Abstract: A schedule managing method and apparatus in which the method preferably includes: displaying on a display a deadline setting icon for setting a deadline of at least one schedule; selecting the deadline setting icon; and setting the deadline of the schedule in response to the selection of the deadline setting icon. The schedule managing apparatus preferably includes: a display unit for displaying a deadline setting icon for setting a deadline of at least one schedule; a pointer for selecting the deadline setting icon displayed by the display unit; and a controller for io setting the deadline of the schedule in response to the selection of the deadline setting icon.

Abstract: A schedule managing method capable of automatically generating schedule data using data extracted from an image, and an apparatus thereof are provided. The schedule managing method preferably includes: setting at least one recognition region within an image; extracting data from the set recognition region; categorizing the extracted data according to a predetermined categorization rule; and generating schedule data using the categorized data.

Abstract: A method manages schedules in a portable terminal. The method includes: searching for at least one schedule corresponding to a preset search condition when requesting a schedule search in the portable terminal; and displaying the searched at least one schedule in a two-dimensional form having a time axis and a schedule axis according to the time sequence in case there is at least one schedule as a result of the search.

Abstract: Provided are a method of providing a user interface of a portable terminal that may output an affordance image induced such that a certain function is performed in a location in which approach of a touch input device is sensed, and an apparatus thereof. The method of providing a user interface of a portable terminal with a touch screen, includes: checking whether approach of a touch input device is sensed on the touch screen; determining a type of the sensed touch input device when the approach of the touch input device is sensed; and outputting a first affordance image corresponding to at least one function executable using a stylus at a sensed region of the approach of a stylus when the touch input device is the stylus as the determination result.

Abstract: A method of efficiently inputting a desired letter in a mobile terminal having a touch screen by providing an automatic input mode. In order to input a letter located at at least the second location in a key, the user may just maintain the first touch to sequentially display the letters allocated to the key without continuously touching the touch screen. When a letter desired by the user is displayed on a display, input of the letter may be fixed upon release of the touch. The speed at which a letter is changed is determined by a learning operation of a control unit.

Abstract: A mobile terminal and a method of displaying a menu thereof are provided. The method includes displaying a list of upper-level menus in an order on a display screen, displaying a first upper-level menu at an upper end of the display panel, a second upper-level menu that is next to the first upper-level menu in the order at a lower end of the display screen, and lower-level menus of the first upper-level menu in a list between the first upper-level menu and the second upper-level menu in response to selection of the first upper-level menu from the list of upper-level menus, and executing a selected lower-level menu in response to selection of one of the lower-level menus.

Abstract: A method and apparatus which efficiently inputs characters through a touch screen in a mobile communication terminal is provided. The method, for inputting characters through a touch screen in a mobile communication terminal, includes displaying a virtual keyboard including a plurality of keyboard keys on the touch screen in response to a character input request, inputting an input signal through the touch screen; and inputting a corresponding character, if the input signal is a click signal. If the input signal is a drag signal, the virtual keyboard is moved. Therefore, the character input method and apparatus display a virtual keyboard that is greater than the touch screen and thus reduce the user character input errors.