The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2009
Applicants:
Chiwon Song, Seoul, KR;
Jiyoun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Kyunglack Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jinwoo Chung, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/72552 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04M 1/0214 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for controlling instant messages. This may include a mobile terminal receiving a message, and searching a telephone directory stored in memory of the mobile terminal for sender information of the received message and determining the received message as an instant message according to a result of the search, and displaying text contents of the instant message on an idle screen of the mobile terminal for a specific duration of time that is controllable by a user.