Patent ID: 8341549

Claim:
A method for arranging a plurality of symbols for display and selection in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: configuring the plurality of symbols into a plurality of symbol sets, wherein each one of the plurality of symbol sets comprises at least two symbols and the plurality of symbol sets are configured to be displayed one by one in a predetermined sequence in response to a plurality of symbol requests, each one of the plurality of symbol sets being displayed in response to a corresponding one of the plurality of symbol requests; receiving a first symbol request; displaying a first symbol set in response to the first symbol request; receiving an input for selecting at least one of a plurality of symbols listed in the first symbol set; and displaying the selected at least one of the plurality of symbols in response to the input, wherein the first symbol set comprises a user's last selected symbol and one or more symbols that are often used together with the last selected symbol, the one or more symbols determined according to a history of the user's symbol use.