Unified management method of various types of messages of a personal information terminal

• US 8,185,506 B2
• Filed: 05/12/2011
• Issued: 05/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kang, Yun Gyu, Jung, Byung Hak, Shin, Yong Soo, Pan, Su Young, Kim, Sang Bum, Lee, Seung Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Badawi, Sherief
• Application Number:
  US13/106,067
• Publication Number:
  US 20110214083A1
• Time in Patent Office: 376 Days
• Field of Search: 707/694, 707/690, 707/691, 707/922, 709/206, 455/412.1, 455/414.4, 455/466
• US Class Current: 707/684
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/922 Communications
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

A mobile terminal includes a display and a controller. The display outputs a first input window configured to receive a first message. When input data is received into at least one message field of the first input window, the controller determines whether or not the input data conforms to a format of the first input window corresponding to the first message. The controller also outputs a notification after the input is determined not to conform to the format corresponding to the first input window corresponding to the first message. The display outputs a second input window to receive a second message. The second input window has at least one message field different from the message fields in the first input window.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a memory to store input data;

a display configured to;

display a first input window configured to receive a first type message, wherein the first input window comprises a first window identifier and at least one first message field, the first window identifier indicative of a type of the first input window,

display a second input window configured to receive a second type message, wherein the second input window comprises a second window identifier and at least one second message field, the second window identifier indicative of a type of the second input window, and

a controller configured to;

determine, when the input data is received into at least one first message field of the first input window, whether the input data conforms to a format of the second input window corresponding to the second type message,

output a notification after the input data is determined to conform to the format of the second input window corresponding to the second type message, and

converting information of the first input window into the format of the second input window corresponding to the second type message, wherein the first and second input windows are displayed on the display.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the format of the second input window that corresponds to the second type message includes information that is not included in the first input window.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the converted information includes the input data received into the at least one first message field of the first input window.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the converted information is not output on the display.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a transmitter to transmit the converted information based on a protocol corresponding to the second input window without displaying the converted information on the display.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein a format of the first input window is provided for sending a SMS message and the format of the second input window is provided for sending an email message.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the at least one first message field includes a message address field, and

the controller is to check whether input data received in the message address field includes a predetermined symbol used for the second type message in order to determine whether the input data conforms to the format of the second type message.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller is to check whether input data received in the message address field includes an alphanumeric character in order to determine whether at least one of the input data conforms to a format of the second type message.

9. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a memory to store input data;

a display to display a first input window configured to receive a first message, wherein the first input window comprises a plurality of first message fields; and

a controller configured to determine, when the input data is received into at least one of the first message fields of the first input window, whether the input data does not conform to a format corresponding the first input window corresponding to the first message, and output a notification after the input is determined not to conform to the format corresponding to the first input window corresponding to the first message,

wherein the display is to display a second input window configured to receive a second message, wherein the second input window comprises at least one second message field different from the at least one first message field.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the first message includes information for sending at least one of a SMS message or an email message.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the plurality of the message fields includes a message address field, and wherein the controller is configured to display the notification when the input data for the message address field is determined to include an alphanumeric character.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein:

the plurality of the message fields includes a message address field, the controller is configured to check whether input data received in the message address field includes an alphanumeric character for the determination.

13. A method for controlling a mobile terminal, comprising:

displaying a first input window configured to receive a first type message, wherein the first input window comprises a first window identifier and at least one first message field, the first window identifier indicative of a type of the first input window;

receiving input data into at least one first message field of the first input window;

determining whether the input data conforms to a format of a second input window corresponding to a second type message;

outputting a notification after the input data is determined to conform to the format of the second input window corresponding to the second type message, wherein second input window comprises a second window identifier and at least one second message field; and

converting information of the first input window into the format of the second input window corresponding to the second type message, wherein the first and second input windows are displayed on the display at different times.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the format of the second input window that corresponds to the second type message includes information that is not included in the first input window.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the converted information includes the input data received into the at least one first message field of the first input window.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the converted info nation is not output on a display.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the converted information is transmitted based on a protocol that corresponds to the second input window without displaying the converted information on a display.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the first input window is provided for sending one of an SMS message or an email message and the second input window is provided for sending the other of the SMS message or the email message.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein:

the at least one first message field includes a message address field, and

said determining comprises checking whether input data received in the message address field includes a predetermined symbol used for the second type message.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein said determining comprises:

checking whether input data received in the message address field includes an alphanumeric character.