Patent ID: 7283839

Claim:
A wireless communication terminal having a function of providing an integrated messaging service, the wireless communication terminal comprising: a wireless transceiver for transceiving a message to/from an outside device through a wireless network; a storage for storing an integrated messaging service program and messages in order to provide an integrated user interface (IUI); a keypad for receiving a message content and a menu selecting signal in the IUI; a displayer for displaying the message content and description data in the IUI; and a controller for providing the IUI to the keypad and the displayer by operating the integrated messaging service program, determining a message kind of the message to be transmitted which is inputted in the IUI, generating an outgoing message including identification data corresponding to the message kind, transmitting the outgoing message, displaying the message content and the description data of the outgoing message in the IUI, determining a message kind of a received message, dividing the received message into a message content and description data, displaying the message content and the description data in the IUI, and controlling elements in the wireless communication terminal.