Patent ID: 7742585

Claim:
A mobile communication terminal, comprising: image displaying means for displaying an image; a main control unit for controlling said image displaying means; and application program executing means for executing an application program, wherein said application program executing means includes: means for receiving a command to suspend the execution of the application program; means for suspending the application program in response to the command; means for sending a function transition request instruction to make a transition to a function specified by the application program to the main control unit; and means for resuming the application program that is suspended upon receipt of a resume request instruction from the main control unit, wherein the main control unit includes: control means for controlling said image displaying means to display one of an initial screen of the function and a menu screen for selecting the function while the application program is suspended, based on the function transition request instruction; and means for outputting a resume request instruction to the application program executing means in response to performance of an operation to resume the application program.