Patent ID: 8712476
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of providing an application selection function for a mobile communication terminal having a key input module, a microprocessor, a program memory, a data storage module, and a display module, the method comprising the steps of: (a) designating a plurality of sequence numbers to a corresponding plurality of applications in response to an input of a user; (b) running an application selection program stored in the program memory when the user operates a first key button for driving the application selection program, and displaying a first application of the plurality of applications on the display module; (c) displaying a next application of the plurality of applications according to an order of the designated plurality of sequence numbers, in a circular manner, on the display module every time the user operates a second key button; and (d) adopting an application currently displayed on the display module as an idle screen when the user operates a confirmation key button, the idle screen being displayed on the display module when said mobile communication terminal is in an idle mode, wherein in step (c), only one application among the plurality of applications is displayed on the display module at a time, and wherein step (a) includes the steps of: