Mobile terminal and method of transferring or receiving data using the same

• US 8,750,910 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2013
• Issued: 06/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jang, Min Kyoung, Kim, Yong Sin, Park, Hye Yeon, Son, Jin Ho, Chang, Doo Yi
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehrpour, Melody
• Application Number:
  US13/896,193
• Publication Number:
  US 20130252646A1
• Time in Patent Office: 390 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561-4565, 455/466, 455/575.1, 455/404.1, 455/432.1, 455/435.1, 455/433, 455/457, 455/411.1
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72439 for image or video messaging
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal which transfers or receives data, including location information, in various ways, and a method of transferring or receiving data using the same.

Claims

1. A method for processing a message in a mobile terminal, comprising:

obtaining a specific location information identifying a geographical location of the mobile terminal;

displaying, on a display, a message input interface to facilitate user input of the message for sending via a communication unit, wherein the message is displayed in the message input interface, and wherein the message is a short message service (SMS) message or a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message;

displaying, on the display, a first graphical user interface to permit adding of the specific location information to the message, the adding of the specific location information to the message occurring in response to an input received with regard to the first graphical user interface;

displaying, on the display, a second graphical user interface to permit sending of the message, wherein the sending of the message includes sending together the message with the specific location information when the specific location information has been added to the message according to the input received with regard to the first graphical user interface; and

sending together the message with the specific location information through the communication unit in response to an input received with regard to the second graphical user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

simultaneously displaying, on the display, the second graphical user interface, the message input interface, and the message included in the message input interface.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

simultaneously displaying, on the display, the first graphical user interface, the second graphical user interface, the message input interface, and the message included in the message input interface.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing on the display a third graphical user interface for receiving a selection of a particular location information as the specific location information.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the input with regard to the first graphical user interface when the first graphical user interface is touched; and

receiving the input with regard to the second graphical user interface when the second graphical user interface is touched, wherein the display is a touch screen.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific location information is location information about a current location of the mobile terminal or is location information about other location excluding the current location.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific location information includes latitude and longitude information.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific location information is obtained by a location information unit, and the location information unit obtains the specific location information by using at least one of the following:

a satellite system including at least one from among GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS, COMPASS, and QZSS;

communication with at least one base station included in a wireless communication system; and

communication with at least one access point included in a wireless LAN system.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the capacity of text that the message can include is restricted.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific location information is displayed in the form of a text when obtaining the specific location information.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the specific location information is displayed on the display as a geographical name.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein a recipient of the message with the specific location information are identified by at least one of an address, a phone number and a URL.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the message and the specific location information are identified separately from each other by a recipient of the message with the specific location information.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the message is a SMS (short message service) message or a MMS (multimedia message service) message.

15. A method for processing a message in a mobile terminal, comprising:

obtaining the message and a specific location information which has been received together through a communication unit, the message and the specific location information having been sent from a communication terminal, wherein the message is a short message service (SMS) message or a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message, and wherein the specific location information is a geographical location excluding a current location of the communication terminal;

displaying, on a display, the message and the specific location information separately on the display such that the message and the specific location information are visually distinguishable as separate items; and

displaying, on the display, an indicator that indicates that the message and the specific location information are part of a same received message of a plurality of sequentially received messages received at the mobile terminal.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the specific location information includes latitude and longitude information.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the specific location information is displayed on the display in the form of a text.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the specific location information is displayed on the display as a geographical name.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the capacity of text that the message can include is restricted.