Patent ID: 8538459

Claim:
A method for configuring a screen of a mobile terminal, comprising: collecting, by the mobile terminal, status information of the mobile terminal and usage information of the mobile terminal while menus displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal are used, wherein the status information includes location information of the mobile terminal recognized through at least one of a global positioning system (GPS), 3G network, or Wi-Fi network; forming a menu usage pattern based on at least one of the status information or the usage information; displaying menus in a first configuration on the screen based on the menu usage pattern and first status information of the mobile terminal detected when the screen enters an idle mode; comparing the first status information and second status information of the mobile terminal detected at a predetermined time period from since the screen enters the idle mode; and changing the menus from the first configuration to a second configuration based on a difference between the first status information and the second status information, wherein the first status information is different from the second status information and the menus in the first configuration are different from the menus in the second configuration.