Patent ID: 7660604
Filing Date: 2010-02-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A mobile terminal comprising: a controller, to be instructed by a multi-processing operating system to execute a plurality of application programs in parallel using respective different memory regions, to switch a current screen theme of a GUI (graphical user interface) screen of an application program to a prospective screen theme, the GUI screen including two or more GUI tools of a same type and being displayed on a display of said mobile terminal; and a storage to store a plurality of screen theme definition data sets, one defining each of a plurality of screen themes; wherein said controller is configured to (a) load one of the plural screen theme definition data sets stored in said storage, which screen theme definition data set defines the prospective screen theme, into a memory region reserved for the application program, and (b) draw the two or more GUI tools of a same type included in the GUI screen using the loaded screen theme definition data set, which is stored in the memory region for the application program.