Terminal device and data processing method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016164815-A1
Application number	US-201514953204-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 27, 2015
Priority date	Dec 8, 2014
Publication date	Jun 9, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A terminal device is provided. The terminal device includes a communication interface configured to perform communication with an external device, as chatting begins, a display configured to display chatting messages sent and received through the communication interface, a storage, and a processor configured to classify the chatting messages into a plurality of dialogue sessions, store keywords for defining the respective classified dialogue sessions on the storage, and provide the dialogue session matching at least one keyword through the display when an event associated with at least one keyword among the plurality of keywords stored on the storage occurs.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A terminal device comprising:
a communication interface configured to perform communication with an external device as chatting begins; a display configured to display chatting messages sent and received through the communication interface; a storage; and a processor configured to:
classify the chatting messages into a plurality of dialogue sessions,
store keywords for defining the respective classified dialogue sessions on the storage, and
provide the dialogue session matching at least one keyword through the display when an event associated with at least one keyword among the plurality of keywords stored on the storage occurs.

2 . The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
check a transmission time or a reception time of the respective chatting messages, and classify the chatting messages which are sent and received for a duration that exceeds a certain time interval into different dialogue sessions to each other.

3 . The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to classify the dialogue sessions into different dialogue sessions based on a time point of sending or receiving the chatting message including a specific word.

4 . The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to integrate the plurality of dialogue sessions into one dialogue session when the plurality of dialogue sessions are stored on the storage and the keywords regarding the plurality of dialogue sessions are associated with each other.

5 . The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein, in response to inputting of a user manipulation to select at least part of the plurality of chatting messages displayed on the display, the processor is further configured to determine the chatting messages within a range corresponding to the inputted user manipulation to be one dialogue session.

6 . The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
provide a graphic effect to inform of an end of the dialogue session through the display when one dialogue session is finished during chatting, and determine the chatting messages within a range corresponding to the graphic effect to be one dialogue session in response to inputting of a user manipulation to agree with the end of the dialogue session.

7 . The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the display to display a user interface (UI) screen for editing previously defined keywords regarding a specific dialogue session in response to inputting of a user manipulation for editing the keywords.

8 . The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein, when an event to input a keyword for searching the dialogue session occurs, the processor is further configured to display a list of the dialogue sessions corresponding to the inputted keyword on the display.

9 . The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
display a chatting area and an associated dialogue session area respectively on a screen of the display, display the chatting messages sent and received through the communication interface on the chatting area, and when an event occurs, in which one keyword among the keywords stored in the storage is displayed on the chatting area, display the dialogue session matching the displayed keyword on the associated dialogue session area.

10 . The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
display a chatting area and an associated dialogue session area respectively on a screen of the display, display the chatting messages sent and received through the communication interface on the chatting area, and when an event occurs, in which a keyword of the dialogue session inclusive of the chatting messages displayed on the chatting area matches the previous keyword stored on the storage, display the dialogue session matching the previous keyword on the associated dialogue session area.

11 . The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein, in response to inputting of a user manipulation to select the dialogue session, the processor is further configured to display a new chatting screen inclusive of the chatting messages within the selected dialogue session on the display.

12 . The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the display to display background images associated with the keyword for defining the specific dialogue session on the chatting screen while the chatting messages within a specific dialogue session are displayed on the chatting screen.

13 . The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine keywords of each dialogue session based on at least one of a dialogue participant, a dialogue subject, a dialogue intention and a dialogue time regarding each dialogue session.

14 . The terminal device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a sensor configured to sense at least one state regarding a location of the terminal device, a movement of the terminal device, an ambient temperature of the terminal device and an ambient humidity of the terminal device, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the keyword for defining the dialogue session which includes the inputted chatting message based on information sensed through the sensor at the moment when the chatting message is inputted.

15 . The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive keywords stored in another terminal device through the communication interface, and determine a popular keyword based on the received keyword and the keywords stored on the storage.

16 . The terminal device of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to display an automatically-suggested word on the display while the text is inputted, and the displayed automatically-suggested word is selected from the popular keywords.

17 . A method of processing data in a terminal device, the method comprising:
classifying previously stored chatting messages into a plurality of dialogue sessions; storing keywords for defining the respective classified dialogue sessions on a storage of the terminal device; and providing a dialogue session matching at least one keyword through a display of the terminal device when an event associated with at least one keyword among the plurality of keywords stored on the storage occurs.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the classifying comprises checking a time point when the respective chatting messages are sent or received, and classifying the chatting messages sent and received for a duration exceeding a certain time interval into different dialogue sessions to each other.

19 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the classifying comprises classifying the chatting messages including a specific word into the different dialogue sessions to each other based on a transmission time or a reception time.

20 . A non-transitory computer readable recording medium including a program to perform a data processing method, the method comprising:
classifying previously stored chatting messages into a plurality of dialogue sessions; storing keywords for defining the respective classified dialogue sessions on a storage of the terminal device; and providing a dialogue session matching at least one keyword through a display of the terminal device when an event associated with at least one keyword among the plurality of keywords stored on the stor

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cho Sang-Wook
• Kim Yu-Na

Classifications

• H04L51/04

  Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] · CPC title

• G06F40/30

  Semantic analysis · CPC title

• H04M2250/22

  including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector · CPC title

• G06F3/04842 Primary

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · 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