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.

1 . A method, comprising:
 receiving a first input to select an application on a first screen;   moving the application to a second screen in response to the first input; and   restoring the application to the first screen when a second input is received.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the second screen is not visible on the first screen. 
     
     
         3 . An apparatus, comprising:
 a touch screen display to display a first screen comprising at least one application, wherein the touch screen display is configured to receive at least a first input and a second input;   a controller configured to move the application from the first screen to a second screen in response to the first input and to restore the application to the first screen in response to the second input.   
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the second screen is not visible on the first screen.