METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GRAPHICALLY DELIMITING TEXT MESSAGE CONTENT FOR A MOBILE RADIO TERMINAL

• US 20070260975A1
• Filed: 07/05/2006
• Published: 11/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Nordenhake, Magnus
• Granted Patent: US 8,516,398 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/246
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

A method for displaying written text during the preparation of a text message to be transmitted by a mobile radio terminal. Written text entered by a user is displayed. A graphical text message break is displayed between characters of the written text associated with a first text message payload and characters of the written text associated with a second text message payload, the first and second text messages used to transmit the written text as a multipart text message.

Claims

1. A method of displaying written text during the preparation of a text message to be transmitted by a mobile radio terminal, comprising:

displaying written text entered by a user; and

displaying a graphical text message break between characters of the written text associated with a first text message payload and characters of the written text associated with a second text message payload, the first and second text messages used to transmit the written text as a multipart text message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphical text message break is a borderline extending across a display of the mobile radio terminal.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising scrolling the graphical text message break relative to the written text as an end of the first text message approaches.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising controlling a space between the graphical text message break and characters associated with the payload of the first text message such that there is a proportional correspondence between a number of characters remaining in the payload of the first text message and an end of the first text message as represented by the graphical text message break.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein characters displayed after the graphical text message break are shown in relative proportion to the graphical text message break to provide a visual indication as to how much text is present in the second text message.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a text message count, the text message count indicating the number of text messages that will be used by the mobile radio terminal to transmit the written text in text message format.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a number of available characters before a capacity of a last one of the text messages is reached.

8. A mobile radio terminal, comprising:

a display;

a radio circuit for communicating with a communications network; and

a controller that executes logic to display written text during the preparation of a text message to be transmitted by a mobile radio terminal, the logic including logic to;

display written text entered by a user on the display; and

display a graphical text message break between characters of the written text associated with a first text message payload and characters of the written text associated with a second text message payload, the first and second text messages used to transmit the written text as a multipart text message.

9. The mobile radio terminal of claim 8, wherein the graphical text message break is a borderline extending across a display of the mobile radio terminal.

10. The mobile radio terminal of claim 8, wherein the logic scrolls the graphical text message break relative to the written text as an end of the first text message approaches.

11. The mobile radio terminal of claim 8, wherein the logic controls a space between the graphical text message break and characters associated with the payload of the first text message such that there is a proportional correspondence between a number of characters remaining in the payload of the first text message and an end of the first text message as represented by the graphical text message break.

12. The mobile radio terminal of claim 8, wherein characters displayed after the graphical text message break are shown in relative proportion to the graphical text message break to provide a visual indication as to how much text is present in the second text message.

13. The mobile radio terminal of claim 8, wherein the logic includes logic to display a text message count, the text message count indicating the number of text messages that will be used by the mobile radio terminal to transmit the written text in text message format.

14. The mobile radio terminal of claim 8, wherein the logic includes logic to display a number of available characters before a capacity of a last one of the text messages is reached.