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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 11, 2021
Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventor:

Heejeong Kim, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/04 (2022.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/04 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); H04L 12/1827 (2013.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.05); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a message inputted before or after a message reception can be selectively sent when a message is received from a counterpart while composing a message. The present invention includes the steps of if a counterpart message is externally received in the course of a message input to a message input window and a message is additionally inputted to the message input window, applying a visual effect to either a message inputted before receiving the counterpart message or the additionally inputted message and if a send command is received, sending a message corresponding to the send command to a counterpart, wherein the message corresponding to the send command is selected from a message having the visual effect applied thereto and a message not having the visual effect applied thereto among messages displayed on the message input window.


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