Method and apparatus for displaying messages in an idle state of mobile terminal, driving an application for an idle state in a mobile terminal and providing idle state contents for a mobile terminal

1. A method of outputting a message to a display unit of a mobile terminal, which is connected to a service management server and a content providing server via a wired/wireless communication network, which includes memory, a control unit, a display unit and a key input unit, in which a standby screen occupation representation type application is installed, in standby mode, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving at least one message from the service management server, wherein the message is generated by the service management server on the basis of information provided by the content providing server that provides desired information previously set by a user of the mobile terminal for reception and the message includes a message header, bulletin contents and message details;

determining whether the message is a bulletin message;

if, as a result of the determination, the message is the bulletin, storing the message in the memory;

driving the standby screen occupation representation type application in standby mode under the control of the control unit;

extracting the message using the standby screen occupation representation type application; and

outputting the extracted message to the display unit,

wherein the message header includes a Telesvc-id, storage time, a content ID and a callback Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and if the content ID has a highly important grade, the message details are output to the display unit.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the standby screen occupation representation type application is transmitted from the service management server to the mobile terminal in a download manner.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further including the steps of:

activating the standby screen occupation application by pressing at least one key of the display unit; and

driving an application corresponding to the message by pressing at least one key of the display unit.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the message is transmitted from the service management server to the mobile terminal using one of Short Messaging Service (SMS) and Cell Broadcasting Service (CBS).

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the bulletin contents of the message are output to the display unit in a slide show fashion.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein, if at least one key input of the key input unit is input while the message bulletin contents are being output to the display unit in a slide show fashion, the message details are output to the display unit.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein, if at least one key of the key input unit is input while the message bulletin contents are being output to the display unit in a slide show fashion, the mobile terminal gains access to the content providing server using the callback URL and outputs the message contents to the display unit of the mobile terminal.

8. A mobile terminal which is connected to a service management server and a content providing server via a wired/wireless communication network and outputs a message to a display unit in standby mode, which has memory, a control unit, the display unit and a key input unit, and in which a standby screen occupation representation type application is installed, the mobile terminal comprising:

means for receiving at least one image message from the service management server, wherein the message is generated by the service management server on the basis of information provided by the content providing server that provides desired information previously set by a user of the mobile terminal and the message includes a message header, bulletin contents and message details;

means for determining whether the message is a bulletin message;

means for storing the message in the memory if the message is a bulletin message as a result of the determination;

means for executing the standby screen occupation representation type application in standby mode under the control of the control unit;

means for extracting the message using the standby screen occupation representation type application; and

means for outputting the extracted message to the display unit,

wherein the message header includes a Telesvc-id, storage time, a content ID and a callback Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and if the content ID has a highly important grade, the message details are output to the display unit.