Patent ID: 8351915

Claim:
A method of storing status of an application by a mobile communication terminal, the application being executed on the mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: determining whether a user of the mobile communication terminal made a selection to store the status of the application under execution; in response to the selection to store the status of the application, generating and storing a single string value associated with the application, the single string value including an application parameter and application status information of the application being executed at the time of the storage of the single string value; reading the single string value associated with the application in response to a user command to execute the application; and resuming execution of the application directly to the status at the time of the storage of the single string value according to the application parameter and the application status information of the application read from the single string value; wherein the application has a hierarchical menu structure, the application status information includes information regarding a menu level corresponding to a user menu that the application displays at the time of the storage of the single string value, and the application information, which is different from the application status parameter, includes a value inputted or set by the user.