Patent ID: 8787892

Claim:
A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising: setting a gesture input in response to a user input; placing the mobile terminal in a lock state; receiving a communication event; displaying alert information for notifying an occurrence of the communication event on a display module; receiving a predefined gesture input in connection with the alert information; displaying a trajectory of the gesture input upon receiving the predefined gesture input; if the trajectory of the gesture input is successfully recognized, temporarily displaying a gesture icon corresponding to the recognized trajectory; and in response to the received gesture input, releasing the mobile terminal from the locked state, and entering an operating mode corresponding to the communication event, wherein the setting the gesture input comprises: selecting an item for setting the gesture input from a display setting screen; displaying a plurality of menus corresponding to a plurality of operational functions on a first area of a display module and a plurality of gesture icons corresponding to a plurality of gesture inputs on a second area of the display module; and associating a different gesture input with each menu in response to a touch input generated by dragging and dropping one of the plurality of gesture icons onto one of the plurality of menus.