METHOD OF PROCESSING MESSAGE IN MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20080182601A1
• Filed: 11/29/2007
• Published: 07/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CHO, Mi Hye
• Application Number:
  US11/947,456
• Publication Number:
  US 20080182601A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/06 Message adaptation to terminal or network requirements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

A method of processing a message in a mobile terminal is provided, as well as a method of displaying a message. The method includes displaying a list of stored messages, selecting a plurality of individual messages from the displayed message list, combining the plurality of selected messages into a combined message, and sending the combined message. The method of displaying a message includes receiving a message, determining whether the received message is a combined message including a plurality of individual messages, determining whether a message division display mode is set in the mobile terminal, and displaying the individual messages in divided format if the message division display mode is set in the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A method of sending a message in a mobile terminal, comprising:

displaying a list of stored messages;

selecting a plurality of individual messages from the displayed message list;

combining the plurality of selected messages into a combined message; and

sending the combined message.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising editing the combined message after combining the plurality of selected messages into the combined message.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the stored messages comprise a short message, a multimedia message, or an email.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the combined message comprises flags indicating the start and the end of the selected messages in the combined message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the combined message comprises an identifier indicating that it is a combined message.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising inputting receiver information before sending the combined message.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the receiver information comprises a phone number and an email address.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected messages are displayed differently from unselected messages.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the combined message comprises:

determining whether a data volume of the combined message exceeds a critical limit value;

dividing the combined message into a plurality of unit messages if the data volume of the combined message exceeds the critical limit value; and

sending the unit messages including division information.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the the combined message comprises a combined message identifier indicating that it a combined message, flags indicating the start and the end of the combined message, and flags indicating the start and the end of an individual message contained in the combined message.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the division information comprises a group identifier indicating that the unit message is divided from the combined message and an arrangement order identifier indicating an order of the unit message in the combined message.

12. A method of displaying a message in a mobile terminal, comprising:

receiving a message;

determining whether the received message is a combined message including a plurality of individual messages;

determining whether a message division display mode is set in the mobile terminal if the received message is the combined message; and

displaying the individual messages in divided format if the message division display mode is set in the mobile terminal.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

determining whether the received message is a unit message of a combined message before determining whether the message division display mode is set in the mobile terminal; and

combining the unit message with unit messages of the corresponding combined message if the message is a unit message of a combined message.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein combining the unit message comprises:

checking division information contained in each unit message of the corresponding combined message; and

combining the unit messages in order according to the division information.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the division information comprises a group identifier indicating that the unit message is divided from the combined message and an arrangement order identifier indicating an order of the unit message.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein displaying the individual messages in divided format comprises:

checking flags indicating the start and the end of the individual messages contained in the data structure of the message; and

displaying the individual messages included in the combined message according to the determined flags.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

displaying the individual messages in an integrated format if the message division display mode is not set in the mobile terminal.