METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MESSAGE MANAGEMENT IN PORTABLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
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1. A method for storing a message in a portable communication system, the method comprising:
- checking an available capacity of a message box; and
creating and storing a unified message that is a unification of a plurality of messages stored in the message box into a single message, when the available capacity is less than a critical value.
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Abstract
Provided is a method and apparatus for altering a stored message into a single unified message and controlling a capacity of a message box in a portable communication system. The method includes checking an available capacity of a message box; and when the available capacity is less than a critical value, creating and storing a unified message, which is a unification of a plurality of messages stored in the message box, into a single message.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for storing a message in a portable communication system, the method comprising:
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checking an available capacity of a message box; and creating and storing a unified message that is a unification of a plurality of messages stored in the message box into a single message, when the available capacity is less than a critical value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for checking a message in a portable communication system, the method comprising:
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when detecting a request for checking a unified message that is a unification of a plurality of messages into a single message, displaying a list of unified messages and receiving a user'"'"'s selection of the unified message requested by the user; and extracting the plurality of messages from the selected unified message and displaying the extracted messages. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus for managing a message in a portable communication system, the apparatus comprising:
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a memory for storing incoming messages and outgoing messages; a message management unit for checking an amount of a plurality of messages stored in the memory and when checking that the amount of the plurality of messages is greater than a critical value, creating a unified message that is a unification of the plurality of messages stored in the memory into a single message; and a controller for controlling the message management unit to store the unified message. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus for storing a message in a portable communication system, the method comprising:
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means for checking an available capacity of a message box; and means for creating and storing a unified message that is a unification of a plurality of messages stored in the message box into a single message, when the available capacity is less than a critical value.
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20. An apparatus for checking a message in a portable communication system, the method comprising:
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means for displaying a list of unified messages and receiving a user'"'"'s selection of a unified message requested by a user; and means for extracting a plurality of messages from the selected unified message and displaying the extracted messages.
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21. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program storing a message in a portable communication system, the method comprising:
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a first segment, for checking an available capacity of a message box; and a second segment, for creating and storing a unified message that is a unification of a plurality of messages stored in the message box as a single message, when the available capacity is less than a critical value.
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22. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program checking a message in a portable communication system, the method comprising:
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a first segment, for displaying a list of unified messages and receiving a user'"'"'s selection of a unified message requested by the user; and a second segment, for extracting the plurality of messages from the selected unified message and displaying the extracted messages.
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