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Mobile terminal and operating method thereof

  • US 8,893,055 B2
  • Filed: 05/27/2011
  • Issued: 11/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile terminal comprising:

  • a touch screen to receive a touch input;

    an interface unit to mount a plurality of user identification modules, wherein each user identification module stores information for obtaining authority to use a corresponding service network; and

    a controller to unlock the mobile terminal and selectively unlock at least one user identification module from among the plurality of user identification modules in response to the touch input, wherein the at least one user identification module corresponding to the touch input, and the at least one user identification module is to be used by the unlocked mobile terminal, wherein the at least one user identification module includes a subscriber module (SIM) card or a SIM chip, wherein at least two of the user identification modules are at least two different SIM cards or at least two different SIM chips,wherein the controller is configured to display, on the touch screen;

    a first home screen including icons and widgets that are customized to a first user identification module in case that the first user identification has been unlocked by the touch input, a second home screen including icons and widgets that are customized to a second user identification module in case that the second user identification has been unlocked by the touch input, and a common home screen including common icons and widgets that are commonly customized to the first and second user identification modules in case that the first and second user identifications have been unlocked by the touch input, wherein the controller displays, on the touch screen, the common home screen including a common icon or a common widget of the first and second user identification module, when the first and second user identification modules are selected in response to the touch input.

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