Patent ID: 8768387
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for transmitting a message in a mobile communication terminal, the apparatus comprising: a message generating unit configured to generate a message; a buffer configured to temporarily store the message; an embedded file system (EFS) memory that is physically independent of the buffer; a transmitter; and a controller configured to: determine that a size of the message generated by the message generating unit exceeds a storage capacity of the buffer; divide the message into a plurality of data blocks of a constant size such that a size of each of the plurality of data blocks is smaller than the storage capacity of the buffer; temporarily store in the buffer the plurality of data blocks sequentially, storing in the buffer only one data block at a time, such that the message is temporarily stored in a non-file format; while only one data block is stored in the buffer, convert a format of the data block into a multimedia document type used for exchanging electronic mail via an Internet connection or a multipurpose Internet mail extension (MIME) type; sequentially store the plurality of data blocks processed in the buffer into a file in the EFS memory; and cause the transmitter to transmit the file including the message comprising the plurality of data blocks to a receiving device by reading the message from the file stored in the EFS memory, wherein the message is a multimedia message service (MMS) message or an electronic mail message.