Terminal and method of having conversation using instant messaging service therein

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9179271-B2
Application number	US-201414265182-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 29, 2014
Priority date	Mar 31, 2008
Publication date	Nov 3, 2015
Grant date	Nov 3, 2015

Abstract

A terminal and method of having conversation using instant messaging service therein. The terminals displays a message conversation list including at least one message conversation item. Each of the at least one message conversation item represents a corresponding previous message conversation with a corresponding external device. The terminal displays, in response to a first command of selecting a specific one of the at least message conversation item in the message conversation list, at least one received or transmitted message. The at least one received or transmitted message is displayed together with an incomplete file transceiving indicator when a file transceiving was incompletely terminated during a specific previous message conversation corresponding to the specific message conversation item. The terminal resumes, in response to a second command of selecting a file transceiving option displayed together with the at least one received or transmitted message on the display unit, the file transceiving.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a display unit;
a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with at least one external device via a wireless network; and
a controller configured to:
display, on the display unit, a message conversation list including at least one message conversation item, wherein each of the at least one message conversation item represents a corresponding previous message conversation with a corresponding external device,
in response to a first command of selecting a specific one of the at least message conversation item in the message conversation list, display, on the display unit, at least one received or transmitted message belonging to the specific message conversation item, wherein the at least one received or transmitted message is displayed together with an incomplete file transceiving indicator when a file transceiving was incompletely terminated during a specific previous message conversation corresponding to the specific message conversation item, and
in response to a second command of selecting a file transceiving option displayed together with the at least one received or transmitted message on the display unit, resume the file transceiving with respect to a specific external device corresponding to the selected message conversation item,
wherein the at least one received or transmitted message is displayed together with a second incomplete file transceiving indicator when a second file transceiving was incompletely terminated during the specific previous message conversation corresponding to the specific message conversation item.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein both the incomplete file transceiving indicator and the second incomplete file transceiving indicator are displayed together with the at least one received or transmitted message.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein a first message conversation item of the at least one message conversation item is displayed in a non-abbreviated style, when the first message conversation item has enough space to display a message content of the first message conversation item.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein a second message conversation item of the at least one message conversation item is displayed in an abbreviated style, when the second message conversation item has an insufficient space to display a message content of the second message conversation item.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the message conversation list includes a plurality of message conversation items.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein each of the plurality of message conversation items corresponds to a different external device.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of message conversation items are arranged according to a time sequence.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to display, on the display unit, as each of the at least message conversation item, an identifier of the corresponding external device and a date of the corresponding previous message conversation together with a portion of a message content of the corresponding previous message conversation.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to, when a new message is received or transmitted after displaying the incomplete file transceiving indicator and the second incomplete file transceiving indicator, display, on the display unit, the new message below the at least one received or transmitted message and the incomplete file transceiving indicator and the second incomplete file transceiving indicator.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to provide an edit option to edit at least a portion of the displayed at least one received or transmitted message.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10 , wherein the controller is configured to display, on the display unit, the edit option together with the incomplete file transceiving indicator and the second incomplete file transceiving indicator.

12. The terminal of claim 10 , wherein the controller is configured to, in response to a third command of selecting the edit option, provide a delete option to delete the at least a portion of the displayed at least one received or transmitted message.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12 , wherein the controller is configured to display, on the display unit, the delete option together with the incomplete file transceiving indicator and the second incomplete file transceiving indicator.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , further comprising a memory configured to store state information relevant to the file transceiving during the corresponding previous message conversation.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the first command, display, on the display unit, a content of the at least one received or transmitted message in a non-abbreviated style.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the first command, display, on the display unit, contents of all received or transmitted messages including the at least one received or transmitted message in a non-abbreviated style.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the first command, display, on the display unit, contents of at least two received or transmitted messages including the at least one received or transmitted message in a non-abbreviated style.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the at least one message conversation item in the message conversation list has the at least one received or transmitted message.

19. A mobile terminal comprising:
a display unit;
a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with at least one external device via a wireless network; and
a controller configured to:
display, on the display unit, a message conversation list including at least one message conversation item, wherein each of the at least one message conversation item represents a corresponding previous message conversation with a corresponding external device,
in response to a first command of selecting a specific one of the at least message conversation item in the message conversation list, display, on the display unit, at least one received or transmitted message belonging to the specific message conversation item, wherein the at least one received or transmitted message is displayed together with a first incomplete file transceiving indicator and a second incomplete file transceiving indicator when a first file transceiving and a second file transceiving were incompletely terminated during a specific previous message conversation corresponding to the specific message conversation item, and
in response to a second command of selecting a file transceiving option displayed together with the at least one received or transmitted message on the display unit, resume the first file transceiving with respect to a specific external device corresponding to the selected message conversation item.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 19 , wherein a first message conversation item of the at least one message conversation item is displayed in a non-abbreviated style, when the first message conversation item has enough space to display a message content of the first message conversation item.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 19 , wherein a second message conversation item of the at

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Choi Sung-Bum
• Lee Se Hee

Classifications

• H04L51/38

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L12/1831

  Tracking arrangements for later retrieval, e.g. recording contents, participants activities or behavior, network status · CPC title

• H04L51/04 Primary

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

• H04W4/12 Primary

  Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements · CPC title

• H04L51/58

  Message adaptation for wireless communication · CPC title