Patent ID: 8666374

Claim:
A method of creating a multimedia picture message on a mobile device for transmission to a destination mobile device wherein a single processing step in the mobile device comprises means to convert the entire contents of a displayed message on the mobile device and including a background to a single MMS compliant image in creating a multimedia picture message for transmission to said destination mobile device wherein the displayed message for converting to said single MMS compliant image is displayed on a message screen on the mobile device wherein said message screen comprises means to display one of a SMS message and a MMS message, the mobile device comprising a user interface and a display screen and comprising internal processing means to create an image of a message, said method comprising the steps of: (a) Providing a screen capture means in the mobile device, wherein said single processing step in the mobile device comprises means to convert the entire contents of said displayed message on the mobile device and including a background to said single MMS compliant image wherein the entire message displayed on the mobile device is converted to an image format and wherein said displayed message for converting to said single MMS compliant image is displayed on said message screen on the mobile device, comprising means to display one of a SMS message and a MMS message; (b) Providing means in the mobile device to transmit said single MMS compliant image of said displayed message as a multimedia picture message to said destination mobile device wherein the means in the mobile device to transmit said single MMS compliant image of said displayed message as a multimedia picture message to said destination mobile device comprises means to execute a single instruction on the mobile device wherein executing said single instruction on the mobile device both activates the screen capture means of said step (a) in converting the entire contents of said displayed message on the mobile device and including a background to said single MMS compliant image and transmits the created image thereof as a multimedia picture message to said destination mobile device; (c) Activating the screen capture means of said step (a) in converting the entire contents of said displayed message on the mobile device and including a background to said single MMS compliant image; (d) Transmitting said created image of said displayed message as a multimedia picture message to said destination mobile device whereby the message can be viewed as an image on the display screen of the destination mobile device, wherein transmitting said created image of said displayed message on the mobile device comprises executing the single instruction of said step (b) in both activating the screen capture means of said step (a) in converting the entire contents of said displayed message and including a background to said single MMS compliant image and transmitting the created image thereof as a multimedia picture message to said destination mobile device.