Patent ID: 8126431

Claim:
A method of providing a user interface of a mobile terminal, comprising: permitting operation of the mobile terminal in a first mode, wherein during the first mode the mobile terminal is enabled to perform functions related to communication services and is enabled to perform functions related to non-communication services; switching the operation of the mobile terminal from the first mode to a flight mode responsive to first user input received at the mobile terminal, wherein during the flight mode the mobile terminal cannot perform the functions related to the communication services and is enabled to perform the functions related to non-communication services; displaying on a display of the mobile terminal, during a period of time of the flight mode, a menu screen that depicts the functions related to the communication services and depicts the functions related to the non-communication services; receiving second user input at the mobile terminal during a period of time of the flight mode, wherein the second user input represents a user request for performing a selected one of the functions related to the communication services or one of the functions related to the non-communication services; and displaying a message on the display when the second user input represents a user request for performing a communication function related to one of the communications services, wherein the message requests release of the flight mode in order to perform the communication function.