Patent ID: 7705833

Claim:
A mobile terminal, comprising: a display including a touch screen and configured to display a graphical representation of a touch graphical moveable menu bar on the touch screen that partitions the display into first and second display regions and that can be moved by touching and moving the displayed graphical menu bar; and a controller configured to re-adjust a divisional boundary of the first and second display regions based on a movement of the menu bar and to perform a function on the mobile terminal in accordance with a sensed touching of the touch screen, wherein the moveable menu bar comprises at least one touch menu execution button configured to execute a particular function on the terminal when touched, wherein the at least one touch menu execution button on the movable menu bar comprises a photo execution button, wherein when the photo execution button is touched, the controller is further configured to display a plurality of photos in one of the first and second display regions, and when one of the photos displayed in said one of the first and second display regions is touched, the controller is further configured to magnify and display the selected photo in the other of the first and second display regions and to maintain displaying the plurality of photos in said one of the first and second display regions, wherein the display is further configured to sense the user touching the touch screen when the menu bar is not displayed on the touch screen, and the controller is further configured to control the display to display the menu bar on the touch screen based on the sensed user touching the touch screen when the menu bar is not displayed on the touch screen, wherein when the display senses the user touching and dragging the touch screen in a horizontal direction, the controller is further configured to control the display to display the menu bar on the touch screen at a position the user touches and drags the touch screen in the horizontal direction, and wherein when the display senses the user touching a left portion of the touch screen and then dragging the touch across the touch screen horizontally, the controller is further configured to control the display to display the menu bar on the touch screen along the touched portion of the touch screen.