Patent ID: 8605638

Claim:
A mobile terminal comprising: a packet data communication network interface unit for performing, when the mobile terminal is connected to another mobile terminal, a mobile messenger service for exchanging text messages with the another mobile terminal; a microphone for capturing, if a voice message transmission request is input during a mobile messenger service session, a sound wave and converting the sound wave into an audio signal; an audio storage unit for storing the audio signal; an audio data generation unit for generating audio data packets with the audio signal; and a control unit for controlling the microphone, audio storage unit, audio data generation unit, and packet data communication network interface unit to transmit the audio signal in the form of the audio data packets to the another mobile terminal using the mobile messenger service, wherein the control unit controls the packet data communication network interface unit to restart exchanging the text messages with the other mobile terminal by performing the mobile messenger service, after transmitting the audio signal.