ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MESSAGING

• US 20150277685A1
• Filed: 03/18/2015
• Published: 10/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: SHIEH, Chia-Chia, WU, Yen-Shun, OU, Shih-Hsun, YANG, Ting-An
• Granted Patent: US 10,558,334 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• 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

Abstract

An electronic device, a method and a non-transitory computer-readable medium of messaging are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes at least one processor, a touch-sensitive module, a display module and a non-transitory computer-readable medium. The non-transitory computer-readable medium includes one or more sequences of instructions to be executed by the processor for performing a messaging method. The messaging method includes the following steps: sensing a touch corresponding to a first contact icon displayed on the display module; counting a time duration of the touch; recording a message when the time duration exceeds a first predetermined time period; and sending the message according to contact information corresponding to the first contact icon.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

at least one processor;

a touch-sensitive module;

a display module; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more sequences of instructions to be executed by the processor for performing a messaging method, comprising;

sensing a first touch corresponding to a first contact icon displayed on the display module while a first application program is executed on the electronic device;

counting a first time duration of the first touch;

recording a message in response to the first time duration exceeds a first predetermined time period; and

sending the message according to contact information corresponding to the first contact icon.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the step of recording the message further comprises:

recording the message until the touch-sensitive module detects that the first touch is released, when the first time duration exceeds a second predetermined time period, when the touch-sensitive module detects another touch corresponding to a confirm icon displayed on the display, or when the processor detects a press on a physical button of the electronic device.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the step of sending the message further comprises:

sending the message when the touch-sensitive module detects that the first touch is released, when the first time duration exceeds a second predetermined time period, when the touch-sensitive module detects another touch corresponding to a confirm icon on the display module, or when the processor detects a press on a physical button of the electronic device.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the display module further displays at least one second contact icon, and the step of recording the message further comprises:

highlighting the first contact icon and dimming the second contact icon when the first time duration exceeds the first predetermined time period.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first contact icon corresponds to a contact or a group of contacts, and the first contact icon is shown in a chat history list, a contact list or a favorite contact list.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the message is a voice message, an audio message, a video message, an image message or a text message.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the text message is converted from another voice message by a voice recognition program.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein in response to an incoming message is received by the electronic device while the electronic device is in a standby mode or currently executing a second application program different from the first application program, the messaging method further comprising:

displaying a notification for indicating the incoming message on the display module;

sensing a second touch corresponding to a notification displayed on the display module;

counting a second time duration of the second touch;

recording a reply message in response to the second time duration exceeds a third predetermined time period; and

sending the reply message according to contact information corresponding to the incoming message.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein in response to the reply message is sent, the electronic device returns to the standby mode or resumes executing the second application program.

10. A messaging method, suitable for an electronic device, comprising:

sensing a first touch corresponding to a first contact icon displayed on a display module of the electronic device while a first application program is executed on the electronic device;

counting a first time duration of the first touch;

recording a message in response to the first time duration exceeds a first predetermined time period; and

sending the message according to contact information corresponding to the first contact icon.

11. The messaging method of claim 10, wherein step of recording the message further comprises:

recording the message until the first touch is detected to be released, the first time duration exceeds a second predetermined time period, another touch corresponding to a confirm icon displayed on the display module is detected, or a press on a physical button of the electronic device is detected.

12. The messaging method of claim 10, wherein step of sending the message further comprises:

sending the message in response to the first touch is detected to be released, the first time duration exceeds a second predetermined time period, another touch corresponding to a confirm icon displayed on the display module is detected, or a press on a physical button of the electronic device is detected.

13. The messaging method of claim 10, the step of recording the message further comprises:

highlighting the first contact icon and dimming at least one second contact icon displayed on the display module in response to the first time duration exceeds the first predetermined time period.

14. The messaging method of claim 10, wherein the first contact icon corresponds to a contact or a group of contacts, and the first contact icon is shown in a chat history list, a contact list or a favorite contact list.

15. The messaging method of claim 10, wherein the message is a voice message, an audio message, a video message, an image message or a text message.

16. The messaging method of claim 15, wherein the text message is converted from another voice message by a voice recognition program.

17. The messaging method of claim of claim 10, wherein in response to an incoming message is received by the electronic device while the electronic device is in a standby mode or currently executing a second application program different from the first application program, the messaging method further comprising:

displaying a notification for indicating the incoming message on the display module;

sensing a second touch corresponding to a notification displayed on the display module;

counting a second time duration of the second touch;

recording a reply message in response to the second time duration exceeds a third predetermined time period; and

sending the reply message according to contact information corresponding to the incoming message.

18. The messaging method of claim 17, wherein in response to the reply message is sent, the electronic device returns to the standby mode or resumes executing the second application program.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions to be executed by a processor of an electronic device for performing the messaging method of claim 10.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim of claim 10, wherein in response to an incoming message is received by the electronic device while the electronic device is in a standby mode or currently executing a second application program different from the first application program, the messaging method further comprising:

displaying a notification for indicating the incoming message on the display module;

sensing a second touch corresponding to a notification displayed on the display module;

counting a second time duration of the second touch;

recording a reply message in response to the second time duration exceeds a third predetermined time period; and

sending the reply message according to contact information corresponding to the incoming message.