Multimedia messaging method and apparatus for mobile terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorMi Sun Lee
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Abstract
A multimedia messaging method and apparatus for a mobile terminal supporting Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) is provided for the mobile terminal to relay a multimedia message, edit multimedia object attached to the multimedia message, and feed back the multimedia message attaching the edit multimedia object. A multimedia message transmission method of the present invention includes composing a multimedia message in a multimedia message composition mode, inserting sender information and a recipient information into the multimedia message; creating a relay message by defining a type of the multimedia message as the relay message; and sending the relay message with reference to the recipient information.
Claims26
A multimedia message transmission method for a mobile terminal supporting a multimedia messaging service, comprising:
- composing a multimedia message in a multimedia message composition mode;
- inserting a sender information and a recipient information into the multimedia message;
- creating a relay message by defining a type of the multimedia message as the relay message, including the step of:
- setting a type field of a relay information field of the multimedia message to a predetermined value;
- and
- sending the relay message with reference to the recipient information.
A multimedia message reception method for a mobile terminal supporting a multimedia messaging service, comprising:
- checking, when a multimedia message is received, a type of the multimedia message;
- alerting, when the type of the multimedia message is a relay message, receipt of the relay message to a user;
- editing the relay message in response to an instruction of the user;
- resetting, when a relay message forward instruction is input, recipient information of the relay message;
- and
- sending the relay message based on the reset recipient information, including the step of:
- forwarding, when the reset recipient information has information on a next recipient, the relay message to the next recipient.
A multimedia message communication apparatus of a mobile terminal supporting a multimedia messaging service, comprising:
- an input unit which receives information on recipients of a relay message;
- a display unit which displays a relay picture attached to the relay message;
- and
- a control unit which generates and sends the relay message with a message type of a multimedia message, the recipient information, and sender information, resets, when receiving a relay message, the recipient information and sends the relay message with the reset recipient information, wherein the control unit sets a relay information field of the relay message for sending the relay message via the multimedia messaging service.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.