issued: 04/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kwon, Mu-Sik, Hwang, Seong-Taek, Oh, Sang-Wook, Kim, Jung-Rim, Kim, Do-Hyeon
• Primary Examiner(s): Good Johnson, Motilewa
• Application Number:
  US13/012,189
• Publication Number:
  US 20110181619A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,018 Days
• Field of Search: 345629, 345636, 345473
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72439 for image or video messaging

Abstract

Provided is an apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving a handwriting animation message. The apparatus for transmitting a handwriting animation message includes an input unit for receiving an input of a handwriting animation message including coordinate information and time information of points being input onto a background image from a user of a transmitting mobile terminal, a controller for controlling merging or synchronization of the background image and the handwriting animation message, and a transmitter for transmitting the merged or synchronized background image and handwriting animation message to a receiving mobile terminal.

Claims

1. An apparatus for displaying a message, the apparatus comprising:

a touch screen configured to display a background image and to receive a handwriting input through an area of the touch screen displaying the background image;

a transmitter configured to transmit a message to a receiving mobile terminal; and

a controller configured to;

generate two or more handwriting animation messages each including coordinate information and time information of respective points constructing the handwriting input received on the background image displayed in the touch screen,

associate the background image and two or more identifiers of the two or more handwriting animation messages,

generate the message including the background image, the two or more handwriting animation messages, and the two or more identifiers of the two or more handwriting animation messages; and

transmit the message to the receiving mobile terminal.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a memory configured to store at least one of the background image, the two or more handwriting animation messages, and a map application; and

a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver configured to receive location information of the apparatus.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to extract map information based on the location information by interworking the location information with the map application, and to set the extracted map information as the background image.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the map information set as the background image includes the location information of the apparatus.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to synchronize the two or more handwriting animation messages and the background image as a single group by associating the two or more identifiers each included in the two or more handwriting animation messages and an identifier included in the background image.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the identifier included in the background image comprises:

a message identification number storing a number to be synchronized as the single group; and

a background image number storing a unique number of the background image.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the two or more identifiers included in the two or more handwriting animation messages comprise:

a message identification number storing a number to be synchronized as the single group;

a background image number storing a unique number of the background image;

a page number storing an order of reproduction for the two or more handwriting animation messages included in the single group; and

a total page number storing a number of the two or more handwriting animation messages included in the single group.

8. An apparatus for displaying a message, the apparatus comprising:

a touch screen;

a receiver configured to receive a message from a mobile terminal; and

a controller configured to;

receive the message including a background image, two or more handwriting animation messages, and two or more identifiers of the two or more handwriting animation messages,

identify whether the background image and the two or more handwriting animation messages are synchronized as a single group based on the two or more identifiers of the two or more handwriting animation messages,

when it is identified that the background image and the two or more handwriting animation messages are synchronized as the single group, display the background image in the touch screen, and

sequentially display the two or more handwriting animation messages on the background image based on coordinate information and time information of respective points constructing a handwriting input included in the two or more handwriting animation messages.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

a memory configured to store at least one of the background image, the two or more handwriting animation messages, and a map application; and

a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver configured to receive location information of the apparatus.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein if the location information is included in the background image, the location information is displayed on the background image by interworking with the map application.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein if a background image number included in one of the two or more identifiers is the same as another background image number included in another of the two or more identifiers, the two or more handwriting animation messages are sequentially displayed on the background image corresponding to the background image number, and if the background image number included in the two or more identifiers are empty, the two or more handwriting animation messages are sequentially displayed without the background image.

12. A method for displaying a message in an apparatus, the method comprising:

displaying a background image;

receiving a handwriting input through an area of the touch screen displaying the background image;

generating two or more handwriting animation messages each including coordinate information and time information of respective points constructing the handwriting input received on the background image;

associating the background image and two or more identifiers of the two or more handwriting animation messages;

generating a message including the background image, the two or more handwriting animation messages, and the two or more identifiers of the two or more handwriting animation messages; and

transmitting the message to a receiving mobile terminal.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

storing the background image, the two or more handwriting animation messages, or a map application; and

receiving location information of the apparatus.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein map information based on the location information is extracted by interworking the location information with the map application, and the extracted map information is set as the background image.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

synchronizing the two or more handwriting animation messages and the background image as a single group by associating the two or more identifiers each included in the two or more handwriting animation messages and a identifier included in the background image.

16. A method for displaying a message in an apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving a message including a background image, two or more handwriting animation messages, and two or more identifiers of the two or more handwriting animation messages;

identifying whether the background image and the two or more handwriting animation messages are synchronized as a single group based on the two or more identifiers of the two or more handwriting animation messages;

when it is identified that the background image and the two or more handwriting animation messages are synchronized as the single group, display the background image; and

sequentially displaying the two or more handwriting animation messages on the background image based on coordinate information and time information of respective points constructing a handwriting input included in the two or more handwriting animation messages.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising separating the two or more handwriting animation messages and the background image from the message.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein separating the two or more handwriting animation messages and the background image comprise separating the two or more handwriting animation messages and the background image by using stroke information of the two or more handwriting animation messages included in the message.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

storing at least one of the background image, the two or more handwriting animation messages, and a map application; and

receiving location information of the apparatus.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein if the location information is included in the background image, the location information is displayed on the background image by interworking with the map application.

21. The method of claim 16, wherein if a background image number included in one of the two or more identifiers is the same as another background image number included in another of the two or more identifiers, the two or more handwriting animation messages are sequentially reproduced on the background image corresponding to the background image number, and if the background image number included in the two or more identifiers are empty, the two or more handwriting animation messages are sequentially displayed without the background image.