Patent ID: 8780076

Claim:
A mobile terminal, comprising: a body; a display unit disposed on one surface of the body, displaying one or more icons thereon, and the display unit configured to have a touch input thereon; and a controller operatively connected to the body and the display unit, and the controller configured to: display an icon on a first display area of the display unit; change a position or a shape of the icon, wherein the icon is displayed on a second display area based on the change of the position or the shape of the icon; detect a touch applied to the display unit to select the icon; compensate, when the touch is applied on the first display area after the icon is displayed on the second display area, for a control command corresponding to the touch applied on the first display area based on at least one of a touch duration, a touch point and a change of the touch point related to the touch, such that the control command is related to the icon displayed on the second display area, and execute a function related to the icon displayed on the second display area based on the compensated control command for the touch applied on the first display area.