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US 10,320,732 B2Granted
Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSangjoo Park, Taeyong Kim, Daeho Moon, Sanghyun Lee
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Abstract
A mobile terminal includes a wireless communication unit configured to receive and transmit a message through wireless communication from/to an external device, a display unit configured to display the message, and a controller configured to, when a preset type of touch is applied to a region where content of a link message is displayed on the display unit in a case where the message includes the content of the link message linked to the message, execute a message transmission function using at least part of the content of the link message.
Claims20
A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with an external device;
- a display;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- cause the display to display a first screen including a message received from a first sender corresponding to the external device, the message including first content newly added by the first sender and second content of an original message originated from a second sender, wherein the first screen is related to a message function, and wherein the second content of the original message includes first identification information corresponding to the second sender and second identification information corresponding to a receiver of the original message;
- cause the display to display a function list in response to a touch received at a portion of the original message where the first or second identification information is displayed, the function list including at least one function that is executable using the first or second identification information and that is different from the message function;
- execute one of the at least one function using the first or second identification information when the one of the at least one function is selected from the function list;
- cause the display to display a second screen including an execution screen of the executed one of the at least one function, wherein the second screen is different from the first screen and is not related to the message function;
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- cause the display to display a third screen for message transmission including information related to the executed one function to transmit a new message to the second sender corresponding to the first identification information or the receiver corresponding to the second identification information when a pre-set touch input is received via the second screen, wherein the third screen is different from the first and second screens and is related to the message function,
- wherein the at least one function comprises at least an e-mail transmission function, a short message service (SMS) function, a contact information function, a texting function, or a scheduling function.
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A method for controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- displaying a first screen including a message received from a first sender corresponding to an external device on a display, the message including first content newly added by the first sender and second content of an original message originated from a second sender, wherein the first screen is related to a message function, and wherein the second content of the original message includes first identification information corresponding to the second sender and second identification information corresponding to a receiver of the original message;
- displaying a function list in response to a touch received at a portion of the original message where the first or second identification information is displayed, the function list including at least one function that is executable using the first or second identification information and that is different from the message function;
- executing one of the at least one function using the first or second identification information when the one of the at least one function is selected from the function list;
- displaying a second screen including an execution screen of the executed one of the at least one function, wherein the second screen is different from the first screen and is not related to the message function;
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- displaying a third screen for message transmission including information related to the executed one function to transmit a new message to the second sender corresponding to the first identification information or the receiver corresponding to the second identification information when a pre-set touch input is received via the second screen, wherein the third screen is different from the first and second screens and is related to the message function,
- wherein the at least one function comprises at least an e-mail transmission function, a short message service (SMS) function, a contact information function, a texting function, or a scheduling function.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.