Patent ID: 7783290

Claim:
A method for controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising: storing, in a memory of the mobile terminal, contact information for contacting at least one other terminal in a contact information database and photo information including a plurality of photos of people in a photo information database that is separate from the contact information database and that does not include the contact information; displaying a photo selected among the plurality of photos during a photo viewing mode and before a contacting mode is started to contact said at least one other terminal of a person associated with the displayed photo; receiving a command while the photo is displayed indicating a request to contact the person associated with the displayed photo; checking the photo information database to determine whether the displayed photo is associated with the contact information for contacting the person associated with the displayed photo; using an identifier value from the photo information database if the checking step determines the displayed photo is associated with the contact information, said identifier value indicating a location of the contact information in the contact information database for the person associated with the displayed photo; and contacting the person associated with the displayed photo using the contact information.