Patent ID: 7761104
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting a character message from a mobile communication terminal with a character message transmission function comprising the steps of: entering a call key to originate a call to another mobile communication terminal; storing a destination phone number in a flash memory of the mobile communication terminal when the destination call key has been entered; checking, by the mobile communication terminal, whether a particular preset menu item is chosen by a user of the mobile communication terminal, during the originating call to the another mobile communication terminal; automatically ending the originating call by the mobile communication terminal, when the particular preset menu item is chosen by the user of the mobile communication terminal; and presenting a screen for inputting a character message after ending the originating call, and performing origination of the character message using the destination phone number stored in the flash memory of the mobile communication terminal, wherein the preset menu item indicates, before the originating call ends, that the character message will be sent after the originating call ends.