Mobile terminal, message transceiving server and controlling method thereof

• US 9,509,645 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2013
• Issued: 11/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lim, Sungjin
• Primary Examiner(s): Davis, David D
• Application Number:
  US14/142,031
• Publication Number:
  US 20140184544A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,068 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes

Abstract

A mobile terminal can include a wireless communication unit for transceiving messages with another terminal, and a touchscreen for displaying the messages in an order in which the messages were transceived. Also, the mobile terminal can include a controller for receiving a selection of a first message displayed at a first position among the transceived messages, moving the selected first message to a different position on the touchscreen of mobile terminal such that the transceived messages are displayed in an order different from the order in which they were transceived, and transmitting a message rearrangement command to the other terminal for rearranging messages displayed on a touchscreen of the other terminal in an order different from the order in which they were transceived.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to transceive messages with at least one counterpart terminal;

a touchscreen configured to display the messages transceived with the at least one counterpart terminal in a transceived order; and

a controller configured to;

receive a selection of a first message displayed, on the touchscreen of the mobile terminal, at a first position among the messages transceived with the at least one counterpart terminal,

move the selected first message to a different position on the touchscreen of the mobile terminal such that the transceived messages are displayed, on the touchscreen of the mobile terminal, in a non-transceived order, and

transmit a message rearrangement command from the mobile terminal to the at least one counterpart terminal for rearranging the messages transceived with the at least one counterpart terminal displayed on a touchscreen of the at least one counterpart terminal in the non-transceived order,

wherein both the transmission of the message rearrangement command to the at least one counter terminal and the displaying of the transceived messages in the non-transceived order on the touchscreen of the mobile terminal occur based on the move of the selected first message to the different position on the touchscreen of the mobile terminal.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the first message is from a user of the mobile terminal.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the selection of the first message includes a touch and drag of the first message to the different position.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to highlight the moved first message.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive an input of a new message,

display the received new message at a position immediately after or before the selected first message, and

transmit the message rearrangement command to the at least one other counterpart terminal for displaying the received new message at the position immediately after or before a corresponding first message displayed on the touchscreen of at least one counterpart terminal.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive a pinching out touch and drag including the first message and a second message immediately next to the first message,

display an auxiliary input field between the first and second messages based on the received pinching out touch and drag,

receive an input of a new message in the auxiliary input field, and

display the received new message between the first and second messages.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display a first indication indicating that the selected first message has been moved to the different position.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to set at least one of the messages as a reference message and determine a message following the reference message as a next message.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein when the message rearrangement command is input, the controller is further configured to:

receive an input of a new message, and

display the new message between the reference message and the next message following the reference message.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to display an icon indication next to the reference message to notify a user about the reference message, and

wherein the new message is input after selection of the icon indication.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the reference message is a message received from the at least one counterpart terminal.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein when the reference message includes a plurality of reference messages, the controller is further configured to determine a message following a corresponding selected reference message as the next message.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to arrange and display the plurality of reference messages next to each other.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

display a scroll window on the touchscreen in response to a predetermined scroll window input command,

scroll the displayed messages through the scroll window in response to a scrolling command,

receive an input of a new message, and

display the new message at a location below a corresponding message displayed within the scroll window.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

examine contents of a message received from the at least one counterpart terminal, and

display a recommended answer to the received message based on a search of a memory associated with the mobile terminal.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

display the received messages within a chat window corresponding to the at least one counterpart terminal, and

move the selected first message to the different position within the same chat window corresponding to the at least one counterpart terminal.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the messages displayed within the chat window before moving the first message are the same as the messages displayed within the chat window after moving the first message, while a display order of the messages within the chat window before moving the first message is different from that of the messages within the chat window after moving the first message.

18. A mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to transceive messages with at least one counterpart terminal;

a touchscreen configured to display the messages transceived with the at least one counterpart terminal in a transceived order; and

a controller configured to;

receive a selection of a first message displayed at a first position among the messages transceived with the at least one counterpart terminal,

move the selected first message to a different position on the touchscreen such that the transceived messages are displayed in a non-transceived order, and

transmit a message rearrangement command to the at least one counterpart terminal for rearranging messages displayed on a touchscreen of the at least one counterpart terminal in the non-transceived order,

wherein the controller is further configured to;

set a message to be a questionnaire message including a plurality of selectable items, transmit the questionnaire message to the at least one counterpart terminal,

receive an answer message from the at least one counterpart terminal including a selection of at least one of the plurality of selectable items, and

display results including the selection of at least one of the plurality of selectable items on the touchscreen.

19. A mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to transceive messages with at least one counterpart terminal;

a touchscreen configured to display the messages transceived with the at least one counterpart terminal in a transceived order; and

a controller configured to;

receive a selection of a first message displayed at a first position among the messages transceived with the at least one counterpart terminal,

move the selected first message to a different position on the touchscreen such that the transceived messages are displayed in a non-transceived order, and

transmit a message rearrangement command to the at least one counterpart terminal for rearranging messages displayed on a touchscreen of the at least one counterpart terminal in the non-transceived order,

wherein the controller is further configured to;

receive an input of a new message, and

display the new message at a location after either one of the two other messages depending on a comparison of contents of the new message with at least two other messages displayed on the touchscreen.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 19, wherein the comparison is made using at least one of a presence or non-presence of a specific sentence symbol, a presence or non-presence of an interrogative and a text recognition included in the new message and the at least two other messages.

21. A mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to transceive messages with at least one counterpart terminal;

a touchscreen configured to display the messages transceived with the at least one counterpart terminal in a transceived order; and

a controller configured to;

receive a selection of a first message displayed at a first position among the messages transceived with the at least one counterpart terminal,

move the selected first message to a different position on the touchscreen such that the transceived messages are displayed in a non-transceived order, and

transmit a message rearrangement command to the at least one counterpart terminal for rearranging messages displayed on a touchscreen of the at least one counterpart terminal in the non-transceived order,

wherein the controller is further configured to;

receive an input of a new message, and

display the new message at a location after either one of the two other messages depending on a comparison of a timing of the new message with timings of at least two other messages displayed on the touchscreen.

22. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

transceiving, via a wireless communication unit of the mobile terminal, messages with at least one counterpart terminal;

displaying, via a touchscreen of the mobile terminal, the messages transceived with the at least one counterpart terminal in a transceived order;

receiving, via a controller of the mobile terminal, a selection of a first message displayed, on the touchscreen of the mobile terminal, at a first position among the messages transceived with the at least one counterpart terminal;

moving, via the controller of the mobile terminal, the selected first message to a different position on the touchscreen of the mobile terminal such that the transceived messages are displayed, on the touch screen of the mobile terminal, in a non-transceived order, and

transmitting from the mobile terminal, via the wireless communication unit of the mobile terminal, a message rearrangement command to the at least one counterpart terminal for rearranging the messages transceived with the at least one counterpart terminal displayed on a touchscreen of the at least one other counterpart terminal in the non-transceived order,

wherein both the transmitting of the message rearrangement command to the at least one counter terminal and the displaying the transceived message in the non-transceived order on the touchscreen of the mobile terminal occur based on the moving of the selected first message to the different position on the touch screen of the mobile terminal.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

displaying the received messages within a chat window corresponding to the at least one counterpart terminal; and

moving the selected first message to the different position within the same chat window corresponding to the at least one counterpart terminal.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the messages displayed within the chat window before moving the first message are the same as the messages displayed within the chat window after moving the first message, while arrangement of the messages within the chat window before moving the first message is different from that of the messages within the chat window after moving the first message.