Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving handwriting animation message

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10277729-B2
Application number	US-201113012189-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 24, 2011
Priority date	Jan 22, 2010
Publication date	Apr 30, 2019
Grant date	Apr 30, 2019

Abstract

Provided is an apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving a handwriting animation message. The apparatus for transmitting a handwriting animation message includes an input unit for receiving an input of a handwriting animation message including coordinate information and time information of points being input onto a background image from a user of a transmitting mobile terminal, a controller for controlling merging or synchronization of the background image and the handwriting animation message, and a transmitter for transmitting the merged or synchronized background image and handwriting animation message to a receiving mobile terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for displaying a message, the apparatus comprising:
a touch screen configured to display a background image and to receive a handwriting input through an area of the touch screen displaying the background image;
a transmitter configured to transmit a message to a receiving mobile terminal; and
a controller configured to:
generate two or more handwriting animation messages each including coordinate information and time information of respective points constructing the handwriting input received on the background image displayed in the touch screen,
associate the background image and two or more identifiers of the two or more handwriting animation messages,
generate the message including the background image, the two or more handwriting animation messages, and the two or more identifiers of the two or more handwriting animation messages; and
transmit the message to the receiving mobile terminal.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a memory configured to store at least one of the background image, the two or more handwriting animation messages, and a map application; and
a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver configured to receive location information of the apparatus.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to extract map information based on the location information by interworking the location information with the map application, and to set the extracted map information as the background image.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the map information set as the background image includes the location information of the apparatus.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to synchronize the two or more handwriting animation messages and the background image as a single group by associating the two or more identifiers each included in the two or more handwriting animation messages and an identifier included in the background image.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the identifier included in the background image comprises:
a message identification number storing a number to be synchronized as the single group; and
a background image number storing a unique number of the background image.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the two or more identifiers included in the two or more handwriting animation messages comprise:
a message identification number storing a number to be synchronized as the single group;
a background image number storing a unique number of the background image;
a page number storing an order of reproduction for the two or more handwriting animation messages included in the single group; and
a total page number storing a number of the two or more handwriting animation messages included in the single group.

8. An apparatus for displaying a message, the apparatus comprising:
a touch screen;
a receiver configured to receive a message from a mobile terminal; and
a controller configured to:
receive the message including a background image, two or more handwriting animation messages, and two or more identifiers of the two or more handwriting animation messages,
identify whether the background image and the two or more handwriting animation messages are synchronized as a single group based on the two or more identifiers of the two or more handwriting animation messages,
when it is identified that the background image and the two or more handwriting animation messages are synchronized as the single group, display the background image in the touch screen, and
sequentially display the two or more handwriting animation messages on the background image based on coordinate information and time information of respective points constructing a handwriting input included in the two or more handwriting animation messages.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising:
a memory configured to store at least one of the background image, the two or more handwriting animation messages, and a map application; and
a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver configured to receive location information of the apparatus.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein if the location information is included in the background image, the location information is displayed on the background image by interworking with the map application.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein if a background image number included in one of the two or more identifiers is the same as another background image number included in another of the two or more identifiers, the two or more handwriting animation messages are sequentially displayed on the background image corresponding to the background image number, and if the background image number included in the two or more identifiers are empty, the two or more handwriting animation messages are sequentially displayed without the background image.

12. A method for displaying a message in an apparatus, the method comprising:
displaying a background image;
receiving a handwriting input through an area of the touch screen displaying the background image;
generating two or more handwriting animation messages each including coordinate information and time information of respective points constructing the handwriting input received on the background image;
associating the background image and two or more identifiers of the two or more handwriting animation messages;
generating a message including the background image, the two or more handwriting animation messages, and the two or more identifiers of the two or more handwriting animation messages; and
transmitting the message to a receiving mobile terminal.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
storing the background image, the two or more handwriting animation messages, or a map application; and
receiving location information of the apparatus.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein map information based on the location information is extracted by interworking the location information with the map application, and the extracted map information is set as the background image.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
synchronizing the two or more handwriting animation messages and the background image as a single group by associating the two or more identifiers each included in the two or more handwriting animation messages and a identifier included in the background image.

16. A method for displaying a message in an apparatus, the method comprising:
receiving a message including a background image, two or more handwriting animation messages, and two or more identifiers of the two or more handwriting animation messages;
identifying whether the background image and the two or more handwriting animation messages are synchronized as a single group based on the two or more identifiers of the two or more handwriting animation messages;
when it is identified that the background image and the two or more handwriting animation messages are synchronized as the single group, display the background image; and
sequentially displaying the two or more handwriting animation messages on the background image based on coordinate information and time information of respective points constructing a handwriting input included in the two or more handwriting animation messages.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising separating the two or more handwriting animation messages and the background image from the message.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein separating the two or more handwriting animation messages and the background im

Assignees

• Kwon Mu Sik
• Hwang Seong Taek
• Oh Sang Wook
• Kim Jung Rim
• Kim Do Hyeon
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kwon Mu-Sik
• Hwang Seong-Taek
• Oh Sang-Wook
• Kim Jung-Rim
• Kim Do-Hyeon

Classifications

• H04M1/72544

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M1/72555 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M1/72439 Primary

  for image or video messaging · CPC title

• H04M1/72427

  for supporting games or graphical animations · CPC title