PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING GAME FUNTION DURING IMAGE CONVERSATION AND METHOD FOR GAMING DURING IMAGE CONVERSATION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL

摘要

A portable terminal having a function for performing a game during a video call and a method for performing the game during the video call in the portable terminal are provided to transmit a user input message, inputted by a user through a key input unit, to the portable terminal of the other party, convert the user input message and a user input message, provided from the portable terminal of the other party, into a game control signal, and process the operation of the game based on the converted game control signal, thereby performing the game in real time while minimizing the load of the portable terminal even during the video call. A portable terminal includes a camera unit(111), a display unit(113), a graphic processing unit(115), a video codec(117), a control unit(150), a wireless transceiving unit(160), a key input unit(130), a microphone(121), a speaker(123), an audio codec(125), and a storage unit(140). The control unit includes a video chat processing module(151) and a game processing module(155). The control unit converts at least one of a first user input message inputted by a user and a second user input message provided from the portable terminal of the other party into a game control signal for handling a game and processes the operations of the game based on the converted game control signal. The wireless transceiving unit transmits the first user input message provided from the control unit to the portable terminal of the other party, and receives the second user input message provided from the portable terminal of the other party and provides the received second user input message to the control unit.