Patent ID: 8654091

Claim:
A mobile terminal comprising: a touchscreen configured to display: at least one home screen or a lock screen; and a controller configured to: control the touchscreen to display the at least one home screen when the mobile terminal is in a standby state, one of the at least one home screen including at least one object; control the touchscreen to display the lock screen when the mobile terminal is switched to a locked state, wherein an unlock icon and an unlock path are displayed as a main unlock graphic on the lock screen; and control the mobile terminal to be released from the locked state when the unlock icon is touch-dragged along the unlock path, wherein the controller is further configured to: in response to occurrence of a first event during the locked state, control the touchscreen to display a first event indicator on the lock screen together with the main unlock graphic; and in response to occurrence of a second event after the occurrence of the first event during the locked state, control the touchscreen to display a second event indicator on the lock screen together with the main unlock graphic and the first event indicator, and wherein: when the first event indicator is touch-dragged along its corresponding first event path on the lock screen, the mobile terminal is released from the locked state such that the lock screen is directly changed into a first event screen associated with the first event, and when the second event indicator is touch-dragged along its corresponding second event path on the lock screen, the mobile terminal is released from the locked state such that the lock screen is directly changed into a second event screen associated with the second event, wherein the first event indicator associated with the first event occurring earlier than the second event is displayed closer to the main unlock graphic than the second event indicator associated with the second event occurring later than the first event, wherein a first event type of the first event is indicated within the first event indicator, and a second event type of the second event is indicated within the second event indicator; wherein the first event is related to a first message from a first counterpart during the locked state, the second event is related to a call from a second counterpart after receiving the first message during the locked state; and wherein the first and second event paths associated with the first and second events are longer than the unlock path of the main unlock graphic.