Mobile terminal and method of controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9258404-B2
Application number	US-201213553695-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2012
Priority date	Aug 3, 2011
Publication date	Feb 9, 2016
Grant date	Feb 9, 2016

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same. A result, which will be displayed at a destination when a message created on a message creation screen is sent to the destination, is provided in advance. Messages having various formats can be generated on one message creation screen. Various functions relating to the message creation are provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a touchscreen; and
a controller configured to cause the touchscreen to:
display a first message creation screen for creating a message to be transmitted to a specific destination;
display a plurality of icons on the first message creation screen while the message is created on the first message creation screen, each of the plurality of icons corresponding to a different message format; and
display a message capacity for each of the plurality of icons in a format associated with a corresponding one of different message formats while the message is created such that the displayed message capacity is changed according to an amount of the created message on the first message creation screen,

wherein:
the plurality of icons include a first icon corresponding to a first message format and a second icon corresponding to a second message format; and
the message capacity is displayed in a first format for the first message format and in a second format for the second message format, the second format being different from the first format, such that a number of formats for displaying the message capacity corresponds to a number of the plurality of icons.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein:
the controller is further configured to cause the touchscreen to display a second message creation screen corresponding to one of the plurality of icons in response to a first touch input received while the first message creation screen is displayed;
the first touch input is for selecting the one of the plurality of icons; and
the second message creation screen is displayed in a specific message format corresponding to the one of the plurality of icons to allow a function that is associated with the specific message format.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the touchscreen to display a list of transmitted messages in the specific message format corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of icons.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3 , wherein when the selected one of the plurality of icons corresponds to a social networking service (SNS) format and a message item is selected from the list of transmitted messages, the controller is further configured to cause downloading of the selected message item from an SNS providing server and cause the touchscreen to display the selected message item.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 2 , wherein:
the controller is further configured to cause the touchscreen to display a preview of a message created on the second message creation screen in response to a second touch input received while the second message creation screen is displayed;
the second touch input is received via the one of the plurality of icons and is for displaying the preview that shows the message to be displayed at the specific destination when the message created on the second message creation screen is transmitted to the specific destination; and
the first touch input and the second touch input are different types of inputs.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the specific destination corresponds to an Internet address or a phone number corresponding to a short message system (SMS) message, a multimedia messaging system (MMS) message, an instant message (IM), a social network system (SNS) message, or an e-mail.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein when the specific destination is input on the first message creation screen, the controller is further configured to cause the touchscreen to display at least one icon associated with the specific destination that is stored in the mobile terminal.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the displayed message capacity comprises a first value indicating the amount of the message created via the first message creation screen such that the first value increases as the amount of the created message increases.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8 , wherein the displayed message capacity further comprises a second value indicating a capacity limit corresponding to a maximum amount of the message that can be created via the first message creation screen.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein:
the controller is further configured to change the format of the message from a first format to a second format when the message capacity for the message exceeds a first capacity limit for the first format; and
a second capacity limit for the second format is greater than the first capacity limit.

11. A mobile terminal comprising:
a touchscreen; and
a controller configured to cause the touchscreen to:
display a first message creation screen for creating a message to be transmitted to a specific destination;
display a plurality of icons each corresponding to a different message format on the first message creation screen;
display a second message creation screen corresponding to one of the plurality of icons in response to a first touch input received while the first message creation screen is displayed, wherein the first touch input is for selecting the one of the plurality of icons and the second message creation screen is displayed in a specific message format corresponding to the one of the plurality of icons to allow a function that is associated with the specific message format;
display a preview of a message created on the second message creation screen in response to a second touch input received while the second message creation screen is displayed, wherein the second touch input is received via the one of the plurality of icons and is for displaying the preview that shows the message to be displayed at the specific destination when the message created on the second message creation screen is transmitted to the specific destination; and
display a message capacity via the first or second message creation screen, wherein:

the message capacity is displayed for each of the plurality of icons in a format associated with a corresponding one of the different message formats when the message is created via the first message creation screen; and
the message capacity is displayed for the one of the plurality of icons in a format associated with the specific message format when the message is created via the second message creation screen.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11 , wherein the message capacity is not displayed for remaining icons among the plurality of icons when the message is created via the second message creation screen.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 11 , wherein the message capacity is displayed for all of the plurality of icons when the message is created via the first message creation screen on which no specific message format has been selected via the plurality of icons.

14. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
displaying a plurality of icons on a first message creation screen while a message to be transmitted to a specific destination is created on the first message creation screen, each of the plurality of icons corresponding to a different message format; and
displaying a message capacity for each of the plurality of icons in a format associated with a corresponding one of different message formats while the message is created such that the displayed message capacity is changed according to an amount of the created message on the first message creation screen,
wherein:
the plurality of icons include a first icon corresponding to a first message format and a second icon corresponding to a second message format; and
the message capacity is displayed in a first format for the first message format and in a seco

Assignees

• Lee Jiyoung
• Hwang Hyehyun
• Sung Changgui
• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lee Jiyoung
• Hwang Hyehyun
• Sung Changgui

Classifications

• H04M1/72547 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04B1/40 Primary

  Circuits · CPC title

• G06F3/14

  Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} · CPC title

• G06F3/048

  Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] · CPC title

• H04W4/12

  Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements · CPC title