METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A MESSAGE BY A MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20110034186A1
• Filed: 08/04/2010
• Published: 02/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: PARK, Sang-Min
• Granted Patent: US 8,787,948 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

A method of transmitting and receiving a message by a mobile terminal, includes: acquiring a template and identifying at least one contact number included in the acquired template; transmitting a message to the at least one contact number and receiving a reply member from the at least one contact number; analyzing the received reply message and updating the template according to the analyzed reply message; and determining if the update template satisfies a predetermined condition; and when the updated template satisfies a predetermined condition, transmitting a result of the updated template to the at least one contact number.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting and receiving a message by a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a template and identifying at least one contact number intended to receive the acquired template;

transmitting a message to said at least one contact number and receiving a reply member from said at least one contact number;

analyzing the received reply message and updating the template based on the outcome of the analyzed reply message;

determining if the update template satisfies a predetermined condition; and

if so, transmitting an updated template to said at least one contact number.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined condition changes according to a type of the template.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the message transmitted to said at least one contact number is a message included in the template.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the message transmitted to said at least one contact number is a message input by a user or a message modified from a message included in the template.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined condition is satisfied when reply messages from all contact numbers have been received.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising, when the update template does not satisfy the predetermined condition, establishing a connection to said at least one contact number and requesting the reply message.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the template is associated with a particular event.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the template can be modified via an input device of the mobile phone.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the message is transmitted via SMS.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein an image corresponding to the updated template is transmitted to the at least one contact number.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the template is uploaded to a predetermined server while only a connection link to the uploaded template is transmitted to the reply member.