Patent ID: 7941137

Claim:
A method of processing visual data in a mobile terminal, the method comprising: establishing visual communication with another terminal such that a first image is transmitted to the other terminal and visual data is received from the other terminal during the visual communication; displaying the first image and the visual data received from the other terminal on a display of the mobile terminal; receiving a request to activate an image photographing function while the visual communication is in progress; activating the image photographing function while maintaining the visual communication; receiving a second image via a camera of the mobile terminal upon activation of the image photographing function; displaying a preview image of the second image received from the camera; capturing the second image via the camera; transmitting the captured second image to the other terminal; and returning to the visual communication, deactivating the photographing function, and displaying an image that is transmitted to the other terminal during the visual communication and visual data received from the other terminal during the visual communication on the display of the mobile terminal.