METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MESSAGE LIST ON THE TERMINAL AND TERMINAL

• US 20120238328A1
• Filed: 05/29/2012
• Published: 09/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Guoquan
• Application Number:
  US13/482,780
• Publication Number:
  US 20120238328A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

A method for displaying a message list on a terminal and a terminal are provided according to the embodiments of the present disclosure. The method includes: obtaining, by a terminal, a trigger to display a message list; calculating the height occupied by a message in the message list on the screen at least according to a preset height, where the height of the message does not exceed the preset height, the preset height is less than the height of the screen, and at least two lines of message contents can be displayed within the height of the message on the screen; and displaying, by the terminal, the message list. When the terminal displays the message list, the terminal can not only concurrently display multiple messages but also display the content of each message so that a user can view the contents of multiple messages on the screen at the same time.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a message list on a terminal, comprising:

obtaining, by a terminal, a trigger to display a message list;

calculating, by the terminal, a height occupied by each message in the message list on a screen, wherein the height occupied by each message on the screen does not exceed a preset height, the preset height is less than the screen height, and at least two lines of message contents can be displayed within the height occupied by each message on the screen; and

displaying, by the terminal, the message list.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein calculating the height occupied by each message in the message list on the screen further comprises calculating according to the preset height.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein calculating the height occupied by each message in the message list on the screen further comprises one of the following:

calculating according to the preset height and activated state of the message, and calculating according to the preset height and a message type.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

calculating the number of messages concurrently displayed on the screen according to the screen height and the height occupied by each message on the screen.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the content of the message on the screen in the horizontal scrolling manner after obtaining an activation for the message.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein after the terminal obtains the activation for the message and before the terminal displays the content of the message on the screen in the horizontal scrolling manner, the method further comprises:

adding a horizontal scrolling indication sign to the activated message on the screen, and displaying the content of the message on the screen in the horizontal scrolling manner after obtaining a trigger to scroll the message horizontally.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the trigger to display the message comprises one of the following:

a trigger to open a mailbox and a trigger to open a conversation.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the message list comprises at least one of the following:

a short message (SM) and a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the message list comprises one of the following:

a message list comprising messages received by the terminal, a message list comprising messages sent by the terminal, and a message list comprising messages edited but not sent by the terminal.

10. The method according to claim 5, wherein after the terminal obtains the activation for the message, the terminal adds a function selection for processing the message at the back end of each message, wherein the function selection comprises:

deleting the message, modifying the message, or replying the message.

11. A terminal, comprising:

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain a trigger to display a message list;

a screen, configured to display the message list; and

a processing unit, configured to calculate a height occupied by each message in the message list on the screen, wherein the height occupied by each message on the screen does not exceed the preset height, the preset height is less than the screen height, and at least two lines of message contents can be displayed within the height occupied by each message on the screen.

12. The terminal according to claim 11, wherein the processing unit further comprises:

a first calculating subunit, configured to calculate the height occupied by each message in the message list on the screen of the terminal according to the preset height;

a second calculating subunit, configured to calculate the height occupied by each message in the message list on the screen of the terminal, according to the preset height and a message type, or according to the preset height and activated state of the message;

a third calculating subunit, configured to calculate the number of messages concurrently displayed on the screen, according to the height of the screen and the height occupied by each message on the screen.

13. The terminal according to claim 11, wherein

the obtaining unit is further configured to obtain an activation for a message;

and

the screen is further configured to display the content of the message on the screen in the horizontal scrolling manner after obtaining, by the obtaining unit, the activation for the message.

14. The terminal according to claim 13, wherein the processing unit further comprises:

a sign adding subunit, configured to add a horizontal scrolling indication sign for the activated message after obtaining the a ctivation for the message and before displaying the content of the message in the horizontal scrolling manner on the screen.

15. The terminal according to any one of claim 11, wherein the screen is further configured to display the message list in the form of a mailbox when the terminal obtains a trigger to open the mailbox.

16. The terminal according to claim 13, wherein the processing unit further comprises:

a function adding subunit, configured to add a function selection for processing the message at the back end of the message on the screen after obtaining, by the obtaining unit, the activation for the message, wherein the function selection comprises;

deleting the message, modifying the message, or replying the message.

17. The terminal according to any one of claim 11, wherein the screen is further configured to display the message list in the form of a conversation when the terminal obtains a trigger to open the conversation.