Method for sending and receiving personal information by using mobile terminal

• US 8,346,963 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2011
• Issued: 01/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc. (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jin, Chae Hee
• Primary Examiner(s): SHINGLES, KRISTIE D
• Application Number:
  US13/072,154
• Publication Number:
  US 20110171981A1
• Time in Patent Office: 648 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204, 709/206, 709/238, 709/245
• US Class Current: 709/238
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A system for sending and receiving personal information using a mobile terminal is disclosed. In the present invention, a personal information is sent using a short message service with an attached identification information. Accordingly, when the short message is received by a receiving mobile terminal, the attached identification information allows the receiving mobile terminal to distinguish and process the short message for personal information differently from other general short messages.

Claims

1. A method of sending information using a mobile device, comprising:

receiving a selection of a first menu option displayed on a first mobile terminal, the first menu option for inputting a first set of contact information;

displaying a first screen for inputting the first set of contact information;

receiving a selection of a second menu option for transmitting contact information;

displaying a second screen for inputting a second set of contact information, and receiving the second set of contact information, the second set of contact information corresponding to a second mobile terminal;

displaying a message, the message including the first set of contact information as content of the message and the second set of contact information as a receiver information of the message; and

transmitting the message to the second mobile terminal based on the second set of contact information, wherein the first and second menu options are selected from a menu associated with a phone number list of the first mobile terminal, and wherein the first set of contact information comprises at least one item of contact information corresponding to each of a plurality of contact parties or a plurality of items of contact information corresponding to one contact party.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second set of contact information is at least one of a contact entry stored in the first mobile terminal, or a phone number, facsimile number, or email address input at the first mobile terminal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second set of contact information corresponding to the second mobile terminal is provided by accessing a phone number using the phone number list stored in the first mobile terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of contact information is at least one of a name, a phone number, an address, a business name, an email address or a facsimile number.

5. A method of sending information using a mobile device, comprising:

receiving a selection of a first menu option displayed on a terminal having a first mobile number, the first menu option for inputting a first set of contact information;

displaying a first screen for inputting the first set of contact information;

receiving a selection of a second menu option on the terminal having the first mobile number, the second menu option for transmitting contact information;

displaying a second screen for inputting a second set of contact information, and receiving the second set of contact information, the second set of contact information corresponding to a terminal having a second mobile number;

displaying a message, the message including the first set of contact information as content of the message and the second set of contact information as a receiver information of the message;

transmitting the message to the terminal having the second mobile number based on the second set of contact information;

receiving the message including the first set of contact information as the content of the message at the terminal having the second mobile number;

displaying the first set of contact information on a screen of the terminal having the second mobile number; and

storing the first set of contact information in a contact list of the terminal having the second mobile number, wherein the first and second menu options are selected from a menu associated with a phone number list of the terminal having the first mobile number.

6. A method of sending information using a mobile device, comprising:

receiving a selection of a first menu option displayed on a first mobile terminal, the first menu option for inputting a first set of contact information;

displaying a first screen for inputting the first set of contact information;

receiving a selection of a second menu option for transmitting contact information;

displaying a second screen for inputting a plurality of second sets of contact information, and receiving the plurality of second sets of contact information, the plurality of second sets of contact information corresponding to a plurality of second mobile terminals;

displaying a message, the message including the first set of contact information as content of the message and the plurality of second sets of contact information as a plurality of receiver informations of the message; and

transmitting the message to the plurality of second mobile terminals based on the plurality of second sets of contact information, wherein the first and second menu options are selected from a menu associated with a phone number list of the first mobile terminal, and wherein the first set of contact information comprises at least one item of contact information corresponding to each of a plurality of contact parties or a plurality of items of contact information corresponding to one contact party.

7. A method of sending information using a mobile device, comprising:

receiving a selection of a first menu option displayed on a first mobile terminal, the first menu option for inputting content of a message;

displaying a first screen for inputting the content of the message;

receiving a selection of a second menu option for transmitting contact information;

displaying a second screen for inputting a plurality of second sets of contact information, and receiving the plurality of second sets of contact information, the plurality of second sets of contact information corresponding to a plurality of second mobile terminals;

displaying a message, the message including the inputted content as content of the message and the plurality of second sets of contact information as a plurality of receiver informations of the message; and

transmitting the message to the plurality of second mobile terminals based on the plurality of second sets of contact information, wherein the second menu option is selected from a menu associated with a phone number list of the first mobile terminal.

8. A method of sending information using a mobile device, comprising:

receiving a selection of a first menu option displayed on a first mobile terminal, the first menu option for inputting a first set of contact information;

displaying a first screen for inputting the first set of contact information;

receiving a selection of a second menu option for transmitting contact information;

displaying a second screen for inputting a second set of contact information, and receiving the second set of contact information, the second set of contact information corresponding to a second mobile terminal;

receiving a selection of a third menu option for transmitting contact information;

displaying a third screen for inputting a third set of contact information, and receiving the third set of contact information, the third set of contact information corresponding to a third mobile terminal;

displaying a message, the message including the first set of contact information as content of the message, the second set of contact information as a first receiver information of the message and the third set of contact information as a second receiver information of the message; and

transmitting the message to the second and third mobile terminals based on the second and third sets of contact information, respectively, wherein the first, second and third menu options are selected from a menu associated with a phone number list of the first mobile terminal, and wherein the first set of contact information comprises at least one item of contact information corresponding to each of a plurality of contact parties or a plurality of items of contact information corresponding to one contact party.

9. A method of sending information using a mobile device, comprising:

displaying, on a first mobile terminal, a first menu option and an editing menu option together, the first menu option for inputting a first set of contact information and the editing menu option for editing the first set of contact information;

receiving a selection of the first menu option displayed on the first mobile terminal;

displaying a first screen for inputting the first set of contact information;

receiving a selection of a second menu option displayed on the first mobile terminal, the second menu option for transmitting contact information;

displaying a second screen for inputting a second set of contact information, and receiving the second set of contact information, the second set of contact information corresponding to a second mobile terminal;

displaying a message, the message including the first set of contact information as content of the message and the second set of contact information as a receiver information of the message; and

transmitting the message to the second mobile terminal based on the second set of contact information, wherein the first and second menu options are selected from a menu associated with a phone number list of the first mobile terminal, and wherein the first set of contact information comprises at least one item of contact information corresponding to each of a plurality of contact parties or a plurality of items of contact information corresponding to one contact party.

10. A method of sending information using a mobile device, comprising:

receiving a selection of a first menu option displayed on a terminal having a first mobile number, the first menu option for inputting a first set of contact information;

displaying a first screen for inputting the first set of contact information on the terminal having the first mobile number;

receiving a selection of a second menu option on the terminal having the first mobile number, the second menu option for transmitting contact information;

displaying a second screen for inputting a second set of contact information on the terminal having the first mobile number, and receiving the second set of contact information on the terminal having the first mobile number, the second set of contact information corresponding to a terminal having a second mobile number;

displaying a message on the terminal having the first mobile number, the message including the first set of contact information as content of the message and the second set of contact information as a receiver information of the message;

transmitting the message from the terminal having the first mobile number to the terminal having the second mobile number based on the second set of contact information;

receiving the message including the first set of contact information as the content of the message at the terminal having the second mobile number;

displaying distinguishably the message from another message not including contact information as a content of another message on the terminal having the second mobile number; and

storing the first set of contact information in a contact list of the terminal having the second mobile number, wherein the first and second menu options are selected from a menu associated with a phone number list of the terminal having the first mobile number.

11. A mobile terminal comprising:

a screen;

a memory; and

a controller to select a first menu option displayed on the screen for inputting a first set of contact information, to select a second menu option displayed on the screen for inputting a second set of contact information and to display a message including the first set of contact information as content of the message and the second set of contact information as a receiver information of the message on the screen, wherein the massage is transmitted to another mobile terminal based on the second set of contact information, wherein the first and second menu options are selected from a menu associated with a phone number list of the mobile terminal, and wherein the first set of contact information comprises at least one item of contact information corresponding to each of a plurality of contact parties or a plurality of items of contact information corresponding to one contact party.

12. A mobile terminal comprising:

a screen;

a memory; and

a controller to display a first set of contact information included in a received message as a content of the message on the screen and store the first set of contact information in a contact list stored in the memory, wherein a mobile number of the mobile terminal is based on a second set of contact information included in the received message as a receiver information of the message, and wherein the first and second sets of contact information are included in the message using first and second menu options associated with a phone number list of another mobile terminal transmitting the message.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller displays distinguishably the message from another message not including contact information as a content of another message.

14. A mobile terminal comprising:

a screen;

a memory; and

a controller to select a first menu option displayed on the screen for inputting a first set of contact information, to select a second menu option displayed on the screen for inputting a plurality of second sets of contact information and to display a message including the first set of contact information as content of the message and the plurality of second sets of contact information as a plurality of receiver informations of the message on the screen,

wherein the massage is transmitted to a plurality of another mobile terminals based on the plurality of second sets of contact information, wherein the first and second menu options are selected from a menu associated with a phone number list of the mobile terminal, and wherein the first set of contact information comprises at least one item of contact information corresponding to each of a plurality of contact parties or a plurality of items of contact information corresponding to one contact party.

15. A mobile terminal comprising:

a screen;

a memory; and

a controller to select a first menu option displayed on the screen for inputting content of a message, to select a second menu option displayed on the screen for inputting a plurality of second sets of contact information and to display a message including the inputted content as content of the message and the plurality of second sets of contact information as a plurality of receiver informations of the message on the screen, wherein the massage is transmitted to a plurality of another mobile terminals based on the plurality of second sets of contact information, and wherein the second menu option is selected from a menu associated with a phone number list of the mobile terminal.

16. A first mobile terminal comprising:

a screen;

a memory; and

a controller to select a first menu option displayed on the screen for inputting a first set of contact information, to select a second menu option displayed on the screen for inputting a second set of contact information, to select a third menu option displayed on the screen for inputting a third set of contact information and to display a message including the first set of contact information as content of the message, the second set of contact information as a first receiver information of the message and the third set of contact information as a second receiver information of the message on the screen,

wherein the second set of contact information corresponds to a second mobile terminal and the third set of contact information corresponds to a third mobile terminal, wherein the massage is transmitted to the second and third mobile terminals based on the second and third sets of contact information, respectively, wherein the first, second and third menu options are selected from a menu associated with a phone number list of the mobile terminal, and

wherein the first set of contact information comprises at least one item of contact information corresponding to each of a plurality of contact parties or a plurality of items of contact information corresponding to one contact party.

17. A first mobile terminal comprising:

a screen;

a memory; and

a controller to display a first menu option for inputting a first set of contact information and an editing menu option for editing the first set of contact information together on the screen, to select the first menu option displayed on the screen, to select a second menu option displayed on the screen for inputting a second set of contact information and to display a message including the first set of contact information as content of the message and the second set of contact information as a receiver information of the message on the screen,

wherein the massage is transmitted to another mobile terminal based on the second set of contact information, wherein the first and second menu options are selected from a menu associated with a phone number list of the mobile terminal, and wherein the first set of contact information comprises at least one item of contact information corresponding to each of a plurality of contact parties or a plurality of items of contact information corresponding to one contact party.