Method and apparatus for processing memo while performing audio communication in mobile terminal

• US 9,894,497 B2
• Filed: 06/05/2013
• Issued: 02/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Dongjeon, Lee, Zunho, Shin, Sunghyuk, Kim, Hyunjung
• Primary Examiner(s): Lai, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US13/910,566
• Publication Number:
  US 20130344847A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,714 Days
• Field of Search: 715753, 715758, 455566, 455466
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/10 Text processing natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30; processing or translation of natural language G06F40/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A method of processing a memo while performing communication in a terminal includes: performing the communication; activating a touch memo input mode in response to a predetermined event occurring; displaying a touch memo on a display device in a communication state and performing a communication service, in response to receiving an input of the touch memo; and transmitting the touch memo to a communicating subscriber and maintaining the communication state after a request for transmission of the touch memo is input.

Claims

1. A method of processing a memo while performing communication in a terminal, the method comprising:

performing the communication;

activating a touch memo input mode in response to a predetermined event occurring during the communication;

displaying a touch memo on a display device in a communication state and performing a communication service, in response to receiving an input of the touch memo; and

transmitting the touch memo to a communicating subscriber and maintaining the communication state after a request for transmission of the touch memo is input,

wherein the transmitting of the touch memo to the communicating subscriber comprises;

displaying a list including at least one transmitting method for transmitting the touch memo to the communicating subscriber,

selecting a transmitting method of the at least one transmitting method by a user input,

identifying a type of a terminal of the communicating subscriber,

converting the touch memo into a transmittable format corresponding to the selected transmitting method and the type of the terminal of the communicating subscriber, and

transmitting the converted touch memo to the communicating subscriber,

wherein transmitting the converted touch memo to the communicating subscriber comprises;

in response that the transmitting method is a multimedia message service (MMS), comparing the type of the terminal with a type of a terminal of the communicating subscriber,

in response that the terminal and the terminal of the communicating subscriber are a same type, transmitting an editable image file to the communicating subscriber, and

in response that the terminal and the terminal of the communicating subscriber are not the same type, transmitting a general image to the communicating subscriber.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting method comprises short message service (SMS), multimedia message service (MMS), e-mail service, social networking service (SNS), or messenger service.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the activating of the touch memo input mode is started by the predetermined event which comprises sensing an event in which a distance between the terminal and a user increases at least a predetermined distance.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the activating of the touch memo input mode is started by the predetermined event which comprises sensing an event in which a preset gesture is input.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the converting of the touch memo into the transmittable format comprises:

converting, if the transmitting method is a short message service (SMS), the touch memo into a text.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the converting of the touch memo into the transmittable format comprises:

converting, if the transmitting method is a multimedia message service (MMS), the touch memo into an image file.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the touch memo to the communicating subscriber further comprises:

determining whether the communication state is a multilateral communication state;

setting, if the communication state is the multilateral communication state, a selected communicating subscriber as a subscriber to transmit the touch memo; and

setting, if the communication state is a single communication state, the communicating subscriber as the subscriber to transmit the touch memo.

8. A method of processing a memo while performing communication in a terminal, the method comprising:

performing the communication;

activating a touch memo input mode in response to a predetermined event occurring;

displaying a touch memo on a display device in a communication state and performing a communication service, in response to receiving an input of the touch memo;

storing the touch memo in response to a request for storage of the input touch memo; and

transmitting the touch memo after the communication is terminated in response to a request for transmission of the touch memo after communication termination is input,

wherein the transmitting of the touch memo after the communication is terminated comprises;

displaying a list including at least one transmitting method for transmitting the touch memo to the communicating subscriber,

selecting a transmitting method of the at least one transmitting method by a user input,

identifying a type of a terminal of the communicating subscriber,

converting the touch memo into a transmittable format corresponding to the selected transmitting method and the type of the terminal of the communicating subscriber, and

transmitting the converted touch memo to the subscriber,

wherein transmitting the converted touch memo to the subscriber comprises;

in response that the transmitting method is a multimedia message service (MMS), comparing the type of the terminal with a type of a terminal of the subscriber,

in response that the terminal and the terminal of the subscriber are a same type, transmitting an editable image file to the subscriber, and

in response that the terminal and the terminal of the subscriber are not the same type, transmitting a general image to the subscriber.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the transmitting method comprises short message service (SMS), multimedia message service (MMS), e-mail service, social networking service (SNS), or messenger service.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the activating of the touch memo input mode is started by the predetermined event which comprises sensing an event in which a distance between the terminal and a user increases at least a predetermined distance.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the activating of the touch memo input mode is started by the predetermined event which comprises sensing an event in which a preset gesture is input.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the converting of the touch memo into the transmittable format comprises:

converting, if the transmitting method is a short message service (SMS), the touch memo into a text.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the converting of the touch memo into the transmittable format comprises:

converting, if the transmitting method is a multimedia message service (MMS), the touch memo into an image file.

14. An apparatus for processing a memo while performing communication, the apparatus comprising:

a communication unit;

a touch panel;

a display unit;

a storage unit; and

a controller configured to;

activate a touch memo input mode in response to a predetermined event occurring during the communication,

generate a touch memo in response to receiving an input of the touch memo,

control the communication unit to transmit the touch memo to a communicating subscriber, in response to a request for transmission of the input touch memo, and

maintain the communication state,

wherein the controller is further configured to;

control the display unit to display a list including at least one transmitting method for transmitting the touch memo to the communicating subscriber,

select a transmitting method of the at least one transmitting method by a user input,

identify a type of a terminal of the communicating subscriber,

convert the touch memo into a transmittable format corresponding to the selected transmitting method and the type of the terminal of the communicating subscriber, and

control the communication unit to transmit the converted touch memo to the communicating subscriber,

wherein the controller is further configured to;

in response that the transmitting method is a multimedia message service (MMS), compare the type of the terminal with a type of a terminal of the communicating subscriber,

in response that the terminal and the terminal of the communicating subscriber are a same type, control the communication unit to transmit an editable image file to the communicating subscriber, and

in response that the terminal and the terminal of the communicating subscriber are not the same type, control the communication unit to transmit a general image to the communicating subscriber.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the transmitting method comprises short message service (SMS), multimedia message service (MMS), e-mail service, social networking service (SNS), or messenger service.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the controller is further configured to:

convert, if the transmitting method is a short message service (SMS), the touch memo into a text; and

convert, if the transmitting method is a multimedia message service (MMS), the touch memo into an image file.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine whether the communication state is a multilateral communication state;

set, if the communication state is the multilateral communication state, a selected communicating subscribers as a subscriber to transmit the touch memo; and

set, if the communication state is a single communication state, the communicating subscriber as the subscriber to transmit the touch memo.