Electronic device and method of processing message in electronic device

• US 10,469,419 B2
• Filed: 03/19/2018
• Issued: 11/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Seol, Kee-Hwan, Anche, Bhanu Prakash, Park, Yong-Seok, Lee, Sung-Hyuk, Lee, Jin-Kyu, Jung, Hyo-Jin, Chae, Sang-Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Jean, Frantz B
• Application Number:
  US15/924,926
• Publication Number:
  US 20180212905A1
• Time in Patent Office: 596 Days
• Field of Search: 709206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/42 Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses are provided for processing a message in an electronic device. An electronic device includes a communication module; a memory configured to store messages received or transmitted by the communication module; a touch screen configured to display the received or transmitted messages; and a processor coupled to the memory, the touch screen, and the communication module, the processor configured to obtain, via the communication module, a first message associated with a first message application, obtain, via the communication module, a second message associated with a second message application, control the touch screen to display the obtained first message on a message display window, and control the touch screen to display the obtained second message adjacent to the obtained first message on the message display window.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory configured to store messages received or transmitted by the transceiver;

a touch screen configured to display the received or transmitted messages; and

a processor coupled to the memory, the touch screen, and the transceiver, the processor configured to;

obtain, via the transceiver, a first message associated with a first message application,

obtain, via the transceiver, a second message associated with a second message application, which is different from the first message application,

control the touch screen to display the obtained first message on a message display window, and

control the touch screen to display the obtained second message adjacent to the obtained first message on the message display window.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

control the first message application to store the first message, request a provision of the second message to the second message application, and store a plurality of interlocutors, each of the plurality of interlocutors having a plurality of contact information including first contact information for at least one of receiving and transmitting the first message and second contact information for at least one of receiving and transmitting the second message, and

control the second message application to store the second message, and provide the second message to the first message application according to the request of the first message application.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

control the first message application to detect the first message obtained corresponding to first contact information from among a plurality of contact information of an interlocutor,

receive, from the second application, the second message obtained corresponding to second contact information from among the plurality of contact information of the interlocutor, and

display the first message and the second message in-on the message display window of the interlocutor according to a time sequence, and

wherein the plurality of contact information of the interlocutor includes at least one of address information, at least one telephone number, and an email address.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

display a plurality of message transmission techniques, and

when a message transmission technique is selected from among a plurality of message transmission techniques, set the selected message transmission technique for the message display window of an interlocutor and display the selected message transmission technique on the message display window of the interlocutor.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to, when message display window list viewing is selected, control the first message application to arrange a message display window list according to a time sequence and display the message display window list.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to, when a new second message is received while the message display window list is displayed, change a position of a message display window corresponding to a sender of the new second message, and display the message display window corresponding to the sender of the new second message in the message display window list.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

when a first transmission technique of the first message application is selected, transmit a written message as the first message, and

when a second transmission technique of the second message application is selected, transmit the written message as the second message, while the message display window is displayed,

wherein the first message application and the second message application have different message reception and transmission techniques.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to, while the message display window is displayed, and when information is received from a server informing that an interlocutor may not receive a message in a first transmission technique of the first message application in response to transmission of a written message to the interlocutor by the first message application, inform of an impossibility of the transmission of the first message and display a message recommending a transmission of the written message using a second transmission technique of the second message application.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first message application includes an Instant Message (IM) application, and

wherein the second message application includes a Short Message Service/Multimedia Messaging Service (SMS/MMS) application.

10. A method of processing a message in an electronic device, the method comprising:

obtaining, via a transceiver, a first message associated with a first message application;

obtaining, via the transceiver, a second message associated with a second message application, which is different from the first message application;

controlling a touch screen to display the obtained first message on a message display window; and

controlling the touch screen to display the obtained second message adjacent to the obtained first message on the message display window.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first message application stores the first message, requests a provision of the second message to the second message application, and stores a plurality of interlocutors, each of the plurality of interlocutors having a plurality of contact information including first contact information for at least one of receiving and transmitting the first message and second contact information for at least one of receiving and transmitting the second message, and

wherein the second message application stores the second message, and provides the second message to the first message application according to the request of the first message application.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

detecting the first message obtained corresponding to first contact information from among a plurality of contact information of an interlocutor,

receiving the second message obtained corresponding to second contact information from among the plurality of contact information of the interlocutor from the second message application; and

displaying the first message and the second message in-on the message display window of the interlocutor according to a time sequence,

wherein the plurality of contact information of the interlocutor includes at least one of address information, at least one telephone number and an email address.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying a plurality of message transmission techniques by the first message application; and

setting a message transmission technique for the message display window of an interlocutor and displaying the message transmission technique iii-on the message display window of the interlocutor, when the message transmission technique is selected from among the plurality of message transmission techniques.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

arranging a message display window list according to a time sequence, and displaying the message display window list, when message display window list viewing is selected.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

changing a position of a message display window corresponding to a sender of a new second message and displaying the message display window corresponding to the sender of the new second message in the message display window list, when the new second message is received while the message display window list is displayed.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

transmitting a written message as the first message, when a first transmission technique of the first message application is selected; and

transmitting the written message as the second message, when a second transmission manner of the second message application is selected while the message display window is displayed,

wherein the first message application and the second message application have different message reception and transmission techniques.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

informing of an impossibility of a transmission of the first message and displaying a message recommending a transmission of a written message using a second message transmission technique of the second message application, when information is received from a server informing that an interlocutor may not receive the written message in response to the transmission of the written message to the interlocutor in a first message transmission technique of the first message application, while the message display window is displayed.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

requesting that the second message application delete the selected second message, by the first message application, when deletion of the second message, which is displayed in the message display window, is selected.

19. The method of claim 10, wherein the first message application includes an Instant Message (IM) application, and the second message application includes a Short Message Service/Multimedia Messaging Service (SMS/MMS) application.

20. An article of manufacture for processing a message in an electronic device, comprising a non-transitory machine readable medium containing one or more programs, which when executed, implement the steps of:

obtaining a first message by a first message application;

obtaining a second message by a second message application, which is different from the first message application; and

displaying the first message and the second message on a message display window,

wherein the first message application is different from the second message application.