Electronic device for transmitting message and method for operating same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11226735-B2
Application number	US-201816108488-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2018
Priority date	Aug 22, 2017
Publication date	Jan 18, 2022
Grant date	Jan 18, 2022

Abstract

An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device may include a housing; a touchscreen display exposed through a portion of the housing; a wireless communication circuit disposed in the housing; a processor electrically connected to the touchscreen display and the wireless communication circuit; and a memory electrically connected to the processor and configured to store an application including a user interface for transmitting a message through the wireless communication circuit, wherein the memory stores at least one instruction that, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to: display the user interface of the application on the touchscreen display; display a virtual keyboard with the user interface and/or to overlap the user interface; receive a first input through the virtual keyboard; hide the virtual keyboard and display a drawing pad with the user interface and/or to overlap the user interface upon receiving the first input; receive a second input through the drawing pad; obtain an image file based on the second input; change the image file based on at least some of information on the application; and transmit the changed image file through the wireless communication circuit to an external electronic device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing;
a touchscreen display viewable through a portion of the housing;
a wireless communication circuit disposed in the housing;
at least one processor operatively connected to the touchscreen display and the wireless communication circuit; and
a memory electrically connected to the processor and configured to store a first application comprising a first user interface for transmitting a message through the wireless communication circuit and a second application comprising a second user interface for obtaining an image file,
wherein the memory stores at least one instruction that is configured to, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
display the first user interface of the first application on the touchscreen display;
display, on the touchscreen display, a virtual keyboard with the first user interface and/or to overlap the first user interface;
receive a first input through the virtual keyboard;
hide the virtual keyboard and display, on the touchscreen display, the second user interface of the second application including a drawing pad with the first user interface and/or to at least partially overlap the first user interface upon receiving the first input;
receive a second input through the drawing pad;
sequentially obtain n frames based on the second input received on the touchscreen display;
copy an object of an nth frame into a first frame;
obtain, by the second application, an image file based on the second input using the n frames;
change the image file based on at least some of information on the first application, wherein changing the image file includes reducing a file size of the image file and changing the image file to a GIF and/or AGIF including changing content of at least one frame; and
transmit, by the first application, the changed image file through the wireless communication circuit to an external electronic device.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the image file comprises a series of images obtained based on the second input.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the image file comprises a Graphics Interchange Format (GIF).

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one instruction, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to change at least one of: a coding method and metadata based on at least some of the information.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first application comprises at least one of: a messaging application, an email application, and a social media service application.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one instruction, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to display, on the touchscreen display, a size of the image file obtained based on the second input and to determine whether the size of the image file reaches a threshold value.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein when the size of the image file is the threshold value or greater, the at least one instruction, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to display information indicating that the size of the image file is the threshold value or greater on the touchscreen display.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the at least one instruction, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to activate a timer when the second input is sensed, to terminate the timer when the second input is not sensed, and to store the image file obtained while the timer is activated.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the information on the first application comprises at least one of: a maximum image file size for the first application to transmit, an operation implemented upon sharing the obtained image file with another electronic device, and a quality of an effect provided for the obtained image.

10. An electronic device comprising:
a housing;
a touchscreen display viewable through a portion of the housing;
a wireless communication circuit disposed in the housing;
at least one processor operatively connected to the touchscreen display and the wireless communication circuit; and
a memory electrically connected to the processor and configured to store a first application comprising a first user interface for transmitting a message through the wireless communication circuit and a second application comprising a second user interface for obtaining an image file,
wherein the memory stores at least one instruction that is configured to, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
display the first user interface of the first application on the touchscreen display;
display, on the touchscreen display, a virtual keyboard with the first user interface and/or to overlap the first user interface;
receive a first input through the virtual keyboard;
hide the virtual keyboard and display, on the touchscreen display, the second user interface of the second application including a drawing pad with the first user interface and/or to at least partially overlap the first user interface upon receiving the first input;
receive a second input through the drawing pad;
obtain, by the second application an image file based on the second input;
change the image file based on at least some of information on the first application, wherein changing the image file includes reducing a file size of the image file;
sequentially obtain n frames based on the second input received on the touchscreen display, to copy an object of an nth frame into a first frame, and to obtain the changed image file using the n frames; and
transmit, by the first application, the changed image file through the wireless communication circuit to an external electronic device.

11. An electronic device comprising:
a housing;
a touchscreen display viewable through a portion of the housing;
a wireless communication circuit disposed in the housing;
at least one processor operatively connected to the touchscreen display and the wireless communication circuit; and
a memory electrically connected to the processor and configured to store a first application comprising a first user interface for transmitting a message through the wireless communication circuit and a second application comprising a second user interface for obtaining an image file,
wherein the memory stores at least one instruction that is configured to, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
display the first user interface of the first application on the touchscreen display;
display, on the touchscreen display, a virtual keyboard with the first user interface and/or to overlap the first user interface;
receive a first input through the virtual keyboard;
hide the virtual keyboard and display, on the touchscreen display, the second user interface of the second application including a drawing pad with the first user interface and/or to overlap the first user interface upon receiving the first input;
receive a second input through the drawing pad;
obtain, by the second application, an image file based on the second input;
change the image file based on at least some of information on the first application, wherein changing the image file includes reducing a file size of the image file;
when the second input is sensed, set a first screen and a second screen comprising a first object obtained based on the second input and an effect for the first object;
when sensing of the second input is stopped and then resumed, display, on the first scr

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kwon Bang-Hyun
• Kim Jeong-Hoon
• Jeong Hye-Soon
• Lim Yeun-Wook

Classifications

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• H04M1/72439 Primary

  for image or video messaging · CPC title

• H04M2250/64

  file transfer between terminals · CPC title

• G06F3/0346

  with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a three-dimensional [3D] space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors · CPC title

• G06F3/04886 Primary

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title