Method and apparatus for transmitting integrated messages

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display;

a transceiver;

a memory;

at least one processor operatively coupled to the memory, configured to:

display, on the display, a user interface of a messaging application;

detect an input indicating a destination telephone number;

transmit by the mobile terminal, via the transceiver, a first message comprising a first content by using the destination telephone number and a first protocol;

receive by the mobile terminal, via the transceiver, an error message indicating a transmission failure of the first message, after transmitting the first message;

responsive to receiving the error message:

convert the first content to second content using a second protocol different from the first protocol; and

retransmit by the mobile terminal, via the transceiver, a second message comprising the second content, by using the destination telephone number and the second protocol.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first protocol comprises a Rich Communication Suite (RCS) protocol, and the second protocol comprises a Short Messaging Service (SMS) protocol or a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) protocol.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2 , wherein the second protocol includes the MMS protocol when the first message includes a file transfer (FT) message and the first protocol includes the RCS protocol.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3 , wherein, when a size of a file included in the FT message is larger than an allowable file size of an MMS message, the mobile terminal generates the second message by performing at least one of compressing, splitting, or changing a resolution associated with the file.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 2 , wherein, when the first message includes a chat message and the first protocol includes the RCS protocol, the second message is generated by converting the chat message into an SMS message or an MMS message.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein:

when a size of the chat message is larger than a maximum SMS message size, the second message is generated by converting the chat message into the MMS message, and

when the size of the chat message is not larger than the maximum SMS message size, the second message is generated by converting the chat message into the SMS message.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein:

the first message is transmitted to a first server,

the error message is received from the first server, and

the second message is transmitted to a second server that is different from the first server.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to detect at least one of a setting change request or a request to use the first protocol for sending the first message.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

obtain setting information associated with the first message from the messaging application; and

generate the second message based on the setting information.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , where the at least one processor is configured to display a popup message notifying the user that the message is converted to the second protocol.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10 , wherein popup message includes a confirmation, and wherein the second message is retransmitted in response to a user input selecting the confirmation.

12. A method for use in mobile terminal, comprising:

transmitting a first message to an external electronic device, wherein the first message includes a Rich Communication Suite (RCS) message defined by a first protocol;

receiving, by the mobile terminal, an error message indicating a transmission failure of the first message, after transmitting the first message;

determining whether the transmission failure was due to a conversion failure;

responsive to determining that the transmission failure was due to a conversion failure:

converting, by the mobile terminal, the RCS message to at least one of a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message or a short messaging service (SMS) message defined by a second protocol different from the first protocol; and

retransmitting the second message including the at least one of the MMS message or the SMS message to the external device by using the second protocol.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the RCS message is converted into a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message when the RCS message includes a file transfer (FT) message.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the converting the RCS message into the MMS message comprises:

extracting destination information and content from the first message; and

performing at least one of a compressing, a splitting, or a resolution change on the content when a file size of the content is larger than a maximum size of the MMS message.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein converting the RCS message comprises:

extracting destination information and content from the first message; and

changing an extension associated with the content when a type of the content is not supported by an MMS protocol.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein converting the RCS message comprises:

converting the RCS message into the MMS message when a size of the first message is larger than a threshold size that is associated with the SMS message; and

converting the RCS message into the SMS message when the size of the first message is not larger than the threshold size.

17. The method of claim 12 , wherein detecting whether the transmission failure was due to a conversion failure comprises examining an error code.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein detecting whether the transmission failure was due to a conversion failure comprises determining whether the error code is associated with the size of the first message being too large.