Terminal and method of having conversation using instant messaging service therein

• US 8,738,047 B2
• Filed: 01/12/2009
• Issued: 05/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Choi, Sung-Bum, Lee, Se Hee
• Primary Examiner(s): Edouard, Patrick
• Assistant Examiner(s): PEREZ, JULIO R
• Application Number:
  US12/352,188
• Publication Number:
  US 20090239558A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,961 Days
• Field of Search: 455/412.2, 455/403, 455/466, 715/759, 715/760
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1831 Tracking arrangements for later retrieval, e.g. recording contents, participants activities or behavior, network status
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to execute a first conversation with at least one correspondent party using an instant messaging service, a memory configured to store contents of the first conversation, an input unit configured to input a selection signal to select a second conversation be executed using the stored contents of the first conversation, after the first conversation is terminated, and a controller configured to control the wireless communication unit to execute the second conversation with the at least one correspondent party using the stored contents of the first conversation according to the input selection signal.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display unit;

a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with at least one external device via a wireless network; and

a controller configured to;

display a message conversation list comprising at least one message conversation item, wherein each message conversation item represents its corresponding previous message conversation with its corresponding external device,

in response to a first user command of selecting a specific one of the at least message conversation item in the message conversation list, display at least one received or transmitted message belonging to the specific message conversation item, wherein the at least one received or transmitted message is displayed together with a first incomplete file transmission indicator and a second incomplete file indicator when a first file transmission and a second file transmission were incompletely terminated during the specific previous message conversation, and

in response to a second user command of selecting a file transmission option displayed together with the at least one received or transmitted message on the display unit, resume the first file transmission to a specific external device corresponding to the selected message conversation item.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to display, as the each message conversation item, an identifier of the corresponding external device and a date of the corresponding previous message conversation together with a portion of a message content of the corresponding previous message conversation.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to, when a new message is received or transmitted after displaying the first incomplete file transmission indicator and the second incomplete file indicator, display the new message below the at least one received or transmitted message and the first incomplete file transmission indicator and the second incomplete file indicator.

4. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to provide an edit option to edit at least a portion of the displayed at least one received or transmitted message.

5. The terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller is configured to display the edit option together with the first incomplete file transmission indicator and the second incomplete file indicator.

6. The terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller is configured to, in response to a third user command of selecting the edit option, provide a delete option to delete the at least a portion of the displayed at least one received or transmitted message.

7. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to display the delete option together with the first incomplete file transmission indicator and the second incomplete file indicator.

8. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to no longer display the edit option when the delete option is displayed together with the first incomplete file transmission indicator and the second incomplete file indicator.

9. The terminal of claim 1, further comprising a memory configured to store state information relevant to the first file transmission during the corresponding previous message conversation.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the first user command, display a content of the at least one received or transmitted message in a non-abbreviated style.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the first user command, display contents of all received or transmitted messages including the at least one received or transmitted message in a non-abbreviated style.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the first user command, display contents of at least two received or transmitted messages including the at least one received or transmitted message in a non-abbreviated style.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one message conversation item in the message conversation list has the at least one received or transmitted message.

14. A method of controlling a terminal, the method comprising:

communicating with at least one external device via a wireless network;

displaying a message conversation list comprising at least one message conversation item on a display unit, wherein each message conversation item represents its corresponding previous message conversation with its corresponding external device;

in response to a first user command of selecting a specific one of the at least message conversation item in the message conversation list, displaying at least one received or transmitted message belonging to the specific message conversation item, wherein the at least one received or transmitted message is displayed together with a first incomplete file transmission indicator and a second incomplete file indicator when a first file transmission and a second file transmission were incompletely terminated during the specific previous message conversation; and

in response to a second user command of selecting a file transmission option displayed together with the at least one received or transmitted message on the display unit, resuming the first file transmission to a specific external device corresponding to the selected message conversation item.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein a content of the at least one received or transmitted message is displayed in a non-abbreviated style in response to the first user command.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein contents of all received or transmitted messages including the at least one received or transmitted message are displayed in a non-abbreviated style in response to the first user command.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein contents of at least two received or transmitted messages including the at least one received or transmitted message are displayed in a non-abbreviated style in response to the first user command.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the at least one message conversation item in the message conversation list has the at least one received or transmitted message.