Patent ID: 7885931

Claim:
A method for controlling a mobile terminal to backup-store a character in a backup server over a wireless Internet, the backup server being capable of backing-up resource information of the mobile terminal including the character for performing an agent function by interacting with a terminal function, comprising the steps of: a) attempting to establish a connection to the backup server after transmission of a backup setup request; b) determining a category of avatar data of a character to be backup-stored after the connection to the backup server is established; c) when the determined category of the avatar data is avatar, calculating a file size of the avatar data, and generating a transmission file which comprises an avatar header including position information and size information of each of a plurality of individual animations included in the avatar data, and frame data of each of a plurality of images of images of each of the plurality of individual animations; d) when the determined category of the avatar data is avatar house displayed in a standby mode, calculating a file size of the avatar data, and generating a transmission file which comprises an avatar house header including position information of a background image included in the avatar data and position information of each of a plurality of items connected to the background image, image data of the background image, and image data of each of the plurality of items; e) transmitting the generated transmission file to the backup server; and f) terminating a backup operation if the backup server generates a response signal after transmitting the generated transmission file.