Patent ID: 8565741

Claim:
A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising: acquiring plural channel information of a broadcasting program of a plurality of mobile terminals communicating with the mobile terminal through an instant messaging client, wherein the instant messaging client is connected to a wireless internet through a wireless internet module, and wherein the plurality of mobile terminals are parties registered on the instant messaging client; displaying the plurality of mobile terminals being registered on the instant messaging client; displaying a current state of each the displayed plurality of mobile terminals, wherein the current state is based on the acquired plural channel information and comprises a channel name of the broadcast program and whether or not the broadcast program is being received; arranging the plurality of mobile terminals according to multiple specific standards; receiving a selection signal corresponding to a selection of at least one channel information item among the displayed plural channel information; and outputting the broadcasting program corresponding to the selected channel information item, wherein, in the arranging step, the registered plurality of mobile terminals are arranged to at least one group according to a first specific standard, and at least one of the mobile terminals included in each group are arranged according to a second specific standard, and wherein, in the outputting step, the broadcasting program is displayed in a background, at least two chatting messages are displayed in an overlapping manner with the displayed broadcast program, and at least two chatting messages are displayed relatively less transparent than the broadcasting program by controlling a transparency of the at least two chatting messages if a chatting session is performed.