Patent ID: 8280413

Claim:
A method for displaying world time information in a mobile terminal, the method comprising: executing a world time display function according to the occurrence of an event; and displaying, on a display unit of the mobile terminal, time information and representative information of an area selected according to the executed world time display function, wherein the time information includes texts, and the representative information corresponds to at least one image that represents the selected area, wherein the at least one image of the selected area includes at least one of animals and plants, country information, information about popular tourist attractions, weather conditions, seasons, a used language, a country code and an area code, and wherein the display unit includes a first display region and a second display region, the first display region that displays one or more of a map image, a list of area names and a search word input window to allow user selection of a particular area, and the second display region that displays a combination of the texts and the at least one image.