Control device for displaying a short message in real time in a digital mobile station and method therefor

• US 6,584,323 B1
• Filed: 07/19/2000
• Issued: 06/24/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Son, Joo-Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Trost, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Miller, Brandon J
• Application Number:
  US09/619,568
• Time in Patent Office: 1,070 Days
• Field of Search: 455/466, 455/412, 455/550, 455/556
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

A control device for displaying the received short public notice or advertisement message in real time in a digital mobile station, which is equipped with a short message service (SMS) function, comprising a volatile memory for temporarily storing the short public notice or advertisement message to be accessed in real time; a display with a message screen capable of allocating an advertisement display part of the display for displaying the short public notice message stored in the volatile memory, upon receiving the short public notice message; a detector for detecting a predefined identifier attached to the short public notice message to identify the short public notice message from other ordinary messages; and, a control unit for controlling the short public notice message to be stored into the volatile memory and to be displayed in real time on the advertisement display part of the display.

Claims

1. A control device for displaying a received short public notice or advertisement message in real time in a digital mobile station, which is equipped with a short message service (SMS) function, comprising:

a first memory means for temporarily storing said short public notice or advertisement message to be accessed in real time;

a second memory means for storing a private message;

a display means having a message screen section for displaying said short message stored in said first memory means upon receiving said short message;

a detecting means for detecting whether said short message is said public notice or said private advertisement message; and

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a control means for controlling the display of said public notice in real time on said message screen section and for controlling said private message to be stored into said second memory means for a subsequent retrieval.

2. The control device as defined in claim 1, wherein said first memory means consists of a random access memory (RAM).

3. The control device as defined in claim 1, wherein said predefined identifier attached to said short message is a predetermined identification code between said mobile station and a communication vendor.

4. The control device as defined in claim 1, wherein said message screen section corresponds to one end of said display means.

5. The control device as defined in claim 4, wherein said message screen section includes a plurality of line sections predefined at one end of said display means.

6. The control device as defined in claim 1, wherein, if said predefined identifier is not detected, said control means controls said short message to be stored in said second memory means and generates an alarm signal to notify the user the receipt of said short message in said second memory means.

7. A method for displaying a received short public notice or advertisement message in real time in a digital mobile station, which is equipped with a short message service (SMS) function, comprising the steps of:

detecting a predefined identifier attached to an incoming short message to determine whether said incoming short message corresponds to said a private message or short message;

if said private message is detected, storing said private message in a memory for a subsequent retrieval;

if said short message is detected, allocating a predetermined region of the message screen of a display unit for displaying said short message; and

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displaying said short message in real time on the message screen of said display unit.

8. The method as defined in claim 7, wherein said predefined identifier attached to said short message is a predetermined identification code between said mobile station and a communication vendor.

9. The method as defined in claim 7, wherein said message screen section includes a plurality of line sections predefined at one end of said display.

10. The method as defined in claim 7, wherein said short message is temporally stored into a volatile memory to be displayed in real time on the message screen of said display unit.

11. The method as defined in claim 7, wherein, if said predefined identifier is not detected, generating an alarm signal to notify the user the receipt of said short message in a memory.