Auto-fill message fields in a communication terminal
First Claim
1. A communication terminal, comprising:
- a receiver for receiving a formatted message, said formatted message comprising a message identification code and a plurality of information fields;
an output device for presenting said formatted message to a user of said communication terminal;
an input device for responding to said formatted message;
a memory for storing said formatted message and for storing field-mapping information, said field-mapping information for indicating information to be copied from said formatted message to a response message;
a processor for creating said response message in response to an indication from said input device of a request to respond to said formatted message, said response message comprising at least one response message information field, wherein information from at least one of said plurality of information fields of said formatted message is copied into at least one of said response message information fields based on said field-mapping information; and
a transmitter for transmitting said information relating to said response message.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for automatically entering information into formatted messages. A communication terminal comprises a receiver for receiving a formatted message, the formatted message comprising a message identification code and a plurality of information fields. A memory contains field-mapping information corresponding to various message identification codes, the field-mapping information indicating which fields of a particular formatted message are to be copied into information fields of a response message to the formatted message. When a response to the formatted message is desired, a processor determines which formatted message to respond to and its corresponding message identification code. A response message is then created, comprising at least one information field, wherein information from one or more of the information fields from the formatted message is copied into the at least one information field of the response message based on the field-mapping information identified by the message identification code.
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1. A communication terminal, comprising:
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a receiver for receiving a formatted message, said formatted message comprising a message identification code and a plurality of information fields;
an output device for presenting said formatted message to a user of said communication terminal;
an input device for responding to said formatted message;
a memory for storing said formatted message and for storing field-mapping information, said field-mapping information for indicating information to be copied from said formatted message to a response message;
a processor for creating said response message in response to an indication from said input device of a request to respond to said formatted message, said response message comprising at least one response message information field, wherein information from at least one of said plurality of information fields of said formatted message is copied into at least one of said response message information fields based on said field-mapping information; and
a transmitter for transmitting said information relating to said response message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A signal-bearing medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform operations for automatically entering information into formatted messages in a communication terminal, said operations comprising:
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receiving a formatted message, said formatted message comprising a message identification code and a plurality of information fields;
presenting said formatted message to a user of said communication terminal;
receiving an indication to send a response message to said formatted message;
determining a message identification code of said formatted message to which said response message corresponds;
identifying which information fields, from said plurality of information fields, to be copied into said response message;
creating said response message using said identified information fields; and
transmitting said response message. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 15)
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12. A method for automatically entering information into formatted messages in a communication terminal, comprising:
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selecting a formatted message to respond to;
determining a message identification code of said formatted message;
identifying one or more information fields of said formatted message to be copied into a response message; and
creating said response message, said response message comprising one or more response message information fields, wherein at least one of said response message information fields is filled in with information from one or more of said information fields of said formatted message. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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