Patent ID: 8302032
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying a plurality of menu icons on a touch screen device having a touch screen having a predetermined viewing area configured to display images thereon and a detector configured to detect a touch and movement on the touch screen, and a controller configured to retrieve and display an image corresponding to the detected movement, the method comprising: detecting a touch on the touch screen corresponding to a location of one of the plurality of menu icons and movement of the touch on the touch screen; retrieving from a storage device one or more image corresponding to the one of the plurality of menu icons, the one or more image being one or more of a drag image, a trace image, an icon or combination of icons, or a text image, wherein the one or more image is different from the one of the plurality of menu icons; and generating, on the touch screen, the retrieved one or more image to be displayed together with the one of the plurality of menu icons with which the touch is associated during the movement, wherein the one or more image gradually fades away as time passes during the movement of the touch.