Patent ID: 8504080

Claim:
A method for processing a multimedia message in a mobile terminal, the method comprising: initiating a message mode; displaying a menu for initiating a photograph mode in the message mode; receiving an input for initiating the photograph mode in the message mode; switching to the photograph mode in response to the received input; capturing an image to be transmitted with a multimedia message via a camera of the mobile terminal in the photograph mode; switching to the message mode, the captured image being attached to the multimedia message to be transmitted, wherein at least the attached image and an address field are displayed in the message mode; selecting the address field to receive at least one contact address; displaying a contact menu when the address field is selected; displaying a contact list comprising at least one contact when the displayed contact menu is selected; receiving an input for selecting a specific contact from the contact list; displaying contact information of the selected specific contact in response to the input for selecting the specific contact, the contact information comprising a plurality of contact addresses, the contact list not being displayed when the contact information of the selected specific contact is displayed; receiving an input for selecting at least one of the plurality of contact addresses; and transmitting the multimedia message with the attached image to the selected specific contact according to the selected at least one of the plurality of contact addresses.