Method for creating short message and portable terminal using the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorHyun Jung BAEK
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Abstract
A method for automatically creating a short message and a portable terminal using the same includes extracting at least one word expected to be input from a database provided in the portable terminal when a message creation menu is selected. At least one input expected word that has been extracted is then displayed. At least one word that is recognized is selected from among the displayed at least one input expected word; and inputting the selected word to a text message creation window. A user can create a short message without having to input words one-by-one through a keyboard.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- storing information including a plurality of phone numbers in a memory;
- in response to a request for creating a message to be transmitted by a transceiver, controlling a touch display screen to display an input field, a suggestions pane, and a keypad separately in different display areas of the touch display screen;
- based on one or more words being input to the input field, obtaining a phone number and a word other than the phone number from the information stored in the memory;
- controlling the touch display screen to display the obtained phone number together with the obtained word in the suggestions pane while displaying the one or more words in the input field;
- and
- based on an input selecting the obtained phone number in the suggestions pane, controlling the touch display screen to display the obtained phone number in the input field while displaying at least one particular word in the suggestions pane.
A portable terminal comprising:
- a transceiver;
- a memory configured to store information including a plurality of phone numbers;
- a touch display screen;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- in response to a request for creating a message to be transmitted by a transceiver:
- control the touch display screen to display an input field, a suggestions pane, and a keypad separately in different display areas of the touch display screen,
- based on one or more words being input to the input field, obtain a phone number and a word other than the phone number from the information stored in the memory,
- control the touch display screen to display the obtained phone number together with the obtained word in the suggestions pane while displaying the one or more words in the input field, and
- based on an input selecting the obtained phone number in the suggestions pane, controlling the touch display screen to display the obtained phone number in the input field while displaying at least one particular word in the suggestions pane.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- storing information including a plurality of phone numbers;
- in response to a request for creating a message to be transmitted by a transceiver:
- controlling a touch display screen to display an input field, a suggestions pane, and a keypad separately in different display areas of the touch display screen,
- based on one or more words being input to the input field, obtaining a phone number and a word other than the phone number from the information stored in a memory,
- controlling the touch display screen to display the obtained phone number together with the obtained word in the suggestions pane while displaying the one or more words in the input field, and
- based on an input selecting the obtained phone number in the suggestions pane, controlling the touch display screen to display the obtained phone number in the input field while displaying at least one particular word in the suggestions pane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.