ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR DISPLAYING MESSAGE IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20150121255A1
• Filed: 06/10/2014
• Published: 04/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Byung-Hee
• Granted Patent: US 9,641,471 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/758
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information

Abstract

A method of displaying a message on a chat window is provided. The method includes selecting a cartoon image group including a plurality of cartoon cut images, receiving a chat content, selecting a cartoon cut image from the selected cartoon cut image group, and displaying the selected cartoon cut image including the received chat content in some areas of the selected cartoon cut image on a messenger chat window.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a display unit that displays one or more chat contents on a chat window; and

a controller that, when a cartoon cut image to be displayed according to the one or more chat contents is selected within a cartoon image group including a plurality of cartoon cut images, controls to display the selected cartoon cut image and the chart contents on the display unit.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, when a cartoon image group including a plurality of cartoon cut images is selected and a cartoon cut image is selected within the selected cartoon image group according to an input of the chat contents, the controller controls to display the input chat contents in at least a part of the selected cartoon cut image on the display unit.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the controller analyzes the input chat contents, recommends one or more cartoon cut images within the cartoon image group according to a result of the analysis, and controls to select one cartoon cut image from the one or more recommended cartoon cut images.

4. The electronic device of claim 2, further comprising a communication unit that transmits the input chat content to a message server and receives one or more cartoon cut images related to the transmitted chat contents from the message server.

5. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein at least the part of the selected cartoon cut image corresponds to an area displayed in a speech bubble form.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of cartoon cut images included in the cartoon image group correspond to images having different sizes.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller determines whether a previously displayed cartoon cut image exists in the chat window, determines whether the previously displayed cartoon cut image can be arranged on a line of an immediately preceding displayed cartoon cut image when the previously displayed cartoon cut image is determined to exist in the chat window, and arranges the cartoon cut image to be displayed on the line of the immediately preceding displayed cartoon cut image when the previously displayed cartoon cut image is determined to be able to be arranged on the line of the immediately preceding displayed cartoon cut image.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller determines whether a previously displayed cartoon cut image exists in the chat window, determines whether an arrangement space exists on a line of an immediately preceding displayed cartoon cut image when the previously displayed cartoon cut image is determined to exist in the chat window, and arranges a preset advertisement image at an arrangement space when the previously displayed cartoon cut image is determined to be unable to be arranged on the line of the immediately preceding displayed cartoon cut image.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the cartoon cut image displayed on the chat window additionally has a user indicator by at least one of a color, an edge, an icon, an avatar, an image, a nickname, and a name.

10. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein, when an entire length of the input chat contents exceeds a length which can be displayed on a chat content displaying area of the selected cartoon cut image, the controller controls to display a subset of the chat content selected from the input chat contents.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein, when the subset of the chat content selected from the input chat content is displayed, the controller controls to add an indication indicating that the subset of the chat content is displayed within the chat content displaying area.

12. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein, when when the subset of the chat content selected from the received chat content is displayed, the controller controls to add a scroll bar which can scroll the chat content within the chat content displaying area.

13. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein, when an entire length of the input chat contents exceeds a length which can be displayed on a message displaying area of the selected cartoon cut image, the controller controls to scale and display a font size of the input chat contents.

35. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording a program for performing, when executed, the method of claim 1.

14. An electronic device comprising:

a display unit that displays one or more chat contents on a chat window; and

a controller that, when a cartoon frame in which a plurality of cartoon cut images are arranged in a preset order is selected and chat contents are input through the chat window, sequentially selects the cartoon cut images from the selected cartoon frame according to the order of the arrangement of the plurality of cartoon cut images and controls to display the selected cartoon cut images and the input chat contents on the display unit.

15. A method of displaying a message on a chat window, the method comprising:

selecting a cartoon image group including a plurality of cartoon cut images;

receiving a chat content;

selecting a cartoon cut image from the selected cartoon cut image group; and

displaying the selected cartoon cut image including the received chat content in some areas of the selected cartoon cut image on a messenger chat window.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the selecting of the cartoon cut image comprises:

analyzing the received chat content;

recommending one or more cartoon cut images from among the cartoon image group according to a message analysis result; and

selecting one or more cartoon cut images from the recommended one or more cartoon cut images.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the selecting of the cartoon cut image comprises:

transmitting the received chat content to a messenger server;

receiving one or more cartoon cut images related to the transmitted content from the messenger server; and

selecting one or more cartoon cut images from the received one or more cartoon cut images.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the some areas of the selected cartoon cut image on the messenger chat window correspond to areas indicated in a speech bubble form.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the plurality of cartoon cut images included in the cartoon image group correspond to images having at least one of different sizes and different shapes.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the displaying of the selected cartoon cut image on the messenger chat window comprises:

determining whether a previously displayed cartoon cut image exists in the messenger chat window;

when the previously displayed cartoon cut image is determined to exist in the messenger chat window, determining whether the previously displayed cartoon cut image can be arranged on a line of an immediately preceding displayed cartoon cut image; and

when the previously displayed cartoon cut image is determined to be able to be arranged on the line of the immediately preceding displayed cartoon cut image, arranging the cartoon cut image to be displayed on the line the immediately preceding displayed cartoon cut image.

21. The method of claim 15, wherein the displaying of the cartoon cut image on the messenger chat window comprises:

determining whether a previously displayed cartoon cut image exists in the messenger chat window;

when the previously displayed cartoon cut image is determined to exist in the messenger chat window, determining whether an arrangement space exists on a line of immediately preceding displayed cartoon cut image; and

when the arrangement space exists on the line of the immediately preceding displayed cartoon cut image but the cartoon cut image to be displayed cannot be arranged at the arrangement space, arranging a preset advertisement image at the arrangement space.

22. The method of claim 15, wherein a user communicating in the messenger chat window is distinguished according to a user indicator that is added to the cartoon cut image displayed on the messenger chat window, and

wherein the user indicator comprises at least one of a color, an edge, an icon, an avatar, an image, a nickname, and a name.

23. The method of claim 15, wherein the displaying of the selected cartoon cut image including the received chat content in some areas of the selected cartoon cut image on the messenger chat window comprises:

displaying, when an entire length of the received chat content exceeds a length which can be displayed on a chat content displaying area of the selected cartoon cut image, a subset of the chat content selected from the received chat content.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the displaying of the selected cartoon cut image including the received chat content in some areas of the selected cartoon cut image on the messenger chat window further comprises:

displaying, when the subset of the chat content selected from the received chat content is displayed, an indication indicating that the subset of the chat content is displayed within the chat content displaying area.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein the displaying of the selected cartoon cut image including the received chat content in some areas of the selected cartoon cut image on the messenger chat window further comprises:

displaying, when the subset of the chat content selected from the received chat content is displayed, a scroll bar which can scroll the chat content within the chat content displaying area.

26. The method of claim 15, wherein the displaying of the selected cartoon cut image including the received chat content in some areas of the selected cartoon cut image on the messenger chat window comprises:

scaling, when an entire length of the received chat content exceeds a length which can be displayed on a message displaying area of the selected cartoon cut image, a font size of the received chat content, and

displaying the received chat content having the scaled font size.

27. A method of displaying a message on a chat window, the method comprising:

selecting a cartoon frame in which a plurality of cartoon cut images are arranged in a preset order;

inputting a chat content into a messenger chat window;

sequentially selecting cartoon cut images from the selected cartoon frame according to an order of the arrangement of the plurality of cartoon cut images; and

displaying the selected cartoon cut image including the input chat content in some areas of the selected cartoon cut image on the messenger chat window.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the some areas of the selected cartoon cut image on the messenger chat window correspond to areas indicated in a speech bubble form.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein the plurality of cartoon cut images included in the cartoon image group correspond to images having at least one of different sizes and different shapes.

30. The method of claim 27, wherein a user communicating in the messenger chat window is distinguished according to a user indicator that is added to the cartoon cut image displayed on the messenger chat window, and

wherein the user indicator comprises at least one of a color, an edge, an icon, an avatar, an image, a nickname, and a name.

31. The method of claim 27, wherein the displaying of the selected cartoon cut image including the input chat content in some areas of the selected cartoon cut image on the messenger chat window comprises:

displaying, when an entire length of the input chat content exceeds a length of a message which can be displayed on a chat content displaying area of the selected cartoon cut image, a subset of the chat content selected from the input chat content.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the displaying of the selected cartoon cut image including the input chat content in some areas of the selected cartoon cut image on the messenger chat window further comprises:

displaying, when the subset of the chat content selected from the input chat content is displayed, an indication indicating that the subset of the chat content is displayed within the chat content displaying area.

33. The method of claim 31, wherein the displaying of the selected cartoon cut image including the input chat content in some areas of the selected cartoon cut image on the messenger chat window further comprises:

displaying, when the subset of the chat content selected from the input chat content is displayed, a scroll bar which can scroll the chat content within the chat content displaying area.

34. The method of claim 27, wherein the displaying of the selected cartoon cut image including the input chat content in some areas of the selected cartoon cut image on the messenger chat window comprises:

scaling, when an entire length of the input chat content exceeds a length which can be displayed on a message displaying area of the selected cartoon cut image, a font size of the input chat content, and

displaying the input chat content having the scaled font size.

36. A method of displaying a conversation on a chat window in an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving an input message;

selecting a cartoon cut image to be displayed in association with the received input message; and

displaying the selected cartoon cut image and the received input message in a messenger chat window.

37. The method of claim 36, wherein the displaying of the selected cartoon cut image and the received input message in the messenger chat window comprises:

displaying the selected cartoon cut image and the received input message in association with each other.

38. The method of claim 36, further comprising:

determining an area of the messenger chat window in which the selected cartoon cut image and the received input message are to be displayed.

39. The method of claim 38, wherein the determining of the area of the messenger chat window in which the selected cartoon cut image and the received input message are to be displayed comprises:

determining the area according to at least one of a user from which the input message is received, a size of the received message, a size of the selected cartoon cut image, a shape of the selected cartoon cut image, a position of a previously displayed message, and a position of a displayed advertisement.