1. A method for searching performed in a mobile terminal having a touchscreen, the method comprising: displaying, on the touchscreen, a background, wherein all of the background is a uniform color; receiving a first input of a drawing pattern at the touchscreen at an area where the background is displayed; displaying, on the touchscreen, a visual trace of the drawing pattern at the area where the background is displayed; receiving a second input of a handwritten term at the touchscreen at the area where the background is displayed, wherein the receiving of the second input occurs after the receiving of the first input; displaying, on the touchscreen, a visual trace of the handwritten term at the area where the background is displayed, wherein the visual trace of the handwritten term is surrounded by the visual trace of the drawing pattern; comparing the received drawing pattern with pattern data to identify whether the received drawing pattern matches a command pattern that is included in the pattern data, wherein the pattern data includes a plurality of patterns each respectively associated with one of a plurality of commands, wherein the command pattern is associated with a search command, and wherein the pattern data is stored in memory prior to the receiving of the first input; initiating a search for a term that represents the received handwritten term in response to the receiving of the handwritten term and when the received drawing pattern matches the command pattern, wherein the search takes no input from information displayed on the background other than the received handwritten term; terminating the displaying of the visual trace of the drawing pattern, and the visual trace of the handwritten term, in response to the initiated search; and displaying after the terminating, on the touchscreen, a search result according to results of the initiated search, wherein the search result includes a plurality of items which relate to the term that represents the received handwritten term, wherein each of the plurality of items comprise data that relates to the term that represents the received handwritten term and is a hyperlink to content that is accessible via a network, and wherein the plurality of items are displayed as an ordered list successively arranged in a vertical manner relative to a viewing orientation of the touchscreen.