Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same

摘要

A first mobile terminal (100A) including a wireless communication unit (110) configured to perform wireless communication; a touch screen (151); a sensor unit (140) configured to detect a tapping input on the touch screen (151); and a controller (180) configured to display an object on the touch screen (151) corresponding to a second counterpart terminal (100B), receive a tapping input by the first user on the object, and control the wireless communication unit (110) to transmit a prescribed request message among a plurality of stored request messages to the second counterpart terminal (100B) in response to the tapping input of the first user, like "knocking" at the counterpart terminal to get to know if the second user has time for a call or message exchange with the first user.