Patent ID: 8423087

Claim:
A mobile terminal, comprising: a display unit configured to simultaneously display, on a touch screen, a message list region for displaying at least part of message data searched in a memory of the mobile terminal, a phonebook list region for displaying at least part of phonebook data searched in the memory, and a user input region for inputting information used to search the message and phonebook data in the memory; an activating unit configured to activate at least one of the message list region and the phonebook list region, wherein the activating unit comprises a first icon for activating the message list region and a second icon for activating the phonebook list region; an inputting unit configured to input contents in the user input region; and a control unit configured to: search the message data in the memory for the contents input into the user input region and to control the display unit to display at least one message including the contents input through the user input region in the message list region when the message list region is activated via a selecting of the first icon, search the phonebook data in the memory for the contents input into the user input region and to control the display unit to display at least one phonebook data item including the contents input through the user input region in the phonebook list region when the phonebook list region is activated via a selecting of the second icon, wherein the message list region, the phonebook list region, and the user input region are contained within a same single display screen without displaying an additional screen on the mobile terminal such that when the contents are input through the user input region, the at least one message including the input contents are displayed in the message list region when the message list region is activated and the at least one phonebook data item including the contents input through the user input region are displayed in the phonebook list region when the phonebook list region is activated, receive a touch input for selecting one of the at least one message displayed in the message list region, receive a drag input for moving the selected message to one of the at least one phonebook data item displayed in the phonebook list region, and transmit the selected message to a recipient corresponding to the phonebook data item to which the drag input is moved.