Mobile communication terminal and method of the same for outputting short message

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal and a method for outputting a short message thereof are provided. The mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a short message interpretation unit which extracts a phone number of a sender from a header of a short message, a short message processing unit which obtains an image mapped to the extracted phone number and generates a screen on which the image is combined with the text of the short message, a mapping unit which maps the image to the phone number of the sender, a storage unit which stores the phone number of the sender and the image and an output unit which outputs the screen.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A mobile communication terminal comprising:
 a receipt unit which receives a short message based on a Short Message Service, wherein the short message is transmitted by a first sender;   a short message interpretation unit which extracts a phone number of the first sender of the short message from a header of the short message;   a mapping unit which maps the phone number and an image of the first sender;   a short message processing unit which generates a first screen on which the image of the first sender is combined with the received short message if the image of the first sender mapped to the phone number exists; and   an output unit which outputs the first screen to be displayed,   wherein the first screen includes a word balloon in which the short message is displayed, and   wherein the short message processing unit generates a second screen including an image of a second sender combined with a short message of the second sender and setts at least the first screen and the second screen in a group,   wherein the output unit outputs at least the first screen and the second screen at the same time, and   wherein the first screen includes a thumbnail image corresponding to the phone number of the first sender and an excerpt of the received short message.   
     
     
       2. The mobile communication terminal of  claim 1 , wherein the image is a picture of the first sender. 
     
     
       3. The mobile communication terminal of  claim 1 , wherein the short message processing unit analyzes a position and a direction of a face in the image of the first sender and arrays the received short message in a position so as not to cover the face. 
     
     
       4. The mobile communication terminal of  claim 1 , wherein a position of the received short message is as a specific area of the image of the first sender. 
     
     
       5. The mobile communication terminal of  claim 1 , wherein the output unit outputs a combined screen corresponding to at least two short messages set as the group. 
     
     
       6. The mobile communication terminal of  claim 1 , wherein the output unit connects a combined screen corresponding to at least two short messages set as the group and outputs the combined screen. 
     
     
       7. The mobile communication terminal of  claim 1 , wherein the short message processing unit sets a first short message and a second short message as a group if a sender of the first short message is the same as a sender of the second short message, and a time difference between a time that the first short message is received and a time that the second short message is received is less than a predetermined time. 
     
     
       8. The mobile communication terminal of  claim 7 , wherein the output unit continuously outputs a screen corresponding to the first short message and a screen corresponding to the second short message, each of which is set as the group. 
     
     
       9. The mobile communication terminal of  claim 7 , wherein the output unit connects the screen corresponding to the first short message and the screen corresponding to the second short message, each of which is set as the group, and simultaneously outputs the screens. 
     
     
       10. The mobile communication terminal of  claim 1 , wherein the short message processing unit sets a first short message and a second short message as a group if the second short message is a response message corresponding to the first short message. 
     
     
       11. The mobile communication terminal of  claim 10 , wherein the output unit continuously outputs a screen corresponding to the first short message and a screen corresponding to the second short message, each of which is set as the group. 
     
     
       12. The mobile communication terminal of  claim 10 , wherein the output unit connects the screen corresponding to the first short message and the screen corresponding to the second short message, each of which is set as the group, and simultaneously outputs the screens. 
     
     
       13. A method for outputting a short message on a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:
 receiving the short message based on a Short Message Service, wherein the short message is transmitted by a first sender;   mapping a phone number of the first sender of the short message and an image of the first sender;   extracting the phone number of the first sender from a header of the short message;   generating a screen on which the image of the first sender is combined with the received short message if the image of the first sender mapped to the phone number exists; and   outputting the screen to be displayed,   wherein the generating the screen comprises generating a first screen which includes the image and a word balloon in which the received short message is displayed, and   wherein the generating the screen comprises generating a second screen including an image of a second sender combined with a short message of the second sender and setting at least the first screen and the second screen in a group,   wherein the outputting the screen comprises outputting at least the first screen and the second screen at the same time, and   wherein the first screen includes a thumbnail image corresponding to the phone number of the first sender and an excerpt of the received short message.   
     
     
       14. The method of  claim 13 , wherein the image of the first sender is a picture of the first sender. 
     
     
       15. The method of  claim 13 , wherein the generating the screen comprises analyzing a position and a direction of a face in the image of the first sender and arraying the received short message in a position so as not to cover the face. 
     
     
       16. The method of  claim 13 , wherein a position of the received short message is a specific area of the image of the first sender. 
     
     
       17. The method of  claim 13 , wherein the generating the screen comprises generating the screen by combining a thumbnail image with an excerpt of the received short message. 
     
     
       18. A method for outputting short messages on a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:
 receiving a first short message and a second short message based on a Short Message Service, wherein the first short message and the second short message are transmitted by a first sender and a second sender, respectively;   mapping a first image to a phone number of the first sender of the first short message, and a second image to a phone number of the second sender of the second short message;   extracting the phone number of the first sender from a header of the first short message;   obtaining the first image that is mapped to the phone number of the first sender;   generating a first screen on which the first image is combined with the received first short message;   extracting the phone number of the second sender from a header of the received second short message;   obtaining the second image that is mapped to the phone number of the second sender;   generating a second screen on which the second image is combined with the received second short message; and   outputting the first and second screens to be displayed at the same time,   wherein the first screen includes the first image and a word balloon in which the first short message is displayed,   wherein at least the first screen and the second screen are set in a group, and   wherein the first screen includes a thumbnail image corresponding to the phone number of the first sender and an excerpt of the received short message.   
     
     
       19. The method of  claim 18 , wherein the outputting the first and second screens comprises connecting the first and second screens and simultaneously outputting the screens. 
     
     
       20. The method of  claim 18 , wherein the first sender is the same as the second sender, and a time difference between reception of the first short message and reception of the second short message is less than a predetermined time. 
     
     
       21. The method of  claim 18 , wherein the second short message IS a response message corresponding to the first short message. 
     
     
       22. The method of  claim 18 , wherein the first image is a picture of the first sender. 
     
     
       23. The method of  claim 18 , wherein the generating the first screen comprises analyzing a position and a direction of a face in the first image and arraying the first short message in a position so as not to cover the face. 
     
     
       24. The method of  claim 18 , wherein a position of the first short message is as a specific area of the first image. 
     
     
       25. A non-transitory recording medium configured to record a computer readable program that is executable by a computer for performing a method for outputting a short message on a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:
 receiving the short message on a Short Message Service, wherein the short message is transmitted by a first sender;   mapping a phone number of the first sender of the short message and an image of the first sender;   extracting the phone number of the first sender from a header of the short message;   generating a screen on which the image of the first sender is combined with the received short message if the image of the sender mapped to the phone number exists; and   outputting the screen to be displayed,   wherein the generating the screen comprises generating a first screen which includes the image and a word balloon in which the received short message is displayed,   wherein the generating the screen comprises generating a second screen having an image of a second sender combined with a short message of the second sender and setting at least the first screen and the second screen in a group, and the outputting the screen comprises outputting at least the first screen and the second screen at the same time, and   wherein the first screen includes a thumbnail image corresponding to the phone number of the first sender and an excerpt of the received short message.   
     
     
       26. A non-transitory recording medium configured to record a computer readable program that is executable by a computer for performing a method for outputting short messages on mobile communication terminals, the method comprising:
 receiving a first short message and a second short message based on a Short Message Service, wherein the first short message and the second short message are transmitted by a first sender and a second sender, respectively;   mapping a first image to a phone number of the first sender of the first short message, and a second image to a phone number of the second sender of the second short message;   extracting the phone number of the first sender from a header of the first short message;   obtaining the first image that is mapped to the phone number of the first sender;   generating a first screen on which the first image is combined with the received first short message;   extracting the phone number of the second sender from a header of the received second short message;   obtaining the second image that is mapped to the phone number of the second sender;   generating a second screen on which the second image is combined with the received second short message; and   outputting the first and second screens continuously to be displayed at the same time,   wherein the first screen includes the first image and a word balloon in which the first short message is displayed,   wherein at least the first screen and the second screen are set in a group, and   wherein the first screen includes a thumbnail image corresponding to the phone number of the first sender and an excerpt of the received short message.   
     
     
       27. A mobile communication terminal comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory configured to store instructions executable by the processor,   wherein the processor is configured to:   based on a first short message transmitted by a first sender being received by the mobile communication terminal, display the first short message and a first image related to the first sender on a screen, and   based on a second short message transmitted by a second sender being received by the mobile communication terminal, display the second short message and a second image related to the second sender on the screen while the first short message and the first image are displayed on the screen,   wherein the processor is further configured to display, on the screen, the first image and a first message display area together with the second image and a second message display area, wherein the first short message is included within the displayed first message display area, and the second short message is included within the displayed second message display area, and   wherein the processor is further configured to analyze a position and a direction of each face in the first image and the second image, and to determine a position of the first message display area and a position of the second message display area respectively based on the position and the direction of each face in the first image and the second image.    
     
     
       28. The mobile communication terminal of claim 27, wherein the processor is further configured to, based on a user message being input to the mobile communication terminal, display the user message on the screen while the first short message, the first image, the second short message and the second image are displayed on the screen.  
     
     
       29. The mobile communication terminal of claim 28, wherein the processor is further configured to display, on the screen, a user message display area in which the user message is displayed.  
     
     
       30. The mobile communication terminal of claim 27, further comprising a storage configured to store a plurality of images related to a plurality of senders,
 wherein the plurality of images are mapped to a plurality of pieces of information corresponding to the plurality of senders in the storage, and   wherein the plurality of images include the first image and the second image, and the plurality of senders include the first sender and the second sender.    
     
     
       31. The mobile communication terminal of claim 30, wherein the plurality of images include a plurality of thumbnail images corresponding to the plurality of senders.  
     
     
       32. The mobile communication terminal of claim 30, wherein the processor is further configured to, based on the first short message being received by the mobile communication terminal, identify the first image related to the first sender from among the plurality of images, and based on the second short message being received by the mobile communication terminal, identify the second image related to the second sender from among the plurality of images.  
     
     
       33. The mobile communication terminal of claim 27, wherein each of the first image and the second image is a predetermined image.  
     
     
       34. The mobile communication terminal of claim 27, wherein the first sender is the same as the second sender.  
     
     
       35. The mobile communication terminal of claim 27, wherein the first sender is different from the second sender.  
     
     
       36. The mobile communication terminal of claim 27, wherein the first message display area is in a first shape having a closed boundary line within which the first short message is displayed, and the second message area is in a second shape having a closed boundary line within which the second short message is displayed.  
     
     
       37. The mobile communication terminal of claim 27, wherein the first message display area is a first word balloon within which the first short message is displayed, and the second message display area is a second word balloon within which the second short message is displayed.  
     
     
       38. A method for outputting a short message on a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:
 receiving a first short message transmitted by a first sender;   based on the first short message being received, displaying the first short message and a first image related to the first sender on a screen,   receiving a second short message transmitted by a second sender, and   based on the second short message being received, displaying the second short message and a second image related to the second sender on the screen while the first short message and the first image are displayed on the screen,   wherein the displaying the first short message and the first image comprises displaying, on the screen, the first image and a first message display area in which the first short message is displayed,   wherein the displaying the second short message and the second image comprises displaying, on the screen, the second image and a second message display area in which the second short message is displayed,   wherein the first image and the first message display area together with the second image and the second message display area are displayed on the screen, and the first short message is included within the displayed first message display area, and the second short message is included within the displayed second message display area,   wherein the displaying the first image and the first message display area comprises analyzing a position and a direction of face in the first image, and determining a position of the first message display area based on the position and the direction of face in the first image, and   wherein the displaying the second image and the second message display area comprises analyzing a position and a direction of face in the second image, and determining a position of the second message display area based on the position and the direction of face in the second image.    
     
     
       39. The method of claim 38, further comprising, based on a user message being input to the mobile communication terminal, displaying the user message on the screen while the first short message, the first image, the second short message and the second image are displayed on the screen.  
     
     
       40. The method of claim 39, wherein the displaying the user message comprises displaying, on the screen, a user message display area in which the user message is displayed.  
     
     
       41. The method of claim 38, where a plurality of images related to a plurality of senders are stored in a storage,
 wherein the plurality of images are mapped to a plurality of pieces of information corresponding to the plurality of senders in the storage, and   wherein the plurality of images include the first image and the second image, and the plurality of senders include the first sender and the second sender.    
     
     
       42. The method of claim 41, wherein the plurality of images include a plurality of thumbnail images corresponding to the plurality of senders.  
     
     
       43. The method of claim 41, further comprising, based on the first short message being received, identifying the first image related to the first sender from among the plurality of images and, based on the second short message being received, identifying the second image related to the second sender from among the plurality of images.  
     
     
       44. The method of claim 38, wherein each of the first image and the second image is a predetermined image.  
     
     
       45. The method of claim 38, wherein the first sender is the same as the second sender.  
     
     
       46. The method of claim 38, wherein the first sender is different from the second sender.  
     
     
       47. The method of claim 38, wherein the first message area is in a first shape having a closed boundary line within which the first short message is displayed, and the second message area is in a second shape having a closed boundary line within which the second short message is displayed.  
     
     
       48. The method of claim 38, wherein the first message display area is a first word balloon within which the first short message is displayed, and the second message display area is a second word balloon within which the second short message is displayed.  
     
     
       49. A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable program that is executable by a computer for performing a method for outputting a short message on a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:
 receiving a first short message transmitted by a first sender;   based on the first short message being received, displaying the first short message and a first image related to the first sender on a screen;   receiving a second short message transmitted by a second sender; and   based on the second short message being received, displaying the second short message and a second image related to the second sender on the screen while the first short message and the first image are displayed on the screen,   wherein the displaying the first short message and the first image comprises displaying, on the screen, the first image and a first message display area in which the first short message is displayed,   wherein the displaying the second short message and the second image comprises displaying, on the screen, the second image and a second message display area in which the second short message is displayed,   wherein the first image and the first message display area together with the second image and the second message display area are displayed on the screen, and the first short message is included within the displayed first message display area, and the second short message is included within the displayed second message display area,   wherein the displaying the first image and the first message display area comprises analyzing a position and a direction of face in the first image, and determining a position of the first message display area based on the position and the direction of face in the first image, and   wherein the displaying the second image and the second message display area comprises analyzing a position and a direction of face in the second image, and determining a position of the second message display area based on the position and the direction of face in the second image.    
     
     
       50. The non-transitory recording medium of claim 49, wherein the first message display area is in a first shape having a closed boundary line within which the first short message is displayed, and the second message area is in a second shape having a closed boundary line within which the second short message is displayed.  
     
     
       51. The non-transitory recording medium of claim 49, wherein the first message display area is a first word balloon within which the first short message is displayed, and the second message display area is a second word balloon within which the second short message is displayed.