Patent ID: 8819154

Claim:
A method for use in messaging from a portable communication device having a camera module, the method comprising: in an instant communication mode, presenting a conversation thread of a message conversation involving one or more participants, and presenting text input field for entering text in the message conversation; during the presentation of the conversation thread and the text input field for entering text, in response to detecting an actuation of a send key of the portable communication device, sending by the portable communication device to the one or more participants a message which includes the text from the text input field; and in the instant communication mode, in response to detecting an actuation of a camera shutter key, performing by the portable communication device an automatic multi-step process which includes capturing a photographic image via the camera module, attaching the photographic image to the message, and sending, to the one or more participants in the message conversation, the message which includes the attached photographic image, wherein the send key and the camera shutter key are separate keys and wherein actuation of the send key does not cause a photographic image to be captured.