Method for enhanced short message service
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1. A method for an enhanced SMS, comprising:
- receiving a short message;
checking whether the received message is user data;
processing the user data using corresponding control data when the received message is user data, the processing comprising applying attributes of characters determined by each command set of the control data to each character of the user data, the command sets setting at least two attributes of each said character; and
outputting the processed user data,wherein each command set comprises;
location information of a character;
command item information; and
attribution information of the command item information, the command item information including font control, color control, size control and text effect control, and wherein the attribution information includes a plurality of font types for the font control, a plurality of colors for the color control, a plurality of sizes for the size control and a plurality of text effects for the text effect control.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for an enhanced SMS can include receiving a short message, checking whether the received message is user data, processing the user data by referring to previously received control data if the received message is user data, and outputting the processed user data to a screen. The short message and SMS can be used in all mobile telecommunication devices. Further, such a short message and SMS can be encapsulated to the conventional short message service (SMS) protocol, and thereby used in a system or a protocol without change.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for an enhanced SMS, comprising:
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receiving a short message; checking whether the received message is user data; processing the user data using corresponding control data when the received message is user data, the processing comprising applying attributes of characters determined by each command set of the control data to each character of the user data, the command sets setting at least two attributes of each said character; and outputting the processed user data, wherein each command set comprises; location information of a character; command item information; and attribution information of the command item information, the command item information including font control, color control, size control and text effect control, and wherein the attribution information includes a plurality of font types for the font control, a plurality of colors for the color control, a plurality of sizes for the size control and a plurality of text effects for the text effect control. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for a short message service (SMS), comprising:
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transmitting a short message including control data; transmitting a short message including user data; and processing the user data by referring to received control data in a receiving terminal, the processing comprising applying attributes of characters, determined by command set of the control data to each character of the user data, the command sets setting at least two attributes of each said character, wherein said command set comprises; location information of a character; command item information; and attribution information of the command information, the command item information including font control, color control, size control and text effect control, and wherein the attribution information includes a plurality of font types for the font control, a plurality of colors for the color control, a plurality of sizes for the size control and a plurality of text effects for the text control. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus, comprising:
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a terminal configured to determine whether SMS data is first type data or second type data, the first type data being composed of a plurality of command sets that determine at least two attributes of a character in the corresponding second type data, the terminal processing the second type data by referring to the first type data, the processing comprising applying attributes of characters determined by command set of the first type data to each character of the second type data, wherein said command set comprises; location information of a character; command item information; and attribution information of the command item information, the command item information including at least one of font control, color control, size control and text effect control, and wherein the attribution information includes a plurality of font types for the font control, a plurality of colors for the color control, a plurality of sizes for the size control and a plurality of text effects for the text effect control. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for a message service in a mobile terminal comprising:
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receiving a message; checking whether the received message is user data; processing the user data using corresponding control data when the received message is user data, the processing step comprising applying attributes of characters determined by command set of the control data to characters of the user data; and outputting the processed user data, wherein the command set comprises; location information of a character; command item information; and attribution information of the command item information, and wherein the command item information includes; font control; color control; size control; and text effect control, and wherein the attribution information includes; a plurality of font types for the font control; a plurality of colors for the color control; a plurality of sizes for the size control; and a plurality of text effects for the text effect control.
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18. An apparatus, comprising:
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a terminal configured to receive a message, check whether the received message is user data, process the user data using corresponding control data when the received message is user data, the processing step comprising applying attributes of characters determined by command set of the control data to characters of the user data, and output the processed user data, wherein the command set comprises; location information of a character; command item information; and attribution information of the command item information, and wherein the command item information includes; font control; color control; size control; and text effect control, and wherein the attribution information includes; a plurality of font types for the font control; a plurality of colors for the color control; a plurality of sizes for the size control; and a plurality of text effects for the text effect control.
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