METHOD FOR USING vNote IN PORTABLE TERMINAL

• US 20110117846A1
• Filed: 11/15/2010
• Published: 05/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Kyong-Hun, KANG, Min-Jee
• Application Number:
  US12/946,108
• Publication Number:
  US 20110117846A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

A method for using vNote in a portable terminal is provided. The method includes requesting transmission of a vNote message, inserting a variable for setting the vNote message as a message to be used for a Bluetooth messenger into the vNote message, and transmitting the vNote message into which the variable for setting the vNote message is inserted as a message to be used for the Bluetooth messenger.

Claims

1. A method for using vNote in a portable terminal, the method comprising:

requesting transmission of a vNote message;

inserting a variable for setting the vNote message as a message to be used for a Bluetooth messenger into the vNote message; and

transmitting the vNote message into which the variable for setting the vNote message is inserted as a message to be used for the Bluetooth messenger.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a variable value of the variable for setting the vNote message as a message to be used for the Bluetooth messenger is btm_support.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

inserting a variable for setting the vNote message as a message not to be used for the Bluetooth messenger into the transmission-requested vNote message.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein a variable value of the variable for setting the vNote message as a message not to be used for the Bluetooth messenger is btm_notsupport.

5. A method for using vNote in a portable terminal, the method comprising:

upon receiving a vNote message, determining whether the received vNote message is a vNote message being set to be used for a Bluetooth messenger;

if it is determined that the received vNote message is a vNote message being set to be used for the Bluetooth messenger, determining whether the Bluetooth messenger is operating; and

if it is determined that the Bluetooth messenger is operating, displaying the vNote message being set to be used for the Bluetooth messenger through the Bluetooth messenger.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

if it is determined that the Bluetooth messenger is not operating, executing the Bluetooth messenger; and

displaying the vNote message being set to be used for the Bluetooth messenger through the executed Bluetooth messenger.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the vNote message being set to be used for the Bluetooth messenger has a variable value of btm_support inserted therein.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the vNote message being set to be used for the Bluetooth messenger has a variable value of btm_support inserted therein.

9. A mobile terminal, comprising:

an input unit for receiving input from which a vNote message is generated;

a Bluetooth module for performing Bluetooth communication; and

a control module for controlling execution of a Bluetooth messenger included in the Bluetooth module, for inserting a predetermined variable into the generated vNote message indicating whether the Bluetooth messenger is to be used to display the generated vNote message, and for transmitting the generated vNote message to a destination device via the Bluetooth module.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein when the Bluetooth module receives a vNote message, the control module determines whether the received vNote message is to be used for the Bluetooth messenger based on whether the received vNote message includes the predetermined variable.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein, when the received vNote message does not include the predetermined variable, the control module controls the mobile terminal to display the received vNote message without using the Bluetooth messenger.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein, when the received vNote message includes a variable indicating that the received vNote message is not to be displayed via the Bluetooth messenger, the control module controls the mobile terminal to display the received vNote message without using the Bluetooth messenger.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein, when the received vNote message includes the predetermined variable, the control module controls the mobile terminal to display the received vNote message via the Bluetooth messenger.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the control messenger controls the mobile terminal to execute the Bluetooth messenger when the received vNote message contains the predetermined variable and the Bluetooth messenger is not executing.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the control module inserts the predetermined variable into the generated vNote message when the Bluetooth messenger is executing.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein when the Bluetooth messenger is not to be used for the generated vNote message, the control module inserts a variable into the generated vNote message indicating that the Bluetooth messenger is not to be used.