Method and apparatus of preventing message input error in mobile communication terminal

• US 8,112,121 B2
• Filed: 07/07/2006
• Issued: 02/07/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Kyu-Ok, Lee, Ki-Tae, Joung, Hyo-Jin, Kim, Hee-Woon
• Primary Examiner(s): Corsaro, Nick
• Assistant Examiner(s): Patel, Mahendra
• Application Number:
  US11/482,219
• Publication Number:
  US 20070049350A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,041 Days
• Field of Search: 455/404, 455/91, 455/86, 455/566, 455/12, 455/525, 455/524, 455/70, 455/575, 455/59, 455/466, 455/556, 340/825, 340/10, 340/991, 340/990, 340/426, 370/349, 375/216, 361/814, 701/213, 395/200, 345/327, 345/8, 348/557, 348/808, 354/289, 715/707, 715/810, 715/710, 715/814, 715/817, 715/700, 715/764, 715/815, 715/794, 725/25, 211/71, 211/59, 211/205
• US Class Current: 455/565
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages

Abstract

A method and an apparatus f preventing transmitting message input error in a mobile communication terminal are provided. When another event is generated while the transmitting message is being inputted, character input keys are inactivated and an event window is displayed. It is checked whether an ENTER key is pressed while the event window is displayed. If the ENTER key is pressed, the event window and an icon notifying generation of the event are closed. Accordingly, a user of the mobile communication terminal can recognize the generation of the event and prevent transmitting message input error after identifying the generated event.

Claims

1. A method of preventing a transmitting message input error in a mobile communication terminal having a displaying means and a controlling means, comprising the steps of:

inactivating character input keys when another event is generated while the transmitting message is being inputted;

displaying, by the displaying means, another event window;

checking whether an ENTER key is pressed while the event window is displayed;

closing the event window when the ENTER key is pressed;

checking whether a predetermined key other than the ENTER key is pressed while the event window is displayed;

keeping an icon notifying of the generated another event and closing the event window when the predetermined key is pressed; and

continuing to input the transmitting message by activating the character input keys after closing the event window,

wherein the steps of inactivating, checking, closing, keeping and continuing are performed by the controlling means.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the message is any one of a Short Message Service (SMS) message, an email, a Multimedia Message System (MMS) message and an Enhanced Message Service (EMS) message.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the event is any one of telephone call reception, schedule alarm and message reception.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined key is any one of a MENU key, a CANCEL key, a SEND key and an END key.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

checking whether a navigation key is pressed while the event window is displayed; and

scrolling up and down the event window if the navigation key is pressed.

6. A method of a transmitting message input in a mobile communication terminal having a controlling means, comprising the steps of:

inactivating character input keys if another event is recognized while the transmitting message is being inputted;

displaying another event window;

checking whether a first predetermined key is pressed while the event window is displayed;

closing the event window if the first predetermined key is pressed;

checking whether a second predetermined key is pressed while the event window is displayed;

keeping an icon notifying of the recognized another event and closing the event window if the second predetermined key is pressed; and

continuing to input the transmitting message by activating the character input keys after closing the event window,

wherein the steps of inactivating, checking, closing, keeping and continuing are performed by the controlling means.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the message is any one of a Short Message Service (SMS) message, an email, a Multimedia Message System (MMS) message and an Enhanced Message Service (EMS) message.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the event is any one of telephone call reception, schedule alarm and message reception.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the second predetermined key is any one of a MENU key, a CANCEL key, a SEND key and an END key.

10. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

checking whether a navigation key is pressed while the event window is displayed; and

scrolling up and down the event window if the navigation key is pressed.

11. A mobile communication terminal for preventing a transmitting message input error comprising:

displaying means for displaying another event window; and

controlling means for inactivating character input keys if another event is generated while the transmitting message is being inputted, checking whether an ENTER key is pressed while the event window is displayed, closing the event window if the ENTER key is pressed,

wherein the controlling means checks whether a predetermined key other than the ENTER key is pressed while the event window is displayed, keeps an icon notifying of the generated another event and closes the event window if the predetermined key is pressed, and continues to input the transmitting message by activating the character input keys after closing the event window.

12. The mobile communication terminal of claim 11, wherein the message is any one of a Short Message Service (SMS) message, an email, a Multimedia Message System (MMS) message and an Enhanced Message Service (EMS) message.

13. A mobile communication terminal for transmitting message input, comprising:

displaying means for displaying another event window; and

controlling means for inactivating character input keys if another event is recognized while the transmitting message is being inputted, checking whether a first predetermined key is pressed while the event window is displayed, closing the event window if the first predetermined key is pressed,

wherein the controlling means checks whether a second predetermined key is pressed while the event window is displayed, keeps an icon notifying of the recognized another event and closes the event window if the second predetermined key is pressed, and continues to input the transmitting message by activating the character input keys after closing the event window.

14. The mobile communication terminal of claim 13, wherein the message is any one of a Short Message Service (SMS) message, an email, a Multimedia Message System (MMS) message and an Enhanced Message Service (EMS) message.