Apparatus and method for controlling application in wireless terminal

摘要

An apparatus and method for controlling an application in a wireless terminal to automatically download an application on a home screen classified on a category basis. The apparatus preferably includes a display unit for displaying home screens set to categories and a controller for automatically matching and setting the home screens of the wireless terminal to categories received from a server in a home screen category setting mode and downloading an application on a home screen set to a category of the application.

主权项

1. A wireless terminal comprising:
a display unit including a display screen configured to display at least one home screen of a plurality home screens set to a plurality of categories; and a controller comprising a microprocessor configured to automatically match and set the home screens of the wireless terminal to respective ones of the plurality of categories received from a server when the plurality of categories are received from the server and when an application is downloaded, display an icon corresponding to the downloaded application on a particular home screen set to a particular category of the application of the plurality of categories received, wherein the controller extracts category information from the application when downloading the application, and displays the icon of the downloaded application on the particular home screen matched to the extracted category information, and wherein the controller extracts the category information from metadata of the application, and when the category information does not exist in the metadata of the application, the controller extracts upper directory information from Uniform Resource Locator (URL) information of the application as the category information.