Patent ID: 9046989
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An icon control method for selecting an overlapped application icon without changing a coordinate position of the application icon on a mobile terminal, the method comprising: displaying at least two or more overlapping application icons on the mobile terminal screen; detecting a first input signal with respect to an application icon; determining whether the first input signal lasts for a preset time; determining, when the first input signal lasts for the preset time, whether the application icon is overlapped with at least one other application icon; changing, when the application icon is overlapped with at least one other application icon, an order of the application icon and at least one other application icon by positioning a second topmost application icon at a topmost position and a first topmost application icon at a bottommost position; continuing to rearrange the sequence of overlapping icons according to the duration of time for which contact is maintained; detecting a second input signal on an application icon at the topmost position; and executing, when the second input signal is detected, an application corresponding to the application icon at the topmost position.