Patent ID: 9122518
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a predetermined function of a second work process during a first work process in a multitasking mobile terminal that performs the first work process and the second work process, the method comprising: while performing the first work process, displaying an icon corresponding to the first work process, the displayed icon being displayed together with a screen of the first work process in a display, wherein the icon corresponding to the first work process is displayed in a designated portion of the display, the displayed icon corresponding to the first work process not including an icon corresponding to the second work process; in response to a first command for sequentially displaying icons, performing sequential display of icons such that the icon corresponding to the second work process is displayed, wherein the icon corresponding to the second work process is displayed in the designated portion of the display replacing the icon corresponding to the first work process, and, in the designated portion of the display, the icon corresponding to the second work process is configured to be replaced with an icon corresponding to a third work process in response to another first command; in response to a second command for selecting the icon corresponding to the second work process among the sequentially displayed icons, replacing the screen of the first work process with a screen of the second work process, wherein an icon to be displayed in the designated portion is replaced with an icon that is different from the icon corresponding to the second work process in response to the second command; controlling the multitasking of the second work process and the first work process in response to the second command; in response to a third command for activating a pop-up for controlling a predetermined function of the first work process, activating the pop-up for controlling the predetermined function of the first work process; and in response to a fourth command for controlling the predetermined function of the first work process through the activated pop-up, controlling the predetermined function of the first work process through the activated pop-up.