Method for transmitting and recording schedule using short message service

A schedule recording method in a mobile terminal having a short message service (SMS) message reception function and a schedule function, the method comprising the steps of:

• upon receiving an SMS message, determining, by a controller, whether the received SMS message is a schedule-recordable SMS message;
• if the received SMS message is a schedule-recordable SMS message, determining, by the controller, whether a schedule recording key is input;
• and
• if the schedule recording key is input, recording a schedule information of the schedule-recordable SMS message in a scheduler;
• wherein a data format of the schedule-recordable SMS message includes parameters indicating use of an alert tone for the schedule information and a type of the alert tone.

A schedule transmission method in a mobile terminal, comprising the steps of:

• if a schedule message transmission input for schedule recording to other mobile terminals is selected by a key input, converting, by a controller, a data format of a schedule into a data format of a schedule-recordable SMS message, and transmitting the schedule-recordable SMS message to the other mobile terminals;
• and
• upon receiving the schedule-recordable SMS message by another mobile terminal, recording, by a controller of the another mobile terminal, schedule information of the received schedule-recordable SMS message as a schedule if a schedule recording input is selected by a key input of the another mobile terminal;
• wherein a data format of the schedule-recordable SMS message includes parameters indicating use of an alert tone for the schedule and a type of the alert tone.