Patent ID: 8161400

Claim:
A data processing apparatus of a mobile terminal, the apparatus comprising: a storage unit for storing data and at least one application for processing the data; a touch screen display unit for displaying the data on a first screen region of the touch screen display unit and two or more menu icons on a second screen region of the touch screen display unit, each of the two or more menu icons being linked to a corresponding one of the at least one application and the touch screen display unit receiving a drag-and-drop input; a controller operatively coupled with the storage unit and the display unit and configured to process a selected one of the stored data by executing an application linked to a selected menu icon of the two or more menu icons, wherein the controller is further configured to: cause displaying of a plurality of image lists on the touch screen display unit, at least one of the plurality of image lists comprising two or more of the stored data, receive a selection of the at least one of the plurality of image lists, cause displaying of the two or more stored data included in the selected at least one of the plurality of image lists on the first screen region, cause displaying of a plurality of menu icons of the two or more menu icons on the second screen region, receive a selection of one of the two or more stored data, stop displaying of menu icons among the plurality of menu icons that are not linked to applications that can process the selected one of the two or more stored data in response to the selection of the one of the two or more stored data, cause displaying of only menu icons among the plurality of menu icons that are linked to the applications that can process the selected one of the two or more stored data such that a number of menu icons decreases in response to the selection of the one of the two or more stored data when not all of the plurality of menu icons are linked to the applications that can process the selected one of the two or more stored data, receive the drag-and-drop input comprising dragging the selected one of the two or more stored data from the first screen region and dropping the dragged one of the two or more stored data onto a selected one of the plurality of menu icons displayed on the second screen region, the second screen region displaying only the menu icons that are linked to the applications that can process the dragged one of the two or more stored data, and process the selected one of the two or more stored data by executing the application linked to the selected one of the plurality of menu icons in response to the drag-and-drop input; and a notification unit operably coupled with the controller and generating a notification message for notifying completion of the processing, the notification message being displayed on the touch screen display unit upon completing the processing of the selected one of the two or more stored data.