Patent ID: 8681105

Claim:
A method for controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising: displaying, via a display of the mobile terminal, a first polyhedron having a plurality of menu items on respective facets of the first polyhedron; applying a visual effect on a specific one of the plurality of menu items so that the specific menu item is discriminated from the rest of the plurality of menu items, the specific menu item having a specific attribute set by a user; displaying, via the display of the mobile terminal, a first development figure having the plurality of menu items on respective facets of the first development figure, by developing the first polyhedron; receiving, via an input unit of the mobile terminal, a first input for selecting a menu item among the plurality of menu items; visually folding the first development figure into a second polyhedron having a three-dimensional appearance; and developing the second polyhedron into a second development figure having a two-dimensional appearance, wherein each of at least one sub-menu item of the selected menu item, and the selected menu item are simultaneously displayed on respective facets of the second development figure.