Method for transmitting and receiving messages and mobile terminal employing the same

• US 20070135145A1
• Filed: 10/11/2006
• Published: 06/14/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Jong-Kerl, Lee, Sun-Kyoung
• Application Number:
  US11/545,570
• Publication Number:
  US 20070135145A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/58 including a multilanguage function
• 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

Abstract

A method and a terminal for transmitting a message are provided, where whether language information for a receiver has been established is checked when receiver information is input, the established language is displayed on a message input window when it is determined as a result of the check that the language information has been established, a message is created using the established language according to key information input from a key input unit and transmitted. Although a receiver uses a different language from that used by the transmitter, the mobile terminal can create and transmit a message based on the language used by the receiver by means of language information stored in the mobile terminal, so that the receiver may easily confirm a received message.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting a message in a mobile terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

checking whether language information for a receiver has been established when receiver information is input;

displaying an established language on a message input window when the language information has been established;

selectively creating a message using the established language; and

transmitting the created message.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the checking step comprises the steps of:

checking whether information stored in a storage comprises information corresponding to the receiver information; and

checking whether language information has been established in the stored information when the stored information comprises the information corresponding to the receiver information.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in the displaying step, a default language is displayed on the message input window when the language information has not been established.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in the displaying step, default language is displayed on the message input window when different languages have been established for at least two types of the receiver information.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in the displaying step, a selected language is displayed on the message input window when different languages have been established for at least two types of the receiver information.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4, further comprising:

the step of translating a message created using a language displayed on the message input window into a language established for at least one piece of receiver information; and

transmitting the created message.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in the message creating step, when the information input comprises voice input, the voice input is converted into a text message based on the language displayed on the message input window and the text message is displayed.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in the message creating step, when a change to a different language is requested in a state in which the message has been created and displayed using the established language, the message is converted into another message based on the requested language and the converted message is displayed.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the message comprises at least one of a short message, a multimedia message, and an email.

17. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the input information comprises information input from a key input unit.

18. The method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising:

the step of translating a message created using a language displayed on the message input window into a language established for at least one piece of receiver information; and

transmitting the created message.

10. A method for transmitting/receiving a message in a mobile terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

checking a language used for creating a received message and establishing the language;

displaying the established language on a message input window when a reply is requested;

creating a transmission message using the established language according to input information; and

transmitting the created transmission message.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the establishing of the language comprises the steps of:

checking whether storage information comprises transmitter information of a transmitter of the received message; and

establishing a language from the input information when the transmitter information has not been stored, and checking whether the storage information comprises the language information when the transmitter information has been stored.

12. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein, in the step of displaying the established language, a selected language is displayed on the message input window when different languages have been established for at least two types of receiver information input from the key input unit.

13. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising the steps of:

checking whether the storage information comprises additional receiver information if an additional receiver is added to the reply; and

updating the additional receiver information using language information from the storage information when the storage information comprises the additional receiver information.

14. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein, when the received message comprises a voice, the voice is converted into a text message based on the language displayed on the message input window and the text message is displayed.

15. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein, in the transmission message creating step, when a change to a different language is requested in a state in which a message has been created and displayed using the established language, the message is converted into a message based on the requested language and the converted message is displayed.

16. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the message comprises at least one of a short message, a multimedia message, and an email.

19. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the input information comprises information input from a key input unit.

20. A mobile terminal comprising:

a receiver;

a transmitter;

a controller;

a display; and

an input unit;

wherein, when a message is transmitted by the transmitter, the controller controls checking whether language information of the receiver has been established when receiver information is input;

an established language is displayed on a message input window of the display when the language information has been established;

a message is selectively created using the established language via the input unit; and

the controller controls the transmitter to transmit the created message.