User terminal apparatus, server, and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016337291-A1
Application number	US-201615154383-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 13, 2016
Priority date	May 15, 2015
Publication date	Nov 17, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A user terminal and a control method thereof are provided. The user terminal includes a communicator configured to communicate with a server; a display configured to display a message screen including a plurality of messages exchanged between the user terminal and the server; and a processor configured to control the display to display the plurality of messages on the message screen in an individually selectable manner, and based on at least one message of the plurality of messages being selected on the message screen and at least one share target, with which to share the at least some of the plurality of messages, being selected, control the communicator to transmit, to the server, information regarding the at least one message of the plurality of messages and the at least one share target.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A user terminal comprising:
a communicator configured to communicate with a server; a display configured to display a message screen including a plurality of messages exchanged between the user terminal and the server; and a processor configured to:
control the display to display the plurality of messages on the message screen in an individually selectable manner, and
based on at least one message of the plurality of messages being selected on the message screen and at least one share target, with which to share the at least some of the plurality of messages, being selected, control the communicator to transmit, to the server, information regarding the at least one message of the plurality of messages and the at least one share target.

2 . The user terminal as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
control the display to display a menu window for selecting a share option, the menu window including a first option for manually selecting the plurality of messages, and based on the first option being selected on the menu window, control the display to display the plurality of messages on the message screen in an individual selection mode, in which each of the plurality of messages are selectable by a user for sharing with the at least one share target.

3 . The user terminal as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the menu window further includes a second option for selecting a group of messages, and
wherein the processor is further configured to, based on the second option being selected on the menu window, control the display to display the plurality of messages on the message screen in a group selection mode, in which each of the plurality of messages are selectable by the user for sharing with the at least one share target and if two messages are selected by the user, intervening messages between the two messages selected by the user are automatically selected for sharing with the at least one share target.

4 . The user terminal as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the menu window further includes a third option for selecting the at least one share target, and
wherein the processor is further configured to: based on the third option being selected on the menu window, control the display to display a list of previously stored user terminals, and based on at least one of the user terminals being selected from the list, designate the selected user terminal as the at least one share target.

5 . The user terminal as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the display to display a menu window for selecting a share option, and
wherein the share option includes at least one of a first option for manually selecting a message, a second option for selecting a group of messages, a third option for selecting the at least one share target, a fourth option for providing a uniform resource locator (URL) of a landing page including a shared message, a fifth option for setting a share time limit of the shared message, and a sixth option for setting an access count limit for the shared message, the access count limit indicating a number of times that the at least one share target is permitted to access the shared message.

6 . The user terminal as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
based on a notification message with respect to a second plurality of messages selected by a second user terminal being received via the communicator, control the display to display the notification message; and based on the notification message being activated by a user, control the display to display a share message screen linked to the notification message, wherein the share message screen includes the second plurality of messages selected by the second user terminal.

7 . The user terminal as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
Based on a share approval request being received from the server, control the display to display a share approval screen corresponding to the share approval request, the share approval screen including a selection menu for selecting whether to approve or reject the share approval request; and control the communicator to transmit, to the server, a control signal corresponding to a selection by a user with respect to the share approval screen.

8 . The user terminal as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the message screen is a chatroom of a messaging application being executed on the user terminal,
wherein the chatroom sequentially displays the plurality of messages that are input by a plurality of user terminals participating in the chatroom, and wherein, based on at least one of the plurality of messages displayed on the chatroom being selected for sharing, the communicator transmits a share approval request to the plurality of user terminals participating in the chatroom.

9 . A server comprising:
a communicator configured to communicate with a plurality of user terminals; and a processor configured to:
based on the communicator receiving, from a first user terminal, a share request with respect to a plurality of messages originating from a second user terminal, generate a share message screen that combines the plurality of messages,
generate a notification message including a link to the share message screen, and
control the communicator to transmit the notification message to a third user terminal designated by the share request as a share target.

10 . The server as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the communicator to transmit, to the second user terminal, a share approval request with respect to the plurality of messages, wherein the server allows the first user terminal to share the plurality of messages with the third user terminal only if the second user terminal accepts the share approval request.

11 . A method performed by a first user terminal apparatus, the method comprising:
displaying, by a first user terminal, a message screen including a plurality of messages received from a second user terminal via a server; displaying the plurality of messages on the message screen in an individually selectable manner; and based on at least one message of the plurality of messages being selected on the message screen and a third user terminal, with which to share the at least some of the plurality of messages, being selected, transmitting, to the server, information regarding the at least one message of the plurality of messages and the third user terminal.

12 . The method as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising:
displaying a menu window for selecting a share option, the menu window including a first option for manually selecting the plurality of messages; and based on the first option being selected on the menu window, displaying the plurality of messages on the message screen in an individual selection mode, in which each of the plurality of messages are selectable by a user for sharing with the third user terminal.

13 . The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the menu window further includes a second option for selecting a group of messages, and
wherein the method further comprises: based on the second option being selected on the menu window, displaying the plurality of messages on the message screen in a group selection mode, in which each of the plurality of messages are selectable by the user for sharing with the at least one share target and if two messages are selected by the user, intervening messages between two messages selected by the user are automatically selected for sharing with the third user terminal.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Gun
• Lee Won-Suck
• Lee Ae-Young
• Hong Jung-Kih

Classifications

• H04L51/04

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

• H04L51/16

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L51/14 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L51/214 Primary

  using selective forwarding · CPC title

• H04L51/52

  for supporting social networking services · CPC title