Patent ID: 7761801
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling menu operation in a mobile communication terminal, comprising: displaying moving objects, wherein each of the moving objects represents a respective executable menu application, and wherein a location of each of the moving objects keeps moving even when there is no user input, and wherein each of the moving objects has a unique pattern of movement; detecting an event occurrence signal for selecting one of the moving objects for activating a menu application, the event occurrence signal being not based on a user input, to select one of the moving objects; displaying the selected moving object differently from the other ones of the moving objects; displaying an indicator icon on a fixed location of the display, wherein the indicator icon indicates the detection of the event; and causing the pattern of movement of the selected moving object associated with the event occurrence signal to change, wherein the changed pattern of movement results in the object's interception of the indicator icon.