Method and apparatus for providing spin-home function for mobile communication terminal

An apparatus of providing an application selection function for a mobile communication terminal, the apparatus comprising:

• a microprocessor configured to execute an application selection program;
• a data storage module coupled to the microprocessor and configured to act as a data buffer when the application selection program is executed;
• a key input module configured to input characters and numbers, the key input module having a first key arranged for causing the execution of the application selection program;
• a display module coupled to the microprocessor and configured to display an idle screen, the idle screen displayed on the display module when said mobile communication terminal is in an idle mode;
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• a program memory encoded to store the application selection program, the application selection program being configured to cause the microprocessor to perform a method comprising:
• in response to the first key being operated by a user, initiating the application selection program and displaying a first application of a plurality of applications on the display module, the plurality of applications each having a corresponding one of a plurality of sequence numbers designated in response to an input of the user;
• in response to a second key being operated, displaying a next application of the plurality of applications on the display module as a currently displayed application according to an order of the designated plurality of sequence numbers in a circular manner, wherein only one application among the plurality of applications is displayed on the display module at a time;
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• adopting the currently displayed application as the idle screen in response to a confirmation key being operated,
• wherein the program memory is further encoded to store a screen setup program, the screen setup program being configured to cause the microprocessor to:
• display application items of one of the plurality of applications adopted as the idle screen on the LCD display module when the user operates a predetermined key button while the mobile communication terminal is in the idle mode, and
• toggle on/off the displayed idle screen corresponding to the adopted application in accordance with user selection when the user selects at least one of the application items.

A method of changing an idle screen for a mobile terminal having a first key, a second key, and a confirmation key, the method comprising:

• designating a plurality of sequence numbers to a corresponding plurality of applications in response to an input of a user;
• in response to the first key being operated by the user, initiating an application selection program stored in a program memory of the mobile terminal and displaying one of the plurality of applications having a smallest sequence number among the plurality of applications on a display module of the mobile terminal, thereby the one of the plurality of applications becoming a currently displayed application;
• in response to the second key being operated, executing the application selection program and displaying a next application on the display module, the next application being next to the currently displayed application according to an order of the designated plurality of sequence numbers in a circular manner, thereby the next application becoming the currently displayed application, wherein only one application among the plurality of applications is displayed on the display module at a time together with a plurality of indicators corresponding to the plurality of sequence numbers;
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• in response to the confirmation key being operated, adopting the currently displayed application as the idle screen, the idle screen being displayed on the display module when the mobile terminal is in an idle mode.

A method of providing an application selection function for a mobile communication terminal having a key input module, a microprocessor, a program memory, a data storage module, and a display module, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) designating a plurality of sequence numbers to a corresponding plurality of applications in response to an input of a user;
• (b) running an application selection program stored in the program memory when the user operates a first key button for driving the application selection program, and displaying a first application of the plurality of applications on the display module;
• (c) displaying a next application of the plurality of applications according to an order of the designated plurality of sequence numbers, in a circular manner, on the display module every time the user operates a second key button;
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• (d) adopting an application currently displayed on the display module as an idle screen when the user operates a confirmation key button, the idle screen being displayed on the display module when said mobile communication terminal is in an idle mode,
• wherein in step (c), only one application among the plurality of applications is displayed on the display module at a time, and
• wherein step (c) comprises displaying on the display module, together with only one application among the plurality of applications, a plurality of indicators corresponding to the plurality of sequence numbers.