Patent ID: 8316325

Claim:
A method for controlling a display of a mobile terminal, the method comprising: displaying images execution screens related to a plurality of tasks on the display of the mobile terminal, the plurality of tasks executed during a standby state of the mobile terminal; storing information related to the plurality of tasks in a memory of the mobile terminal; hiding the execution screens on the display of the mobile terminal when an operational mode of the mobile terminal is converted to an idle state; displaying a list of the plurality of tasks executed during the standby state on the display of the mobile terminal based on the information related to the plurality of tasks in response to a conversion of the operational mode of the mobile terminal from the idle state back to the standby state; and displaying the execution screen corresponding to one of the plurality of tasks on the display of the mobile terminal when the one of the plurality of tasks is selected from the list of the plurality of tasks, wherein the standby state indicates the operational mode of the mobile terminal during which a user command is entered and executed, wherein the idle state indicates the operational mode of the mobile terminal during which only minimum functions relating to radio transmission/reception for the mobile terminal are performed; wherein displaying the list of the plurality of tasks executed during the standby state comprises displaying an icon related to each of the plurality of tasks, the icon comprising a moving image or a stationary image; and wherein the icon related to each of the plurality of tasks comprises an image indicating either contents or a type of information associated with each of the plurality of tasks.