Patent ID: 8965345
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for outputting a message in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: receiving, from a server, a notification message for notifying arrival at the server of a specific multimedia message transmitted from a sending side mobile communication terminal, the specific multimedia message including at least one media file, the notification message comprising a specific field indicating whether the at least one media file is streamable; outputting the notification message, allowing a user to take an action with regard to the specific multimedia message in response to the notification message; receiving a first user input for setting a streaming receiving mode when the specific field indicates that the at least one media file is streamable; generating a first reply message in response to the notification message, the first reply message comprising a specific field including streaming receiving mode information according to the streaming receiving mode set in response to the first user input, the streaming receiving mode information indicating whether the at least one media file is to be stored in a memory of the mobile communication terminal which is distinct from a buffer of the mobile communication terminal; sending the generated first reply message to the server; requesting a connection with the server; receiving the at least one media file in real-time from the server according to a sending level that is changeable based on a type of the at least one media file; storing the received at least one media file, which is temporarily in the buffer, in the memory when the streaming receiving mode information is set to a first streaming mode; outputting the at least one media file temporarily stored in the buffer in real-time, wherein the received at least one media file, which is temporarily stored in the buffer, is not stored in the memory when the streaming receiving mode information is set to a second streaming mode; receiving a download request, instead of the first user input, from a user when the specific field of the notification message indicates that the at least one media file is not streamable; generating a second reply message in response to the notification message when the specific field indicates that the at least one media file is not streamable, the second reply message comprising a specific field including a field value corresponding to the download request; sending the generated second reply message to the server; and storing the specific multimedia message received in response to the second reply message in the memory without storing the at least one media file in the buffer.