Patent ID: 8782561

Claim:
An onscreen function execution method for a mobile terminal having a display, the method comprising: displaying an idle mode screen having a widget box containing at least one widget icon; arranging on the idle mode screen at least one widget by moving the at least one widget icon representing the at least one widget out of the widget box and positioning and displaying the at least one widget icon at a position on the idle mode screen; executing at least one file associated with the at least one widget on the widget box, if a widget selection command is detected on the at least one widget positioned on the idle mode screen, by keeping the at least one widget displayed on the idle mode screen in addition to displaying the at least one executable file associated with the at least one widget displayed on the idle mode screen in response to the widget selection command; and selecting the executable file associated with the at least one widget displayed on the idle mode screen and moving the selected executable file onto the at least one widget icon positioned on the idle mode screen.