KR101635967B1 - Touch ui portable device for sending message and message sending method performed by the touch ui portable device - Google Patents

Abstract

A touch screen portable device for message transmission is provided. The touch screen mobile device can easily transmit a message by moving the telephone number of the address book displayed on the screen to the message composing unit by using the touch UI. In particular, the touch screen mobile device moves the displayed phone number to the message composer in a drag-and-drop manner, composes the message, and then transmits the created message to the terminal of the selected phone number. In addition, the touch screen mobile device moves the displayed reception message to the message preparation unit by a drag and drop method, creates a reply message for the received message, and transmits the generated reply message to the terminal corresponding to the telephone number of the received message.

Touch screen, mobile devices, contacts, messages, dynamic groups, delivery

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a touch screen mobile device and a method of transmitting a message,

The following embodiments relate to a technique for transmitting a message on a touch screen portable device.

In recent years, mobile devices such as mobile phones, notebooks, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and portable multimedia players (PMPs), which have convenience and portability, are widely used. Such a mobile device provides various functions such as voice call and text message transmission, video call, photograph or video photographing using a camera, wireless Internet access, and mp3 playback. In addition, as the functions have been diversified, the specification of the portable device has improved, and in recent years, the portable device has a touch screen, thereby providing more various functions.

Touch Screen Portable devices have the advantage of being larger in size than conventional LCD screens and capable of inputting them at the same time as display, thus improving usability and convenience. In addition, unlike the conventional keypad mobile device, the touch screen mobile device eliminates the inconvenience of having to input a number of times to search for a party to be called or to transmit a message.

However, there is a problem that the touch screen portable device uses an input method similar to a conventional keypad portable device, rather than taking advantage of the advantages of the touch screen. For example, a touch screen mobile device can create a message, then search for a recipient in the address book, and send a message to the retrieved recipient. In this case, there is an inconvenience that a screen for creating a message, a screen for searching for a recipient in the address book, and the like are separately distinguished and can not be checked on a single screen.

A touch screen portable device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an address book display unit for displaying a plurality of phone numbers included in an address book, an input unit for moving a phone number selected from the address book display unit to a message composition unit by a drag and drop method, And a message transmitting unit for transmitting the message created through the creating unit to the terminal corresponding to the telephone number.

At this time, the group setting unit included in the address book display unit moves the selected phone number from the address book to the blank screen area, and when a figure including the moved phone number is inputted, the phone number included in the figure is set as a dynamic group .

At this time, the input unit moves the set dynamic group to the message creating unit, and the message transmitting unit can transmit the message created through the message creating unit to the terminals corresponding to the dynamic group.

At this time, the address book display unit displays dynamic groups including at least one telephone number, lists phone numbers belonging to a selected dynamic group among the displayed dynamic groups, and the group control unit deletes The mobile phone number can be deleted from the dynamic group when the mobile phone number is moved from the dynamic group to the blank screen area.

A touch screen mobile device according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a message display unit for displaying a received message, an input unit for moving the displayed received message by a drag and drop method to a message creating unit, And a message transmission unit for transmitting the generated origination message to a terminal corresponding to a telephone number of the moved reception message.

At this time, the message transmission unit may add a 'reply tag' to the header or tail of the origination message.

At this time, the input unit moves the displayed received message to at least one telephone number selected from among the telephone numbers displayed on the address book display unit, and the message transmitting unit transmits the received message to the terminal corresponding to the selected at least one telephone number have.

At this time, when the received message is moved to the message preparation unit, the button activation unit activates the button corresponding to 'reply' or 'delivery', and displays the address book display unit when the button corresponding to 'delivery' is activated .

A method of transmitting a message according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes receiving a phone number from an address book displayed on a screen, moving the selected phone number to a message creating unit by a drag and drop method, To the selected telephone number.

According to the embodiments of the present invention, the touch screen mobile device selects a phone number of the address book displayed on the screen and moves the message to the message creating unit by a drag and drop method, .

According to the embodiments of the present invention, the touch screen mobile device sets the phone number selected from the address book displayed on the screen as a dynamic group, and when the set dynamic group is moved to the message creating unit, By transmitting the message to the terminals of the dynamic group, a message can be simultaneously transmitted to a plurality of terminals belonging to the dynamic group.

In addition, according to the embodiments of the present invention, the touch screen mobile device can move the received message displayed on the screen to the phone number of the address book simultaneously, and can effectively transmit the received message to the terminal of the phone number.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to or limited by the embodiments. Like reference symbols in the drawings denote like elements.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a touch screen portable device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

1, a touch screen portable device 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an address book display unit 110, an input unit 120, a message creation unit 130, a message transmission unit 140, a group control unit 150, and a group setting unit 160.

The address book display unit 110 displays a plurality of phone numbers included in the address book. The address book is a list of phone numbers stored by the user of the touch-screen portable device 100, and may include phone numbers, groups, photographs, memos, etc. corresponding to the names. The address book display unit 110 may display phone numbers stored in turn on the screen according to the sort order of the whole, the name, the group, and so on. Or, in an embodiment, the address book display unit 110 may display telephone numbers in priority order to the other party who has recently made a telephone call or has transmitted or received a recent message. The address book display unit 110 may include a group control unit 150 or a group setting unit 160.

The input unit 120 selects at least one phone number from the displayed phone numbers by the user and moves the selected phone number to the message creation unit 130 in a drag and drop manner. The drag and drop method is an input method utilizing the characteristics of the touch screen. The input unit 120 selects (clicks) a phone number by the user, drags the selected phone number in a selected state, The selected phone number can be moved to the message creating unit 130 by dropping the selected phone number on the message creating unit 130. [

When the telephone number is moved to the message creating unit 130, the user can create a desired message in the message creating unit 130. When the message creation is completed, the user can press the 'OK' button or the 'Transfer' button to complete the message creation.

The message transmission unit 140 transmits the created message to the terminal corresponding to the selected telephone number.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of moving a phone number displayed on a screen of a touch screen portable device to a message composing unit to create a message.

2, the address book display unit 110 displays phone numbers included in the address book, and the input unit 120 displays 'night-return (010-5555-3690)' from the displayed address book according to the touch of the user. 'May be moved to the message creator 130 in a drag-and-drop manner (210).

When the telephone number is moved to the message creation unit 130, the message creation unit 130 transmits the telephone number 010-9985-1234 of the touch screen portable device 100 to the caller, the telephone number 010-5555 -3690), receives the contents of the message from the user, and creates a message (220). Thereafter, when message creation is completed, the message transmission unit 140 can transmit the created message (cup of tea today) to the terminal corresponding to the selected telephone number 010-5555-3690.

In an embodiment, the group setting unit 160 sets a telephone number selected from the address book as a dynamic group. Dynamic groups can be categorized as family, school, work, etc., and can be created or deleted by users. Specifically, the group setting unit 160 moves the selected phone number from the address book to the blank screen area, and sets the phone number included in the figure as a dynamic group when receiving the figure including the moved phone number .

That is, the group setting unit 160 can move at least one telephone number selected by the user among the telephone numbers displayed on the screen to the blank screen area in a drag-and-drop manner. The dynamic group may include one or more telephone numbers, so that the user can continue to move the telephone numbers to be included in the dynamic group to the blank screen area. The group setting unit 160 may receive a figure including all the selected phone numbers when the user selects a phone number to be set as a dynamic group. The group setting unit 160 can receive a shape or a shape composed of a point, a line, a plane, and a sphere as a graphic form. When the figure is input, the group setting unit 160 can set the phone numbers included in the figure as a dynamic group. This dynamic group can be set in advance according to the user's selection, or can be set temporarily before the message is created.

Then, the input unit 120 moves the set dynamic group to the message creating unit 130, and the message transmitting unit 140 transmits the created message to the terminals corresponding to the dynamic group.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of setting a dynamic group from an address book displayed on a screen of a touch screen portable device and transmitting a message to a set dynamic group.

Referring to FIG. 3, the group setting unit 160 may move a phone number to be included in the dynamic group among the phone numbers included in the address book, to the blank screen area in a drag-and-drop manner (310). When the user moves all of the telephone numbers to be included in the dynamic group, the user can input the closed shapes such as circles, rectangles, and the like. Accordingly, the group setting unit 160 can set the phone numbers included in the input figure as a dynamic group (320).

Thereafter, the input unit 120 may move the dynamic group to which the message is to be transmitted, to the message creator 130 in a drag-and-drop manner among the set dynamic groups (330). In this case, the message creation unit 130 transmits the telephone number (010-9985-1234) of the touch-screen portable device 100 to the caller, the telephone number (010-9999-1234, 010-3355 -9876, 010-5555-3690), receives the contents of the message from the user, and creates a message (the third regular meeting guide ...) (340). Thereafter, when message creation is completed, the message transmission unit 140 can transmit the generated message to the terminals corresponding to the dynamic group.

In another embodiment, the address book display unit 110 displays dynamic groups including at least one telephone number, and lists telephone numbers belonging to a selected dynamic group among the displayed dynamic groups. The group controller 150 moves the telephone number for deleting from the dynamic group among the listed telephone numbers from the dynamic group to the blank screen area and deletes the telephone number moved to the blank screen area from the dynamic group. Accordingly, the group control unit 150 can add or delete the telephone number to the dynamic group set according to the user's selection.

4 is a block diagram of a touch screen portable device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

4, the touch screen portable device 400 according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a message storage 410, an address book 420, a message display 430, an address book display unit 440, an input unit 450, A message creation unit 460, a message transmission unit 470, and a button activation unit 480.

The message display unit 430 displays the received message stored in the message storage box 410. The message archive 410 may include a received message, an originating message, a composing message, and the like. Among them, the message display unit 430 can display the received messages in order according to the sort order (recently received date and time). At this time, the message display unit 430 may display the received message as a list, or display it in a bubble or cloud format.

The input unit 450 moves the displayed received message to the message creator 460 in a drag-and-drop manner. That is, the input unit 450 may move the received message to be written by the user to the message creator 460.

The message creator 460 creates a reply message for the received message.

The message transmission unit 470 transmits the generated reply message to the terminal corresponding to the telephone number of the received message. At this time, the message transmission unit 470 may add a 'reply tag' to the header or tail of the reply message.

5 is a view illustrating an example of moving a received message displayed on the screen of the touch screen portable device to a message creating unit to create a reply message for the received message.

Referring to FIG. 5, the message display unit 430 may list the received messages and display the received messages (510), and may display the received messages in a bubble or cloud format (520). The format for displaying the received message may be set by the touch screen portable device 400 or the user.

For example, the input unit 450 may select a received message (night-time, yesterday ...) from among the list of received messages to create a reply message, and move the selected received message to the message creator 460. In this case, the message transmission unit 470 can transmit the generated reply message to the terminal associated with 'night-time service' when the reply message is created through the message preparation unit 460.

Alternatively, the input unit 450 may select a received message (eg, a sentence, a hi-hat ...) from which to generate a reply message among the received messages displayed in a cloud format, and move the selected received message to the message creator 460. In this case, the message transmitting unit 470 can transmit the created reply message to the terminal associated with 'Hasty' when the reply message is created through the message creating unit 460.

In the embodiment, the button activation unit 480 activates a button corresponding to 'Reply' or 'Forward' when the received message is moved to the message creation unit 460. For example, when the button corresponding to 'reply' is activated, the message creator 460 creates a reply message for the received message as described above, and the message transmitter 470 receives the created reply message To the terminal corresponding to the telephone number of the message.

Alternatively, when a button corresponding to 'transfer' is activated, the address book display unit 440 displays a plurality of telephone numbers included in the address book 420. In this case, received messages stored in the message archive 410 and phone numbers stored in the address book 420 are displayed on the screen. The input unit 450 can move the displayed received message to at least one selected telephone number among the displayed telephone numbers by drag and drop. That is, the input unit 450 can move the received message to a telephone number to which the received message is to be transmitted. At this time, the message transmission unit 470 may transmit the received message to the terminal corresponding to the selected at least one telephone number.

6 is a diagram illustrating an example of transferring a received message by moving a received message displayed on a screen of the touch screen portable device to a phone number included in the address book.

6, the input unit 450 selects a received message (Hello, this week ...), and moves the selected received message to the telephone number (Kim Young-hee, 010-9988-4567) to which the selected received message is to be transmitted (610). Then, the message creator 460 sets the phone number (010-9985-1234) of the touch screen portable device 100 to the caller, sets the phone number (010-9988-4567) selected in the receiver, The content can be displayed in the input field (620). At this time, according to the selection of the user, the message transmission unit 470 may transmit the received message to the terminal corresponding to the selected phone number, modify the received message, and then transmit the message to the terminal corresponding to the selected phone number have.

Alternatively, the input unit 450 selects a received message (hi this week ...) and moves the selected received message to the dynamic group to which the selected received message is to be transmitted (630). Then, the message creator 460 notifies the caller of the telephone number (010-9985-1234) of the touch-screen portable device 100 to the telephone number (010-9999-1234, 010-3355- 9876, 010-5555-3690), and displays the received message in a field for inputting the contents of the message (640). In this case, the message transmission unit 470 may transmit the received message to the terminal corresponding to the selected telephone number without modifying the received message, modify the received message, and then transmit the message to the terminal corresponding to the selected telephone number Lt; / RTI >

7 is a flowchart illustrating a message transmission method in a touch screen portable device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The message transmission method displays the telephone numbers included in the address book on the screen of the touch screen portable device (710). At this time, the message transmission method may not display the telephone numbers, but may display them in a dynamic group already set.

The message transmission method selects at least one telephone number among telephone numbers included in the address book (720). At this time, at least one of the displayed dynamic groups may be selected as the message transmission method.

The message transmission method moves the selected telephone number to the message preparation unit in a drag-and-drop manner (730).

The message transmission method generates a message through the message creation unit 740, and if the user presses the 'OK' or the 'Transfer' button, it is determined that message creation is completed (750).

When message creation is completed, the message transmission method transmits the created message to the selected phone number (760).

The message transmission method illustrated in FIG. 7 may be applied to the message transmission method illustrated in FIG. 1 through FIG. Therefore, the detailed description of the message transmission method will be omitted here.

The methods according to the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

While the invention has been shown and described with reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. This is possible.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined by the equivalents of the claims, as well as the claims.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a touch screen portable device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of moving a phone number displayed on a screen of a touch screen portable device to a message composing unit to create a message.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of setting a dynamic group from an address book displayed on a screen of a touch screen portable device and transmitting a message to a set dynamic group.

4 is a block diagram of a touch screen portable device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of moving a received message displayed on a screen of the touch screen portable device to a message creating unit to create a reply message for a received message.

6 is a diagram illustrating an example of transferring a received message by moving a received message displayed on a screen of the touch screen portable device to a phone number included in the address book.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a message transmission method in a touch screen portable device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (17)

A group setting unit for moving at least some phone numbers in the address book from the address book to a blank screen area and setting a phone number included in the figure as a dynamic group when a figure including the moved phone number is input; An address book display unit displaying a plurality of telephone numbers belonging to the dynamic group; An input unit for moving a telephone number selected from the displayed plurality of phone numbers to a message creation unit by a drag and drop method; And A message transmission unit for transmitting a message created through the message creation unit to a terminal corresponding to the selected phone number, And a touch screen. delete delete The method according to claim 1, Wherein the input unit comprises: Moving the plurality of telephone numbers belonging to the dynamic group to the message preparation unit, Wherein the message transmission unit comprises: And transmits the message created through the message creating unit to the terminals corresponding to the dynamic group Touch screen mobile device. The method according to claim 1, A group controller for deleting, from the dynamic group, part or all of the telephone numbers which are moved to the blank screen area among the plurality of telephone numbers displayed, Further comprising a touch screen. The method according to claim 1, A message display unit for displaying an incoming message Further comprising: Wherein the input unit comprises: Moving the displayed received message to the message preparation unit in a drag and drop manner, Wherein the message transmission unit comprises: A reply message for the moved message created by the message creating unit is transmitted to a terminal corresponding to the telephone number of the received message Touch screen mobile device. The method according to claim 6, Wherein the message transmission unit comprises: And adds a " reply tag " to the header or tail of the reply message. The method according to claim 6, The address book display unit displays, Displaying a plurality of telephone numbers, Wherein the message transmission unit comprises: And transmits the received message to a terminal corresponding to at least one telephone number selected by the input unit among the displayed telephone numbers Touch screen mobile device. The method according to claim 6, The touch screen portable device includes: When the received message is moved to the message preparation unit, a button activation unit for activating a button corresponding to 'reply' or 'delivery' Further comprising a touch screen. 10. The method of claim 9, If the button corresponding to 'Forward' is activated, The address book display unit displays, And displaying the plurality of telephone numbers Touch screen mobile device. A message transmission method implemented by a touch screen portable device, In the touch screen portable device, when at least some phone numbers in the address book are moved from the address book to a blank screen area and a figure including the moved phone number is inputted, the phone numbers included in the figure are converted into a dynamic group ; Displaying a plurality of telephone numbers belonging to the dynamic group in the touch screen portable device; Moving the phone number selected from the plurality of phone numbers displayed in the touch screen portable device to a message creating unit by a drag and drop method; And In the touch screen portable device, transmitting a message created through the message creating unit to a terminal corresponding to the selected phone number / RTI > 12. The method of claim 11, Moving the plurality of telephone numbers belonging to the dynamic group to the message preparation unit in the touch screen portable device; And In the touch screen portable device, transmitting a message created through the message creating unit to terminals corresponding to the dynamic group The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: 12. The method of claim 11, Deleting, in the dynamic group, part or all of the telephone numbers of the plurality of telephone numbers displayed in the blank screen region in the touch screen portable device The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: 12. The method of claim 11, Displaying the received message in the touch screen portable device; Moving the displayed received message to the message creating unit in a drag and drop manner in the touch screen portable device; And Transmitting, in the touch screen portable device, a reply message for the moved received message to a terminal corresponding to a phone number of the received message Further comprising: 15. The method of claim 14, In the touch screen mobile device, adding a 'reply tag' to the header or tail of the reply message Further comprising: 15. The method of claim 14, In the touch screen portable device, displaying a plurality of phone numbers; And Transmitting the received message to a terminal corresponding to at least one phone number selected from the displayed phone numbers in the touch screen portable device Further comprising: 17. A computer-readable recording medium having stored thereon a program for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 11 to 16.

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