Patent ID: 8868901

Claim:
A mobile terminal, comprising: a communication unit configured to communicate with at least one external terminal; a memory configured to store at least a first operating system configured to implement a first mode and a second operating system configured to implement a second mode, respectively; and a controller configured to execute the first operating system and to activate the first mode corresponding to the first operating system, to display a first information screen on a display unit corresponding to the activated first mode, to receive a switching signal indicating the first mode is to be switched to the second mode, to activate the second mode and deactivate the first mode, and to display a second information screen on the display unit corresponding to the second mode and that is different than the first information screen, wherein if the switching signal is received in the course of executing a specific application that can be executed in common with the first mode and the second mode, the controller determines whether the first mode and the second mode differ from each other in at least one feature of the specific application, and if the at least one feature is different from each other, the controller stops executing the specific application and re-executes the specific application in accordance with the least one feature corresponding to the second mode.