Patent ID: 7711255

Claim:
A camera-equipped portable terminal comprising: a display unit for displaying at least one input address; a camera module for taking at least one photograph of target objects; a transmission mode setter for setting a transmission mode between a first transmission mode where the at least one photograph taken by the camera module is automatically transmitted to the at least one input address and a second transmission mode where the at least one photograph taken by the camera module is previewed, and then one or more photographs selected by user are transmitted to the at least one input address; a wireless communication module for transmitting photographs taken by the camera module to the input address through wireless communication; and a controller for (a) controlling the display unit to display at least one destination address set as the destination(s) for transmission of photographs to be taken before a photograph is taken and transmitted, (b) controlling the camera module to display images of target objects through the display unit in response to a photography mode command during display of the at least one destination address and taking at least one photograph in response to at least one photograph taking command, (c) referring to the transmission mode set by the transmission mode setter, (d) controlling the wireless communication module to transmit the at least one taken photograph to the at least one destination address, and (e) repeating (b) through (e) until a termination command is received.