Mobile communication terminal, method of generating group picture in phonebook thereof and method of performing communication event using group picture

A method of generating a group picture in a phonebook of a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

• displaying, when a group setting menu of the phonebook is selected, a group setting item;
• displaying, if a picture mode is selected from the displayed group setting item, original pictures to be used for setting a group;
• displaying, if an original picture to be used for setting a group is selected from the displayed original pictures, the selected original picture on a full screen;
• designating predetermined areas, each comprising an image corresponding to each member of the group in the selected original picture;
• inputting, if a designated predetermined area is selected, a group member's address to be mapped to the selected predetermined area on a displayed address input window;
• and
• storing the original picture to which the group member's address is mapped as a group picture in the phonebook.

A mobile communication terminal comprising:

• a storage unit for storing a phonebook and original pictures;
• a controller for mapping an address of each member of a group to a corresponding area in an original picture selected from the original pictures and for storing the selected original picture to which the group members' addresses are mapped as a group picture in the phonebook in the storage unit;
• a display unit for displaying a group picture selected from among stored group pictures;
• and
• a radio frequency (RF) unit for performing, if a predetermined area to which a group member's address is mapped is selected from the displayed group picture, a communication event with the corresponding group member.