Device and method for processing message-related events in a portable terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJae-Ho Kim, Jeong-Wook Seo, Hyun-Ji Kim
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Abstract
Provided are a device and a method for processing message-related events generated in a portable terminal. The method for processing message-related events in a portable terminal comprises the steps of storing message-related events generated in the portable terminal, confirming specialists set in advance, so that the message-related events can be processed by the specialists, respectively, calling the confirmed specialists and processing the message-related events, and displaying the processing results set in advance with respect to the specialists with a text/avatar, according to the processing results which are processed by the specialists.
Claims41
A device for processing message-related events in a portable terminal, the device comprising:
- a memory for storing a character (User Interface) UI image according to a message-related events;
- an event collection section for detecting the message-related event generated in the portable terminal and for generating an event message for discriminating the generated message-related event;
- an agent control section comprising a plurality of specialists for the message-related events, the agent control section determining a specialist of the plurality of specialists, which corresponds to the event message, and selecting and outputting a character UI identification (ID), which corresponds to the message-related event of the determined specialist;
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- an agent expression section for accessing and outputting at least one of a character image and a text corresponding to the character UI ID according to the message-related event.
A method for processing message-related events in a portable terminal, the method comprising the steps of:
- storing message-related events generated in the portable terminal;
- confirming specialists set in advance, so that the message-related events can be processed by the specialists, respectively;
- calling the confirmed specialists and processing the message-related events;
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- displaying the processing results set in advance with respect to the specialists with a text/avatar, according to the processing results which are processed by the specialists.
A method for processing message-related events in a portable terminal, the method comprising the steps of:
- checking the number of unread messages in the portable terminal;
- and
- displaying at least one of a text and an avatar recommending that a user confirm/arrange the unread messages, if the number of the unread messages is greater than a threshold value.
A method according to claim 22, further comprising the step of:
- displaying the unread messages if the at least one of a confirmation and an arrangement of the unread messages is selected.
A method for processing message-related events in a portable terminal, the method comprising the steps of:
- checking the former message state with respect to the corresponding sender of the received messages, if a message is received by the portable terminal;
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- displaying at least one of a text and an avatar recommending that a user at least one of ignore and reject the received messages, if the former messages of the corresponding sender have been ignored continuously at more than a threshold frequency.
A method for processing message-related events in a portable terminal, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining whether a corresponding sender whose received messages are more than the sent messages exists in the portable terminal;
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- displaying at least one of a text and an avatar recommending that a user send a message to the corresponding sender, if the corresponding sender exists.
A method for processing message-related events in a portable terminal, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining whether a message which has been sent is the message sent to a same receiver by a threshold period within a threshold time range at more than a threshold frequency;
- setting a message sending timer, if the message which has been sent is the message sent to the same receiver by the threshold period in the threshold time range at more than the threshold frequency;
- determining whether a message is sent to the corresponding receiver within a threshold time range of a threshold day, in which the message is sent, if the message sending timer is set;
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- displaying at least one of a text and an avatar recommending that a user send a message to the corresponding receiver, if a message is not sent to the corresponding receiver.
A method for processing message-related events in a portable terminal, the method comprising the steps of:
- checking a generation period and a generation time range of a corresponding event, if the corresponding event is generated in the portable terminal;
- setting a timer of a corresponding event, if the corresponding event is generated repeatedly by a threshold period within a threshold time range at more than a threshold frequency;
- determining whether a corresponding event is generated within a threshold time range of a threshold day in which the corresponding event is generated by a threshold period, if the timer of the corresponding event is set;
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- displaying at least one of a text and an avatar recommending generation of a corresponding event, if the corresponding event is not generated.
A method for processing message-related events in a portable terminal, the method comprising the steps of:
- checking the MMS use frequency for a threshold period of time in the portable terminal;
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- displaying at least one of a text and an avatar recommending that a user use the MMS, if the MMS use frequency is less than a threshold frequency for a threshold period of time.
A method for processing message-related events in a portable terminal, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining whether a corresponding number of received/sent messages has performed contact for a threshold period of time and at more than a threshold frequency, if a message is at least one of received and sent in the portable terminal;
- determining whether the corresponding number of the received/sent messages exists in a directory, if the corresponding number of the at least one of received and sent messages is determined to perform contact for the threshold period of time and at more than the threshold frequency;
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- displaying at least one of a text and an avatar recommending that a user add the corresponding number to a directory, if the corresponding number of the received/sent messages does not exist in the directory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.