KR100844815B1 - Method of making a multimedia message and mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a method for creating a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication terminal for performing the same. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for creating a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal may include receiving a multimedia message including text, extracting address information from text of the multimedia message, and forwarding request for the received multimedia message. And inserting address information into a receiving address or a reference address of the multimedia message to be forwarded. According to the present invention, a phone number or an e-mail address extracted from text information in a multimedia message can be immediately forwarded or replied to an extracted phone number or e-mail address without storing in an address book, thereby providing convenience to a user. There is an advantage.

Multimedia message, mobile phone, forwarding, reply, email address, phone number

Description

Method of creating a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication terminal for performing the same {Method of making a multimedia message and mobile communication terminal}

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

2 is a flowchart provided to explain a method for creating a multimedia message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Brief description of the main parts of the drawing

100: mobile communication terminal 110: wireless transceiver

120: data processor 130: audio processor

140: memory unit 150: display unit

160: input unit 170: control unit

180: temporary storage

The present invention relates to a method for creating a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication terminal for performing the same.

In the following description, the mobile communication terminal includes a cellular phone, a personal communication system (PCS), a personal data assistant (PDA), an international mobile communication-2000 (IMT) terminal, and the like. It is meant to be all inclusive.

Multimedia messaging service (MMS) refers to a messaging service that enables the transmission and reception of multimedia information by processing, converting, and sorting data in various formats to be suitable for various multimedia service environments.

The multimedia message transmitted and received by the multimedia messaging service may include text, and a specific telephone number or e-mail address may be recorded in the text.

In some cases, a user may want to forward the received multimedia message to a third party to a specific phone number or email address included in the text of the received multimedia message. In addition, there may be a case in which a specific telephone number or an e-mail address included in the text is used as a reference address to reply to the sender of the multimedia message.

To this end, the user has to move a specific phone number or e-mail address included in the text to a separate memo sheet, and then input the address or forward reference address to the address to be forwarded.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to extract a phone number or e-mail address from the text included in the received multimedia message, and to prepare a multimedia message to be automatically entered as an address to forward the extracted phone number or e-mail address or a reference address when replying. The present invention provides a method and a mobile communication terminal for performing the same.

Technical problems to be achieved by the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned technical problems, and other technical problems not mentioned above may be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description. There will be.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for creating a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal, the method including: receiving a multimedia message including text; Extracting address information from text of the multimedia message; Requesting forwarding for the received multimedia message; And inserting the address information into a receiving address or a reference address of a multimedia message to be forwarded.

In addition, the method for creating a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving a multimedia message including text; Extracting address information from text of the multimedia message; Requesting a reply to the other party who sent the received multimedia message; And inserting the address information into the reference address of the multimedia message to be returned.

Here, the method may further include temporarily storing the extracted address.

The address information is preferably extracted by reading raw data constituting the text one by one.

The address information preferably includes a telephone number, an e-mail address, or a URL.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a mobile communication terminal includes: a wireless transceiver for receiving a multimedia message including a text; An input unit for requesting forwarding the received multimedia message; And a control unit which extracts address information from the text of the multimedia message and inserts it into a receiving address or a reference address of the multimedia message to be forwarded.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, a mobile communication terminal includes: a wireless transceiver for receiving a multimedia message including a text; An input unit for requesting a reply to the other party who sent the received multimedia message; And a controller for extracting address information from the text of the multimedia message and inserting the address information into a reference address of the multimedia message to be returned.

The apparatus may further include a temporary storage unit for temporarily storing the address information extracted by the control unit.

The controller reads raw data constituting the text one by one, recognizes the address information, and extracts the recognized address information.

The address information preferably includes a telephone number, an e-mail address, or a URL.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings illustrating the present invention.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile communication terminal 100 includes a wireless transceiver 110, a data processor 120, an audio processor 130, a memory 140, a display 150, an input 160, The controller 170 and the temporary storage unit 180 are included.

The wireless transceiver 110 performs a communication function of the mobile communication terminal 100. The wireless transceiver 110 includes an RF transmitter for upconverting and amplifying a frequency of a transmitted signal, and an RF receiver for low noise amplifying and downconverting a received signal. In an embodiment of the present invention, the wireless transceiver 110 receives a multimedia message from the MMS center and transmits it to the controller 170.

The data processor 120 includes a transmitter for encoding and modulating a transmitted signal and a receiver for demodulating and decoding a received signal.

The audio processor 130 plays a function of reproducing the audio signal decoded and output from the data processor 120 or transmitting the audio signal generated from the microphone MIC to the data processor 120.

The memory unit 140 includes a program memory and data memories. Programs are stored in the program memory for controlling general operations of the mobile communication terminal 100. In the embodiment of the present invention, the memory unit 140 stores a software program in which an algorithm for extracting a phone number or an e-mail address is recorded from the text of the received multimedia message.

The display unit 150 outputs various display information output from the mobile communication terminal 100, various menu screens, and the like, and is preferably made of a liquid crystal display (LCD) or an organic light emitting diode (OLED).

The input unit 160 includes various buttons for inputting numeric and text information and function buttons for setting various functions. The input unit 160 may be implemented as a keypad having a direction key, a jog dial, a touch screen, a joystick, and the like.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the input unit 160 transmits the user's request to forward the received multimedia message to the third party or the user's request to reply to the calling party to the control unit 170.

The controller 170 performs overall control of the mobile communication terminal 100 and may include the above-described data processor 120.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 170 executes a software program stored in the memory unit 140, extracts a phone number or email address from the text of the multimedia message and stores it in the temporary storage unit 180.

In addition, when the controller 170 requests to forward the multimedia message received from the user to the third party through the input unit 160 or a request to reply to the calling party, the phone number stored in the temporary storage unit 180 or Control to insert email address into forwarding address or reference address when replying.

The temporary storage unit 180 may be a buffer for temporarily storing data input by the input unit 160 or temporarily storing data such as a phone number or an e-mail address extracted from the text of the received multimedia message.

When the temporarily stored data exceeds the storage capacity, the temporary storage unit 180 deletes the temporarily stored data one by one in the stored order. This is the same principle as the queue structure, which is a data structure in which data inserted first is first in first out (FIFO).

2 is a flowchart provided to explain a method for creating a multimedia message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2, a multimedia message is received from the calling mobile terminal through the MMS center to the mobile terminal 100 (S210). Generally, a multimedia message includes a text file, a content file (ex: image, audio, video, etc.), and a Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) file that contains information about an attachment included in a multimedia message. The SMIL file contains various information related to the attached file such as the type of attachment included in the multimedia message, the size of the attached file, and the configuration order of the attached file.

The controller 170 extracts a phone number or email address from the text of the received multimedia message (S210). The phone number or email address extracted by the controller 170 is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 180.

The control unit 170 extracts an email or telephone number from text as follows. The controller 170 obtains information by reading raw data constituting text one by one, and recognizes a phone number or an e-mail address based on the obtained information.

First, a method of extracting a phone number is as follows. The controller 170 may determine that the number of self-connected numbers from the raw data read from the text is greater than or equal to a predetermined number (ex: 2223, 22223333) or if there is a symbol "-" or "_" between the numbers and the phone number. Recognized as the same number information, and extracts the portion recognized as the numeric information is stored in the temporary storage unit 180.

In the case of an e-mail address, if the symbol "@" is included between the alphabets and a dot (.) Is present, the controller 170 recognizes this as an e-mail address (ex: abcd@royal.com), and the "@" and the dot ( .) Determines if a valid e-mail address is taken into account after the extension.

That is, when it is determined that the valid e-mail address is finally determined to be a valid e-mail address only in the case of a valid extension (ex: .com / .net / .org / .co.kr, etc.) previously stored in the memory unit 140, the control unit The 170 extracts the email address from the text and stores the email address in the temporary storage unit 180.

Subsequently, when there is a request to forward the multimedia message received from the user to the third party or a request to reply to the other party 230, the controller 170 is extracted from the text of the received multimedia message and stored in the temporary storage unit 180. The phone number or the e-mail address is controlled to be inserted into the receiving address of the forwarding message or the reply message (S240).

More specifically, when there is a forwarding request, the controller 170 inserts a phone number or email address stored in the temporary storage unit 180 into a receiving side address of the multimedia message to be forwarded. Similarly, when there is a reply request, the controller 170 inserts a phone number or e-mail address stored in the temporary storage unit 180 into the reference address of the multimedia message to be returned.

At this time, when there are a plurality of temporarily stored phone numbers or e-mail addresses, the controller 170 displays these lists on the display unit 150 in the form of a pop-up window so that the user can insert a phone number or Allows you to choose an email address.

In the above-described embodiment, when the received multimedia message includes text, the phone number or e-mail address is extracted from the text. However, when there is a forwarding request or a reply request from the user, the phone number or e-mail address is displayed from the text. It can also be implemented to be extracted.

In addition, the present invention has been described mainly for extracting an e-mail address or a phone number from the text of the multimedia message received, of course, it is also possible to extract the URL and the like.

In the above description of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the above-described specific embodiment, it is common in the art to which the invention belongs without departing from the spirit of the invention claimed in the claims. Various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art, and such changes are within the scope of the claims.

As described above, according to the present invention, a phone number or an e-mail address extracted from text information in a multimedia message can be immediately forwarded or replied to the extracted phone number or e-mail address without being stored in an address book, thereby providing convenience to a user. There is an advantage that can provide.

Claims (10)

Receiving a multimedia message comprising text; Automatically extracting and temporarily storing address information from the text; After the contents of the received multimedia message are confirmed, a forwarding signal for forwarding the multimedia message to a third party from an input device of the mobile communication terminal, or a reply signal for replying the multimedia message to the other party. Receiving an input; And And when the forwarding signal or the reply signal is input, automatically inserting the temporarily stored address information into an address input window of a forwarding message or a reply message. Receiving a multimedia message comprising text; Automatically extracting and temporarily storing address information from the text; Receiving a forwarding signal for forwarding the multimedia message to a third party or a reply signal for replying to the other party who sent the multimedia message from an input device of the mobile communication terminal; Displaying the temporarily stored list of address information when the forwarding signal or the reply signal is input; Selecting a specific address from the list of address information through the input device; And And inserting the selected specific address into an address input window of a forwarding message or a reply message. The method of claim 2, wherein the list, Method for creating a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that displayed in the form of a pop-up window. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the address information, And extracting raw data composing the text one by one. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the address information, Method for creating a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal comprising a telephone number, an email address, or a URL. A wireless transceiver for receiving a multimedia message including text; A temporary storage unit for temporarily storing the address information included in the text; An input unit configured to receive a forwarding signal for forwarding the multimedia message to a third party or a reply signal for replying to the other party who sent the multimedia message; A display unit which displays an address input window of a forwarding message or a reply message when a forwarding signal or a reply signal is provided from the input unit; And Extracting address information from the text and storing the address information in the temporary storage unit, and when a forwarding signal or a reply signal is provided from the input unit, address information stored in the temporary storage unit in the address input window of the forwarding message or the reply message And a control unit for inserting. A wireless transceiver for receiving a multimedia message including text; A temporary storage unit for temporarily storing the address information included in the text; An input unit configured to receive a forwarding signal for forwarding the multimedia message to a third party or a reply signal for replying to the other party who sent the multimedia message; A display unit which displays a list of address information stored in the temporary storage unit when a forwarding signal or a return signal is provided from the input unit; And And a control unit for controlling the selected specific address information to be inserted into an address input window of a forwarding message or a reply message when the specific address information is selected from the list of the address information through the input unit. The method of claim 7, wherein the display unit, And displaying the list of address information in the form of a pop-up window. The method of claim 6 or 7, wherein the control unit, And reading the raw data constituting the text one by one, recognizing the address information, and extracting the recognized address information. The method of claim 6 or 7, wherein the address information, A mobile terminal comprising a telephone number, an email address, or a URL.

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