Patent ID: 7603132

Claim:
A data communication apparatus comprising: a user input device; a graphic data transmission header generator; a controller configured for controlling reconstruction of graphic data for conveyance as compressed graphic data within a plurality of SMS blocks and for processing of the plurality of SMS blocks, said plurality of SMS blocks comprising compressed graphic data that has been divided and respectively arranged within the plurality of SMS blocks for conveying, each particular SMS block of the plurality of SMS blocks comprising a plurality of respective parts including an SMS header field and an SMS user data field, wherein the SMS user data field comprises a graphic data transmission header and compressed graphic data, the graphic data transmission header comprising a code field to indicate one of a plurality of types of graphic data, said controller being configured for causing the graphic data transmission header generator to generate said graphic data transmission header based on graphic data selected by means of the user input device during an SMS message transmission mode; and a radio signal processor for communicating the SMS blocks.