Patent ID: 8843854

Claim:
A method for executing a menu in a mobile terminal, the method comprising: displaying a first icon on a touch screen of the mobile terminal according to a user touch input, the first icon including a menu icon stored in the mobile terminal; receiving a first multi-touch gesture pattern on the first icon; determining at least a width and a direction of the first multi-touch gesture pattern; determining a number of at least one or more of second icons according to the width and determining a type of at least one or more of second icons according to the direction; wherein a second icon is a sub-icon of the first icon; wherein the width determines a number of one or more second icons by varying linearly according to the width of the first multi-touch gesture pattern on the first icon; wherein the direction determines the type of the one or more second icons such that there are at least three different directions wherein a first direction will cause the type to be a most frequently displayed icon, a second different direction will cause the type to be a most recently displayed icon and a third different direction will cause the type to be a set sub-icon that is related to the first icon; continuing to display the first icon and displaying the at least one or more of the second icons according to at least the width and the direction of the first multi-touch gesture pattern; receiving a second multi-touch gesture pattern on one of the at least one or more second icons, the second multi-touch gesture pattern comprising a gesture pattern for removing the at least one or more second icons wherein the second multi-touch gesture pattern is the reverse gesture pattern of the first multi-touch gesture pattern; and continuing to display the first icon and no longer displaying the at least one or more second icons in response to the second multi-touch gesture pattern.