Patent ID: 8984444
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying a received message on a terminal, the method comprising: storing, in a memory of the terminal, a library of icons including message icons having different shapes for representing different types of messages, contents icons having different shapes for representing different types of a plurality of contents of files attached to the message, and number icons for indicating numbers of the files, wherein the message icons include an e-mail icon, a short message icon, a multimedia message icon, and an integrated message icon, wherein the integrated message icon indicates all of the e-mail icon, the short message icon and the multimedia message icon in an overlapping manner as a single icon, wherein the contents icons include an audio contents icon, an image contents icon, a video contents icon, and a combined contents icon, and wherein the combined contents icon indicates all of the audio content icon, the image contents icon and the video contents icon in an overlapping manner as a single icon; receiving, via a wireless communication unit, at least one message; determining, via a controller of the terminal, a type of each of the received at least one message, and a number of the at least one file attached to a multimedia message and a type of contents of each of at least one file attached to the multimedia message when the type of each of the received at least one message is the multimedia message including the at least one file; searching the library of icons for at least one message icon, a number icon and at least one contents icon, based on the type of each of the received at least one message, the number of the at least one file attached to the multimedia message, and the type of contents of each of the at least one file; displaying, on an indicator area of a display unit of the terminal, the searched at least one message icon corresponding to the type of each of the received at least one message and when the received at least one message is the multimedia message, further displaying the searched number icon and the searched at least one contents icon in an overlapping manner and the combined contents icon is displayed instead of each of the audio contents icon, the image contents icon and the video contents icon when the received multimedia message includes all of an audio file, image file, and video file, wherein the displaying step displays two or more different shapes of message icons in an overlapping manner when the received at least one message includes two or more different types of messages and displays the integrated message icon when the received at least one message includes all of an e-mail, a short message, and a multimedia message.