Patent ID: 9098194
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A keypad display method of a mobile terminal, the method comprising: executing a message application; displaying a display window associated with the executed message application; displaying a virtual keypad including a plurality of character keys while the message application is executed such that the display window and the virtual keypad are displayed together, wherein the plurality of character keys are displayed in a plurality of fonts; setting a font of at least one input character to be entered and displayed in the display window based on a font of a particular character key of the plurality of character keys in response to user selection of the particular character key; displaying data externally received via the message application in the display window such that the virtual keypad is displayed together with the externally received data while the message application is executed, the externally received data including at least one user-selectable emoticon that is movable; allocating a user-selectable emoticon of the at least one user-selectable emoticon directly to a specific character key selected among the plurality of character keys displayed while the message application is executed when the user-selectable emoticon is touched and moved from the externally received data to the specific character key of the virtual keypad such that the allocated emoticon is included in the selected specific character key of the displayed virtual keypad in response to the touching and moving of the user-selectable emoticon while the externally received data is displayed in the display window; and displaying the user-selectable emoticon on the display window in response to an input via the character key.