Patent ID: 9608954
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06T,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A digital device providing a text messaging service, comprising: a display configured to display a text messaging interface; a transceiver configured to transmit and receive text messages to and from an external device; and a processor configured to cause the display to display text messages on the text messaging interface, wherein the processor is further configured to: designate specific letters as a text block, wherein the specific letters are included in a text message displayed on the text messaging interface, apply a graphic effect on the text block, cause the display to display an application interface including at least one icon corresponding to the specific letters on a partial region of the displayed text messaging interface in response to a touch input selecting the text block, and execute a specific application corresponding to a specific icon by using the specific letters in response to a touch input selecting the specific icon among the at least one icon.