Method for inputting address of receiver in information service

Abstract

A method for messaging service, e.g. short message service (SMS), in a mobile phone, capable of inputting a phone number of receiver directly into a message editing window. Disclosed is also a computer-readable recording medium including therein a software program for execution of the method. After the user has entered a message, it is determined which type of a direct input is requested by the user for inputting of the address of the receiver in the message editing window. If the requested type determined by the user for the direct input of the address is an input by a look-up (searching) function, it is activated an address look-up window as a new display layer while still activating the message editing window, and inputted the address of the receiver selected by the user directly into the message editing window. Further, if the requested type determined by the user for the direct input of the address is an input by a short key function, the address of the receiver is inputted directly into the message editing window next to the inputted message utilizing the short key, while activating the message editing window.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates generally to a mobile messaging service for use in a mobile communication terminal, such as a mobile telephone, and in particular to a method for entering the address of a predetermined recipient to whom the message is to be transmitted . The present invention further relates to a computer-readable recording medium having a software program embodying the aforementioned method. Background technique [0002] Recently, a mobile phone is widely used by many people as one of the necessities of life, such as a car, a wired phone, etc., because of its lightness, flexibility and convenience in use. Most of the mobile phones currently in use are generally designed to provide their users with various convenient additional functions such as telephone number registration (address book), personal schedule management and others. This has now evolved into a holistic personal information management (PIM) service, alongside the existing ...

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Problems solved by technology

[0007] refer to image 3 The traditional method of entering the recipient's phone number as shown above has the disadvantage that the user of the mobile phone cannot make arbitrary corrections to the SMS message entered on the phone number input window

Like this, in order to carry out any modification or confirmation to SMS message before sending, the user must close the currently activated phone number input window in order to return to the previous SMS service window and retrieve the stored message again or re-enter the entire SMS message, thereby giving the user a Great inconvenience when using the SMS function of the mobile phone

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