Method and apparatus for automatically creating message

• US 9,615,229 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2015
• Issued: 04/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hong, Myung-Gon, Joo, Jae-Seok, Kim, Tae-Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Ajayi, Joel
• Application Number:
  US14/864,251
• Publication Number:
  US 20160088453A1
• Time in Patent Office: 558 Days
• Field of Search: 4554122, 4554141, 455417
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42382 Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for automatically creating a message in an electronic device are provided. The method includes detecting at least one current situation of a user of the electronic device and automatically creating a message comprising content reflecting the at least one current situation.

Claims

1. A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:

determining, by a user situation detector, a current situation of a user of the electronic device based on data input through an executed application of the electronic device;

receiving an incoming call or an incoming message;

in response to the incoming call or the incoming message, automatically creating, by a new message creator, a message reflecting the current situation of the user of the electronic device as determined by the user situation detector, and

transmitting the automatically created message reflecting the current situation of the user of the electronic device,

wherein the message is created in real-time at a time point of rejection of a call connection, and

wherein the determining of the current situation is based on at least one of reservation information, schedule information, user movement information, HTML information, navigation information, application information, text message information, device to device (D2D) service information, life pattern information, or vehicle interface information.

2. The method of claim 1,

wherein the message is created previously, as a call rejection message against the incoming call, at a time point of occurrence of a specific situation and stored in a memory of the electronic device, and

wherein, when rejecting the call connection, the message is transmitted automatically, or is transmitted according to selection of the user of the electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the at least one current situation is further based on at least one of beacon information, and sensor information.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining, before transmitting of the call rejection message, whether the transmitting of the call rejection message will be via a transmitting landline and,

if it is determined that the transmitting of the call rejection message will be via the transmitting landline, converting a text message into a voice message and forwarding the voice message.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein, if an effective time lapses based on the at least any one information, the call rejection message is automatically deleted, or is deleted or edited according to a user'"'"'s selection.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the content of the message is changed into an honorific language or one part of the content of the message is limited, according to a social standing of the other user of the other electronic device who will receive the message or according to a connection communication network.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising notifying, after the message is transmitted, if there is a change of the at least one current situation of the user or a certain time lapses, the electronic device to contact another electronic device receiving the message in one of methods comprising a voice call.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the message is created and stored previously, as a response message to the incoming message, at a time point of occurrence of a specific situation, or is created in real-time at a time point of reception of the incoming message.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the message is automatically created and displayed, as a recommended message, while the user of the electronic device is chatting based on a short message service (SMS) or a social network service (SNS).

19. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program of instructions configured to be readable by at least one processor for instructing the at least one processor to execute a computer process for performing the method of claim 1.

10. An electronic device comprising:

a communication module; and

a processor configured to;

control the communication module,

determine, by a user situation detector, a current situation of a user of the electronic device based on data input through an executed application of the electronic device,

receive an incoming call or an incoming message,

in response to the incoming call or the incoming message, automatically create, by a new message creator, a message reflecting the current situation of the user of the electronic device as determined by the user situation detector, and

transmit the automatically created message reflecting the current situation of the user of the electronic device,

wherein the message is created in real-time at a time point of rejection of a call connection, and

wherein the determining of the current situation is based on at least one of reservation information, schedule information, user movement information, HTML information, navigation information, application information, text message information, device to device (D2D) service information, life pattern information, or vehicle interface information.

11. The electronic device of claim 10,

wherein the message is created previously, as a call rejection message against the incoming call, at a time point of occurrence of a specific situation and stored in a memory of the electronic device, and

wherein, when rejecting the call connection, the message is transmitted automatically, or is transmitted according to selection of the user of the electronic device.

12. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the at least one current situation based on at least one of beacon information, and sensor information.

13. The electronic device of claim 11,

wherein the processor is further configured to determine, before transmitting of the call rejection message, whether the transmitting of the call rejection message will be via a transmitting landline, and

wherein, if the processor determines that the transmitting of the call rejection message will be via the transmitting landline, the processor is further configured to convert a text message into a voice message and forward the voice message.

14. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein, if an effective time lapses based on the at least any one information, the processor is further configured to automatically delete the call rejection message, or delete or edit the call rejection message according to a user'"'"'s selection.

15. The electronic device of claim 10,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

control the communication module to transmit the message,

change one part of the content of the message into an honorific language, or

limit one part of the content of the message, according to a social standing of the other user of the other electronic device who will receive the message or according to a connection communication network.

16. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein, after the processor controls the communication module to transmit the message, if there is a change in the at least one current situation of the user or a certain time lapses, the processor is further configured to notify the electronic device to contact another electronic device receiving the message in one of methods comprising a voice call.

17. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the message is created previously, as a response message to the incoming message, at a time point of occurrence of a specific situation and stored in a memory of the electronic device, or is created in real-time at a time point of reception of the incoming text message.

18. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the message is automatically created and displayed, as a recommended text message, while the user of the electronic device is chatting based on a short message service (SMS) or a social network service (SNS).