APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING SERVICE IN PORTABLE TERMINAL

• US 20080299998A1
• Filed: 02/07/2008
• Published: 12/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Pil Sik
• Application Number:
  US12/027,310
• Publication Number:
  US 20080299998A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/14 Charging , metering or billing arrangements for data wireline or wireless communications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1403 Architecture for metering, charging or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1414 in real-time
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/83 Notification aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/84 Types of notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/842 Announcement, e.g. IVR dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/846 optical, e.g. icon
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/85 characterised by the type of condition triggering a notification
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/851 Determined tariff
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/81 Notifying aspects, e.g. notifications or displays to the user
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/8129 Type of notification
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/8133 Announcement, e.g. IVR dialogue, intelligent peripheral or switch
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/8141 Optical, e.g. flashing indication of a lamp, icon, soft-key or symbol
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/815 Notification when a specific condition, service or event is met
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/8154 Determined tariff
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/82 Advice-of-Charge [AOC], i.e. notify subscriber of charges/cumulative charge; meter at the substation

Abstract

An apparatus and method for providing information for multimedia messaging service (MMS) in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes: receiving an MMS message having free of charge reply information; and displaying the free of charge reply information on the display unit. Periodically, the portable terminal reminds a user of the free of charge reply information, so that the user does lose advantages from failing to read the charge reply information.

Claims

1. A method for providing information for a multimedia messaging service (MMS) in a portable terminal, comprising:

(a) determining whether an MMS message includes free of charge reply information; and

when it has been determined in step (a) that the MMS message includes free of charge information, notifying a user that free of charge reply information has accompanied the MMS message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the portable terminal displays the free of charge information subsequent to receipt of the MMS message.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the free of charge information is displayed prior to viewing the MMS message.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the free of charge information is subsequent to viewing the MMS message.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the free of charge information is displayed concurrently with viewing the MMS message.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the notifying step includes an audio or audio-visual notification.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the notifying step includes one of highlighting the message or displaying the message in a first color to indicate there is free of charge reply information associated with the MMS message.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the message is displayed in a second color after the free of charge reply information has been one of displayed or acknowledged.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the message is displayed in a second color after a reply has been sent using the free of charge information.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the free of charge reply information comprises:

mapping the free of charge reply information with a remind time corresponding to the free of charge reply information, and storing the mapped result; and

displaying the free of charge reply information at the remind time.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the MMS message is an M-Notification.ind message or an M-retrieve.conf message.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the free of charge reply information comprises one or more from among a free of charge replay setting field, a free of charge reply deadline field, a free of charge reply size field, and a free of charge identifier field.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the remind time is a user'"'"'s defined setting time or a default value.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting a reply multimedia message corresponding to the free of charge reply information; and

deleting the free of charge reply information.

15. An apparatus for providing information for a multimedia messaging service (MMS) in a portable terminal, comprising:

a display unit for displaying free of charge reply information included in a received MMS message; and

a controller for extracting the free of charge information from the received MMS message and for controlling the display unit to display the free of charge reply information.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising:

a storage unit for storing the free of charge reply information and a remind time corresponding to the free of charge reply information.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the controller controls the display unit to display the free of charge reply information at the remind time.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the free of charge reply information comprises one or more from among a free of charge replay setting field, a free of charge reply deadline field, a free of charge reply size field, and a free of charge identifier field.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the remind time is a user'"'"'s setting time or a default value.

20. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the MMS message is an M-Notification.ind message or an M-retrieve.conf message.

21. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the controller includes controlling means for controlling transmission of a reply multimedia message corresponding to the free of charge reply information and for deleting the free of charge reply information.