Patent ID: 7876783

Claim:
A method for transmitting a message with a mobile communication terminal, comprising: selecting, by a user, a plurality of Short Message Service (SMS) messages to be combined into a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) format, the plurality of SMS messages being displayed on a display unit; combining, at the mobile communication terminal, the plurality of selected SMS messages into at least one MMS message by separating two of the selected SMS messages with a predetermined specifier; and sending the combined message from the mobile communication terminal to a destination device, wherein combining the plurality of selected SMS messages includes: determining whether a total size of the plurality of selected SMS messages is smaller than a predetermined maximum transmission capacity, comparing a number of the selected plurality of SMS messages with a predetermined message number when the determined total size of the selected plurality of SMS messages is smaller than the predetermined maximum transmission capacity, inputting one of a telephone number and an e-mail address when the number of the selected plurality of SMS messages is greater than the predetermined message number, and combining the selected plurality of SMS messages into the at least one MMS message based on the inputted telephone number or the inputted e-mail address.