METHOD FOR DISPLAYING BACKGROUND PICTURE OF SMS MESSAGE IN TERMINAL INCLUDING SMS FUNCTION AND TERMINAL THEREOF

• US 20080045252A1
• Filed: 08/21/2007
• Published: 02/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: YUN, Hyun-Sup, HAN, Jong-Hoon
• Application Number:
  US11/842,782
• Publication Number:
  US 20080045252A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/576 associated with a pictorial or graphical representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

Disclosed are a method for displaying a background picture of a Short Message Service (SMS) message and a terminal thereof. The method includes extracting a telephone number of a sender of the SMS message from the received SMS message and checking whether the extracted telephone number of the sender is listed in the telephone directory when the received SMS message is requested to be output; checking whether a unique background picture has been set to correspond to the extracted telephone number of the sender if the extracted telephone number of the sender is listed in the telephone directory; and displaying the contents of the received SMS messages in the set background picture if a unique background picture has been set to correspond to the extracted telephone number of the sender.

Claims

1. A terminal for displaying a background picture of SMS messages, the terminal comprising:

a key input unit for outputting a key input data corresponding to an input key;

a memory unit for storing at least one telephone number and at least one background picture, and storing the background picture corresponding to the telephone number;

a display unit for displaying input data; and

a controller for extracting a telephone number of a sender of the SMS message from the SMS message when SMS message is requested to be output, and displaying the contents of the SMS messages in unique background picture corresponding to telephone number of the sender if the background picture corresponding to the extracted telephone number of the sender is stored in the memory unit.

2. The terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller displays the contents of the SMS messages in a previously stored basic background picture if the background picture corresponding to the extracted telephone number of the sender from the output requested message is not stored in the memory unit according to a request for outputting the message.

3. The terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller stores a selected or input telephone number in a selected background picture in the memory unit if a telephone number is selected or input among telephone numbers stored in the memory unit, and a background picture is selected among background pictures in order to set a background picture based on an individual.

4. The terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller stores a plurality of the selected or input telephone number in a selected background picture in the memory unit if a plurality of telephone number are selected or input among telephone numbers stored in the memory unit, and are selected among background pictures in order to set a background picture based on a group.

5. A method for displaying a message background picture with a message in a case when outputting a received message or a stored message in the terminal including an SMS function, the method comprising the steps of:

extracting a telephone number of a sender of the SMS message from the output requested SMS message when the received message or stored message is requested to be output;

checking whether a unique background picture has been set to correspond to the extracted telephone number of the sender; and

displaying the contents of the output requested messages in the set background picture if a unique background picture has been set to correspond to the extracted telephone number of the sender.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising a step of displaying the contents of the SMS messages in a previously stored basic background picture if the background picture corresponding to the extracted telephone number of the sender from the output requested message is not stored in the memory unit according to a request for outputting the message

7. The method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising a step of displaying stores the selected or input telephone number in the selected background picture in the memory unit if a telephone number is selected or input among telephone numbers stored in the memory unit, and a background picture is selected among background pictures in order to set a background picture based on an individual.

8. The method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising a step of displaying stores a plurality of the selected or input telephone number in the selected background picture in the memory unit if a plurality of telephone number is selected or input among telephone numbers stored in the memory unit, and a background picture is selected among background pictures in order to set a background picture based on a group.