Mobile communications terminal providing memo function and method thereof

• US 8,515,487 B2
• Filed: 07/14/2011
• Issued: 08/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Eun-Sue, Cheon, Jee-Young, Park, Yeon-Woo, Lee, Sang-Hyuck
• Primary Examiner(s): MITCHELL, NATHAN A
• Application Number:
  US13/183,015
• Publication Number:
  US 20110269433A1
• Time in Patent Office: 768 Days
• Field of Search: 455/550.1
• US Class Current: 455/550.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0216 Foldable in one direction, i.e. using a one degree of freedom hinge
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6041 Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/656 for recording conversations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/68 with means for recording information, e.g. telephone number during a conversation recording of telephone conversations H04M1/656
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/70 methods for entering alphabetical characters, e.g. multi-tap or dictionary disambiguation methods for entering alphabetical characters per se G06F3/0237

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal including a controller configured to activate both a speakerphone function and an additional function on the terminal when a functional key corresponding to the additional function is selected during an existing call, and an input unit configured to input information related to the additional function during the existing call.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:

a display including a touch screen and configured to receive touch inputs for inputting information on the mobile terminal;

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

a controller configured to;

control the wireless communication unit to call the at least one other terminal based on keys touched on a keypad of the display,

receive a memo input signal indicating an activation request of a memo function on the mobile terminal during an existing call,

display a screen to input a memo or a memo menu to select an additional function related to the memo when the memo input signal is received,

display, on the screen, information indicating that the call is placed to the at least one other terminal while the memo is input,

automatically activate a speakerphone function on the mobile terminal so voice included in the call is output via a speaker on the mobile terminal when the memo input signal is received, and

automatically deactivate the speakerphone function and output the voice included in the call via a previous output unit used before the speakerphone function when the memo function is completed.

2. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the memo function further comprises recording and storing a voice memo.

3. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the information includes a conversation time, a phone number and a predetermined indicator.

4. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to receive another input signal indicating an activation request of additional services and to automatically activate the speakerphone function when said another input signal is received.

5. The mobile communication terminal of claim 4, wherein the additional services includes online services, messaging functions, a communication function, a camera function and functions related to the mobile communication terminal.

6. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to activate the speakerphone function on the mobile terminal so the voice included in the call is output via the speaker on the mobile terminal according to a user'"'"'s interaction in the memo menu.

20. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, where the controller is further configured to automatically activate the speakerphone function and the memo function based on the received memo signal corresponding to a selection of a single key on the mobile terminal.

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

controlling a wireless communication unit to call at least one other terminal based on keys touched on a keypad of a display;

receiving a memo input signal indicating an activation request of a memo function on the mobile terminal during an existing call;

displaying a screen to input a memo or a memo menu to select additional function related to the memo when the memo input signal is received;

displaying, on the screen, information indicating that the call is placed to the at least one other terminal while the memo is inputted;

automatically activating a speakerphone function on the mobile terminal so voice included in the call is output via a speaker on the mobile terminal when the memo input signal is received; and

automatically deactivating the speakerphone function and output the voice included in the call via a previous output unit used before the speakerphone function when the memo function is completed.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the memo function further comprises recording and storing a voice memo.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the information includes a conversation time, a phone number and a predetermined indicator.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising deactivating the speakerphone function on the mobile terminal so the voice included in the call is output via the speaker on the mobile terminal according to a user'"'"'s interaction in the memo menu.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving another input signal indicating an activation request of additional services; and

automatically activating the speakerphone function when said another input signal is received.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the additional services includes online services, messaging functions, a communication function, a camera function and functions related to the mobile communication terminal.

21. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

automatically activating the speakerphone function and the memo function based on the received memo signal corresponding to a selection of a single key on the mobile terminal.

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

controlling a wireless communication unit to call at least one other terminal;

receiving an input signal indicating an activation request of additional services on the mobile terminal during an existing call;

displaying a screen to execute the additional services and a menu option to select a specific additional function of the additional services when the input signal is received;

simultaneously executing any one of the additional services during the existing call; and

displaying, on the screen, information indicating that the call is placed to the at least one other terminal while said any one of the additional services is executed,

wherein a speakerphone function is immediately activated before said any one of the additional services is activated based on the received input signal without any further user interaction in a deactivated state of said any one of the additional services, and said any one of the additional services is deactivated before the speakerphone function is deactivated based on the received input signal without any further user interaction in an activated state of said any one of the additional services.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the additional service includes a memo function, online service functions, messaging functions, communication functions, a camera function and additional functions.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the memo function further comprises recording and storing a voice memo.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the online services include online games, Internet services, a Video On Demand (VOD) function and a file downloading function.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the messaging functions include chatting, instant message, text message, multimedia message and email.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the communication functions include video communication, and the camera function includes capturing of videos and still images.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the additional functions include a scheduler, phone number search, calculator, call contents recording, terminal state setup, calendar search, world time check, alarm setup, and playing back of videos and music files.