Apparatus and method for providing virtual graffiti and recording medium for the same

A method for providing a virtual graffiti function using a touch-screen display which displays information on its touch-screen display and at the same time receives user-entry data created by a user touching the touch-screen display, comprising the steps of:

• a) transparently overlapping, in accordance with a control of a controller connected to the touch screen display, a graffiti screen image and a main screen image in a virtual graffiti area of the touch screen display for providing a portion of the screen with virtual graffiti when the virtual graffiti function is enabled, and displaying the overlapped image;
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• b) classifying the user-entry data created by the user touching the touch-screen display into application execution entry data and graffiti entry data according to at least one of the touched position and a manner in which the user touches the virtual graffiti area, and processing the classified user-entry data according to the classification.

A computer-readable recording medium for storing an execution program for use in an apparatus including a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a touch-screen display which displays information on its screen and at the same time receives user-entry data created by a user touching the screen, comprising the steps of:

• a) transparently overlapping a graffiti screen image and a main screen image in a virtual graffiti area of the touch-screen display for providing a portion of the screen with virtual graffiti when a virtual graffiti function is enabled, and displaying the overlapped image;
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• b) classifying the user entry-data created by the user touching the touch-screen display into application execution entry data according to at least one of the touched position and a manner in which the user touches the virtual graffiti input area, and processing the classified user-entry data according to the classification.