MOBILE PHONE AND METHOD FOR COPYING AND PROCESSING DATA

• US 20120268776A1
• Filed: 12/25/2011
• Published: 10/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: CHEN, SHENG-HSIEN
• Application Number:
  US13/337,121
• Publication Number:
  US 20120268776A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1228 Printing driverless or using generic drivers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1247 by conversion to printer ready format
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1292 Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing

Abstract

A method for copying and processing a desired part selected from a display on a touch screen of a mobile phone marks the selected part and receives a processing mode for processing the marked part. The method copies the marked part and stored the marked part as a temporary image document in a storage unit of the mobile phone. The method processes the temporary image document according to the processing mode selected.

Claims

1. A method being processed by a processor of a mobile phone for copying and processing data selected from a display on a touch screen of the mobile phone, the method comprising:

(a) marking part of a document displayed on the touch screen that is selected by a user touching the touch screen;

(b) storing the marked part as a temporary image document in a storage unit of the mobile phone; and

(c) processing the temporary image document according to a selected processing mode from one or more processing modes.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more processing modes comprise a printing mode, a transmitting the marked part as an image document mode, a transmitting the marked part as a short message mode, or a transmitting the marked part as a multimedia message mode.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the step (d) comprises:

transmitting the temporary image document to a printer through a BLUETOOTH unit of the mobile phone using BLUETOOTH personal area network technology in response that the user selects the printing mode;

or

transmitting the temporary image document to the BLUETOOTH unit, and the BLUETOOTH unit transmitting the temporary image document to a selected other mobile phone equipped with BLUETOOTH file transfer protocol technology in response that the user selects the transmitting the marked part as an image document mode;

or

reading characters from the temporary image document using optical character recognition software of the mobile phone, and transmitting a short message through a short message service unit of the mobile phone in response that the user selects the transmitting the marked part as a short message mode;

or

converting the temporary image document into a formal multimedia document, and transmitting the formal multimedia document as an enclosure of a multimedia message through a multimedia messaging service unit of the mobile phone after the user has carried out any editing required in response that the user selects the transmitting the marked part as a multimedia message mode.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step (a) further comprising:

analyzing coordinates of one or more touch points when finger(s) of a user is applied to the touch screen to select a part of the document, then marking or highlighting the selected part of the document with an outline or a shadow.

5. A non-transitory storage medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions capable of being executed by a processor to perform a method for copying and processing data selected from a display on a touch screen of a mobile phone, the method comprising:

(a) marking part of a document displayed on the touch screen that is selected by a user touching the touch screen;

(b) storing the marked part as a temporary image document in a storage unit of the mobile phone; and

(c) processing the temporary image document according to a selected processing mode from one or more processing modes.

6. The non-transitory storage medium as claimed in claim 5, wherein the one or more processing modes comprise a printing mode, a transmitting the marked part as an image document mode, a transmitting the marked part as a short message mode, or a transmitting the marked part as a multimedia message mode.

7. The non-transitory storage medium as claimed in claim 6, wherein the step (d) comprises:

transmitting the temporary image document to a printer through a BLUETOOTH unit of the mobile phone using BLUETOOTH personal area network technology in response that the user selects the printing mode;

or

transmitting the temporary image document to the BLUETOOTH unit, and the BLUETOOTH unit transmitting the temporary image document to a selected other mobile phone equipped with BLUETOOTH file transfer protocol technology in response that the user selects the transmitting the marked part as an image document mode;

or

reading the characters from the temporary image document using optical character recognition software of the mobile phone, and transmitting a short message through a short message service unit of the mobile phone in response that the user selects the transmitting the marked part as a short message mode;

or

converting the temporary image document into a formal multimedia document, and transmitting the formal multimedia document as an enclosure of a multimedia message through a multimedia messaging service unit of the mobile phone after the user has carried out any editing required in response that the user selects the transmitting the marked part as a multimedia message mode.

8. The non-transitory storage medium as claimed in claim 5, wherein the step (a) further comprising:

analyzing coordinates of one or more touch points when finger(s) of a user is applied to the touch screen to select a part of the document, then marking or highlighting the selected part of the document with an outline or a shadow.

9. A mobile phone, the mobile phone comprising:

a storage unit;

a touch screen;

at least one processor; and

one or more programs stored in the storage unit, executable by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising;

a marking module operable to mark part of a document displayed on the touch screen that is selected by a user touching the touch screen;

a copying module operable to store the marked part as a temporary image document in the storage unit; and

a processing module operable to process the temporary image document according to a selected processing mode from one or more processing modes.

10. The mobile phone as claimed in claim 9, wherein the one or more processing modes comprise a printing mode, a transmitting the marked part as an image document mode, a transmitting the marked part as a short message mode, or a transmitting the marked part as a multimedia message mode.

11. The mobile phone as claimed in claim 10, wherein the processing module further operable to:

transmit the temporary image document to a printer through a BLUETOOTH unit of the mobile phone using BLUETOOTH personal area network technology in response that the user selects the printing mode;

or

transmit the temporary image document to the BLUETOOTH unit, and the BLUETOOTH unit transmit the temporary image document to a selected other mobile phone equipped with BLUETOOTH file transfer protocol technology in response that the user selects the transmitting the marked part as an image document mode;

or

read characters from the temporary image document using optical character recognition software of the mobile phone, and transmit a short message through a short message service unit of the mobile phone in response that the user selects the transmitting the marked part as a short message mode;

or

convert the temporary image document into a formal multimedia document, and transmit the formal multimedia document as an enclosure of a multimedia message through a multimedia messaging service unit of the mobile phone after the user has carried out any editing required in response that the user selects the transmitting the marked part as a multimedia message mode.

12. The mobile phone as claimed in claim 9, wherein the marking module further operable to:

analyze coordinates of one or more touch points when finger(s) of a user is applied to the touch screen to select a part of the document, then mark or highlight the selected part of the document with an outline or a shadow.