Mobile terminal and method for displaying information
AssigneePantech Co., Ltd.
InventorJeong Eun Lee
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Abstract
A mobile terminal to display information includes a memory unit to store menu information and application information corresponding to a menu; a display unit that includes a touch panel and displays a first item contained in the menu information or the application information corresponding to the menu; and a control unit that rotates a touched display area of the first item and displays a second item contained in the menu information or the application information corresponding to the menu. The menu may include a main menu, one or more sub-menus, and one or more items, which may be executable applications. The first item may be an entry in a contact list, a status item representing recent call or message activity, or a multimedia item.
Claims21
A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a memory unit to store menu information and application information corresponding to a first menu;
- a display unit comprising a touch panel, the display unit to display a first item contained in the menu information or the application information corresponding to the first menu in the memory unit;
- and
- a control unit to rotate a display area of the first item and to control the display unit to display a second item contained in the menu information or the application information corresponding to the first menu in the memory unit,
- wherein the control unit rotates the display area of the first item while rotating a display area of the second item and executes the second item according to the rotation.
A method for displaying information, comprising:
- storing menu information and application information corresponding to a first menu;
- displaying on a display unit a first item contained in the menu information or the application information corresponding to the first menu;
- receiving a user signal;
- and
- rotating a display area of the first item and controlling a second item contained in the menu information or the application information corresponding to the first menu to be displayed at the display area or executed based on the inputted user signal,
- wherein the rotating rotates the display area of the first item while rotating a display area of the second item based and executes the second item according to the rotation.
A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a memory unit to store first menu information corresponding to a first menu and second menu information corresponding to a second menu;
- a display unit comprising a touch panel, the display unit to display a first item contained in the first menu information corresponding to the first menu;
- and
- a control unit to rotate a display area of the first item and to control the display unit to display a second item,
- wherein the second item is contained in the first menu information or the second menu information and the control unit rotates the display area of the first item while rotating a display area of the second item and executes the second item according to the rotation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.