METHOD OF PROCESSING INFORMATION INPUTTED WHILE A MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL IS IN AN ACTIVE COMMUNICATIONS STATE

• US 20130065539A1
• Filed: 10/23/2012
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: YIM, Seung Won, RHEE, Ja Mi, YOUN, Su Jung, KIM, Kyoung Taek
• Application Number:
  US13/658,175
• Publication Number:
  US 20130065539A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/68
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/70 methods for entering alphabetical characters, e.g. multi-tap or dictionary disambiguation methods for entering alphabetical characters per se G06F3/0237

Abstract

A method of processing information inputted while a mobile communication terminal is in an active communications state is provided. The method of processing information inputted while a mobile communication terminal is in an active communications state includes receiving information inputted while the mobile communication terminal is in an active communications state; displaying, if the active communications state is terminated before processing the inputted information, the unprocessed inputted information that exists; and processing the unprocessed inputted information. The inputted information can be input using various input modes such as a numeral, Korean character, English character, and special character input modes.

Claims

1. A method of processing information inputted while a mobile communication terminal is in an active communications state, comprising:

receiving information inputted while the mobile communication terminal is in an active communications state;

displaying the inputted information and at least one selectable processing function to process the inputted information;

selecting a processing function of the at least one selectable processing function to process the inputted information; and

parsing and processing the inputted information according to the selected processing function,

wherein the active communications state is a state in which the mobile communication terminal is engaged in communications with another mobile communication terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of information inputted while the mobile communication terminal is in an active communications state comprises:

determining a key input for inputting information while performing communication;

generating an input field; and

displaying the inputted information in the generated input field.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the selectable processing function is at least one of an icon mapped to a key and a key guide of a key mapped to a function for processing the inputted information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a controller, when parsing the inputted information, recognizes the inputted information as a numeral string, if the inputted information comprises at least one numeral alone or at least one numeral with at least one of a space character and a hyphen character, and recognizes the inputted information as a character string if the inputted information comprises characters.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the controller, when parsing the inputted information, recognizes the inputted information as a phone number, if the inputted information is the numeral string.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the processing of the inputted information comprises at least one of storing a memo, storing a message, transmitting a message, and storing a phone number.

7. A device for processing information inputted while a mobile communication terminal is in an active communication state, the device comprising:

a controller for parsing and processing information inputted while the mobile communication terminal is in an active communication state;

a storage unit for storing the inputted information, a program for processing the inputted information, and data generated while executing the program; and

a display unit for displaying function menus executed in the mobile communication terminal and data stored in the storage unit,

wherein the active communications state is a state in which the mobile communication terminal is engaged in communications with another mobile communication terminal.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the controller controls the display unit to display a notification that there is unprocessed information and processes the unprocessed information if the active communication state is terminated before the inputted information has been processed.

9. The device of claim 7, wherein the controller divides the inputted information into a numeral string and a character string when parsing and processing the inputted information.

10. The device of claim 7, wherein the inputted information includes at least one of a numeral, a Korean character, an English character, and a special character.

11. The device of claim 7, wherein the display unit further displays an image required for processing information inputted while the mobile communication terminal is in the active communication state.