Apparatus and method for deleting/retransmitting media data in a mobile communication terminal

• US 20060106779A1
• Filed: 05/13/2005
• Published: 05/18/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Keun-Hee
• Application Number:
  US11/128,240
• Publication Number:
  US 20060106779A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor

Abstract

Disclosed is an apparatus and method for deleting/retransmitting media data stored in a mobile communication terminal. The apparatus and method comprise: entering a media data deletion/retransmission mode; displaying media data folders according to types of media data for receiving a user selection; receiving a search condition for searching for specific media data in the selected media data folder; extracting and displaying media data relating to the received search condition; and deleting/retransmitting the extracted media data.

Claims

1. A method for deleting/retransmitting media data stored in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

entering a media data deletion/retransmission mode;

displaying media data folders according to types of media data for receiving a user selection;

receiving a search condition for searching for specific media data in the selected media data folder;

extracting and displaying media data relating to the received search condition; and

deleting/retransmitting the extracted media data.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the media data comprises any one of a text message, a user name, a telephone number, a still picture and a moving picture.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of deleting/retransmitting the extracted media data is performed to selectively delete/retransmit a portion of the extracted media data.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the search is performed using a combination of search conditions.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein all or portions of a folder are deleted.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein all or portions of a folder are retransmitted.

7. A method for deleting/retransmitting media data stored in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a search condition directly in a specific media data folder display window;

extracting and displaying media data relating to the received search condition; and

deleting/retransmitting the extracted media data.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the media data comprises any one of a text message, a user name, a telephone number, a still picture and a moving picture.

9. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step of deleting/retransmitting the extracted media data is performed to selectively delete/retransmit a portion of the extracted media data.

10. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the search is performed using a combination of search conditions.

11. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein all or portions of a folder are deleted.

12. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein all or portions of a folder are retransmitted.

13. A method for deleting/retransmitting media data stored in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

selecting specific media data items from among media data items displayed in a specific media data folder display window;

extracting and displaying media data relating to a title of the selected media data item; and

deleting/retransmitting the extracted media data.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the media data comprises any one of a text message, a user name, a telephone number, a still picture and a moving picture.

15. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the step of deleting/retransmitting the extracted media data is performed to selectively delete/retransmit a portion of the extracted media data.

16. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the search is performed using a combination of search conditions.

17. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein all or portions of a folder are deleted/retransmitted.

18. An apparatus for deleting/retransmitting media data stored in a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

a key input unit for entering a media data deletion/retransmission mode;

a display for displaying media data folders according to types of media data for receiving a user selection; and

a controller for receiving a search condition for searching for specific media data in the selected media data folder, extracting and displaying media data relating to the received search condition and deleting/retransmitting the extracted media data.

19. The apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the media data comprises any one of a text message, a user name, a telephone number, a still picture and a moving picture.

20. The apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the controller selectively deletes/retransmits a portion of the extracted media data.