Task display switching method portable apparatus and portable communications apparatus

Abstract

A task display switching method, a portable apparatus and a portable communications apparatus which, when a plurality of software applications are activated and processed in parallel, make it possible to switch a display between each of the software applications with ease. According to the task display switching method, a portable apparatus capable of processing a plurality of tasks in parallel and of displaying a plurality of display regions for displaying data, an icon associated with a task displayed on a first display region is generated automatically or manually, and the generated icon is displayed in a second display region. When any icon thus generated is selected from a plurality of icons displayed on the second display region, the task associated with the selected icon is restored and displayed in the first display region.

1 . A method of changing a display of a task for a portable communication apparatus capable of multi-processing a plurality of task and of providing a plurality of display regions for displaying data, the plurality of tasks including a communication task, the method comprising:
 upon receiving a call, generating an icon associated with one of the plurality of tasks, which is being displayed in a first display region, the first display region serving as a main display region;   displaying the communication task in the first display region; and displaying the generated icon in a second display region, the second display region serving as a sub display region.