Patent ID: 8627235

Claim:
A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising: displaying, via a controller, at least one first function icon on a standby screen on a touchscreen of the mobile terminal; entering a touch gesture setting mode configured to allow a user to input a user-drawn first input gesture that is to be associated with the first function icon; assigning, via the controller, the user-drawn first input gesture to the first function icon displayed on the standby screen such that a first function corresponding to the first function icon is to be executed when the user-drawn first input gesture is performed on the standby screen after assigning the user-drawn first input gesture to the first function icon; removing, via the controller, the first function icon from the standby screen in response to assigning the user-drawn first input gesture to the first function icon; receiving, via the controller, an input gesture on the standby screen; executing the first function if the received input gesture on the standby screen matches the user-drawn first input gesture; receiving, via an input unit, a canceling signal indicating the cancelation of the assignment of the user-drawn first input gesture to the first function icon; canceling the assignment of the user-drawn first input gesture to the first function icon; and re-displaying the first function icon on the standby screen in response to the cancelation of the gesture assignment, wherein the first function icon is selectively displayed on the touch screen based on whether or not the user-drawn first input gesture is assigned to the first function icon.