Patent ID: 8554194

Claim:
A method for providing a virtual messenger service in a computer, the method comprising: executing a virtual messenger program for controlling a function of a mobile communication terminal, and receiving a phonebook list having a plurality of telephone numbers from the mobile communication terminal, when the mobile communication terminal accesses the computer; displaying a Trayicon expressing a state where the virtual messenger service is available, in a tray area of a screen of the computer prior to displaying a messenger window, when the mobile communication terminal completes an access to the computer by executing the virtual messenger program; displaying the messenger window when receiving a request for activating the messenger window that collectively includes the phonebook list and menus for controlling the function of the mobile communication terminal; generating a communication event message for data or an outgoing call to a selected telephone number of an other party when the telephone number is selected from the phonebook list; and transmitting the generated communication event message to the mobile communication terminal for notifying a communication event to the other party; determining whether there is the communication event received from the mobile communication terminal in a state where the virtual messenger program is executed; and displaying a notification of the receipt of the communication event in a pop-up window form on a screen of the computer, when determining that there is the received communication event.