Terminal and method for hiding and restoring message

Abstract

A terminal to hide a message includes an input unit to receive a signal to hide a message and a signal to restore a hidden message; a display unit to display the message and the hidden message; and a control unit to control display of the message. The terminal hides messages or applications on a separate screen. The separate screen may be a virtual screen or a different display screen. A hidden message may be displayed on the separate screen according to a conversation partner. A hidden message may be restored to a location in which the message would have originally been displayed. A portion of the stored message may be extracted and provided to an application of the terminal.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for hiding an application, comprising:
 receiving a first input to select an application on a main screen;   moving the application to a hidden screen in response to the first input; and   restoring the application to the main screen if a second input is received.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the hidden screen is a separate screen space not visible on the main screen or a virtual screen. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the application is at least one of a memo application, a schedule application, and a bookmark application. 
     
     
         4 . A terminal to hide an application, comprising:
 a touch screen display to display a main screen comprising at least one of the application.   a touch panel of the touch screen display to receive a first input signal and a second input signal;   a controller configured to hide at least one of the application from the main screen in response to the first input signal and to restore the at least one of the application to the main screen in response to the second input signal.   
     
     
         5 . The terminal of  claim 1 , wherein a selected application is hidden in a separate screen space not visible on the main screen of the display. 
     
     
         6 . A method for managing a graphic object of an application, comprising:
 receiving a first input to select an graphic object of an application on a first screen;   in response to a second input, moving the graphic object of the application to a second screen, wherein the second screen is separated from the first screen; and   in response to a third input, restoring the graphic object of the application to the first screen.