Method for management a multimedia data of mobile communication terminal and mobile communication terminal therefor

• US 8,290,477 B2
• Filed: 10/16/2009
• Issued: 10/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Jae-Hyun, Lee, Eun-O, Lee, Kang-Hoon
• Primary Examiner(s): RAMPURIA, SHARAD K
• Application Number:
  US12/580,705
• Publication Number:
  US 20100317326A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,096 Days
• Field of Search: 4554121-4122, 4554141-4144, 455/466, 455/458, 455/550.1, 709203-206, 379/88.22
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/063 Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages

Abstract

A method is provided for managing multimedia data in a mobile communication terminal. The method includes sending a multimedia message upon a request for sending a multimedia message; deleting multimedia data attached to the multimedia message, and reconfiguring a multimedia message that includes information about a path where the attached multimedia data is stored; and storing the reconfigured multimedia message in a Sent box.

Claims

1. A method for managing multimedia data in a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

sending a multimedia message upon a request for sending a multimedia message;

deleting multimedia data attached to the multimedia message, and reconfiguring a multimedia message that includes information about a path indicating a location where the attached multimedia data is stored in the mobile communication terminal; and

storing the reconfigured multimedia message in a Sent box.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, when checking a multimedia message stored in the Sent box, outputting multimedia data corresponding to a path of multimedia data included in the multimedia message stored in the Sent box.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when deleting particular multimedia data in the mobile communication terminal, determining whether a multimedia message storing a path of the multimedia data to be deleted exists in the Sent box; and

when a multimedia message storing a path of the multimedia data to be deleted exists in the Sent box, displaying information indicating the existence of a multimedia message linked to the multimedia data to be deleted among messages in the Sent box.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the displaying comprises displaying information indicating the existence of a multimedia message linked to the multimedia data to be deleted among messages in the Sent box, and displaying information indicating whether to delete the multimedia message linked to the multimedia data to be deleted.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing information about multimedia data included in the sent multimedia message in a preset Sent-multimedia data list.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

when deleting particular multimedia data in the mobile communication terminal, determining whether information about the multimedia data to be deleted is stored in the Sent-multimedia data list; and

when information about the multimedia data to be deleted is stored in the Sent-multimedia data list, displaying information indicating that the multimedia data is a file that has ever been attached to a multimedia message.

7. A mobile communication terminal for managing multimedia data, comprising:

a display device for displaying image information;

a memory for storing multimedia data; and

a controller for sending a multimedia message upon a request for sending a multimedia message, deleting multimedia data attached to the multimedia message, reconfiguring a multimedia message that includes information about a path indicating a location where the attached multimedia data is stored in the memory, and storing the reconfigured multimedia message in a Sent box.

8. The mobile communication terminal of claim 7, wherein upon a request for checking a multimedia message stored in the Sent box, the controller outputs multimedia data corresponding to a path of multimedia data included in the multimedia message stored in the Sent box.

9. The mobile communication terminal of claim 7, wherein upon a request for deleting particular multimedia data in the mobile communication terminal, the controller determines whether a multimedia message storing a path of the multimedia data to be deleted exists in the Sent box, and when a multimedia message storing a path of the multimedia data to be deleted exists in the Sent box, displays, on the display device, information indicating the existence of a multimedia message linked to the multimedia data to be deleted among messages in the Sent box.

10. The mobile communication terminal of claim 9, wherein the displaying comprises displaying information indicating the existence of a multimedia message linked to the multimedia data to be deleted among messages in the Sent box, and displaying information indicating whether to delete the multimedia message linked to the multimedia data to be deleted.

11. The mobile communication terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller stores information about multimedia data included in the sent multimedia message in a preset Sent-multimedia data list.

12. The mobile communication terminal of claim 11, wherein upon a request for deleting particular multimedia data in the mobile communication terminal, the controller determines whether information about the multimedia data to be deleted is stored in the Sent-multimedia data list, and displays information indicating that the multimedia data is a file that has ever been attached to a multimedia message, when information about the multimedia data to be deleted is stored in the Sent-multimedia data list.