Patent ID: 8645996

Claim:
A method for providing a graphical user interface in a digital television, the method comprising: displaying virtual keys on a screen, the virtual keys being provided in a plurality of regions, each region having an identifier and characters that are unique from other regions; in response to receiving first input corresponding to selection of the identifier for selection of a desired character, displaying, on the screen, a single character within a region corresponding to the identifier differently from other characters during a user ID input mode; and in response to receiving second input corresponding to selection of the identifier for selection of a desired character, displaying, on the screen, multiple characters differently from other characters during a password input mode, wherein each of the multiple characters has a same column direction or a same row direction, and wherein a specific character among the multiple characters is positioned in a first region corresponding to the identifier, the other characters among the multiple characters are positioned in a second region, and the second region is different from the first region.