Patent ID: 9292199
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising: displaying, on a touch screen of the mobile terminal, one or more function icons associated with one or more functions; receiving a first touch input applied to a specific function icon among the one or more function icons; receiving a second touch input applied to the touch screen along a first direction while the first touch input is maintained; displaying, on a region corresponding to a touch trace of the second touch input, one or more sub function icons corresponding to one or more sub functions related to a specific function of the specific function icon, in response to the second touch input applied while the first touch input is maintained, wherein the displaying of the one or more sub function icons is maintained though the first touch input and the second touch input are released such that one of the one or more sub function icons is selected by a third touch input, and wherein the one or more sub function icons disappear from the touch screen in response to a fourth touch input applied to the touch screen along a second direction opposite to the first direction.