Patent ID: 7526300

Claim:
A short message management system using a Virtual Machine (VM) application, the system comprising a message management service server providing the VM application for managing short messages for a user of each mobile communication terminal and providing a short message management service via the VM application installed in the mobile communication terminal, wherein the message management service server includes: a messaging group information storage unit for storing messaging group information, including group names set by the user for respective messaging groups used to classify and manage short messages, the mobile communication terminal numbers of users belonging to each of the messaging groups, and a nickname of the user; a VM environment setting information storage unit for storing user-set VM environment information, including a type and an environment for posting messages transmitted or received between users of each messaging group; a group special service code management unit for managing group special service code information used at a time of transmitting or receiving messages so as to manage the messages for the respective messaging groups; a group message history storage unit for storing messages transmitted or received between users of each messaging group according to the message posting type and environment for the corresponding messaging group; a VM application creation unit for creating the VM application, including one or more storage boxes for each messaging group, according to the messaging group information and the VM environment information set for the user; a VM application download unit for downloading the created VM application to the mobile communication terminal of the user; a SMS message transmission unit for transmitting a short message to the mobile communication terminals of users that belong to a messaging group of a specific special service code when receiving the short message, a receiving number of which includes the specific special service code of the messaging group, from a user who has downloaded the VM application; and a message posting unit for storing transmitted or received messages via the group message history storage unit and posting the messages according to a message posting environment of a corresponding group, so that a message transmission and reception history can be searched for over the Internet.