Mobile communication terminal and method of the same for outputting short message

• US 20070054679A1
• Filed: 09/06/2006
• Published: 03/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Rhee, Young-ho, Woo, Joo-kyung, Kang, Hyun-joo, Jin, Young-kyu, Cho, Soo-ho
• Granted Patent: US 8,463,303 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/576 associated with a pictorial or graphical representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal and a method for outputting a short message thereof are provided. The mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a short message interpretation unit which extracts a phone number of a sender from a header of a short message, a short message processing unit which obtains an image mapped to the extracted phone number and generates a screen on which the image is combined with the text of the short message, a mapping unit which maps the image to the phone number of the sender, a storage unit which stores the phone number of the sender and the image and an output unit which outputs the screen.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a short message interpretation unit which extracts a phone number of a sender of a short message from a header of the short message;

a short message processing unit which obtains an image which is mapped to the phone number and generate a screen on which the image is combined with text of the short message;

a mapping unit which maps the phone number and the image of the sender;

a storage unit which stores the phone number and the image of the sender; and

an output unit which outputs the screen to be displayed.

2. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, further comprising a receipt unit which receives the short message.

3. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, further comprising an input unit which receives the short message.

4. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the image is a picture of the sender.

5. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the short message processing unit analyzes a position and a direction of a face in the image and arrays the text in a position so as not to cover the face.

6. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the screen includes a word balloon in which the text is displayed.

7. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein a position of the text is as a specific area of the image.

8. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the short message processing unit sets at least two short messages as a group.

9. The mobile communication terminal of claim 8, wherein the output unit outputs a combined screen corresponding to at least two short messages set as the group.

10. The mobile communication terminal of claim 8, wherein the output unit connects a combined screen corresponding to at least two short messages set as the group and outputs the combined screen.

11. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the short message processing unit sets a first short message and a second short message as a group if a sender of the first short message is the same as a sender of the second short message, and a time difference between a time that the first short message is received and a time that the second short message is received is less than a predetermined time.

12. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the short message processing unit sets a first short message and a second short message as a group if the second short message is a response message corresponding to the first short message.

13. The mobile communication terminal of claim 11, wherein the output unit continuously outputs a screen corresponding to the first short message and a screen corresponding to the second short message, each of which is set as the group.

14. The mobile communication terminal of claim 12, wherein the output unit continuously outputs a screen corresponding to the first short message and a screen corresponding to the second short message, each of which is set as the group.

15. The mobile communication terminal of claim 11, wherein the output unit connects the screen corresponding to the first short message and the screen corresponding to the second short message, each of which is set as the group, and simultaneously outputs the screens.

16. The mobile communication terminal of claim 12, wherein the output unit connects the screen corresponding to the first short message and the screen corresponding to the second short message, each of which is set as the group, and simultaneously outputs the screens.

17. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the screen includes a thumbnail image corresponding to the phone number of the sender and an excerpt of the short message.

18. A method for outputting a short message of a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

mapping a phone number of a sender of a short message and an image of the sender;

extracting the phone number of the sender from a header of the short message;

obtaining the image which is mapped to the phone number which is extracted;

generating a screen on which the image is combined with text of the short message; and

outputting the screen to be displayed.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the image is a picture of the sender.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the generating the screen comprises analyzing a position and a direction of a face in the image and arraying the text in a position so as not to cover the face.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein the generating the screen comprises generating a screen which includes of the image and a word balloon in which the text is displayed.

22. The method of claim 18, wherein a position of the text is a specific area of the image.

23. The method of claim 18, wherein the generating the screen comprises generating the screen by combining a thumbnail image with an excerpt of the short message.

24. A method for outputting a short message of a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

mapping a first image to a phone number of a first sender of a first short message, and a second image to a phone number of a second sender of a second short message;

extracting the phone number of the first sender from a header of the first short message;

obtaining the first image that is mapped to the phone number of the first sender;

generating a first screen on which the first image is combined with text of the first short message;

extracting the phone number of the second sender from a header of the second short message;

obtaining the second image that is mapped to the phone number of the second sender;

generating a second screen on which the second image is combined with text of the second short message; and

outputting the first and second screens continuously to be displayed.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the outputting the first and second screens comprises connecting the first and second screens and simultaneously outputting the screens.

26. The method of claim 24, wherein the first sender is the same as the second sender, and a time difference between reception of the first short message and reception of the second short message is less than a predetermined time.

27. The method of claim 24, wherein the second short message is a response message corresponding to the first short message.

28. The method of claim 24, wherein the first image is a picture of the first sender.

29. The method of claim 24, wherein the generating the first screen comprises analyzing a position and a direction of a face in the first image and arraying the text of the first short message in a position so as not to cover the face.

30. The method of claim 24, wherein a position of the text of the first short message is as a specific area of the first image.

31. The method of claim 24, wherein the first screen includes the first image and a word balloon in which the text of the first short message is displayed.

32. A recording media configured to record a computer readable program for performing a method for outputting a short message of a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

mapping a phone number of a sender of a short message and an image of the sender;

extracting the phone number of the sender from a header of the short message;

obtaining the image which is mapped to the phone number which is extracted;

generating a screen on which the image is combined with text of the short message; and

outputting the screen to be displayed.

33. A recording media configured to record a computer readable program for performing a method for outputting a short message of a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising;

mapping a first image to a phone number of a first sender of a first short message, and a second image to a phone number of a second sender of a second short message;

extracting the phone number of the first sender from a header of the first short message;

obtaining the first image that is mapped to the phone number of the first sender;

generating a first screen on which the first image is combined with text of the first short message;

extracting the phone number of the second sender from a header of the second short message;

obtaining the second image that is mapped to the phone number of the second sender;

generating a second screen on which the second image is combined with text of the second short message; and

outputting the first and second screens continuously to be displayed.