Method and apparatus for message processing

• US 10,318,093 B2
• Filed: 07/24/2014
• Issued: 06/11/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lim, Ji-Hong
• Primary Examiner(s): Hailu, Tadesse
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hope, Darrin
• Application Number:
  US14/340,475
• Publication Number:
  US 20150033151A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,783 Days
• Field of Search: 715753
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72439 for image or video messaging

Abstract

A method for displaying messages includes receiving a first message, displaying a first data corresponding to the first message in a first line on a screen, receiving a second message, and displaying a second data corresponding to the second message in the first line on the a left or right side of the first data. An electronic device includes a memory, and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to receive a first message, display a first data corresponding to the first message in a first line on a screen, receive a second message, and display a second data corresponding to the second message in the first line on the a left or right side of the first data.

Claims

1. A method for operating a messenger application, comprising:

receiving a first message sent at a first timing from a peer electronic device;

separating a first image data from a first text data in the first message based on determining that the first message includes the first image data;

displaying the first text data in the first message in a first line on a screen of the messenger application and the first image data in a second line on the screen of the messenger application;

receiving a second message sent at a second timing separately from the first message sent at the first timing from the peer electronic device, wherein the second message is received consecutively from the first message;

separating a second image data from a second text data in the second message based on determining that the second message includes the second image data;

displaying the second text data in the second message in the first line; and

displaying the second image data in the second message in the second line in a side of the first image data if the first image data and the second image data are displayable in a same line.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second image data is a thumbnail image acquired from the first and the second message, respectively.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the thumbnail image represents one of still image message, moving image message, audio message, and an emoticon.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein first image data and a second image data are displayed in a message container area, and

wherein the message container area comprises a scroller to scroll a plurality of image data.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the second image data comprises:

moving the first image data to an empty space in the second line; and

displaying the second image data in an area where the first image data is previously located.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the second image data comprises:

displaying the second image data at an end of the screen; and

moving and displaying the first image data on a left or right side of the second image data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the second image data comprises:

the first image data and the second image data are displayed in a same size.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

changing a notification window in a disclosed or hidden state by a selection of an indication displayed on the notification window.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when the first line is filled with a plurality of text data, a next text data is displayed in a next row of the second line.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

classifying messages into a plurality of categories; and

displaying each categorized message in each notification window,

wherein the classifying of the messages comprises filtering a message sent by an electronic device and a message sent by the peer electronic device, and generating each group based on the filtering result, and

wherein the displaying of each categorized message comprises displaying a message of a selected group among groups in a notification window.

11. An electronic device capable of operating a messenger application, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors,

wherein the one or more processors are configured to;

receive a first message sent at a first timing from a peer electronic device;

separate a first image data from a first text data in the first message based on determining that the first message includes the first image data;

display the first text data in the first message in a first line on a screen of the messenger application and the first image data in a second line on the screen of the messenger application;

receive a second message sent at a second timing separately from the first message sent at the first timing from the peer electronic device, wherein the second message is received consecutively from the first message;

separate a second image data from a second text data in the second message based on determining that the second message includes the second image data;

display the second text data in the second message in the first line; and

display the second image data in the second message in the second line in a side of the first image data if the first image data and the second image data are displayable in a same line.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein at least one of the first and second image data is a thumbnail image acquired from the first or second message, respectively.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the thumbnail image represents one of still image message, moving image message, audio message, and an emoticon.

14. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the first image data and the second image data are displayed in a message container area, and wherein the message container area comprises a scroller to scroll a plurality of image data.

15. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

move the first image data to an empty space in the second line; and

display the second image data in an area where the first image data is previously located.

16. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

display the second image data at an end of the screen; and

move and display the first image data on a left or right side of the second image data.

17. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

classify messages into a plurality of categories; and

display each categorized message in each notification window,

wherein the classifying of the messages comprising filtering a message sent by the electronic device and a message sent by the peer electronic device, and generating each group based on the filtering result, and

wherein the displaying of each categorized message comprising displaying a message of a selected group among groups in a notification window.

18. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the first image data and the second image data are displayed in a same size.

19. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

when the first line is filled with a plurality of text data, a next text data is displayed in a next row of the second line.

20. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein one or more notification windows including a message are displayed by selecting an indication displayed on the notification window.