APPARATUS HAVING VOICE PACKET NETWORK CALL FUNCTION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20080263475A1
• Filed: 12/07/2007
• Published: 10/23/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hwang, Soon-hoon
• Application Number:
  US11/952,282
• Publication Number:
  US 20080263475A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/804
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/62 user interface aspects of conference calls

Abstract

An apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus includes a communication unit which communicates with an external communication apparatus; a user interface (UI) processor which processes an execution window and an item window having at least one item to be displayed; and a controller which controls the UI processor to transfer an item among the at least one item, which is selected in accordance with control information, to the execution window, which executes the transferred item, and controls the communication unit to perform communication corresponding to the selected item. The method includes generating an execution window and an item window that includes at least one item; transferring an item, which is selected from among the at least one item, in accordance with control information to the execution window, which executes the transferred item; and performing communication corresponding to the transferred item.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a communication unit which communicates with an external communication apparatus;

a user interface (UI) processor which processes an execution window and an item window having at least one item to be displayed; and

a controller which controls the UI processor to transfer an item among the at least one item, which is selected in accordance with control information, to the execution window, which executes the transferred item, and controls the communication unit to perform communication corresponding to the selected item.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one item comprises a communication remote party to communicate with the external communication apparatus and a communication method used for communication with the communication remote party.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the communication method comprises at least one of an audio call, an audio and video call, a conference call, and an instant message.

4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein, if a communication remote party is selected and transferred to the execution window, the controller controls the UI processor to generate a sub-window in the execution window, the sub-window corresponding to the communication remote party that is selected and transferred to the execution window.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the controller controls the UI processor to generate an instruction display to connect a plurality of sub-windows generated in the execution window according to the control information, and controls the communication unit to perform communication by using a communication method corresponding to a combination of the sub-windows that are connected by the instruction display.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a storage unit which stores communication information corresponding to the executed item.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the communication information comprises at least one of the communication method, the communication remote party, and a communication time.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control information comprises selection information to select the item and direction information to transfer the item.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control information comprises a drag and drop function.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the UI processor further processes an execution or stop display to execute or stop the item in the execution window, and the controller controls the communication unit to execute or stop communication with the external communication apparatus if the execution or stop display is selected.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a display unit which displays the item window and the execution window.

12. A method comprising:

generating an execution window and an item window that includes at least one item;

transferring an item, which is selected from among the at least one item, in accordance with control information to the execution window, which executes the transferred item; and

performing communication corresponding to the transferred item.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the item comprises a communication remote party to communicate with an external communication apparatus and a communication method to communicate with the communication remote party.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the communication method comprises at least one of an audio call, an audio and video call, a conference call, an instant message, a forward call, and a transfer call.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising if a communication remote party is transferred to the execution window, generating a sub-window corresponding to the communication remote party in the execution window.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the performing communication corresponding to the transferred item comprises:

generating an instruction display to connect a plurality of sub-windows generated in the execution window according to the control information; and

performing communication by using a communication method corresponding to a combination of the sub-windows that are connected by the instruction display.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising storing communication information corresponding to the executed item.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the communication information comprises at least one of the communication method, the communication remote party, and a communication time.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the control information comprises selection information to select the item and direction information to transfer the item.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein the control information comprises a drag and drop function.

21. The method of claim 12, wherein the performing communication corresponding to the transferred item comprises:

generating an execution or stop display to execute or stop the item in the execution window; and

if the execution or stop display is selected, executing or stopping communication between the item and the external communication apparatus.