Patent ID: 8542110

Claim:
A display method for a mobile terminal, the method comprising: displaying an active object on a display of a mobile terminal, wherein the active object is manipulable in response to a user input; detecting a degree of tilt of the mobile terminal from an original position relative to a reference plane; displaying a selectable plurality of inactive objects together with the active object on the display in response to the detecting of the degree of tilt, wherein each of the plurality of inactive objects is depicted as a line represented to be positioned behind the active object and the plurality of inactive objects are arranged in order; highlighting an object of the plurality of inactive objects responsive to a received touch input relative to an associated one of the plurality of inactive objects; deactivating the active object and displaying the highlighted object as a presently active object on the display responsive to a received touch input relative to the highlighted object; displaying the deactivated object as a line represented to be positioned behind the presently active object and arranged in order with other of the plurality of inactive objects; detecting a return of the mobile terminal substantially to the original position; and stopping displaying the deactivated object and other of the plurality of inactive objects while maintaining displaying of the presently active object based upon the detection of the return of the mobile terminal substantially to the original position.