Patent ID: 8599153

Claim:
An apparatus to execute a hot key function of a mobile terminal, the apparatus comprising: a touch detection unit to detect a touch on an item associated with a hot key function; a motion detection unit to detect a motion direction of the mobile terminal; and a controller configured to execute the hot key function if the touch detection unit detects the touch and the motion detection unit detects the motion direction of the mobile terminal, wherein the hot key function comprises at least one of a data sorting function, a file data management function, a message management function, and a mode conversion function, and wherein the controller is configured to convert an input mode of an input interface to a first input mode corresponding to a first motion direction if the hot key function corresponds to the mode conversion function and the motion direction of the mobile terminal corresponds to the first motion direction, and to convert an input mode of the input interface to a second input mode corresponding to a second motion direction if the hot key function corresponds to the mode conversion function and the motion direction of the mobile terminal corresponds to the second motion direction.