Mobile communication terminal and link management method of the same

• US 7,899,487 B2
• Filed: 10/06/2006
• Issued: 03/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Oh, Jung Kyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Kincaid; Lester
• Assistant Examiner(s): MITCHELL, NATHAN A
• Application Number:
  US11/543,873
• Publication Number:
  US 20070099672A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,607 Days
• Field of Search: 370310-350, 455/550.1, 455/566, 715/200, 715/700
• US Class Current: 455/550.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal and a method of link management are discussed. According to an embodiment, the terminal includes a display unit for indicating a message including at least one specific data; a link manager for setting a link to the at least one specific data included in the message, and assigning a sign to each specific data; and a transmitter for sending the message including the sign(s) assigned by the link manager.

Claims

1. A mobile communication system, comprising:

a first mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with at least one other terminal;

a touch screen input unit configured to touch input a text message to be transmitted to the at least one other terminal, said text message being a real-time text message and not a non-real-time email message;

a display configured to display the text message input on the input unit before the text message is transmitted to the at least one other terminal;

a memory configured to store a phonebook including a plurality of contact information for a plurality of phone numbers, respectively; and

a controller configured to determine if specific text data in the text message corresponds to one of the plurality of stored contact information, to automatically highlight and underline the specific text data in the text message when the specific text data corresponds to said one of the stored contact information and to attach a link to the specific text data, wherein the controller is further configured to control the wireless communication unit to directly transmit the text message to the at least one other terminal in real-time using only a phone number of the at least one other terminal and without having to search a memory of the mobile terminal for an email address corresponding to a user using the at least one other terminal; and

at least a second mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with the first mobile terminal via a communication network; and

a display configured to display a received text message sent from the first mobile terminal,

wherein the wireless communication unit of the second mobile terminal receives the transmitted text message, displays the received text message without having to first open an email, and automatically calls a phone number corresponding to the highlighted and underlined specific text data when the link is selected on the second mobile terminal, and

wherein the highlighted and underlined text specific text data is not used to access the Internet.

2. The mobile communication system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to highlight the specific text data by changing a color of the specific data compared to a color of other data in the text message.

3. The mobile communication system of claim 2, wherein when the color of the other data is black, the controller is further configured to change the color of the specific data to be a blue color.

4. The mobile communication system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to place an indication sign near the highlighted and underlined specific text data to indicate to the user of the at least one other terminal that the received text message includes selectable links corresponding to the highlighted and underlined specific text.

5. The mobile communication system of claim 1, wherein text data other than the specific text data included in the transmitted text message can not be selected.

6. The mobile communication system of claim 1, wherein the text message is one of a Short Message Service (SMS) message, a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) message, and an Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS) message.

7. The mobile communication system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit to display a text label including at least “

message”

at a top portion of the display unit when the text message is being input.

8. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

storing in a memory of the mobile terminal a phonebook including a plurality of contact information for a plurality of phone numbers, respectively;

touch inputting a text message on a touch screen of the mobile terminal to be transmitted to at least one other terminal via wireless communication unit included in the mobile terminal, said text message being a real-time text message and not a non-real-time email message;

displaying on the touch screen the input text message before the text message is transmitted to the at least one other terminal;

determining if specific text data in the text message corresponds to one of the plurality of stored contact information;

automatically highlighting and underlining the specific text data in the text message when the specific text data corresponds to said one of the stored contact information;

attaching a link to the specific text data; and

directly transmitting the text message to the at least one other terminal in real-time using only a phone number of the at least one other terminal and without searching a memory of the mobile terminal for an email address corresponding to a user using the at least one other terminal,

wherein the at least one other terminal receives the transmitted text message, displays the transmitted text message without having to first open an email, and automatically calls a phone number corresponding to the highlighted and underlined specific text data when the link is selected on the at least one other terminal, and

wherein the highlighted and underlined text specific text data is not used to access the Internet.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the highlighting the specific text comprises highlighting the specific text data by changing a color of the specific data compared to a color of other data in the text message.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein when the color of the other data is black, the highlighting the specific text data changes the color of the specific data to be a blue color.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

placing an indication sign near the highlighted and underlined specific text data to indicate to the user of the at least one other terminal that the received text message includes selectable links corresponding to the highlighted and underlined specific text.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein text data other than the specific text data included in the transmitted text message can not be selected.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the text message is one of a Short Message Service (SMS) message, a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) message, and an Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS) message.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

displaying a text label including at least “

message”

at a top portion of the display unit when the text message is being input.