Patent ID: 8819752

Claim:
A mobile terminal comprising: an input unit configured to receive an input; a data storage unit configured to store data comprising a plurality of video data; a display configured to display a list of the plurality of video data; a communication unit configured to communicate signals; and a controller configured to: select a video data from the list of the plurality of video data in response to a selection input received via the input unit and enter a video mode for reproducing the selected video data; cause storing of a portion of the selected video data in the data storage unit, the portion specified by a start position and a stop position indicated in the selected video data in response to a user input received via the input unit while the mobile terminal is in the video mode; attach the stored portion of the video data to a message to be transmitted in a message mode, the attached portion of the video data being different from the video data that is selected among the plurality of video data; transmit the message with the attached portion of the video data to a receiving terminal communicatively coupled with the mobile terminal via the communication unit in response to a transmission instruction received via the input unit while the mobile terminal is in the message mode; automatically return to the video mode from the message mode without requiring a further user input when the message is transmitted; and notify completion of the message transmission at least visually or audibly when the transmission of the message is completed.