Method for transmitting multi-SMS in mobile telephone

• US 7,069,029 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2003
• Issued: 06/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Bo-Yon
• Primary Examiner(s): Trinh, Sonny
• Assistant Examiner(s): PHAN, HUY Q
• Application Number:
  US10/353,738
• Publication Number:
  US 20030236097A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,245 Days
• Field of Search: 455/466, 455/566
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for transmitting multi-SMS in a mobile telephone, the method including the steps of: inputting a message and saving the message in a message storage; when the message storage is selected, displaying an input box for each message stored in the message storage; inputting a transmission order in the input boxes for messages to be transmitted; inputting a destination number; and, if a transmission order is given, transmitting the messages stored in the message storage in order of the transmission order inputted in the input boxes of the messages.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting multi-SMS (Short Message Service) in a mobile terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

inputting a plurality of unique SMS messages and saving the messages in a message storage;

when the message storage is selected, displaying an input box for each of the unique SMS message stored in the message storage;

inputting a transmission order in the input boxes for the unique SMS messages to be transmitted;

inputting a destination number; and

if the transmission order is given, transmitting each of the unique SMS messages stored in the message storage in the transmission order.

2. The method defined in claim 1, wherein the SMS message is a character message.

3. The method defined in claim 1, wherein the transmission order displayed in the input boxes is indicated by numbers.

4. The method defined in claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

when the transmission order is inputted in the input boxes for the SMS messages in the message storage, inputting a new SMS message;

storing the new SMS message in the message storage; and

inputting the transmission order in an additional input box for the new SMS message.

5. The method defined in claim 4, wherein, if the transmission order inputted in the additional input box for the new SMS message is a duplicate, the transmission order is rearranged to give the new SMS message priority over the previously entered SMS message having the duplicate transmission order.