Granted Patent B2

US 7,693,558 · App. 11/106,118 · Granted Apr 6, 2010

Abstract

Claims (34)

1. A wireless communication terminal having a function of transmitting/receiving data, the wireless communication terminal comprising:

a wireless transceiver to transmit and receive data through a wireless communication network;

a storage to store the transmitted data and the received data;

a detector to detect a state of a folder of the wireless communication terminal in order to determine whether the folder is opened or closed;

an outputting unit to indicate a result of the data transmission/reception; and

a controller to analyze the transmitted/received data to detect a last packet of the data, and to continue to perform the data transmission/reception regardless of the detected state of the folder until the last packet of the data has been detected,

wherein the controller generates an operation-completion signal when the last packet of the data is detected, and outputs the generated operation-completion signal to the outputting unit, and

wherein the outputting unit produces a notification of the data transmission/reception result to a user upon receiving the operation-completion signal,

the outputting unit displays an associated information with the result of the data transmission/reception and time required to complete the data transmission/reception when the data transmission/reception is successfully completed, and

the outputting unit also displays an associated information with the reason of failing in the data transmission/reception and a message inquiring whether the wireless communication terminal will repeatedly continue to perform the data transmission/reception by the predetermined number of times when the data transmission/reception is failed.

2. The wireless communication terminal as recited claim 1 , further comprising at least one key to receive a confirmation signal for performing a data transmission/reception.

3. The wireless communication terminal as recited claim 1 , wherein the outputting unit includes a displayer to display an associated message representing the result of the data transmission/reception.

4. The wireless communication terminal as recited in claim 3 , wherein the displayer is externally disposed on the folder.

5. The wireless communication terminal as recited in claim 1 , wherein the outputting unit includes at least one among a displayer, a vibrator, an answering lamp and a receiver.

6. The wireless communication terminal as recited in claim 1 , wherein data comprises Short Message Service (SMS) message, Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message or Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS) message.

7. A method for transmitting/receiving data with a folder of a wireless communication terminal closed, the method comprising the steps of:

a) determining in a controller whether the wireless communication terminal is performing data transmission/reception;

b) continuously performing the data transmission/reception in the controller regardless of a state of the folder of the wireless communication terminal until a last packet of the data has been detected;

c) generating an operation-completion signal in the controller when the data transmission/reception is completed and outputting the generated operation-completion signal to an outputting unit;

d) detecting a state of the folder as an opened state in a detector if the folder is opened again; and

e) displaying a result of the data transmission/reception in the outputting unit.

8. The method as recited in claim 7 , wherein the step c) comprises the step of:

c-1) generating the operation-completion signal according to a result that indicates a failure or a success of the data transmission/reception and outputting the generated operation-completion signal to an externally disposed displayer as an associated message with the transmission result.

9. The method as recited in claim 8 , wherein the step c) further comprises the step of:

c-2) generating the operation-completion signal according to the result that indicates the failure or the success of the data transmission/reception and outputting the generated operation-completion signal to an audio or video outputting unit as a voice or a sound.

10. The method as recited in claim 8 , wherein the step c) further comprises the step of:

c-3) generating the operation-completion signal according to the result that indicates the failure or the success of the data transmission/reception and outputting the generated operation-completion signal as light to an answering lamp.

11. The method as recited in claim 8 , wherein the step c) further comprises the step of:

c-4) generating the operation-completion signal according to the result that indicates the failure or the success of the data-transmission/reception and outputting the generated operation-completion signal to a vibrator as vibrating.

12. The method as recited in claim 7 , wherein the step e) comprises the steps of:

e-1) displaying an associated information with the result of the data transmission/reception and time required to complete the data transmission/reception when the data transmission/reception is successfully completed; and

e-2) displaying an associated information with the reason of failing in the data transmission/reception and a message inquiring whether the wireless communication terminal will repeatedly continue to perform the data transmission/reception by the predetermined number of times when the data transmission/reception is failed.

13. The wireless communication terminal as recited claim 1 , wherein the folder is a folder which is provided with the main displayer other than the main body.

14. The wireless communication terminal as recited claim 1 , wherein the folder is a slide which is provided with the main displayer other than the main body.

Assignments (8)