APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MESSAGE TRANSMISSION

• US 20080177849A1
• Filed: 01/22/2008
• Published: 07/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Sung-Yeon, Kim, Jae-Wook, KIM, Ji-Young
• Application Number:
  US12/017,781
• Publication Number:
  US 20080177849A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

Provided is an apparatus and method for message transmission. The method includes receiving a selection of an acquirement object and information that includes the acquirement object, and when the acquirement object is a recipient, extracting a recipient list from the information, inputting the recipient list to a “Recipient” item of a message to be transmitted, and filling a remaining item of the message and transmitting the message.

Claims

1. A method for message transmission, comprising:

receiving a selection of an acquirement object and information that includes the acquirement object;

when the acquirement object is a recipient, extracting a recipient list from the information;

inputting the recipient list to a “

Recipient”

item of a message to be transmitted; and

filling a remaining item of the message and transmitting the message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein when the acquirement object is a message content, the method further comprises:

extracting a message content from the information;

inputting the message content to a “

Content”

item of a message to be transmitted; and

filling a remaining item of the message and transmitting the message.

3. An apparatus for message transmission, comprising:

a controller for receiving a selection of an acquirement object and information that includes the acquirement object, and when the acquirement object is a recipient, extracting a recipient list from the information, inputting the recipient list to a “

Recipient”

item of a message to be transmitted, filling a remaining item of the message, and transmitting the message.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein when the acquirement object is a message content, the controller extracts the message content from the information, inputs the message content to a “

Content”

item of a message to be transmitted, fills a remaining item of the message, and transmits the message.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the controller extracts one of a message content and a recipient list from the information depending on a user'"'"'s selection.

6. An apparatus for message transmission, comprising;

means for receiving a selection of an acquirement object and information that includes the acquirement object;

means for extracting a recipient list from the information, when the acquirement object is a recipient;

means for inputting the recipient list to a “

Recipient”

item of a message to be transmitted; and

means for filling a remaining item of the message and transmitting the message.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein when the acquirement object is a message content, the apparatus further comprises:

means for extracting the message content from the information;

means for inputting the message content to a “

Content”

item of a message to be transmitted; and

means for filling a remaining item of the message and transmitting the message.

8. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for message transmission, comprising;

a first code segment for receiving a selection of an acquirement object and information that includes the acquirement object;

a second code segment for extracting a recipient list from the information, when the acquirement object is a recipient;

a third code segment for inputting the recipient list to a “

Recipient”

item of a message to be transmitted; and

a fourth code segment for filling a remaining item of the message and transmitting the message.

9. The computer-readable recording medium of claim 8, wherein when the acquirement object is a message content, the computer-readable recording medium further comprises:

a fifth code segment for extracting a message content from the information;

a sixth code segment for inputting the message content to a “

Content”

item of a message to be transmitted; and

a seventh code segment for filling a remaining item of the message and transmitting the message.