Patent ID: 8750939
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling instant messages, the method comprising: receiving a first message at a mobile terminal, wherein the mobile terminal is a folder-type body that includes an external display module located on an outer surface of the body and an internal display module located on an inner surface of the body, the folder-type body being capable of changing between an open state and a closed state; searching a telephone directory for determining a first instant sender group of the received first message, wherein the first instant message corresponds to a first instant sender group designated within the telephone directory that is stored in memory of the mobile terminal, wherein the memory stores information to associate one of the external display module and the internal display module with the first instant sender group, and to associate the other one of the external display module and the internal display module with the second instant sender group; determining one of the external display module and the internal display module to display the received first message based on the stored information corresponding to the first instant sender group; displaying the first instant message only on the determined one of the external display module and the internal display module for a first duration of time that is determined by the mobile terminal, in a first display form preset by the mobile terminal; receiving a second instant message while displaying the first instant message, wherein the second instant message corresponds to a second instant sender group designated within the telephone directory; determining the other one of the external display module and the internal display module to display the received second message based on the stored information corresponding to the second instant sender group; displaying the second instant message only on the determined other one of the external display module and the internal display module in a second display form preset by the mobile terminal, when the first instant message and the second instant message belong to different sender groups; and removing the displayed first instant message when the first duration of the displayed first instant message has elapsed, wherein the first and the second display form comprises at least one of a color of background displaying message, a font of text and a color of text.