Patent ID: 8543142

Claim:
A portable terminal for transmitting a message, the portable terminal comprising: a controller for: transmitting a multi-message configured as a concatenated sequence of message data to a message server, each of said message data including a sequence number indicative of an order of the message data and a start bit and an end bit indicative of a start and an end of multi-message message data; receiving a response message in response to the transmitted message data from the message server after all of the message data has been transmitted; and controlling the sending of a final message to the message server informing the message server of reception of response message in reply to the transmitted message data after receiving the response message corresponding to the message data indicating the end of multi-message message data, wherein the controller, after sending the message data indicating the end of multi-message message data, receives from the message server one of: a message in reply to each of the message data and one integrated reply.