Mobile communication terminal and method for displaying and transmitting idle screen display message
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorWoon Cho
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Abstract
A mobile communication terminal and a method for display an idle screen message are disclosed. When an idle screen message is received, the message is displayed on an idle screen. If the message is a short message, the message is displayed as a phrase of the idle screen, and if the message is a multimedia message, the message is displayed as a background image of the idle screen.
Claims37
A mobile communication terminal comprising:
- a receiving unit wherein the receiving unit receives messages over a wireless network;
- a display unit wherein the display unit displays an idle screen when the terminal waits for receiving messages;
- a determining unit wherein the determining unit checks whether each received message contains an identifier;
- and
- a controller wherein the controller displays the received message on the display unit.
A mobile communication terminal comprising:
- a display unit for displaying an idle screen when the terminal waits for receiving messages;
- an input unit for creating a message;
- a controller for converting the created message into an idle screen message to be displayed on an idle screen of another terminal;
- and
- a transmission unit for transmitting the idle screen message to the other's terminal.
A method for displaying a message on an idle screen comprising:
- receiving a message;
- checking whether the received message includes an identifier;
- and
- displaying the message on the idle screen when the message has an identifier.
A method for displaying a message on an idle screen comprising:
- receiving a message;
- checking whether the received message contains an identifier;
- deciding whether to display the received message as the idle screen message when the message contains an identifier;
- and
- displaying the idle screen message when the decision is to display the idle screen message.
A method for transmitting an idle screen message comprising:
- creating a message;
- converting the created message into an idle screen message for display on another's terminal idle screen;
- and
- transmitting the idle screen message to the other's terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.