Patent ID: 8332762

Claim:
A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising: establishing a messaging session with at least one other terminal; designating a portion of information included in chat content input during the messaging session; storing the designated portion of information in a memory of the mobile terminal, the designated portion of information including scheduling information; receiving an input search signal requesting a message inbox including at least one previous messaging session conducted on the mobile terminal be searched for the designated portion of information; searching the message inbox to determine if the at least one previous messaging session includes the designated portion of information upon receiving the input search signal, the at least one previous messaging session including a plurality of messaging sessions; displaying at least a part of chat contents of said at least one messaging session that includes the designated portion of information when the searching step determines said at least one previous messaging session includes the designated portion of information; and scrolling through the plurality of messaging sessions, wherein the displaying step displays said at least the part of the chat contents of each of the messaging sessions in a preview form that includes the designated portion of information as the plurality of message sessions are being scrolled through, wherein said at least the part of the chat contents in the preview form is automatically changed based on a position of the designated portion of information for each scrolled messaging session, wherein the displaying step displays a scheduler including the schedule information upon receiving an input signal requesting a schedule update through the message inbox and displays at least a part of chat contents of said at least one messaging session in a preview form that includes the designated portion of information when the schedule information in the scheduler is designated, wherein, when the displaying step simultaneously displays part of chat contents for at least two messaging sessions on separate windows, the size of each window is set to be different, wherein the method further comprises: displaying a list of previous messaging sessions that include the designated portion of information; and receiving a selection signal indicating a selection of one of the displayed list of previous messaging sessions, wherein the displaying said at least the part of the chat contents displays said at least the part of the chat contents of the selected one of the displayed list of previous messaging sessions, and wherein the displaying step displays said at least the part of the chat contents in a separate pop-up window.