Patent ID: 9705828
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G06F,G10L,H04L

Claim:
1. A mobile terminal, comprising: a touchscreen; a wireless communication unit; and a controller configured to: display a group chat window on the touchscreen including a history of messages transceived via the wireless communication unit with a plurality of counterpart terminals, in response to a touch input to a message received from a prescribed counterpart terminal, select the prescribed counterpart terminal for transmitting a private message to the prescribed counterpart terminal, wherein the message received from the prescribed counterpart terminal is included in the history of messages, in response to a gesture input, generate an input message by converting a voice input through a microphone of the mobile terminal into text, wherein the gesture input is a gesture that releases the touch input and raises the mobile terminal, and transmit the generated input message as the private message to the prescribed counterpart terminal without switching to an individual chat window with the prescribed counterpart terminal.