Terminal and call providing method thereof

• US 8,886,260 B2
• Filed: 05/11/2009
• Issued: 11/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Ryu, Jae Hun, Jung, Hye Mi
• Primary Examiner(s): Eng, George
• Assistant Examiner(s): DU, HUNG K
• Application Number:
  US12/463,826
• Publication Number:
  US 20100053301A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,010 Days
• Field of Search: 348/14.01, 348/14.02, 348/14.03, 348/14.11, 348/14.07, 348/14.12, 348/14.13, 370/352, 370/353, 370/356, 370/260, 370/261, 370/262, 455/414.1, 455/415, 455/567, 455/456.1, 455/566, 455/574, 379/88.11, 379/88.12, 379/202.01, 379/203.01, 379/204.01, 715/753
• US Class Current: 455/567
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0214 Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position combined with translation movement H04M1/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42201 biosensors, e.g. heat sensor for presence detection, EEG sensors or any limb activity sensors worn by the user input arrangements for interaction with the human body based on nervous system activity detection G06F3/015
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44 Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q

Abstract

A terminal and a call providing method may be provided in which a calling terminal transmits both a video call and a voice call to a called terminal. A controller may generate a message for transmitting both a video call and a voice call to a selected contact information and a wireless communication unit may transmit the message generated by the controller to a called terminal that matches the selected contact information.

Claims

1. A terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication module to receive a message from a calling terminal, the message including information regarding a video call and a voice call from the calling terminal;

a display to display a first item and a second item, the first and second item indicating a video call reception and a voice call reception, respectively;

a user input unit for a user to select one of the video call reception and the voice call reception by selecting one of the first item and the second item;

a motion detecting sensor to detect motion of the terminal; and

a controller to provide a call operation based on the selected video call reception or the selected voice call reception,

to provide the video call when a first motion is detected by the motion detecting sensor, and

to provide the voice call when a second motion is detected by the motion detecting sensor,

wherein the controller is further configured to recognize a preferred call scheme set by the calling terminal for the video call and the voice call based on the information included in the received message, and to display one of the first and second items corresponding to the recognized preferred call scheme to be discriminated by adjusting at least one of a display size, a display color or a font size of one of the first and second items corresponding to the recognized preferred call scheme.

2. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller recognizes that the video call and the voice call are received when a first field of the received message includes a parameter value for a video call connection and a second field of the received message includes a parameter value for a voice call connection.

3. The terminal of claim 2, wherein the message comprises a call connection setting message, wherein the first field corresponds to a first bearer capability of the call connection setting message, and wherein the second field corresponds to a second bearer capability of the call connection setting message.

4. The terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller to recognize presence of the first field and the second field in the received message when the controller recognizes an identifier in the received message.

5. The terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller to distinctively display reception of the call corresponding to the field having a priority set thereto on the display when a priority for a call connection is set in either the first field or the second field.

6. A terminal comprising:

a wireless communication module to receive a message from a calling terminal, the message including information regarding a video call and a voice call from the calling terminal;

a display to display a first item and a second item, the first and second items indicating a video call reception and a voice call reception, respectively;

a user input unit for a user to select one of the video call reception and the voice call reception by selecting one of the first and second items;

a brightness detecting sensor to detect a light brightness around the terminal; and

a controller to provide a call operation based on the selected video call reception or the selected voice call reception,

to provide the voice call when the brightness detected by the brightness detecting sensor is equal to or less than a reference, and

to provide the video call when the brightness detected by the brightness detecting sensor is greater than the reference,

wherein the controller is further configured to recognize a preferred call scheme set by the calling terminal for the video call and the voice call based on the information included in the received message, and to display one of the first and second items corresponding to the recognized preferred call scheme to be discriminated by adjusting at least one of a display size, a display color or a font size of one of the first and second items corresponding to the recognized preferred call scheme.

7. A terminal comprising:

a wireless communication module to receive a message from a calling terminal, the message including information regarding a video call and a voice call from the calling terminal;

a display to display a first item and a second item, the first and second items indicating a video call reception and a voice call reception, respectively;

a user input unit for a user to select one of the video call reception and the voice call reception based by selecting one of the first and second items;

a distance detecting sensor to detect a distance between a user and the terminal; and

a controller to provide a call operation based on the selected video call reception or the selected voice call reception,

to provide the voice call when the distance detected by the distance detecting sensor is equal to or less than a reference, and

to provide the video call when the distance detected by the distance detecting sensor is greater than the reference,

wherein the controller is further configured to recognize a preferred call scheme set by the calling terminal for the video call and the voice call based on the information included in the received message, and to display one of the first and second items corresponding to the recognized preferred call scheme to be discriminated by adjusting at least one of a display size, a display color or a font size of one of the first and second items corresponding to the recognized preferred call scheme.

8. A terminal comprising:

a wireless communication module to receive a message from a calling terminal, the message including information regarding a video call and a voice call from the calling terminal;

a display to display a first item and a second item, the first and second items indicating a video call reception and a voice call reception, respectively;

a user input unit for a user to select one of the video call reception and the voice call reception by selecting one of the first and second items;

a heat detecting sensor to detect a temperature of a user; and

a controller to provide a call operation based on the selected video call reception or the selected voice call reception;

to provide the voice call when the temperature detected by the heat detecting sensor is substantially equal to a reference value, and

to provide the video call when the temperature detected by the heat detecting sensor is not equal to the reference value,

wherein the controller is further configured to recognize a preferred call scheme set by the calling terminal for the video call and the voice call based on the information included in the received message, and to display one of the first and second items corresponding to the recognized preferred call scheme to be discriminated by adjusting at least one of a display size, a display color or a font size of one of the first and second items corresponding to the recognized preferred call scheme.

9. A method of providing a call in a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a message from a calling terminal, the received message including information regarding a video call and a voice call;

displaying a first item and a second item, the first and second items indicating a video call reception and a voice call reception, respectively;

recognizing a preferred call scheme set by the calling terminal for the video call and the voice call based on the information included in the received message;

displaying one of the first and second items corresponding to the recognized preferred call scheme to be discriminated by adjusting at least one of a display size, a display color or a font size of one of the first and second items corresponding to the recognized preferred call scheme;

receiving an input from a user to select one of a video call connection and a voice call connection by selecting one of the first and second items;

performing an operation for a call connection based on the selected video call connection or the selected voice call connection; and

providing the video call connection when a first motion is detected by a motion detecting sensor, and providing the voice call connection when a second motion is detected by the motion detecting sensor.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the controller recognizes that the information regarding the video call and the voice call are received when a first field of the received message includes a parameter value for the video call connection and a second field of the received message includes a parameter value for the voice call connection.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the message comprises a call connection setting message, wherein the first field corresponds to a first bearer capability of the call connection setting message, and wherein the second field corresponds to a second bearer capability of the call connection setting message.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the controller to recognize presence of the first field and the second field in the received message when the controller recognizes an identifier in the received message.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising displaying reception of the call corresponding to the field having a priority set thereto when a priority for a call connection is set in either the first field or the second field.

14. A method of providing a call in a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a message from a calling terminal, the received message including information regarding a video call and a voice call;

displaying a first item and a second item, the first and second items indicating a video call reception and a voice call reception, respectively;

recognizing a preferred call scheme set by the calling terminal for the video call and the voice call based on the information included in the received message;

displaying one of the first and second items corresponding to the recognized preferred call scheme to be discriminated by adjusting at least one of a display size, a display color or a font size of one of the first and second items corresponding to the recognized preferred call scheme;

receiving an input from a user to select one of a video call connection and a voice call connection by selecting one of the first and second items;

performing an operation for a call connection based on the selected video call connection or the selected voice call connection; and

providing the voice call connection when a brightness detected by a brightness detecting sensor is equal to or less than a reference value, and providing the video call connection when the brightness detected by the brightness detecting sensor is greater than the reference value.

15. A method of providing a call in a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a message from a calling terminal, the received message including information regarding a video call and a voice call;

displaying a first item and a second item, the first and second items indicating a video call reception and a voice call reception, respectively;

recognizing a preferred call scheme set by the calling terminal for the video call and the voice call based on the information included in the received message;

displaying one of the first and second items corresponding to the recognized preferred call scheme to be discriminated by adjusting at least one of a display size, a display color or a font size of one of the first and second items corresponding to the recognized preferred call scheme;

receiving an input from a user to select one of a video call connection and a voice call connection by selecting one of the first and second items;

performing an operation for a call connection based on the selected video call connection or the selected voice call connection; and

providing the voice call connection when a distance detected by a distance detecting sensor is equal to or less than a reference value, and providing the video call connection when the distance detected by the distance detecting sensor is greater than the reference value.

16. A method of providing a call in a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a message from a calling terminal, the received message including information regarding a video call and a voice call;

displaying a first item and a second item, the first and second items indicating a video call reception and a voice call reception, respectively;

recognizing a preferred call scheme set by the calling terminal for the video call and the voice call based on the information included in the received message;

displaying one of the first and second items corresponding to the recognized preferred call scheme to be discriminated by adjusting at least one of a display size, a display color or a font size of one of the first and second items corresponding to the recognized preferred call scheme;

receiving an input from a user to select one of a video call connection and a voice call connection by selecting one of the first and second items;

performing an operation for a call connection based on the selected video call connection or the selected voice call connection; and

providing the voice call connection when a heat detected by a heat detecting sensor is substantially equal to a reference value, and providing the video call connection when the heat detected by the heat detecting sensor is not equal to the reference value.