Method for creating short message and portable terminal using the same

• US 10,430,045 B2
• Filed: 08/21/2014
• Issued: 10/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Baek, Hyun Jung
• Primary Examiner(s): Shen, Qun
• Application Number:
  US14/464,902
• Publication Number:
  US 20140365915A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,867 Days
• Field of Search: 455466, 4554142, 4551542
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/70 methods for entering alphabetical characters, e.g. multi-tap or dictionary disambiguation methods for entering alphabetical characters per se G06F3/0237
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A method for automatically creating a short message and a portable terminal using the same includes extracting at least one word expected to be input from a database provided in the portable terminal when a message creation menu is selected. At least one input expected word that has been extracted is then displayed. At least one word that is recognized is selected from among the displayed at least one input expected word; and inputting the selected word to a text message creation window. A user can create a short message without having to input words one-by-one through a keyboard.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

storing information including a plurality of phone numbers in a memory;

in response to a request for creating a reply message to a received message that includes one or more words received by a transceiver;

controlling a touch display screen to display an input field, a suggestion pane, and a keypad separately in different display areas of the touch display screen, and

controlling the touch display screen to display in the suggestions pane at least two words related to the received message and at least one pre-stored word before any character is input into the input field using the keypad,

wherein the at least two words related to the received message and the at least one pre-stored word are selectable to generate the reply message, and the at least two words related to the received message includes a first word that is identical with a particular word from among the one or more words of the received message, and a second word that is a synonym of the particular word from among the one or more words of the received message and different from every word in the received message, and

in response to a request for creating a message to be transmitted by the transceiver;

controlling the touch display screen to display the input field, the suggestions pane, and the keypad separately in different display areas of the touch display screen,

based on one or more words being input to the input field, obtaining a phone number and a word other than the phone number from the information stored in the memory, and

controlling the touch display screen to display the obtained phone number together with the obtained word in the suggestions pane while displaying the one or more words in the input field.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtained phone number and the obtained word are associated with the one or more words in the input field.

3. The method of claim 1, the displaying the obtained phone number together with the obtained word further comprising:

based on the obtaining the phone number and the word, displaying the obtained phone number together with the obtained word in the suggestions pane while displaying the one or more words in the input field.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a display order based on priorities of words to be displayed in the suggestions pane.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first word precedes the pre-stored word in the suggestions pane according to the determined display order.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the second word precedes the pre-stored word in the suggestions pane according to the determined display order.

13. The method of claim 1, the displaying in the suggestions pane at least two words related to the received message and at least one pre-stored word further comprising:

displaying in the suggestions pane the at least two words related to the received message and the at least one pre-stored word in an order based on priorities of the at least two words related to the received message and the at least one pre-stored word.

14. The method of claim 1, the displaying in the suggestions pane at least two words related to the received message and at least one pre-stored word further comprising:

displaying the at least one pre-stored word next to the at least two words related to the received message.

4. A portable terminal comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory configured to store information including a plurality of phone numbers;

a touch display screen; and

a processor configured to;

in response to a request for creating a reply message to a received message that includes one or more words received by the transceiver;

control the touch display screen to display an input field, a suggestions pane, and a keypad separately in different display areas of the touch display screen, and

control the touch display screen to display in the suggestions pane at least two words related to the received message and at least one pre-stored word before any character is input into the input field using the keypad,

wherein the at least two words related to the received message and the at least one pre-stored word are selectable to generate the reply message, and the at least two words related to the received message include a first word that is identical with a particular word from among the one or more words of the received message, and a second word that is a synonym of the particular word from among the one or more words of the received message and different from every word in the received message, and

in response to a request for creating a message to be transmitted by the transceiver;

control the touch display screen to display the input field, the suggestions pane, and the keypad separately in different display areas of the touch display screen,

based on one or more words being input to the input field, obtain a phone number and a word other than the phone number from the information stored in the memory, and

control the touch display screen to display the obtained phone number together with the obtained word in the suggestions pane while displaying the one or more words in the input field.

5. The portable terminal of claim 4, wherein the obtained phone number and the obtained word are associated with the one or more words in the input field.

6. The portable terminal of claim 4, wherein the processor is configured to display the obtained phone number together with the obtained word in the suggestions pane while displaying the one or more words in the input field, based on obtaining the phone number and the word.

15. The portable terminal of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to determine a display order based on priorities of words to be displayed in the suggestions pane.

16. The portable terminal of claim 15, wherein the first word precedes the pre-stored word in the suggestions pane according to the determined display order.

17. The portable terminal of claim 15, wherein the second word precedes the pre-stored word in the suggestions pane according to the determined display order.

18. The portable terminal of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to control the touch display screen to display in the suggestions pane the at least two words related to the received message and the at least one pre-stored word in an order based on priorities of the at least two words related to the received message and the at least one pre-stored word.

19. The portable terminal of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to control the touch display screen to display the at least one pre-stored word next to the at least two words related to the received message.

7. A non-transitory machine-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

storing information including a plurality of phone numbers;

in response to a request for creating a reply message to a received message that includes one or more words received by a transceiver;

controlling a touch display screen to display an input field, a suggestions pane, and a keypad separately in different display areas of the touch display screen, and

controlling the touch display screen to display in the suggestions pane at least two words related to the received message and at least one pre-stored word before any character is input into the input field using the keypad,

the at least two words related to the received message and the at least one pre-stored word are selectable to generate the reply message, and the at least two words related to the received message includes a first word that is identical with a particular word from among the one or more words of the received message, and a second word that is a synonym of the particular word from among the one or more words of the received message and different from every word in the received message, and

in response to a request for creating a message to be transmitted by the transceiver;

controlling the touch display screen to display the input field, the suggestions pane, and the keypad separately in different display areas of the touch display screen,

based on one or more words being input to the input field, obtaining a phone number and a word other than the phone number from the information stored in a memory, and

controlling the touch display screen to display the obtained phone number together with the obtained word in the suggestions pane while displaying the one or more words in the input field.

8. The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 7, wherein the obtained phone number and the obtained word are associated with the one or more words in the input field.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 7, the displaying the obtained phone number together with the obtained word further comprising:

based on the obtaining the phone number and the word, displaying the obtained phone number together with the obtained word in the suggestions pane while displaying the one or more words in the input field.