Apparatus and method for transmitting handwriting animation message

An apparatus for transmitting a handwriting animation message, comprising:

• a mobile terminal profile database for storing profile information of a receiving mobile terminal and transmitting it upon being requested;
• an animation transcoder for transcoding a frame comprising a largest amount of handwriting information among one or more frames forming the handwriting animation message into a still image, if the receiving mobile terminal does not support reproduction of the handwriting animation message, and transmitting the still image to the receiving mobile terminal;
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• a controller for, upon receiving the handwriting animation message from a transmitting mobile terminal, controlling the mobile terminal profile database to extract the profile information of the receiving mobile terminal and transmitting profile information of the transmitting mobile terminal to the animation transcoder.

A system for transmitting a handwriting animation message, comprising:

• a transmitting mobile terminal for transmitting the handwriting animation message comprising coordinate information and time information of one or more points forming handwriting information which is input by a user of a transmitting mobile terminal;
• an animation messaging server for, upon receiving the handwriting animation message, transcoding the handwriting animation message into a format supported by a receiving mobile terminal using profile information of the receiving mobile terminal and transmitting the transcoded handwriting animation message;
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• the receiving mobile terminal for receiving the transcoded handwriting animation message,
• wherein if the receiving mobile terminal does not support reproduction of the handwriting animation message, a frame comprising a largest amount of handwriting information among one or more frames forming the handwriting animation message is transcoded into a still image and the still image is transmitted to the receiving mobile terminal.