Patent ID: 8139573
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile communication terminal comprising: a display; an audio output unit; a memory to store a plurality of multimedia message transmission information, each corresponding to a different one of a plurality of multimedia messages to be transmitted to a same recipient terminal, wherein the plurality of multimedia messages are transmitted to the same recipient terminal through at least one multimedia message service center; and a controller configured to: receive a first multimedia message transmission result information from a multimedia message service server and a second multimedia message transmission result information from the same recipient terminal regarding transmission of each of the transmitted multimedia messages, store a message identification (ID) included in the first multimedia message transmission result information in the memory, compare the stored message ID to a message ID included in the second multimedia message transmission result information, search the transmitted multimedia messages for at least one multimedia message matching the message ID included in the second multimedia message transmission result information, extract a plurality of transmission state information from the multimedia message transmission information corresponding to the searched multimedia messages, wherein the plurality of transmission state information includes a message subject, a transmitted time, a rejected time, and a expiry time of the searched multimedia message, generate at least one multimedia message confirmation information using the extracted transmission state information, search the transmitted multimedia messages for at least one multimedia message successfully transmitted to the same recipient terminal based on the at least one multimedia message confirmation information, search for at least one message confirmed by the same recipient terminal based on the at least one multimedia message confirmation information corresponding to the at least one successfully transmitted multimedia message, control the display to display information for indicating whether the at least one searched message is confirmed by the same recipient terminal, wherein the information includes at least one of a confirmed time or a subject title of the at least one searched message, control the audio output unit to output an audio signal for indicating whether the at least one searched message is confirmed by the same recipient terminal, wherein the audio signal includes at least one of a confirmed time or a subject title of the at least one searched message, search for at least one message unconfirmed by the same recipient terminal based on the at least one multimedia message confirmation information corresponding to the at least one successfully transmitted multimedia message, control the audio output unit to output an audio signal for indicating whether the at least one searched message is unconfirmed by the same recipient terminal, control the display to display the unconfirmed multimedia message, and retransmit a selected multimedia message if the unconfirmed multimedia message is selected.