Patent ID: 8098274

Claim:
A method of image-based communications performed by a mobile terminal, the method comprising: initiating an outgoing call transmitted from the mobile terminal or an incoming call received by the mobile terminal; inputting a user setting related to the outgoing call and the incoming call, the user setting being input to the mobile terminal by a menu selection or a key input from a user of the mobile terminal; selectively transmitting, while the outgoing call is in progress, a first outgoing image or a second outgoing image according to the user setting inputted by the menu selection or the key input, the first outgoing image being an image related to the user and the second outgoing image being a replacement image to be used rather than the first outgoing image, wherein the second outgoing image is transmitted without the first outgoing image when the user setting is input by the menu selection or the key input and while the outgoing call is in progress, and the first outgoing image is transmitted without the second outgoing image when the user setting is not set and while the outgoing call is in progress; and selectively displaying, while the incoming call is in progress, a first display image or a second display image according to the user setting input by the menu selection or the key input, the first display image being an image related to another party that is received by the mobile terminal while the incoming call is in progress and the second display image being a replacement image to be displayed rather than the first display image, wherein the second display image is displayed without displaying the first display image even though the first display image is received from the another party when the user setting is set and while the incoming call is in progress, and the first display image is displayed without displaying the second display image when the user setting is not set and while the incoming call is in progress.