A METHOD OF PROVIDING A VISUAL REPRESENTATION IN A SPEECH BUBBLE INCLUDING INSTANT MESSAGE AND MOBILE TERMINAL THEREOF

摘要

PURPOSE: A method of providing a visual representation in a speech bubble including an instant message and a mobile terminal thereof are provided to display speech bubbles having various visual representation using appearance indicators in a chat window, allow chat participants to easily distinguish each participant by presenting the speech bubbles differently according to each participant, and reflect a visual presentations selected by each participant through a user interface to each instant message. CONSTITUTION: A user terminal receives an instance message and an appearance indicator that defines a visual representation of a speech bubble corresponding to the instance message (210). The user terminal distinguishes the visual representation of the speech bubble corresponding to the instance message based on the received appearance indicator (220). The user terminal displays the speech bubble having the distinguished visual representation in a chat window (230). [Reference numerals] (210) Receiving an instant message and an outer identifier; (220) Classifying visual expressions corresponding to speech balloons corresponding to an instant message received based on an outer identifier; (230) Displaying speech balloons having visual expressions on a chatting window; (AA) Start; (BB) End