US RE49,890 E1
Method and apparatus for providing information by using messenger
Hongju Lee, Seoul (KR); and Sungpyo Yoon, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/748,210.
Application 16/748,210 is a reissue of application No. 14/273,979, filed on May 9, 2014, granted, now 10,171,398, issued on Jan. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2013-0056878 (KR), filed on May 21, 2013.
Int. Cl. H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 40/169 (2020.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01); H04L 51/216 (2022.01); H04M 1/72436 (2021.01); H04M 1/72454 (2021.01)
CPC H04L 51/216 (2022.05) [G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 40/169 (2020.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01); H04M 1/72436 (2021.01); H04M 1/72454 (2021.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing information through a messenger in a user device, the method comprising:
displaying, by [ on ] a display of the user device [ by a processor of the user device] , a speech window including a conversation exchanged through [ a message received from an external device and/or a message sent to the external device in ] the messenger and a background image of the messenger, the background image being displayed on a background layer of the messenger, wherein the speech window is displayed on a speech layer of the messenger;
detecting, based on a scheme, by a processor of the user device, text related to a particular content in the conversation [ included in the received message] ;
[ determining whether the detected text includes one of key words associated with one or more content images;
identifying a content image among the one or more content images corresponding to the key word in the detected text of the received message; and ]
displaying, by the display of the user device, a content image matched to the particular content, as a background screen [ the identified content image ] in an intermediate layer which is generated between the background layer on which the background image is displayed and the speech layer on which the speech window is displayed, [ and the speech layer of the messenger, ] in response to the detecting of the text relating to the particular content [ identified content image] ;
[ receiving a user input corresponding to a selection of the identified content image; ] and
providing, by the processor of the user device, information related to the particular content [ identified content image ] in response to [ the ] selection of the [ identified ] content image,
wherein the [ identified ] content image is selectable by a touch input,
wherein all of the speech window is displayed and at least part of the [ identified ] content image and at least part of the background image is covered by the speech window during the displaying of the [ identified ] content image, and
wherein the providing of the information related to the particular content [ identified content image ] comprises:
determining a type of the particular content when [ identified content image in response to a selection of ] the [ identified ] content image has been selected,
executing an internal function or an external function operating in cooperation with the user device according to the type of the particular content [ identified content image] , and
displaying the information related to the particular content [ identified content image ] according to the executed internal or external function.