MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE AND EVENT PROCESSING METHOD USING THE SAME

• US 20100056189A1
• Filed: 08/17/2009
• Published: 03/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lim, Sang Yeon, PARK, Yeon Woo
• Granted Patent: US 8,442,576 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal, an application driving unit configured to implement a chatting session with the at least one other terminal using the wireless communication unit, a display unit configured to display chatting information according to an operation of the application driving unit, and a controller configured to control the display unit to display a chatting screen including information on an event external to the chatting session that occurs during the chatting session and to maintain displaying the chatting screen.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal;

an application driving unit configured to implement a chatting session with the at least one other terminal using the wireless communication unit;

a display unit configured to display chatting information according to an operation of the application driving unit; and

a controller configured to control the display unit to display a chatting screen including information on an event external to the chatting session that occurs during the chatting session and to maintain displaying the chatting screen.

2. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the chatting session comprises at least one a video chatting session and a text chatting session.

3. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the display unit includes a touch screen, and

wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit to display information input via the touch screen on the chatting screen of the at least one other terminal.

4. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the external event is a message received from an external environment.

5. The mobile communication terminal of claim 4, wherein the message includes a short message.

6. The mobile communication terminal of claim 4, wherein the message includes a multimedia message.

7. The mobile communication terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller is further configured to display a window allowing a reply message to be written on the chatting screen, and to send the reply message to a terminal that sent the message via the wireless communication unit.

8. The mobile communication terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller is further configured to send text information of the message to the at least one other terminal such that the text information is shared with the at least one other terminal.

9. The mobile communication terminal of claim 8, wherein the shared text information includes a message content and phone number information of the message.

10. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the external event comprises a schedule management event.

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

wirelessly communicating, via a wireless communication unit, with at least one other terminal;

implementing a chatting session with the at least one other terminal using the wireless communication unit;

displaying, via a display unit, chatting information according to the chatting session; and

displaying, via the display unit, a chatting screen including information on an event external to the chatting session that occurs during the chatting session and maintaining displaying the chatting screen.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the chatting session comprises at least one a video chatting session and a text chatting session.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the display unit includes a touch screen, and wherein the method further comprises displaying information input via the touch screen on the chatting screen of the at least one other terminal.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the external event is a message received from an external environment.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the message includes a short message.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the message includes a multimedia message.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

displaying a window allowing a reply message to be written on the chatting screen; and

sending the reply message to a terminal that sent the message via the wireless communication unit.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

sending text information of the message to the at least one other terminal such that the text information is shared with the at least one other terminal.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the shared text information includes a message content and phone number information of the message.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the external event comprises a schedule management event.