Mobile communications terminal having adaptive memo function
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1. method Furthermore the mobile communication terminal may be configured to comprise a storage media receiving port that allows an external storage medium such as a memory card to be inserted thereto for storing data therein Also an addi tional optional function unit such as a broadcast reception module MP3 module Internet banking module etc may be provided Additionally even though it would be too numerous to list all the features and variations that can be implemented in mobile communication terminals to accommodate and sup port the recent trend towards convergence of electronic and or digital devices those skilled in the art would easily under stand that elements 1 hardware software or a combina tion thereof that are equivalent to the function units and or modules described above may be implemented in the mobile communication terminal in accordance with the present invention The present invention not only results in improved memo function in general calling process but also can be applied in any other current technology Namely Digital multimedia broadcasting DMB technologies e g satellite DMB ter restrial DMB etc downloading streaming videos from Internet servers performing multimedia communications via wireless interfaces Wi Fi Wi MAX etc and the like are some non limiting examples of practical applications that would benefit from the teachings and suggestions of the present invention As2. MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL HAVING ADAPTIVE MEMO FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING MEMO FUNCTION BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1 Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal and particularly to a mobile communication termi nal for facilitating an execution of a memo function and a method thereof 2 Background of the Invention In general a mobile communication terminal is equipped with various additional functions as well as a voice commu nication function For example the additional functions may include a short message transmission function memo func tion a phone book function an alarm function and the like and other functions are being provided to the terminal in recent times A method for executing additional functions ofa related art mobile communication terminal will now be explained here after First a menu calling selecting key equipped in the termi nal is entered pressed to display a sub menu list An addi tional function menu is selected from the sub menu to display the additional function list contained therein From the dis played additional function list a certain function which a user want to use is selected to be then executed In order to select the sub menu or the additional function displayed a navigation key in a keypad is used to scroll up or down a selection bar to a desired additional function There after a confirmation key is entered pres
3. a mobile communication terminal when entering an execution key button ofa memo function by the key input unit such that a display is controlled to display a memo contents input screen when the terminal is in a communication state while the display is controlled to display a memo list screen when the mobile communication terminal is in a standby state and the output unit e g speaker display unit touch screen vibration unit etc to provide audible visual and or tactile outputs for displaying a memo function execution screen according to the state of the mobile communication terminal under the control of the controller The foregoing and other objects features aspects and advantages of the present invention will become more appar ent from the following detailed description of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings which are included to pro vide a further understanding of the invention and are incor porated in and constitute a part of this specification illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the descrip tion serve to explain the principles of the invention In the drawings FIG 1 is a diagram illustrating a construction of a mobile communication terminal having a memo function in accor dance with the present invention FIG 2 is an exemplary view illustrating a screen for setting an environment of a memo
4. com plete input of the memo contents when inputting a certain memo completion button equipped in the memo contents input screen When the item for sending the memo contents in the text message format has been set with reference to the set envi ronment information stored in the memory 105 S402 the controller 108 changes the completely inputted memo con tents into a certain text message format S403 Next the controller 108 displays a text message sending screen on the display 107 S404 and then inputs the memo contents changed into the text message format into a content field among various information fields of the text message S405 Hence it is convenient for the user not to separately input the memo contents in the content field among the infor mation fields for the text message to input information for sending the text message A generally known sending procedure may be used for a text message sending procedure to be performed thereafter That is when entering a certain text message sending button equipped in the text message sending screen S406 the con troller 108 sends the message to another party s phone num ber which is previously inputted by the user S407 Here in order to fast change the memo function execution screen 1 the memo contents input screen into the text message sending screen it is preferable as illustrated in FIG 3 to additionally include a corresponding functional button e g the text mes
5. function execution screen displayed is the memo contents input screen the user can compose a memo FIG 8 is a flow chart illustrating sequential steps of a method for storing a memo while composing the memo con tents in accordance with an embodiment of the present inven tion As illustrated in FIG 8 the controller 108 determines whether a user starts composing a memo through the memo contents input screen S201 Here the controller 108 checks an elapsed time from a time point of starting to compose the memo S202 The controller 108 determines whether an item for a memo storing method in the set environment informa tion stored in the memory 105 has been set to an automatic storage S203 When the memo storing method has been set to the auto matic storage the controller 108 compares the elapsed time with information related to an automatic memo storing time stored in the memory 105 S204 When the elapsed time matches the automatic memo storing time the memo is auto matically stored S205 In addition the controller 108 detects whether the call is ended S206 Upon ending the call when the user forcibly terminates his mobile communication terminal habitually or terminates the memo contents input screen without storing the memo contents which is being composed the controller 108 automatically stores the memo which is being composed S207 and then terminates the displaying of the memo con tents input screen S208 The st
6. function included in a memo function execution screen in accordance with the present invention FIG 3 is an exemplary view illustrating a memo contents input screen included in the memo function execution screen in accordance with the present invention FIG 4 is an exemplary view illustrating a memo list screen included in the memo function execution screen in accor dance with the present invention FIG 5 is an exemplary view illustrating a screen for setting a standby screen display duration included in the screen for setting the environment of the memo function in accordance with the present invention FIG 6 is an exemplary view illustrating a screen for setting an automatic memo storage included in the screen for setting the environment of the memo function in accordance with the present invention FIG 7 is a flow chart illustrating sequential steps of a method for executing a memo function depending on whether a mobile communication terminal is ina communication state in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention FIG 8 is a flow chart illustrating sequential steps of a method for storing amemo while inputting memo contents in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention FIG 9 is a flow chart illustrating sequential steps of a method for displaying a certain memo on a standby screen in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention and FIG 10 is a flow chart illustrating sequential steps of a me
7. memo storage option set in the fifth item or automatically stores the memo when ending the call communication even though a separate key button is not entered When ending the call communication the controller 108 displays the stored memo contents on the display 107 accord ing to the standby screen display option set in the second and forth items The memo contents are displayed for the set display duration When the user enters the memo contents confirmation button even in the memo display duration the memo contents display is terminated and then the previously displayed standby screen is re displayed In addition when ending the call communication the con troller 108 converts the stored memo contents into the text message format according to the option for automatically sending a text message set in the third item The controller 108 controls the display 107 to display the text message sending screen Thereafter the format converted memo con tents are inputted in a content field of the text message Therefore the user inputs another party s phone number in the text message sending screen to send the memo thereto When entering a certain text message sending button included in the text message sending screen the controller 108 controls the wireless communication unit 101 to send the text message to the inputted phone number Hereinafter an operation of the mobile communication terminal having such construction will now be explained
8. 15 TERMINAL CURRENTLY 1 IN COMMUNITION STATE DISPLAY MEMO CONTENTS INPUT SCREEN U S Patent Nov 8 2011 Sheet 8 of 10 US 8 055 304 B2 AUTOMATICALLY STORE MEMO BEING COMPOSED TERMINATE MEMO CONTENTS INPUT SCREEN ELAPSED TIME AUTOMATIC MEMO STORING TIME STORE MEMO U S Patent Nov 8 2011 Sheet 9 of 10 US 8 055 304 B2 FIG COMPLETEL INPUTTED CONTENTS DISPLAY MEMO CONTENTS ON STANDBY SCREEN DISPLAY MEMO ON STANDBY SCREEN CHECK ELAPSEO TIME ELAPSED TIMES MEMO DISPLAY DURATION TERMINATE DISPLAYING OF MEMO CONTENTS DISPLAY PRESET STANDBY SCREEN ENTERED MEMO CONTENTS INPUT U S Patent Nov 8 2011 Sheet 10 of 10 US 8 055 304 B2 FIG 10 COMPLETELY INPUT MEMO CONTENTS 5401 YES AUTOMATICALLY SEND MEMO IN TEXT MESSAGE FORMAT NO 5402 CONVERT MEMO CONTENTS INTO TEXT MESSAGE FORMAT DISPLAY TEXT MESSAGE SENDING SCREEN 404 AUSER DIRECTLY INPUTS INFORMATION TO BE INPUTTED IN OTHER INFORMATION FIELDS OFTEXTMESSAGE 5408 AUTOMATICALLY INPUT MEMO CONTENTS IN CONTENT FIELO OF TEXT MESSAGE ENTERED TEX MESSAGE SENDING BUTTON NO SEND TEXT MESSAGE END US 8 055 304 B2 1
9. ET IN BUTTON 5103 18 TERMINAL CURRENTLY 5 MEMOS IN COMMUNITION STATE 5105 104 DISPLAY MEMO iv CONTENTS INPUT SCREEN CONFIRM CANCEL U S Patent Nov 8 2011 Sheet 1 of 10 US 8 055 304 B2 INPUT OUTPUT UNIT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION UNIT U S Patent Nov 8 2011 Sheet 2 of 10 US 8 055 304 B2 Ilo X B MEMO ENVIRONMENT SETUP 1 AUTOMATIC EXECUTION NI EJ OF MEMO FUNCTION 2 5 SCREEN DISPLAY D 3 AUTOMATIC SENDING C OF TEXT MESSAGE 4 STANDBY SCREEN DISPLAY DURATION SETUP 5 AUTOMATIC STORAGE O US 8 055 304 B2 FIG 3 Nov 8 2011 U S Patent Uu p Q Q ud D U S Patent Nov 8 2011 Sheet 4 of 10 US 8 055 304 B2 FIG 4 SELECTION BAR 2 2 3 MEMO3 4 4 5 MEMOS U S Patent Nov 8 2011 Sheet 5 of 10 US 8 055 304 B2 FIG 5 a STANOBY SCREEN DISPLAY DURATION JAN W MONTH DATE 2 w Time U S Patent Nov 8 2011 Sheet 6 of 10 US 8 055 304 B2 FIG 6 a AUTOMATIC MEMO STORAGE MINUTE SECOND YES NO STORE UPON ENDING CALL M U S Patent Nov 8 2011 Sheet 7 of 10 US 8 055 304 B2 FIG 7 ENTERED KEY BUTTON ME MEMO FUNCTION EXECUTION BUTTON S101 S102 NO EXECUTE CORRESPONDING FUNCTION SET IN BUTTON 1 4
10. US008055304B2 az United States Patent 10 Patent No US 8 055 304 B2 Lim 45 Date of Patent Nov 8 2011 54 MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL 2001 0029193 1 10 2001 Ishigaki 455 566 HAVING ADAPTIVE MEMO FUNCTION AND 2002 0087628 1 7 2002 Rouse et al 709 203 2004 0196866 1 10 2004 Parketal 370 466 METHOD FOR EXECUTING MEMO 2004 0222975 1 11 2004 Nakano etal 345 173 FUNCTION 2006 0058063 1 3 2006 Bocking etal 455 556 2 75 Inventor Ju Hee Lim Gyeonggi Do KR FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS CN 1604669 A 4 2005 73 Assignee LG Electronics Inc Seoul KR WO 2004 02597A Al 3 2004 5 Notice Subject to any disclaimer the term of this OTHER PUBLICATIONS patent is extended or adjusted under 35 CECT d818 catalog User manual Dabodal limited corporation Technique for application protect your word files Let s keep your 21 Appl No 11 413 165 word file well pp 106 Dec 31 2000 22 Filed Apr 28 2006 cited by examiner 65 Prior Publication Data Primary Examiner Lester Kincaid US 2006 0246957 A1 Nov 2 2006 Assistant Examiner Steven Kelley 74 Attorney Agent or Firm Birch Stewart Kolasch amp 30 Foreign Application Priority Data Birch LLP Apr 29 2005 KR 10 2005 00363 18 57 8 51 Int CI Provided is a mobile communication terminal and more par H04M 1 00 2006 01 ticularly a mobile communication termi
11. e environment setup is stored in a memory 105 Hence the controller 108 detects the item information for setting the environment of the memo function and user inter face data from the memory 105 to display the information and data and stores set information inputted by the user in the memory 105 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 6 After completely setting the environment for executing the memo function when the key input unit 106 is used to enter a memo function execution button the controller 108 deter mines an operational state of the mobile communication ter minal That is the controller 108 determines whether the terminal is in the communication state When entering the memo function execution button in the communication state the controller 108 displays the memo contents input screen as illustrated in FIG 3 while when entering the memo function execution button in the non communication state the controller 108 displays a memo list screen as illustrated in FIG 4 Upon displaying the memo list screen the user can select a memo which the user desires to confirm and then confirm the memo contents When the memo contents input screen is then displayed the user can compose a memo containing his desired contents While composing the memo contents the controller 108 checks whether a set automatic storing time has been elapsed and accordingly automatically stores the memo by the set time according to the
12. e of the present invention as embodied and broadly described herein there is firstly provided a method for executing an adaptive memo function of a mobile com munication terminal comprising when entering a memo function execution command determining a current state of the mobile communication terminal displaying a memo con tents input screen when it is determined the mobile commu nication terminal is in a communication state and displaying a memo list screen when it is determined the mobile commu nication terminal is in a standby state According to a second embodiment of the present inven tion there is provide a method for executing an adaptive memo function of a mobile communication terminal com prising checking an elapsed time from a starting time point for composing a memo comparing the elapsed time with a preset automatic memo storing time and when the elapsed time matches the automatic memo storing time automati cally storing the memo According to a third embodiment ofthe present invention there is provided a method for executing an adaptive memo function of a mobile communication terminal comprising determining an operational state of a mobile communication terminal when the mobile communication terminal is con verted from a communication state into a standby state auto matically executing a memo function and displaying a cer tain memo among memos stored in the mobile communication terminal on a standby screen acco
13. emo function is executed according to the general memo selection proce dure according to the related art The second item for selecting whether to display the memo contents on the standby screen can be used so as to display the most recently composed memo contents when the mobile communication terminal is in a standby state When selecting in the second item setup screen a displaying of the memo contents on the standby screen the fourth item of a standby screen display duration as a detailed setup item for the sec ond item can be set as illustrated in FIG 5 The third item for selecting whether to send the memo contents in a text message format can be set when intending to send the memo contents in the text message format to another party The third item can be used such that the pre composed memo contents can be converted into the text message format to be then sent without composing a separate text message The memo can be stored without inputting a separate key button and simultaneously be automatically moved to a text message sending screen Here the memo contents are auto matically inputted into a content field of a text message and thus the user can send the memo only by inputting another party s phone number Here the present invention will be explained with reference to incorporating converting the memo contents into the text message format However it can be understood that the teachings and suggestions of the present inventio
14. ermines whether a key button for setting the environment ofthe memo function is entered by the key input unit 106 When the key button is entered to set the environment the controller 108 controls the display 107 to thusly display a screen for the environment setup ofthe memo function as shown in FIG 2 FIGS 2 through 6 are exemplary views showing a proce dure for setting the environment of the memo function according to the present invention As illustrated in FIG 2 items for setting the environment may include a first item for selecting a method for automati cally executing a memo function a second item for selecting whether to display memo contents on a standby screen a third item for selecting whether to automatically send the memo by converting the memo contents into a text message a fourth item for setting a standby screen display duration when dis US 8 055 304 B2 5 playing the memo contents on a standby screen and a fifth item for selecting a memo storage option First the first item for selecting the method for executing the memo function can be used such that when entering a preset memo function execution button during a call commu nication a memo contents input screen is automatically dis played as illustrated in FIG 3 and when entering the memo function execution button in a non communication state a memo list screen is automatically displayed as illustrated in FIG 4 When the first item is not selected the m
15. in detail with reference to attached flow charts FIG 7 is a flow chart illustrating sequential steps of a method for executing a memo function based upon a commu nication state or a non communication state in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention As illustrated in FIG 7 when a certain key button is entered S101 the controller 108 determines whether the key button is a button for executing the memo function S102 When it is determined the key button is the memo function execution button the controller 108 determines a current state ofthe mobile communication terminal S103 That is the controller 108 determines whether the mobile communication terminal is currently in a standby state or ina communication state According to the determination if the mobile communica tion terminal is currently in the communication state the controller 108 displays a memo content input screen S104 whereas if the mobile communication terminal is currently in the standby state the controller 108 displays a memo list screen S105 US 8 055 304 B2 7 The memo function execution screen displayed according to the state of the mobile communication terminal depends on the set environment information stored in the memory 105 Therefore when the memo function execution screen dis played is the memo list screen the user can select memo he intends to check from the list and then checks the memo contents therein When the memo
16. may be desig nated by allowing the user to select his desirable memo when there are many memos in the memo list However it may rather be preferable to automatically designate the most recently composed memo Here the controller 108 checks an elapsed time from a time point of displaying the memo contents on the standby screen S304 and compares the elapsed time with information 20 25 30 35 45 50 55 60 65 8 related to the memo display time in the set environment information stored in the memory 105 S305 When the elapsed time matches the memo display time the controller 108 terminates the displaying of the memo contents S306 and then rather displays the previously displayed standby screen S307 When the user enters a memo contents confirmation button while displaying the memo on the standby screen S308 the controller 108 terminates the displaying of the memo con tents S306 to immediately display the previously displayed standby screen S307 FIG 10 is a flow chart illustrating sequential steps of a method for sending memo contents in a text message format in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention As illustrated in FIG 10 the controller 108 determines whether memo contents are completely inputted S401 It can be considered as the complete input of the memo contents when the communication is ended for the memo composed in the communication state or it can be determined as the
17. mo function system and method of the present invention as would be understood by those skilled in the art An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal for facilitating a composition of a memo during a call communication by making it possible to 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 2 simply execute a memo function depending on a state of a mobile communication terminal and a method thereof Another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal for facilitating a confirma tion of memo contents by making it possible to simply execute a memo function depending on a state of a mobile communication terminal and a method thereof Still another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal which is capable of improv ing a user s convenience to allow an automatic storing of a memo when ending a call communication and a method thereof Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal capable of improving a user s convenience by allowing a displaying of a memo on a standby screen and a method thereof Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal capable of improving a user s convenience by converting a memo into a text message for transmission and a method thereof To achieve these and other advantages and in accordance with the purpos
18. n are applicable to other types of message type format in recent technology i e voice message format multimedia message format etc The fourth item can be used so as to set a duration for re displaying the previously displayed standby screen regard less of the user s confirmation with respect to the memo contents Therefore when the display duration is set the controller 108 displays the memo contents for the display duration and then re displays the previously displayed standby screen Here if the user enters a memo contents confirmation button even when displaying the memo contents on standby screen the controller 108 terminates the memo contents displaying and then re displays the previously dis played standby screen The fifth item for setting the memo storage option can be used to set various options for automatically storing a memo which is being composed The options as illustrated in FIG 6 may basically include an option for automatically storing a memo by a certain time interval during composing the memo and may especially include an option for automatically stor ing the memo when forcibly terminating the mobile commu nication terminal by closing a folder or entering a termination button when ending the call communication or when termi nating the memo contents input screen without storing the memo contents which are being inputted composed A user interface for displaying information related to each item for th
19. nal for easily execut 52 US CL eee 455 566 340 309 7 345 169 ing a memo function and a method thereof whereby the 58 Field of Classification Search 455 566 memo function can simply be executed according to a state of 340 309 7 345 169 the mobile communications terminal to thusly easily com See application file for complete search history pose a memo or easily confirm memo contents the composed memo can be displayed on a standby screen to thus allow a 56 References Cited user to recognize the memo being composed and also allow U S PATENT DOCUMENTS the user to confirm the memo contents directly on the standby screen without undergoing complicated menu selection pro 5 889 888 A 3 1999 Marianetti et al 382 187 cedures the memo can automatically be stored upon ending a 5 933 783 8 1999 Kawakami et al 455 566 call or occasionally and the composed memo can immedi 7 218 926 B2 5 2007 Bocking etal 455 419 ately be sent in a text message format 7 366 547 B2 4 2008 Hasegawa et al 455 566 7 483 720 B2 1 2009 Yajima 455 566 7 929 986 B2 4 2011 Kuwahara et al 455 550 1 7 Claims 10 Drawing Sheets Tall ea B MEMO LIST SELECTION BAR 5101 ENTERED KEY BUTTON 2 2 5102 3 MEMOS YES 1EXECUTE CORRESPONDING 4 4 FUNCTION S
20. oring method may automati cally be executed even though any key is not separately entered FIG 9 is a flow chart illustrating sequential steps of a method for displaying a certain memo on a standby screen in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention As illustrated in FIG 9 the controller 108 determines whether the memo contents has completely been inputted S301 That is the controller 108 determines whether the state of the mobile communication terminal is changed into the standby state The state of the mobile communication terminal can be determined according to whether the com munication has been ended or a certain memo completion button equipped in the memo contents input screen has been entered When an item for displaying the memo contents on a standby screen has been set with reference to the set environ ment information stored in the memory 105 S302 the con troller 108 displays the completely inputted memo contents on the standby screen of the mobile communication terminal S303 That is the memo function is automatically executed to thus output the contents with respect to the certain memo onto the standby screen Here the standby screen denotes a screen for displaying a memo on the display 107 in a standby state of the mobile communication terminal For example in the related art cer tain images photos date and or time were outputted onto the standby screen The memo displayed on the standby screen
21. rding to a set environment of the memo function According to a fourth embodiment ofthe present invention there is provided a method for executing an adaptive memo function of a mobile communication terminal comprising when inputting a text message transmission command while executing a memo function converting memo contents into a text message format converting the memo function execution screen into a text message sending screen for displaying and automatically inputting the memo contents converted into the text message format in a content field of the text message sending screen According to a fifth embodiment of the present invention there is provided a method for executing an adaptive memo function of a mobile communication terminal in executing a memo function of the mobile communication terminal the method comprising storing a memo which is being com posed by a certain time interval while composing the memo and displaying contents in the memo which is being com posed in a standby screen US 8 055 304 B2 3 To achieve these and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention there is provide a mobile communication terminal having an adaptive memo function comprising a key input unit e g keypad function buttons touch sensitive input device etc to allow audible visual and or tactile inputs for entering a key button for executing a memo function a controller for determining a state of
22. sage sending button Hence according to the present invention by simply executing the memo function according to the state of the mobile communication terminal the memo can easily be composed and the memo contents can easily be confirmed In addition the composed memo can be displayed on the standby screen to thus allow the user to recognize the memo composed and also to allow the user to immediately confirm the memo contents on the standby screen without undergoing a complicated menu selection procedure Furthermore in the present invention the memo can auto matically be stored when ending a call or occasionally and accordingly it is effective to enable a protection of a memo which may be lost due to an erroneous operation ofthe mobile communication terminal or a user s habit In addition the composed memo can immediately be sent in a text message format and thus the short message sending procedure can be simplified so as to improve the user s convenience To implement the various features described above the present invention can employ various types of hardware and or software components modules For example different hardware modules may contain various circuits and compo nents necessary to perform the steps of the above method Also different software modules executed by processors US 8 055 304 B2 9 and or other hardware may contain various codes and pro tocols necessary to perform the steps of the present invention
23. sed or any numeral key in the keypad is used to directly enter the number assigned to each additional function Regarding a memo function among the additional func tions ofthe mobile communication terminal for example the related art mobile communication terminal must disadvanta geously perform many steps of a menu selection procedure as described above in order to compose a memo or confirm contents included in a previously composed memo Inthe related art mobile communication terminal the com plicated execution procedure for the memo function makes it difficult to fast execute the memo function during a call com munication Furthermore even through having composed a memo it may be possible for a userto habitually terminate the his terminal in a state of not storing the composed memo and also the user may not recognize even the memo he has com posed SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION One aspect of the present invention involves the recogni tion by the present inventors of the drawbacks in the related art as explained above Based upon such recognition improvements in a memo function for mobile communication terminals can be achieved according to the present invention Certain features that may be part of the bandwidth alloca tion method and system will not be described in much detail merely to prevent the characteristics of the present invention from being obscured However such additional features may also be part of the adaptive me
24. sing receiving a user input for setting an environment of the memo function displaying a screen for setting the environment of the memo function upon receiving the user input storing information related to the environment receiving a user input for executing a memo function wherein the user input is pressing a button designated for executing the memo function determining a state of the mobile communication terminal upon receiving the user input for executing the memo function and selectively displaying one of a memo contents input screen and a memo list screen according to the stored informa tion and the determined state of the mobile communica tion terminal wherein the step of selectively displaying comprises displaying the memo contents input screen when the mobile communication terminal is determined to be in a communication state and displaying the memo list screen when the mobile commu nication terminal is determined to be in a standby state wherein the user input for executing the memo function is a first user input related to the memo function and wherein the memo contents input screen or the memo list screen is displayed according the state of the mobile communication terminal determined at the time when the first user input is entered 6 The method of claim 5 wherein the information related to the set environment information includes information related to at least one of an item for selecting whether to a
25. the present invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof it should also be understood that the above described embodiments are not limited by any of the details of the foregoing description unless otherwise specified but rather should be construed broadly within its spirit and scope as defined in the appended claims and therefore all changes and modifications that fall within the metes and bounds of the claims or equivalents of such metes and bounds are therefore intended to be embraced by the appended claims What is claimed is 1 A mobile communication terminal having an adaptive memo function comprising an input unit configured to receive a user input for execut ing a memo function and to receive a user input for setting an environment of the memo function a display configured to selectively display one of a memo contents input screen and a memo list screen according to a state of the mobile communication terminal deter mined when a button designated for executing the memo function is pressed and acontroller operatively connected to the input unit and the display the controller configured to display a screen for setting the environment of the memo function upon receiving the user input for setting the environment of the memo function determine the state of the mobile communication terminal when the button is pressed display the memo contents input screen
26. thod for transmitting memo contents in a text message format in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 4 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Description will now be given in detail of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings FIG 1 is a diagram illustrating a construction of a mobile communication terminal having a memo function according to the present invention Hereafter the term mobile commu nication terminal is intended to refer to and cover various types of communication devices i e mobile stations MS user equipment UE handsets PDAs etc that support mobility or may be fixed and allows communication of information via wired and or wireless interfaces With reference to FIG 1 a mobile communication termi nal according to the present invention may include a wireless communication unit 101 for extracting audio and data signals from wireless signals which are transmitted and received through an antenna an audio input output unit 104 for input ting and outputting audio signals via a microphone 102 and a speaker 103 the audio signals being transmitted and received through the wireless communication unit 101 a memory RAMs ROMs hard disk type memories Flash memories etc 105 for storing various data and programs which are required to control the mobile communication terminal a key input unit 106 for detec
27. ting an entering of a key disposed in the mobile communication terminal a display 107 i e LCD PDP CRT etc for displaying information related to opera tions ofthe mobile communication terminal and execution of various functions and a controller 108 for controlling each functional block However it may be obvious that new functions may addi tionally be executed in the same named functional blocks depending on embodiments The key input unit 106 and the display 107 may generally be configured separately but it must be considered that an input function and a display function can be combined into one such as a touch screen The controller 108 determines whether a key button for executing a memo function is entered by the key input unit 106 When the key button is entered to execute the memo function the controller 108 controls the display 107 to dis play a screen for executing the memo function i e a memo function execution screen The memo function execution screen may include an input screen for composing a memo or a list screen for checking memo contents The memo function execution screen may be automatically displayed according to an operational state of the mobile communication terminal or be directly displayed by a user s selection Inorderto automatically display the memo function execu tion screen an environment for executing the memo function must previously be set For setting the environment the controller 108 det
28. utomatically execute the memo function anitem for selecting whether to display memo contents on a standby screen an item for selecting whether to send the memo contents in a text message format an item for setting a display duration of the memo contents on the standby screen and an item for selecting a memo storage option 7 The method of claim 5 wherein the step of receiving a user input for executing a memo function comprises receiving the user input for executing the memo function via one of a key pad and a touch sensitive input device
29. when the mobile communication terminal is determined to be in a com munication state and display the memo list screen when the mobile communi cation terminal is determined to be in a standby state wherein the pressing of the button is a first user input for executing the memo function and wherein the memo contents input screen or the memo list screen is displayed according the state of the mobile communication terminal determined at the time when the button is pressed 20 25 35 40 45 50 55 60 10 2 The mobile communication terminal of claim 1 further comprising a memory configured to store information related to a set environment of the memo function 3 The mobile communication terminal of claim 2 wherein the information related to the set environment includes infor mation related to at least one of an item for selecting whether to automatically executing the memo function an item for selecting whether to display memo contents on a standby screen an item for selecting whether to send the memo contents in a text message format an item for setting a display duration of the memo contents on the standby screen and an item for selecting a memo storage option 4 The mobile communication terminal of claim 1 wherein the input unit comprises one ofa key pad and a touch sensitive input device 5 A method for executing an adaptive memo function of mobile communication terminal the method compri
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