Transmission of database records between mobile communication terminals

• US 7,974,612 B2
• Filed: 11/07/2006
• Issued: 07/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Nah, Hyung Jooh
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang; Kent
• Assistant Examiner(s): Matharu; Manpreet S
• Application Number:
  US11/557,187
• Publication Number:
  US 20070173241A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,701 Days
• Field of Search: 455/418, 455/425, 455/564, 455/466, 345/300, 345/168
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

A method for transmitting a phone number stored in a first mobile communication terminal to a second mobile communication terminal is provided. The method comprises selecting a phone number stored in a database in the first mobile communication terminal, by way of interacting with a user interface of the first mobile communication terminal; creating a short text message to be transmitted to the second mobile communication terminal; inputting the selected phone number in the short text message, as a single entry, by way of interacting with the user interface of the first mobile communication terminal; and transmitting the short text message to the second mobile communication terminal, wherein a user of the second mobile communication terminal upon receipt of the short text message interacts with the second mobile communication terminal to select the phone number in the short text message, as a single entry.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting a phone number stored in a first mobile communication terminal to a second mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

providing a message window for receiving a composed message to be transmitted to the second mobile communication terminal;

receiving a search query for searching a specific phone number to be transmitted, the search query comprising a search string;

searching for at least one phone number stored in a database in the first mobile communication terminal in response to the search query;

displaying the searched at least one phone number;

selecting the specific phone number from the searched at least one phone number by way of interacting with a user interface of the first mobile communication terminal, the selected specific phone number being a phone number of a specific third party that is not the first or second mobile communication terminal;

displaying the selected specific phone number corresponding to the third party in a sender information section included in the message window by way of interacting with the user interface of the first mobile communication terminal such that the selected specific phone number represents sender information of the message; and

transmitting the message to the second mobile communication terminal, wherein default sender information of the first mobile communication terminal is replaced by the selected specific phone number in the sender information section of the transmitted message such that the second mobile communication terminal retrieves the phone number directly from the sender information section in the message upon receiving the message from the first mobile communication terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second mobile communication terminal is configured to dial the retrieved specific phone number or to generate a reply message to be sent to the retrieved specific phone number to communicate with the third part by directly replying to the received from the first mobile communication terminal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second mobile communication terminal is configured to store the retrieved specific phone number corresponding to the third party in a database in the second mobile communication terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the message window further comprises a body section for entering text in addition to the sender information section, wherein the selected specific phone number is also included in the body section.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the message is transmitted from the first mobile communication terminal to the second mobile communication terminal by a messaging service via a mobile communication network.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the mobile communication network comprises a base station and the message is transmitted from the first mobile communication terminal to the second mobile communication terminal via the base station.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the messaging service comprises a short message service (SMS), a long message service (LMS), or a multi-message service (MMS).

24. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing an options menu for;

displaying the selected specific phone number in the sender information section of the message, or

displaying the selected specific phone number in a message body section of the message; and

receiving an input for selecting displaying the selected specific phone number in the sender information section of the message via the options menu.

25. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing an options menu for;

displaying a phone number of the first mobile communication terminal in the sender information section of the message, or

displaying the selected specific phone number corresponding to the third party in the sender information section of the message; and

receiving an input for selecting displaying the selected specific phone number corresponding to the third party in the sender information section of the message via the options menu.

26. The method of claim 1, wherein the search string comprises at least a part of the specific phone number or a name corresponding to the third party.

27. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a search menu for receiving the search query;

receiving an input for selecting the search menu; and

displaying a search window receiving the search query.

5. A method for transmitting data stored in a first database of a first mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a message window for receiving a composed message to be transmitted to a second mobile communication terminal;

receiving a search query for searching a specific phone number to be transmitted, the search query comprising a search string;

searching at least one phone number stored in the first database in response to the search query;

displaying the searched at least one phone number;

selecting the specific phone number from the searched at least one phone number by way of interacting with a first user interface of the first mobile communication terminal, the selected specific phone number being a phone number of a specific third party that is not the first or second mobile communication terminal;

associating the selected specific phone number with a sender information section included in the message window, the selected specific phone number corresponding to the third party included in the sender information section instead of a phone number corresponding to the first mobile communication terminal; and

transmitting the message to the second mobile communication terminal, wherein default sender information of the first mobile communication terminal is replaced by the selected specific phone number in the sender information section of the transmitted message,

wherein the second communication terminal stores the specific phone number stored in the sender information section of the received message or establishes a connection with the specific phone number stored in the sender information section of the received message by retrieving the specific phone number directly from the sender information section in the message, the second mobile communication terminal generating a reply message to be sent to the specific phone number by directly replying to the message received from the first mobile communication terminal or dialing the first phone number while establishing the connection.

14. The method of claim 5, wherein the message is transmitted from the first mobile communication terminal to the second mobile communication terminal by a messaging service via a mobile communication network.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the mobile communication network comprises a base station and the message is transmitted from the first mobile communication terminal to the second mobile communication terminal via the base station.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the messaging service comprises a short message service (SMS), a long message service (LMS), or a multi-message service (MMS).

28. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

providing an options menu for;

displaying the selected specific phone number in the sender information section of the message, or

displaying the selected specific phone number in a message body section of the message; and

receiving an input for selecting displaying the selected specific phone number in the sender information section of the message via the options menu.

29. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

providing an options menu for;

displaying a phone number of the first mobile communication terminal in the sender information section of the message, or

displaying the selected specific phone number corresponding to the third party in the sender information section of the message; and

receiving an input for selecting displaying the selected specific phone number corresponding to the third party in the sender information section of the message via the options menu.

6. A first mobile communication terminal configured to transmit data stored in a first database of the first mobile communication terminal, the first mobile communication terminal comprising:

a logic unit for providing a message window for creating a message to be transmitted to a second mobile communication terminal;

an input unit for receiving a search query for searching a specific phone number to be transmitted, the search query comprising a search string;

a logic unit for searching at least one phone number stored in the first database in response to the search query;

a display unit for displaying the searched at least one phone number;

a logic unit for selecting the specific phone number from the searched at least one phone number by way of interacting with a first user interface of the first mobile communication terminal, the selected specific phone number being a phone number of a specific third party that is not the first or second mobile communication terminal;

a logic unit for associating the selected specific phone number with a sender information section included in the message window; and

a logic unit for transmitting the created message to the second mobile communication terminal, wherein default sender information of the first mobile communication terminal is replaced by the selected specific phone number in the sender information section of the transmitted message such that the second mobile communication terminal retrieves the specific phone number directly from the sender information section in the message upon receiving the message from the first mobile communication terminal.

7. The first mobile communication terminal of claim 6, wherein the second mobile communication terminal is configured to dial the specific phone number in response to an input for directly selecting the phone number in the sender information section of the received message.

8. The first mobile communication terminal of claim 6, wherein the second mobile communication terminal is configured to generate a reply message to be sent to the specific phone number in response to an input for directly replying to the received message.

17. The first mobile communication terminal of claim 6, wherein the message is transmitted from the first mobile communication terminal to the second mobile communication terminal by a messaging service via a mobile communication network.

18. The first mobile communication terminal of claim 17, wherein the mobile communication network comprises a base station and the message is transmitted from the first mobile communication terminal to the second mobile communication terminal via the base station.

19. The first mobile communication terminal of claim 17, wherein the messaging service comprises a short message service (SMS), a long message service (LMS), or a multi-message service (MMS).

30. The first mobile communication terminal of claim 6, further configured to:

provide an options menu for;

displaying the selected specific phone number in the sender information section of the message, or

displaying the selected specific phone number in a message body section of the message; and

receive an input for selecting displaying the selected specific phone number in the sender information section of the message via the options menu.

31. The first mobile communication terminal of claim 6, further configured to:

provide an options menu for;

displaying a phone number of the first mobile communication terminal in the sender information section of the message, or

displaying the selected specific phone number corresponding to the third party in the sender information section of the message; and

receive an input for selecting displaying the selected specific phone number corresponding to the third party in the sender information section of the message via the options menu.

9. A method for transmitting a phone number stored in a first mobile communication terminal to a second mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

selecting the phone number stored in a database in the first mobile communication terminal, by way of interacting with a user interface of the first mobile communication terminal, wherein the selected phone number is a specific phone number corresponding to a third party that is not the first or second mobile communication terminal;

providing a menu for transmitting the selected phone number;

providing a message widow for receiving a composed message to be transmitted to the second mobile communication terminal when the provided menu is selected;

displaying the selected phone number in a sender information section included in the message window;

receiving the message to be transmitted to the second mobile communication terminal; and

transmitting the received message to the second mobile communication terminal,

wherein default sender information of the first mobile communication terminal is replaced by the selected phone number in the sender information section of the message received by the second mobile communication terminal such that the second mobile communication terminal retrieves the phone number directly from the sender information section in the message upon receiving the message from the first mobile communication terminal.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein selecting the phone number stored in the database in the first mobile communication terminal comprises:

receiving at least partial information related to the phone number;

activating a phone number search option;

displaying a list of at least one phone number that matches the at least partial information; and

receiving an input for selecting the phone number from the list.

20. The method of claim 9, wherein the message is transmitted from the first mobile communication terminal to the second mobile communication terminal by a messaging service via a mobile communication network.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the mobile communication network comprises a base station and the message is transmitted from the first mobile communication terminal to the second mobile communication terminal via the base station.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the messaging service comprises a short message service (SMS), a long message service (LMS), or a multi-message service (MMS).

32. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

providing an options menu for;

displaying the selected specific phone number in the sender information section of the message, or

displaying the selected specific phone number in a message body section of the message; and

receiving an input for selecting displaying the selected specific phone number in the sender information section of the message via the options menu.

33. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

providing an options menu for;

displaying a phone number of the first mobile communication terminal in the sender information section of the message, or

displaying the selected specific phone number corresponding to the third party in the sender information section of the message; and

receiving an input for selecting displaying the selected specific phone number corresponding to the third party in the sender information section of the message via the options menu.

23. A second mobile communication terminal configured to receive data from a first mobile communication terminal, the second mobile communication terminal comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive a message from the first mobile communication terminal, the message comprising at least a sender information section and a body section, wherein default sender information of the first mobile communication terminal is replaced by the data related to contact information of a specific third party in the sender information section;

a display configured to display the received message, the data including the contact information of the specific third party being displayed in the sender information section of the received message;

an input unit configured to receive an input for selecting the contact information included in the displayed message and for directly contacting the specific third party utilizing the selected contact information;

a memory configured to store the data included in the received message; and

a controller configured to contact the specific third party via the transceiver in response to the input such that no manual entry of the contact information needs to be received by the second mobile communication terminal to contact the specific third party,

wherein the contact information comprises a specific phone number, a specific email address, or a specific uniform resource locator (URL) corresponding to the specific third party.