Mobile terminal and method for sending short text message on mobile terminal

• US 20080045249A1
• Filed: 03/02/2007
• Published: 02/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Nam, Ki Yong
• Application Number:
  US11/713,532
• Publication Number:
  US 20080045249A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

Provided are a mobile terminal and a method for sending a short message on the mobile terminal. The method for sending the short message includes setting original and correct character strings required in an address book, each correct character string corresponding to recipients; inputting one short message for the recipients containing an original character string; replacing the original character string in the short message with the correct character strings to generate corrected short messages, each corrected short message corresponding to the recipients; and sending corrected short messages to the corresponding recipients. The method allows a caller to send a corrected short message to each recipient by correcting one short message according to the recipient'"'"'s attributes. For group transmission to a plurality of recipients, the method enables a caller to write only one original short message that, before transmission, may be corrected to satisfy different attributes of the recipients.

Claims

1. A method for sending a short message on a mobile terminal to recipients, comprising:

setting one or more original and correct character strings in an address book, each string corresponding to the recipients;

inputting one short message for transmission containing original character strings;

replacing the original character strings in the short message with correct character strings, each correct character string corresponding to the recipients, to generate corrected short messages, each corrected message corresponding to the recipients; and

sending the corrected short messages to the corresponding recipients.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein in the step of setting original and correct character string for each recipient, the original and correct character. string is set according to attributes of the recipient.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein setting original and correct character string for each recipient comprises:

selecting address information of the recipient containing the recipient'"'"'s attributes from the address book;

setting the original and correct character string based on the recipient'"'"'s attributes contained in the selected recipient'"'"'s address information; and

adding the set original and correct character string to the selected recipient'"'"'s address information.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the attributes include at least one of the recipient'"'"'s age, job title, group, and relationship to a caller.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the correct character string includes an appellation and a predicate ending corresponding to the recipient.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the original and correct character string is set by selecting from correction character string data.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the original and correct character string is input directly by the caller.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the original character string includes an appellation and a predicate ending that are contained in the short message.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein replacing the original character string with the correct character string to generate a corrected short message comprises:

detecting the original character string from the short message; and

replacing the original character string with the correct character string to generate a corrected short message for each recipient.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein setting original and correct character string in an address book corresponding to each recipient comprises:

selecting an address book menu;

selecting address information of the recipient containing attributes of the recipient from the address book menu;

selecting items of the original character string to be set from the recipient'"'"'s address information and displaying correction character string data;

selecting original and correct character string from the correction character string data; and

adding the selected original and correct character string to the recipient'"'"'s address information.

11. A method for sending a short message on a mobile terminal, comprising:

selecting a short message transmission menu;

inputting a short message for a recipient;

inputting a short message transmission key;

determining whether there is a plurality of recipients;

determining, if there is a plurality of recipients, whether a character string subject to correction according to attributes of the recipients exists within the short message;

correcting, if the character string subject to correction exists, the short message for each recipient; and

sending the corrected short messages to the corresponding recipients.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising sending, if only one recipient exists, the short message to the recipient.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising sending, if the character string subject to correction does not exist, the short message to the recipients.

14. A method for sending a short message on a mobile terminal, comprising:

inputting one short message for recipients;

detecting an appellation and a predicate ending subject to correction according to attributes of each of the recipients from the short message;

correcting for each recipient the short message by replacing the detected appellation and predicate ending with a new appellation and predicative ending according to attributes of that recipient; and

sending corrected short messages to the corresponding recipients.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the recipient'"'"'s attributes include at least one of the recipient'"'"'s age, job title, group, and relationship to a caller.

16. A mobile terminal comprising:

a memory unit for storing an address book containing original and correct character strings set according to recipients'"'"' attributes;

a key input unit for inputting a short message for the recipients containing an original character string;

a correction character string detector for detecting the original character string from the short message;

a character string corrector for correcting the short message by replacing the original character strings in the short message with correct character strings, each correct character string corresponding to the recipients, to generate short messages, each corrected short message corresponding to the recipients; and

a wireless communication unit for receiving the corrected short messages from the character string corrector and sending the corrected short messages to the corresponding recipients.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 16, further comprising a correction character string setter for setting the original and correct character strings through a key input by the key input unit and adding the set original and correct character strings to the address book stored in the memory unit.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the address book includes at least one entry representing a recipient'"'"'s address information including at least one of the recipient'"'"'s name, phone number, attributes, and corrected character strings.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the attributes include at least one of the recipient'"'"'s age, job title, group, and relationship to a caller.