Patent ID: 8595646

Claim:
A mobile terminal, comprising: a touchscreen configured to receive touch inputs for entering commands; and a controller configured to: detect whether a touch input received by the touchscreen is a first command or a second command, wherein a touch input for the first command includes substantially simultaneously touching a first point on the touchscreen and a second point on the touchscreen and removing the touch from the touchscreen at the first point while maintaining the touch on the second point on the touchscreen, and wherein a touch input for the second command including substantially simultaneously touching the first point on the touchscreen and the second point on the touchscreen and removing the touch from the touchscreen at the second point while maintaining the touch on the first point on the touchscreen; perform a first operation corresponding to the first command when the touch at the first point is removed from the touchscreen while maintaining the touch on the second point on the touchscreen; and perform a second operation corresponding to the second command and different from the first operation when the touch input at the second point is removed from the touchscreen while maintaining the touch on the first point on the touchscreen.