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 terminal, comprising:
 a touch screen display to display a main screen comprising messages associated with a determined user, the message comprising a sent message transmitted from the terminal to the determined user and a received message received from the determined user to the terminal;   a touch panel of the touch screen display to receive a first input signal with respect to at least one of the messages; and   a controller to activate an application configured to register information related to the message associated with the first input signal onto the application.   
     
     
         2 . The terminal according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the touch panel of the touch screen display receives a second input signal to select the application to be activated from a menu of a plurality of applications, and   wherein the controller receives the second input signal to activate the application.   
     
     
         3 . The terminal according to  claim 2 , wherein the plurality of applications included in the menu comprises at least one of a schedule application, a calendar application, a memo application and a bookmark application. 
     
     
         4 . The terminal according to  claim 2 , wherein the menu displaying the plurality of applications is displayed on a first side of the touch screen display. 
     
     
         5 . The terminal according to  claim 2 , wherein the menu displaying the plurality of applications is a pop-up. 
     
     
         6 . A method, comprising:
 displaying a main screen comprising messages associated with a determined user, the messages comprising a sent message transmitted from the terminal to the determined user and a received message received from the determined user to the terminal;   receiving a first input signal with respect to at least one of the messages; and   activating an application configured to register information related to the message associated with the first input signal onto the application.   
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 6 , further comprising:
 receiving a second input signal to select the application to be activated from a menu of a plurality of applications,   wherein the application is activated based on the second input signal.   
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 7 , wherein the plurality of applications included in the menu comprises at least one of a schedule application, a calendar application, a memo application and a bookmark application. 
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 7 , wherein the menu displaying the plurality of applications is displayed on a first side of a touch screen display. 
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 7 , wherein the menu displaying the plurality of applications is a pop-up.