Patent ID: 8483765
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for running a plurality of applications simultaneously in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: running a first application in a foreground mode in accordance with a first input operation start command; running a second application in a background mode in accordance with a second input operation start command; determining whether a first key button is input using an input unit located on the mobile communication terminal or whether a second key button is input using an external I/O device coupled through wire or wirelessly to the mobile communication terminal; generating a first control command corresponding to the first key button input, if the first key button is input; controlling the operation of the second application, using the generated control command; generating a second control command corresponding to the second key button input, if the second key button is input; controlling the operation of the first application, using the generated second control command, switching the first application in the foreground mode and the second application in the background mode with each other, if the input control unit generates and outputs a mode conversion command in accordance with the first set key button input; and determining whether the mode conversion command is input again; and re-setting the operation mode to have the first application run in the foreground mode and the second application run in the background mode if the mode conversion command is input again.