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US 8,787,951 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for transmitting message in the communication system
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsMi-Sun Lee, Sung-Jo Oh
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for transmitting a message in a mobile communication system is disclosed. The apparatus for transmitting a message in a portable terminal comprises a message generation unit for generating a message including contents corresponding to at least two recipients and for selectively selecting an intended user for the respective content, and a controller for controlling to transmit the message to the at least two recipients.
Claims13
An apparatus for transmitting a message, comprising:
- a message generation unit for generating a message including a plurality of message frames comprising contents, and assigning each message frame to at least one recipient according to at least one user input, such that at least one of the plurality of message frames is assigned to a different set of one or more recipients than another one of the plurality of message frames;
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- a controller for controlling a transmission of the message frames to the message frames' assigned recipients;
- wherein the message generation unit displays a plurality of indications of message frames, the plurality of indications being displayed concurrently, and each one of the plurality of indications corresponding to a different one of the plurality of message frames;
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- wherein, for each indication, the message generation unit displays a list of recipients, receives a respective user selection of one or more recipients, and assigns that indication's respective message frame to the one or more recipients from the indication's respective user selection.
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A method for transmitting a message in a mobile communication system, comprising:
- generating a message including a plurality of message frames comprising contents;
- displaying, on a display screen, a plurality of indications of the message frames, the plurality of indications being displayed concurrently, and each one of the plurality of indications corresponding to a different one of the plurality of frames;
- for each indication, displaying a list of recipients, receiving a respective selection of one or more recipients from the list, and assigning, by a processor, that indication's respective message frame to the one or more recipients from the indication's respective selection, wherein at least one of the plurality of message frames is assigned to a different set of one or more recipients than another one of the plurality of message frames;
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- transmitting the message frames to the message frames' assigned recipients.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.