Method of displaying an event in a mobile terminal and mobile terminal implementing the same

Abstract

A method of, and a mobile terminal configured for, efficiently displaying an event indication in the form of a pop-up box during idle mode of a mobile terminal is provided. Upon occurrence of a second event in idle mode, it is determined whether an event pop-up box indicating an occurrence of a first event of the same type as the second event exists. When the event pop-up box indicating the occurrence of the first event exists, the event pop-up box is updated with information indicating the occurrence of the second event and displayed on a display.

1 . A method of displaying an event indication in a mobile terminal, the method comprising: 
 determining, upon occurrence of a second event in idle mode, whether an event pop-up box indicating an occurrence of a first event exists, the first and second events being of the same type;    when the event pop-up box indicating the occurrence of the first event exists, updating the event pop-up box with information indicating the occurrence of the second event; and    displaying the updated event pop-up box on a display.    
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein, when a plurality of event pop-up boxes indicating occurrences of events exist, displaying the updated event pop-up box comprises displaying the updated event pop-up box having highest priority.  
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the event comprises one of a missed call event, a voice mail event, a short messaging service (SMS) event, a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message event, a schedule event, and a digital rights management (DRM) event.  
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the event pop-up box comprises a count indicative of the number of occurred events, and updating the event pop-up box comprises: 
 updating the count based on the occurrence of the second event.    
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein displaying the updated event pop-up box comprises: 
 deleting information about an event from the event pop-up box when the event is checked in the displayed event pop-up box; and    decreasing the count by the number of deleted events.    
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein displaying of the updated event pop-up box compnses: 
 displaying a first number of event pop-up boxes as indexes; and    setting a second number of the event pop-up boxes as tabs for at least one end of the display.    
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein displaying the updated event pop-up box further comprises: 
 moving the event pop-up box from a current activated event pop-up box according to a selected directional key; and    activating the event pop-up box in the new position.    
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein updating the event pop-up box comprises: 
 when the event pop-up box indicating the occurrence of the first event does not exist, generating the event pop-up box to indicate occurrence of the second event; and    updating the generated event pop-up box with information about the second event.    
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the event pop-up box comprises a count indicative of the number of occurred events, and updating the event pop-up box further comprises: 
 updating the count based on the occurrence of the second event.    
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein updating the event pop-up box further comprises: 
 neglecting a key input event.    
     
     
         11 . A mobile terminal comprising: 
 a controller for, upon occurrence of a second event in idle mode, and an event pop-up box indicating occurrence of a first event exists, the first and second events being of the same type, updating the event pop-up box with information indicating the occurrence of the second event; and    a display configured to display the updated event pop-up box under control of the controller.    
     
     
         12 . The mobile terminal of  claim 11 , wherein, upon occurrence of the second event in idle mode, the controller determines whether the event pop-up box indicating occurrence of the first event exists, and updates the event pop-up box with the information indicating occurrence of the second event if the event pop-up box indicating occurrence of the first event exists.  
     
     
         13 . The mobile terminal of  claim 11 , wherein when a plurality of event pop-up boxes indicating occurrences of events exist, the controller controls the display to display the updated event pop-up having highest priority.  
     
     
         14 . The mobile terminal of  claim 11 , wherein the event comprises one of a missed call event, a voice mail event, a short messaging service (SMS) event, a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message event, a schedule event, and a digital rights management (DRM) event.  
     
     
         15 . The mobile terminal of  claim 11 , wherein the event pop-up box comprises a count indicative of the number of occurred events, and the controller updates the count based on the occurrence of the second event.  
     
     
         16 . The mobile terminal of  claim 15 , wherein, when the event is checked in the displayed event pop-up box, the controller deletes information about an event from the event pop-up box and decreases the count by the number of deleted events.  
     
     
         17 . The mobile terminal of  claim 11 , wherein the controller displays a first number of event pop-up boxes as indexes, and sets a second number of event pop-up boxes as tabs for at least one end of the display.  
     
     
         18 . The mobile terminal of  claim 17 , wherein the controller moves the event pop-up box from a current activated event pop-up box according to a selected directional key, and activates the event pop-up box in the new position.  
     
     
         19 . The mobile terminal of  claim 12 , wherein, when the event pop-up box indicating the occurrence of the first event does not exist, the controller generates the event pop-up box to indicate occurrence of the second event and updates the generated event pop-up box with information about the second event.  
     
     
         20 . The mobile terminal of  claim 19 , wherein the event pop-up box comprises a count indicative of the number of occurred events, and the controller updates the count based on the occurrence of the second event.  
     
     
         21 . The mobile terminal of  claim 19 , wherein the controller neglects a key input event.