Method for displaying a message in a dual LCD folder-type mobile terminal

• US 20020094826A1
• Filed: 06/22/2001
• Published: 07/18/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Jae-Wook
• Granted Patent: US 7,107,077 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/457
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0214 Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position combined with translation movement H04M1/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0245 using open/close detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for displaying a message in a folder-type mobile terminal including a main body, a sub-body foldably mounted to the main body, said sub-body having a first display mounted on an outer side and a second display mounted on an inner side thereof Upon receipt of a message, while the sub-body is folded, the mobile terminal displays an indicator indicating receipt of the message on the first display. Upon receipt of a key input corresponding to a user'"'"'s external display request, the mobile terminal determines whether the first display is set to a double-line display mode. If the first display is set to the double-line display mode, the mobile terminal slidingly displays the received message on a first line of the first display and fixedly displays a message received time and a caller'"'"'s phone number on a second line of the first display. However, if the first display is not set to the double-line display mode, the mobile terminal then slidingly displays, in sequence, the received message, the message received time and the caller'"'"'s phone number on the first display.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a message in a folder-type mobile terminal including a main body, a sub-body foldably mounted to the main body, said sub-body having a first display mounted on an outer side and a second display mounted on an inner side thereof, the method comprising:

upon receipt of a message, while the sub-body is folded to the main body, displaying an indicator indicating receipt of the message on the first display; and

at a user'"'"'s external display request, slidingly displaying the received message on the first display.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user'"'"'s external display request is received by pressing a key mounted on an outside of the folder-type mobile terminal.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the received message is moved by shifting the received message by a predetermined number of bytes.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising displaying initial information selected from the group consisting of a RSSI bar, a battery icon, a date, a day and a current time on the first display at a user'"'"'s external display release request.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the user'"'"'s external display release request is received by pressing a key mounted on an outside of the folder-type mobile terminal.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising slidingly displaying a message received time and a caller'"'"'s phone number, following the received message, on the first display.

7. A method for displaying a message in a folder-type mobile terminal including a main body, a sub-body foldably mounted to the main body, said sub-body having a first display mounted on an outer side and a second display mounted on an inner side thereof, the method comprising:

upon receipt of a message, while the sub-body is folded, displaying an indicator indicating receipt of the message on the first display; and

upon receipt of a key input corresponding to a user'"'"'s external display request, slidingly displaying the received message on a first line of the first display and fixedly displaying a message received time and a caller'"'"'s phone number on a second line of the first display.

8. A method for displaying a message in a folder-type mobile terminal including a main body, a sub-body foldably mounted to the main body, said sub-body having a first display mounted on an outer side and a second display mounted on an inner side thereof, the method comprising:

upon receipt of a message, while the sub-body is folded, displaying an indicator indicating receipt of the message on the first display;

upon receipt of a key input corresponding to a user'"'"'s external display request, determining whether the first display is set to a double-line display mode;

if the first display is set to the double-line display mode, slidingly displaying the received message on a first line of the first display and fixedly displaying a message received time and a caller'"'"'s phone number on a second line of the first display; and

if the first display is not set to the double-line display mode, slidingly displaying the received message on the first display.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising slidingly displaying the message received time and the caller'"'"'s phone number, following the received message if the first display is not set to the double line display mode.