Apparatus and method for transmitting video data from mobile communication terminal

A method of manipulating video data at a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

• selecting a video data among a plurality of video data stored in a data storage unit of the mobile terminal in response to a selection input received via an input unit of the mobile terminal and entering a video mode for reproducing the selected video data;
• storing, in the data storage unit, a portion of the selected video data for transmission, the portion specified by a start position and a stop position indicated in the selected video data in response to a user input received while the mobile terminal is in the video mode;
• attaching the stored portion of the video data to a message to be transmitted in a message mode, the attached portion of the video data being different from the video data that is selected among the plurality of video data;
• transmitting the message with the attached portion of the video data to a receiving terminal communicatively coupled with the mobile terminal in response to a transmission instruction received while the mobile terminal is in the message mode;
• automatically returning to the video mode from the message mode without requiring a further user input when the message is transmitted;
• and
• notifying completion of the message transmission at least visually or audibly when the transmission of the message is completed.

A mobile terminal comprising:

• an input unit configured to receive an input;
• a data storage unit configured to store data comprising a plurality of video data;
• a display configured to display a list of the plurality of video data;
• a communication unit configured to communicate signals;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• select a video data and enter a video mode in response to an input, received via the input unit, for selecting the video data from the list of the plurality of video data;
• cause storing of a partial portion of the video data in the data storage unit, the partial portion specified by a start position and a stop position indicated in the video data in response to a user input received via the input unit while the mobile terminal is in the video mode;
• enter a message mode and attach the stored portion of the video data to a message for transmission with the message;
• transmit the message with the attached portion of the video data to a receiving terminal communicatively coupled with the mobile terminal via the communication unit in response to an instruction received via the input unit while the mobile terminal is in the message mode;
• automatically return to the video mode from the message mode without requiring a further user input after the transmission of the message is initiated;
• delete the stored partial portion of the video data from the data storage unit when the transmission of the message is completed while the video data selected among the plurality of video data remains in the data storage unit;
• and
• visually notify the completion of the message transmission via the display or audibly notify the completion of the message transmission via an audio output unit of the mobile terminal.