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Abstract

There are provided an apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving a long message by SMS (Short Message Service) in a digital portable terminal. Upon request of the SMS message transmission, a message inputted by a user is read. The read message is divided into a plurality of shorter messages with a predetermined length if the read message exceeds the maximum allowable SMS message. A header having a long message ID and divided message sequence information are generated for each divided message. The short divided messages are generated by assembling each divided message with a header and transmitting successively in an appropriate order. Upon receipt of the successive short messages, a predetermined unique long message ID is detected from the header of each short message, and the message sequence information is read from the header if the long message ID is detected from the header. The successive short messages are re-assembled based on the long message ID and the message sequence information, and the re-assembled long message is generated and stored; then, the stored long message is displayed upon user request.

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