MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20140019885A1
• Filed: 01/31/2013
• Published: 01/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: CHI, Jumin, JUNG, Juhyun, KIM, Boram
• Granted Patent: US 9,448,686 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/758
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72466 with selection means, e.g. keys, having functions defined by the mode or the status of the device

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a touchscreen configured to display a keypad including keys for inputting and sending a chat content to at least one chat counterpart; a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate the chat content with the at least one chat counterpart; and a controller configured to receive a touch action on a specific key of the keypad, determine if the touch action corresponds to a preset touch manner that is different than a single short touch action on the specific key, send or input the chat content if the touch action is the single short touch action on the specific key, and provide an editing function of the chat content rather than sending or inputting the chat content if the touch action corresponds to the preset touch manner that is different than the single short touch action.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a touchscreen configured to display a keypad including keys for inputting and sending a chat content to at least one chat counterpart and an input window for displaying the chat content input via the keys;

a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate the chat content with the at least one chat counterpart; and

a controller configured to;

receive a touch action on a specific key of the keypad,

determine if the touch action corresponds to a preset touch manner that is different than a single short touch action on the specific key,

send or input the chat content if the touch action is the single short touch action on the specific key, and

provide an editing function of the chat content rather than sending or inputting the chat content if the touch action corresponds to the preset touch manner that is different than the single short touch action.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to provide the editing function as long as the preset touch manner is maintained on the specific key, and to send the edited chat content to the at least one chat counterpart when the preset touch manner is released from the specific key.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the specific key is a send key for sending the chat content to the at least one chat counterpart when the touch action is the single short touch action.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller is further configured to provide the editing function for a preset duration and when the preset duration expires, to send the edited chat contents to the at least one chat counterpart.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the editing function comprises a list function including a list with at least one popular phrase, and the controller is further configured to display a popular phrase selected from the list on the input window.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the preset touch manner comprises a long touch to the send key, and

wherein the controller is further configured to:

automatically shift a highlight cursor in the list in response to a time taken to maintain the long touch to the send key, and

when the long touch to the send key is released, insert the popular phrase having the highlight cursor situated thereat into the input window at a timing point of releasing the long touch.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the preset touch manner comprises a long touch to the send key, and

wherein the controller is further configured to:

if the send key is dragged in specific direction, shift a highlight cursor in the list in response to a distance from a long touched point to a dragged point, and

if the long touch to the send key is released, insert the popular phrase having the highlight cursor situated thereat into the input window at a timing point of releasing the long touch.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the editing function comprises an edit function for editing at least one of a font type, a font size and a font color of the input chat content.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the preset touch manner comprises a long touch to the send key, and

wherein the controller is further configured to automatically change an attribute of said one of the font type, the font size and the font color of the chat content in response to a time taken to maintain the long touch to the send key.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein when the send key is long touched and then dragged in a specific direction, the controller is further configured to automatically change an attribute of said one of the font type, the font size and the font color of the chat content in response to a distance from a long touched point and a dragged point.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein after specific 1^st and 2^nd points on the send key have been multi-touched, the controller is further configured to automatically change an attribute of said one of the font type, the font size and the font color of the chat content in response to a distance variation between the multi-touched 1^st and 2^nd points.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein if the send key is touched in the preset manner, the controller is further configured to check whether a content of a reply to the chat content sent to the at least one chat counterpart is received from the at least one chat counterpart, and

wherein if the reply content is not received, the controller is further configured to send a chat content urging the at least one chat counterpart to send the reply content.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein if the send key is touched in the preset manner and a specific counterpart is selected from the at least one chat counterpart, the controller is further configured to activate a secret chat mode of a chat with the specific counterpart and send the chat content input via the input window to the specific counterpart only.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein if the send key is touched in the preset manner, the controller is further configured to switch a chat mode with the at least one chat counterpart to a call mode and connect a call with the at least one chat counterpart via the wireless communication unit.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the specific key comprises a specific text input key in the keypad, and

wherein if the specific text input key is touched in the preset manner, the controller is further configured to provide the editing function of editing a text assigned to the specific text input key instead of a text input function assigned to the specific text input key.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the specific key comprises a specific text input key in the keypad, and

wherein if the specific text input key is touched in the preset manner, the controller is further configured to provide the editing function of editing the chat content previously displayed on the input window instead of a text input function assigned to the specific text input key.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the specific key comprises one of a 1^st function key for a space shift function of a cursor in the input window within the keypad and a 2^nd function key for a row shift function of the cursor, and

wherein if one of the 1^st function key and the 2^nd function key is touched in the preset manner, the controller is further configured to provide the editing function of editing one of a most recently input character, a most recently input word and a most recently input sentence of the chat content previously displayed on the input window or the whole chat content previously displayed on the input window instead of one of the space shift function of the cursor and the row shift function of the cursor.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if the specific key is touched in the preset manner, the controller is further configured to display a list of at least one editing scheme most recently applied to the chat content, and

wherein if a specific editing scheme is selected from the list, the controller is further configured to apply the selected editing scheme to the chat content previously input to the input window.

19. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying, via a touchscreen of the mobile terminal, a keypad including keys for inputting and sending a chat content to at least one chat counterpart and an input window for displaying the chat content input via the keys;

wirelessly communicating, via a wireless communication unit of the mobile terminal, the chat content with the at least one chat counterpart;

receiving, via a controller of the mobile terminal, a touch action on a specific key of the keypad;

determining, via the controller, if the touch action corresponds to a preset touch manner that is different than a single short touch action on the specific key;

sending or inputting, via the controller, the chat content if the touch action is the single short touch action on the specific key; and

providing, via the controller, an editing function of the chat content rather than sending or inputting the chat content if the touch action corresponds to the preset touch manner that is different than the single short touch action.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

providing the editing function as long as the preset touch manner is maintained on the specific key; and

sending the edited chat content to the at least one chat counterpart when the preset touch manner is released from the specific key.