Method for transmitting message during PTT call service in mobile communication terminal

• US 7,877,107 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2005
• Issued: 01/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Joung, Ou-Jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Rego; Dominic E
• Application Number:
  US11/297,743
• Publication Number:
  US 20060121927A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,874 Days
• Field of Search: 455/90.2, 455/412.1, 455/414.1, 455517-520, 455/78, 455/79, 455/426.1, 455/422.1, 455/416, 455/420, 370/352, 370/389, 370/338, 370/325
• US Class Current: 455/518
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for transmitting a message during a PTT call service in a mobile communication terminal. The method includes checking whether a message transmission key is input during a PTT call service; when the message transmission key is input, displaying a screen containing a plurality of preset messages; when one message is selected, creating an SMS message using the selected message and transmitting the created SMS message to a pre-selected participant; and when a direct message creation is selected, receiving a selection of a participant to whom a message is to be transmitted, receiving an input message, creating an SMS message using the input message, and transmitting the created SMS message to the selected participant. Accordingly, even a participant having no right to speak can inform other participants of his or her own state.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting a message during a PTT (Push To Talk) call service in a mobile communication terminal having no right to speak, the method comprising the steps of:

performing a PTT call;

checking whether a message transmission key is input during the PTT call, by the mobile communication terminal having no right to speak; and

when the message transmission key is input, transmitting a stored message to at least one participant using a Short Message Service (SMS), by the mobile communication terminal having no right to speak,

wherein transmitting the stored message during the PTT call includes transmitting the stored message to a network over a reverse common channel, and

wherein transmitting the stored message during the PTT call further includes;

when the message transmission key is input, displaying a screen requesting to select a participant to whom the message is to be transmitted;

when the participant is selected, displaying a message input window; and

when the input of a message is completed, creating the SMS message using the input message and transmitting the created SMS message to a selected participant.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the stored message during the PTT call further includes:

displaying a list of messages;

selecting one message from the list; and

creating the SMS message using the selected message and transmitting the created SMS message to the at least one participant.

3. A method for transmitting a message during a PTT (Push To Talk) call service in a mobile communication terminal having no right to speak, the method comprising the steps of:

performing a PTT call;

checking whether a message transmission key is input during the PTT call, by the mobile communication terminal having no right to speak; and

when the message transmission key is input, transmitting a stored message to all participants using a Short Message Service (SMS), by the mobile communication terminal having no right to speak,

wherein transmitting the stored message includes transmitting the stored message to a network over a reverse common channel.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the step of transmitting the stored message during the PTT call further includes:

displaying a list of messages;

selecting one message from the list; and

creating the SMS message using the selected message and transmitting the created SMS message to all participants.

5. A method for transmitting a message during a PTT (Push To Talk) call service in a mobile communication terminal having no right to speak, the method comprising the steps of:

displaying a soft key on a screen so as to select a message transmission during the PTT call service, by the mobile communication terminal having no right to speak;

when the soft key is input, displaying a list of preset messages, by the mobile communication terminal having no right to speak; and

when one message is selected from the list, creating a Short Message Service (SMS) message using the selected message and transmitting the created SMS message to a PTT participant with a right to speak, by the mobile communication terminal having no right to speak,

wherein transmitting the stored message includes transmitting the stored message to a network over a reverse common channel.

6. A method for transmitting a message during a PTT (Push To Talk) call service in a mobile communication terminal having no right to speak, the method comprising the steps of:

displaying a soft key on a screen so as to select a message transmission during the PTT call service, by the mobile communication terminal having no right to speak;

when the soft key is input, checking whether a PTT participant to whom a message is to be transmitted is selected from among all PTT participants, by the mobile communication terminal having no right to speak;

when the PTT participant is selected, receiving an input of a message, by the mobile communication terminal having no right to speak; and

when the input of the message is completed, creating a Short Message Service (SMS) message using the input message and transmitting the created SMS message to the selected PTT participant, by the mobile communication terminal having no right to speak,

wherein transmitting the stored message includes transmitting the stored message to a network over a reverse common channel.