Patent ID: 8131807
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: G06Q,H04M

Abstract:
1. A mobile communication terminal comprising: a radio interface which communicates with a base station; a storage unit which stores an email received via the radio interface and a plurality of pictograms, wherein the pictograms indicate (i) that an unread email is stored in the storage unit and (ii) a type of the unread email; and a control unit which detects a reception status stored in the storage unit of an email in the storage unit, requests a header of the email when the reception status indicates that the header is missing, updates the reception status of the email once the header of the email is received and stored in the storage unit, requests a text of the email when the reception status indicates that the text is missing, updates the reception status of the email once the text of the email is received and stored in the storage unit, detects whether an email in the storage unit remains unread, determines a type of the detected unread email if it is detected that an email remains unread, selects one pictogram from the plurality of pictograms in accordance with the determined type of the detected unread email, and displays the selected pictogram on a display unit while the detected unread email remains unread; wherein the selected pictogram is displayed in a pictogram display area of the display unit at a position on the display unit that is independent of an operational state of the mobile communication terminal.