Mobile terminal displaying application execution icon groups for corresponding predetermined events

A mobile terminal comprising:

• a touch screen;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• display a first screen on the touch screen, the first screen including a first region including a first plurality of application icons and a second region including a second plurality of application icons,
• display a second screen on the first region when an incoming event is generated, wherein the second screen includes event information related to the generated incoming event displayed on one side of the first region and a third plurality of application icons respectively corresponding to applications configured to execute functions on the other side of the first region, and display a portion of the first screen including the second region including the second plurality of application icons respectively corresponding to applications configured to execute functions, and wherein applications corresponding to the third plurality of application icons are capable of executing functions using the event information of the generated incoming event,
• in response to dragging the event information of the generated incoming event, replace the displayed second region including the second plurality of application icons with a delete icon,
• in response to dragging and dropping the event information of the generated incoming event on one of the third plurality of application icons, execute a specific function of an application respectively corresponding to the one of the third plurality of application icons using at least part of the event information of the generated incoming event and display an execution screen corresponding to the specific function of the application, and
• re-display the first screen including the first plurality of application icons on the first region and the second plurality of application icons on the second region when the dragged event information of the generated incoming event is dropped on the delete icon,
• wherein the first plurality of application icons are different from the third plurality of application icons, and the third plurality of application icons are selected based on an attribute of the incoming event, and
• wherein the second plurality of application icons are displayed in the second region during an idle state and independent from the incoming event.