Patent ID: 8165567

Claim:
A method of customizing a user interface of a mobile communication terminal according to a user preference and a theme pack content, in a system including a wireless access network, a mobile communication network, and a content-providing server, the wireless access network being a ground-based infrastructure for wirelessly exchanging data with the mobile communication terminal based on a predetermined protocol and for relaying a theme pack service in which the user interface of the mobile communication terminal is capable of being altered according to the user preference, the mobile communication network including a set of communication equipment for providing voice telephone and data exchange services and for relaying the theme pack service to the mobile communication terminal, the content-providing server for providing the mobile communication terminal with the theme pack content corresponding to a multimedia content for using the theme pack service, the method comprising: (a) interworking with the content-providing server; (b) generating the theme pack content selectively formed according to the user preference through the content-providing server; (c) downloading the theme pack content; and (d) changing the user interface by using the theme pack content, including: (d1) separating an original background screen image and an original menu configuration image from the user interface, and temporarily storing separated original background screen image and original menu configuration image in a virtual area of a program storage provided in the mobile communication terminal; (d2) extracting an alteration background screen image from the theme pack content, overlapping the alteration background screen image with the original menu configuration image, and transparently processing an overlapping portion; and (d3) applying ring tone and effect sound included in the theme pack content to the user interface.