Method of displaying attachment file list in mobile communication terminal, method of downloading and uploading attachment file using e-mail protocol, and mobile communication terminal for performing the same

• US 8,239,853 B2
• Filed: 12/10/2007
• Issued: 08/07/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Sang Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Vy, Hung T
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lu, Hua
• Application Number:
  US11/953,191
• Publication Number:
  US 20080172663A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,702 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 717/173
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

A method of displaying an attachment file list in a mobile communication terminal comprises receiving a message, selecting an attachment file list view menu in order to check entire attachment files comprised in the message, and extracting the attachment files comprised in the message and then displaying a list of the extracted attachment files.

Claims

1. A method of displaying information in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

without downloading, from a message server, messages held by the message server and attachment files attached to the messages, downloading file names of the attachment files from the message server;

without displaying the messages or a list of the messages, displaying a file name list of the attachment files;

selecting one or more files from the displayed file name list; and

wirelessly downloading the selected one or more files from the message server, without downloading the messages.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

without requesting to transmit the messages and the attachment files to the message server, requesting to transmit the file names of the attachment files to the message server.

3. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to download, from a message server, file names of attachment files attached to messages held by the message server, without downloading the messages and the attachment files from the message server;

a display unit configured to display a file name list of the attachment files, without displaying the messages or a list of the messages; and

an input unit configured to select one or more files from the displayed file name list,

wherein the wireless communication unit is configured to download the selected one or more files from the message server, without downloading the messages.

4. The mobile communication terminal of claim 3, wherein the input unit is configured to request to transmit the file names of the attachment files to the message server, without requesting to transmit the messages and the attachment files to the message server.

5. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:

an input unit configured to request to transmit attachment files attached to messages to a message server, without requesting to transmit the messages to the message server;

a wireless communication unit configured to download the attachment files from the message server, without downloading the messages from the message server; and

a display unit configured to display a list of the attachment files, without displaying the messages or a list of the messages.

6. A method of displaying information in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a graphic user interface for selecting one of a file name download menu, a file download menu, and a message download menu;

selecting one of the file name download menu, the file download menu, and the message download menu via the graphic user interface;

downloading, from a message server, file names of attachment files attached to messages held by the message server without downloading the messages and the attachment files from the message server, when the file name download menu is selected;

displaying a file name list of the attachment files without displaying the messages or a list of the messages,

selecting one or more files from the displayed file name list; and

wirelessly downloading the selected one or more files from the message server without downloading the messages.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

downloading the attachment files without downloading the messages, when the file download menu is selected; and

displaying the file name list of the attachment files without displaying the messages or the list of the messages.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

downloading the messages without downloading the attachment files, when the message download menu is selected; and

displaying the message list of the messages without displaying the attachment files or the file name list.

9. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:

a display unit configured to display a graphic user interface for selecting one of a file name download menu, a file download menu, and a message download menu;

an input unit configured to select one of the file name download menu, the file download menu, and the message download menu via the graphic user interface;

a wireless communication unit configured to download, from a message server, file names of attachment files attached to messages held by the message server without downloading the messages and the attachment files from the message server, when the file name download menu is selected;

a controller configured to

display a file name list of the attachment files on the display unit without displaying the messages or a list of the messages, and

wirelessly download one or more files from the message server without downloading the messages when the one or more files are selected from the displayed file name list.

10. The mobile communication terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to

download the attachment files without downloading messages when the file download menu is selected, and

display the file name list of the attachment files on the display unit without displaying the messages or the list of the messages.

11. The mobile communication terminal of 9, wherein the controller is configured to

download the messages without downloading the attachment files when the message download menu is selected, and

display the message list of the messages without displaying the attachment files or the file name list.