Apparatus and method for configuring idle screen

An apparatus for configuring an idle screen in a terminal, the apparatus comprising:

• a state sensor for sensing an environmental state;
• a memory for storing a plurality of environmental state information items each including at least one environmental state information, and a plurality of terminal function items each associated with a corresponding environmental state information item and comprising at least one terminal function;
• and
• a controller for determining an environmental state information item corresponding to a changed environmental state when a change in a current environmental state is sensed while performing a selected terminal function, updating the selected terminal function in a terminal function item corresponding to the determined environmental state information item, determining an environmental state item corresponding to the current environmental state from the memory when there is a request for displaying an idle screen, extracting one or more terminal functions of a terminal function item corresponding to the environmental state information item, and configuring the idle screen using the extracted one or more terminal functions.