Method and apparatus for transmitting integrated messages

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016286027-A1
Application number	US-201615078090-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 23, 2016
Priority date	Mar 23, 2015
Publication date	Sep 29, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electronic device comprising: a communication module; a memory; at least one processor operatively coupled to the memory, configured to: display, on the display, a user interface of a messaging application; detect an input indicating a destination telephone number; transmit, via the communication module, a first message comprising a first content by using the destination telephone number and a first protocol; receive, via the communication module, an error message indicating a transmission failure of the first message; and transmit, via the communication module, a second message comprising a second content at least a part of which is the same as the first content, by using the destination telephone number and a second protocol that is different from the first protocol.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising:
a display; a communication module; a memory; at least one processor operatively coupled to the memory, configured to: display, on the display, a user interface of a messaging application; detect an input indicating a destination telephone number; transmit, via the communication module, a first message comprising a first content by using the destination telephone number and a first protocol; receive, via the communication module, an error message indicating a transmission failure of the first message; and transmit, via the communication module, a second message comprising a second content at least a part of which is the same as the first content, by using the destination telephone number and a second protocol that is different from the first protocol.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first protocol comprises a Rich Communication Suite (RCS) protocol, and the second protocol comprises a Short Messaging Service (SMS) protocol or a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) protocol.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the error message comprises the destination telephone number.

4 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
the first message is transmitted to a first server, the error message is received from the first server, and the second message is transmitted to a second server that is different from the first server.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to detect at least one of a setting change request or a request to use the first protocol for sending the first message.

6 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the second protocol includes the MMS protocol when the first message includes a file transfer (FT) message and the first protocol includes the RCS protocol.

7 . The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein, when a size of a file included in the FT message is larger than an allowable file size of an MMS message, the second message is generated by performing at least one of compressing, splitting, or changing a resolution associated with the file.

8 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein, when the first message includes a chat message and the first protocol includes the RCS protocol, the second message is generated by converting the chat message into an SMS message or an MMS message.

9 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein:
when a size of the chat message is larger than a maximum SMS message size, the second message is generated by converting the chat message into the MMS message, and when the size of the chat message is not larger than the maximum SMS message size, the second message is generated by converting the chat message into the SMS message.

10 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
generate the second message by converting the first message into the second message; and output a notification of the conversion.

11 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
obtain setting information associated with the first message from the messaging application; and generate the second message based on the setting information.

12 . A method for use in an electronic device, comprising:
transmitting a first message to an external electronic device, wherein the first message includes a Rich Communication Suite (RCS) message; receiving an error message indicating a transmission failure of the first message; converting the first message into a second message in response to the error message; and transmitting the second message.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the first message is converted into a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message when the first message includes a file transfer (FT) message.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the converting the first message into the MMS message comprises:
extracting destination information and content from the first message; and performing at least one of a compressing, a splitting, or a resolution change on the content when a file size of the content is larger than a maximum size of the MMS message.

15 . The method of claim 13 , wherein converting the first message comprises:
extracting destination information and content from the first message; and changing an extension associated with the content when a type of the content is not supported by an MMS protocol.

16 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the second message includes a short messaging service (SMS) message or an MMS message when the first message includes a chat message.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein converting the first message comprises:
converting the first message into the MMS message when a size of the first message is larger than a threshold size that is associated with the SMS message; and converting the first message into the SMS message when the size of the first message is not larger than the threshold size.

18 . A Rich Communication Suite (RCS) system comprising:
a message module configured to receive an RCS file transfer (FT) message from a first electronic device and transmit the FT message to a second electronic device; and an interworking function (IWF) module configured to convert the FT message into a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message when the second electronic device does not support RCS, wherein, if the IWF module fails to convert the FT message into the MMS message, the IWF module converts the FT message into the MMS message by performing at least one of a compressing, a splitting, or a resolution change on content included in the FT message.

19 . The RCS system of claim 18 , wherein, the message module is further configured to transmit, to the first electronic device, information related to the conversion of the FT message if the FT message is converted into the MMS message by the IWF module.

20 . A computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs comprising instructions which, when executed by an electronic device, cause the device to execute the method according to claim 12 .

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Je Min
• Park Jung Wook

Classifications

• H04M1/72552 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W4/12

  Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements · CPC title

• H04L51/56 Primary

  Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM] · CPC title

• H04L51/23

  Reliability checks, e.g. acknowledgments or fault reporting · CPC title

• H04L51/06 Primary

  Message adaptation to terminal or network requirements · CPC title