Patent ID: 8274482
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a graphical user interface (GUI) pointer on a touch sensitive screen of a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: generating a pointer to be displayed on a first display point on the screen, in response to a user touching the screen at a first touch point on the screen; receiving tapping of the first touch point on the screen; rotating the pointer continuously around the tapped first touch point in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction while the tapping continues; stopping the rotation of the pointer when the tapping stops; and selecting a target object at which the pointer is located in response to the user no longer touching the screen, the pointer displayed at the target object disappearing from the screen at the same time when the target object is selected, wherein a pointer-generated location of the first display point on the screen is pre-determined and independent of the location of the first touch point on the screen, and wherein the first display point is a first distance away from the first touch point.