Patent ID: 8549426

Claim:
A method for displaying an on-screen image in a mobile telecommunications handset, the method comprising: recognizing connection of an earphone to the mobile telecommunications handset for outputting an audio component of a multimedia application when the mobile telecommunications handset is in an idle state due to call inactivity; displaying, on a display of the mobile telecommunications handset, a multimedia menu comprising a plurality of selectable items each corresponding to one of a plurality of multimedia applications that are activatable in response to recognizing connection of the earphone, wherein the mobile telecommunications handset is no longer in the idle state when displaying the multimedia menu; selecting one multimedia application of the plurality of multimedia applications in response to selection of one of the plurality of items from the displayed multimedia menu to perform the selected one multimedia application; outputting audible data via the earphone and outputting visual data via the display when the selected one multimedia application is performed; detecting removal of the earphone from the mobile telecommunications handset while performing the selected one multimedia application; and stopping performance of the selected one multimedia application and displaying one image from the visual data in response to detecting removal of the earphone, wherein: the output audible data and visual data are from a same multimedia content that is reproduced when the selected one multimedia application is performed; the visual data comprises video data; and the one image of the visual data is continuously displayed until further user interaction after performing the selected one multimedia application.