Patent ID: 8893056

Claim:
A mobile terminal comprising: a touchscreen; and a controller configured to control display of at least one executed application, wherein the touchscreen receives a first input for designating a first region on a screen of the touchscreen while the first application being executed in a foreground is displayed on the touchscreen, and the controller controls the touchscreen to display a menu list on the first region in response to the first input, wherein the menu list comprises a list of the at least one executed application, the list including a second application being executed in the background, wherein a prescribed visual effect is applied to a second region to indicate the background execution of the second application while a region to indicate the application displayed in the menu list selected without executing the second application in the foreground, wherein the second region corresponds to a last position on which the second application was displayed when the second application was executed in the foreground, wherein the touchscreen receives a second input for selecting the second application from the menu list, and the controller controls the touchscreen to display the second application being executed in a background on the first region or the second region on the touchscreen in response to the second input, the second region being different from the first region, and wherein the controller controls the touchscreen to display the second application on the second region in response to the second input.