Abstract: A mobile terminal having a touch sensor-equipped input device and its control method are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes: a user input unit in which a keypad-printed layer and a touch sensor overlap with each other; and a controller that controls an operation mode of the user input unit in a touch pad and/or a touch keypad mode according to whether or not a cursor is in use.

Abstract: A mobile communication terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal, an application driving unit configured to implement a chatting session with the at least one other terminal using the wireless communication unit, a display unit configured to display chatting information according to an operation of the application driving unit, and a controller configured to control the display unit to display a chatting screen including information on an event external to the chatting session that occurs during the chatting session and to maintain displaying the chatting screen.

Abstract: A file management method of a mobile terminal, the method including entering a mode configured to receive a file identifier, detecting the file identifier via an input device, associating the file identifier with the a file location in the mobile terminal, and detecting a selection of at least one file from a displayed file list, wherein the selected at least one file is accessible from the file location when an input value matches the file identifier.

Abstract: A mobile communication terminal and a method of multi-tasking in the terminal are provided. The mobile communication terminal displays a first task display associated with a first application task, receives a request to execute a second application task while the first application task is being performed, and displays a second task display associated with the second application task, wherein the second task display at least partially replaces the first task display, at least a portion of the second task display is identified by an active cursor configured to allow a user to select a function associated with the second application task, and at least one display feature of the active cursor indicates that the first application task is being concurrently performed.

Abstract: A method of operating a mobile communication device. The method includes receiving a website address, receiving an alarm time, accessing a website corresponding to the website address upon arrival of the alarm time, and outputting an alarm signal in combination with accessing the website.

Abstract: A mobile communication terminal and method of changing a function mode are provided. The present invention provides a user interface capable of changing its function according to a rotation of a body of the mobile communication terminal. The present invention includes a first body having a display unit, a second body, a connecting part connecting the first and second bodies together to enable the first and second bodies to mutually rotate centering on a prescribed axis, and a control unit arranged to change a function by determining a relative rotation direction between the first and second bodies, and to display an image corresponding to the changed function on the display unit.

Abstract: A method for providing light feedback responsive to user contact with an input device includes receiving user contact at an input area associated with a touchpad that includes a plurality of regions, and identifying which region of the touchpad is associated with the user contact. The method further includes navigating items displayed on an associated display, which is separate from the input area, responsive to the user contact, and generating light responsive to the user contact from at least one light emitting device at a location proximately located to the user contact.

Abstract: A mobile terminal is disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a first body including a display for displaying information, and a second body including a receiving part for receiving the first body. The receiving part has a part of the surface cut out to enable the display to display information while the first body is at least partially received by the second body.

Abstract: A mobile communication terminal and method of processing a key signal thereof are provided, by which both a function of a touch type key button and a function of a touch wheel may be performed in one area on a touch panel. The present invention includes recognizing a touch on the touch panel and generating a first key signal based on the movement of the touched position if a touched position of the touch panel is moved by maintaining the touch and generating a numeral key signal corresponding to the touched position if the touch is made on one point on the touch panel which displays a numeral key.

Abstract: A mobile terminal and method of controlling a display device are provided. The present invention includes a display unit displaying information and a control unit controlling the display of the information according to whether luminescence conversion is performed, the luminescence conversion converting a plane luminescence of the display unit to a plurality of dot luminescences. A user can be provided with a substantially analog type information display as well as a digital type information display by loading the luminescence converting unit, such as a plate having a plurality of holes and a semitransparent film, on a display unit of a mobile terminal or by displaying an image having a configuration of the plate.

Abstract: A method of providing data in a mobile terminal, which includes detecting whether or not at least one luminous element among a plurality of luminous elements included in a display of the terminal has been contacted, and controlling a luminescence of said at least one luminous element if the detecting step determines the at least one luminous element has been contacted.

Abstract: A mobile terminal keypad is provided having a plurality of key switches on the keypad that provides a first signal or a second signal according to the pressure applied to the key switch. In each of the plurality of key switches, a plate is provided to sequentially contact with a first contact and a second contact according to the applied pressure.

Abstract: A mobile terminal and a method for managing information in the mobile terminal is achieved by storing a plurality of digital files for one or more persons that respectively have a dedicated memory location, linking the stored digital files with their respective persons previously stored in a contact list, and retrieving the linked digital files related to a particular person, when communication with that particular person is to be performed or is in progress.

Abstract: An input device of a mobile communication terminal for successively and rapidly performing functions is disclosed. The input device includes a belt being successively slidable by an external force, a plurality of rollers being rotated by the sliding of the belt, a sensor unit for detecting the rotation of the roller, and a controller for executing at least one function according to an electric signal generated from the sensor unit.