Patent ID: 7966035
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a mobile terminal having a first display portion and a second display portion, the method comprising: determining a type of a first task being executed and displayed on the first display portion of the mobile terminal upon detection of an activation of a function key configured for a second task to be executed and displayed on the second display portion of the mobile terminal, wherein the type of the first task is designated as either a screen occupation task or a non-screen occupation task, and wherein the second display portion is a part of the first display portion; and disabling the function key to cancel execution of the second task and maintaining the first task displayed on the first display portion of the mobile terminal when the type of the first task displayed on the first display portion is determined as the screen occupation task and displaying the second task on the second display portion of the mobile terminal when the type of the first task displayed on the first display portion is determined as the non-screen occupation task.