Patent ID: 8160550

Claim:
A mobile terminal, comprising: a transceiver for receiving a notification message comprising information indicating whether a media file in a transmitted message is modified; a controller configured to: set a message reception mode as to whether to receive or reject a message including a modified media file; selectively request downloading of the transmitted message after determining that the media file included in the transmitted message has been modified, based on the setting of the message reception mode of the mobile terminal; and cause the transceiver to download the transmitted message after determining that the message reception mode is set to receive the message including the modified media file; a display for displaying the modified media file; and an input device for requesting to forward a message in the mobile terminal, wherein the controller is further configured to: check whether the message to be forwarded includes the modified media file; cause the display to display information indicating that the message is different from an original message when the message includes the modified media file; cause the display to display a menu screen for selecting either the original message or the message comprising the modified media file; and cause the transceiver to forward the selected message when either the original message or the message comprising the modified media file is selected via the input device.