Patent ID: 7898567
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method to facilitate data transmission in a mobile terminal, the method comprising: generating a single message for transmitting via a wireless messaging service responsive to user input, wherein the message comprises a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message; displaying on a display of the mobile terminal a list identifying a plurality of images which are stored in memory of the mobile terminal, wherein each identified image of the list comprises an associated resolution, and wherein each identified image of the list is a separate file comprising a file size; identifying, responsive to further user input, an image group for transmitting in association with the single message, wherein the image group comprises at least one image identified in the list, and wherein the displaying of the list occurs simultaneously with the identifying of the image group, permitting the user to individually select, via the further user input, any of the plurality of images identified in the list to identify which image or images are included in the image group; calculating a total size of the image group, the total size based upon a collective total of the file size of each separate file of each image included in the image group; and automatically adjusting, at the mobile terminal, the resolution of at least one image of the image group if the total size exceeds a size threshold, the adjusting occurring prior to the transmitting of the image group resulting in an adjusted total size of the image group being less than the size threshold, threshold; and maintaining the resolution of at least one other image of the image group even if the total size exceeds the size threshold and the adjusting of the resolution is performed for the at least one image of the image group.