Patent ID: 8332770

Claim:
A method for providing a character deletion function by a terminal equipped with a touch-screen, the method comprising the steps of; displaying a plurality of deletion items with designated respective deletion schemes when there is a request for a deletion mode while inputting characters, wherein the deletion items represent items for performing deletion functions corresponding to the deletion schemes which represent schemes for deleting the input characters based on a cursor location on the touch-screen; determining if a Drag event occurs, after a Press event occurs in an area where at least one of the plurality of deletion items is displayed; determining if a Release event occurs, when the Drag event occurs; deleting the input characters in a deletion scheme corresponding to one of the plurality of deletion items having an area where the Release event occurs, when the Release event occurs; calculating a number of areas through which a reverse Drag event occurs when the Drag event occurs in a reverse direction after the Drag event occurs; and recovering the deleted characters by the calculated number of areas and displaying the recovered characters.