Patent ID: 9608992
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04M

Claim:
1. A mobile terminal device comprising: a display configured to display an icon display screen including one or more icons; an operation accepting module configured to accept an operation input; a setting module configured to set at least one icon to be kept secret according to a setting operation; a display control module configured to control the display such that, in a first mode, the at least one secret icon set by the setting module is not included in an icon display screen, and, in a second mode, the at least one secret icon set by the setting module is included in the icon display screen; a memory module configured to register an operation input as the permission operation which permits the second mode; and a detection module configured to detect the permission operation based on a comparison of the registered operation input with an operation input accepted by the operation accepting module; wherein, when the display is in the first mode and the permission operation is detected by the detection module, the display control module switches the display to the second mode such that the secret icon is included in the icon display screen, and, wherein, when displaying of an operation screen of an application corresponding to the secret icon is stopped and then the icon display screen is displayed on the display without detection of the permission operation, the display control module controls the display such that the icon display screen does not include the secret icon.