Patent ID: 8036713

Claim:
A method for providing a standby screen image of a mobile terminal, comprising: displaying, by the mobile terminal, a standby screen image of a certain theme; displaying, by the mobile terminal, call and battery related icons on the standby screen image, the call and battery related icons having a fixed size relative to the standby screen image; and changing, by the mobile terminal and according to a usage amount of the mobile terminal, the displayed standby screen image according to a story having a beginning, a middle and an end, wherein the usage amount of the terminal corresponds to a number of calls transmitted or a number of messages transmitted, wherein the step of changing the displayed standby screen image includes changing a size of an item in the displayed standby screen image according to the usage amount of the mobile terminal or causing the item in the displayed standby screen image to move according to the usage amount of the mobile terminal, and wherein the step of changing the displayed standby screen image includes varying a pace through the story depending on the usage amount, a duration of a current call and one of an identifier (ID) of a recipient of the current call and an identifier (ID) of a recipient of a current message.