Method for transmitting and receiving a message by a mobile terminal

• US 8,787,948 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2010
• Issued: 07/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Sang-Min
• Primary Examiner(s): Magloire, Vladimir
• Application Number:
  US12/849,865
• Publication Number:
  US 20110034186A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,448 Days
• Field of Search: 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/414.1, 455/414.2, 455/414.3, 455/466, 715/751, 715/752
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

A method of transmitting and receiving a message by a mobile terminal, includes: acquiring a template and identifying at least one contact number included in the acquired template; transmitting a message to the at least one contact number and receiving a reply member from the at least one contact number; analyzing the received reply message and updating the template according to the analyzed reply message; and determining if the update template satisfies a predetermined condition; and when the updated template satisfies a predetermined condition, transmitting a result of the updated template to the at least one contact number.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting and receiving by a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a template having an empty data field and identifying at least one contact number intended to receive the received template having the empty data field;

transmitting the received template, having the empty data field, to the at least one contact number;

generating and transmitting, by at least one of the contact number, a reply message with data to be entered into the empty data field;

receiving the reply message with the data from the at least one contact number;

analyzing the received reply message and updating the received template to fill the empty data field of the received template with the data;

determining if the updated template satisfies a predetermined condition; and

if so, transmitting the updated template, having the data field include the data, to the at least one contact number,

wherein the predetermined condition is satisfied when all respective reply messages from each of the at least one contact number have been received.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined condition changes according to a type of the received template.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the received template transmitted to said at least one contact number has an included message.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the received template transmitted to said at least one contact number includes a message input by a user or a message modified from a message included in the received template.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising, when the updated template does not satisfy the predetermined condition, establishing a connection to said at least one contact number and requesting the reply message.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the received template is associated with a particular event.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the received template can be modified via an input device of the mobile terminal.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the reply message is transmitted via a short message service (SMS).

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting an image corresponding to the updated template to the at least one contact number.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the received template is uploaded to a predetermined server while only a connection link to the uploaded template is transmitted.

11. A method of transmitting and receiving by a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a template having an empty data field and identifying at least one contact number intended to receive the received template having the empty data field;

transmitting the received template, having the empty data field, to the at least one contact number;

generating and transmitting, by at least one of the contact number, a reply message with data to be entered into the empty data field;

receiving the reply message with the data from the at least one contact number;

analyzing the received reply message and updating the received template to fill the empty data field of the received template with the data;

determining if the updated template satisfies a predetermined condition; and

if so, transmitting the updated template, having the data field include the data, to the at least one contact number,

when the updated template does not satisfy the predetermined condition, establishing a connection to said at least one contact number and requesting the reply message.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the predetermined condition changes according to a type of the received template.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the received template transmitted to said at least one contact number has an included message.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the received template transmitted to said at least one contact number includes a message input by a user or a message modified from a message included in the received template.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the predetermined condition is satisfied when all respective reply messages from each of the at least one contact number have been received.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the received template is associated with a particular event.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the received template can be modified via an input device of the mobile terminal.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the reply message is transmitted via a short message service (SMS).

19. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

transmitting an image corresponding to the updated template to the at least one contact number.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the received template is uploaded to a predetermined server while only a connection link to the uploaded template is transmitted.