Patent ID: 8170620

Claim:
A mobile terminal comprising: a display unit; a sensing unit; and a controller configured to: display a first keypad in a first display portion of the display unit and information entered using the first keypad in a second display portion of the display unit; display keypad indicators indicating at least one second keypad that is different from the first keypad when a touch input applied on the first display portion and sensed by the sensing unit lasts longer than a preset time; and change the first keypad displayed in the first display portion to the at least one second keypad when the touch input is dragged toward a keypad indicator corresponding to the second keypad for more than a predetermined distance, wherein the first keypad includes a plurality of first inputtable keys, and the second keypad includes a plurality of second inputtable keys, wherein the information is entered and displayed on the second display portion when the touch input applied on the first display portion lasts less than the preset time, wherein the sensing unit is further configured to detect a touch input applied on a portion of the information displayed in the second display portion, and the controller is further configured to automatically change the first keypad into the second keypad based on a type of the portion of the information without further input, and wherein when the type of the portion of the information is a character, the second keypad is a character keypad, and when the type of the portion of the information is a number, the second keypad is a number keypad, and when the type of the portion of the information is a symbol, the second keypad is a symbol keypad.