Mobile terminal having bookmark function and method for quickly executing the bookmark function

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile terminal for enabling a user to quickly access one of his or her bookmarked Internet sites stored in a bookmark list through the use of a simple key entry operation, and a method for quickly executing a bookmark function of the mobile terminal.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a mobile terminal for quickly executing a bookmark function using a hot key, and a method for controlling the same.
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, the above and other objects can be accomplished by the provision of a mobile terminal for executing a wireless Internet access function and bookmarking a wireless Internet site, comprising: a key entry unit having a bookmark hot key and a plurality of number keys; a memory for storing bookmark information created by assigning a unique ID number to a bookmarked Internet site among a plurality of Internet sites accessible by the wireless Internet access function; and a controller for reading out an address of an Internet site corresponding to an ID number of a predetermined number key from the memory when the bookmark hot key and the predetermined number key are pushed on the key entry unit, and executing the wireless Internet access function.
In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for quickly executing a bookmark function of a mobile terminal which executes a wireless Internet access function and bookmarks a wireless Internet site, comprising the steps of: a) assigning an ID number of a predetermined number key to at least one wireless Internet site, and previously storing the ID number as bookmark hot key information; b) receiving a bookmark hot key and the predetermined number key from a user; and c) reading out an address of an Internet site corresponding to an ID number of the predetermined number key, and executing a wireless Internet access function