Patent ID: 8683385

Claim:
A method of displaying a menu of a mobile terminal, comprising: displaying a list of upper-level menus in an order on a display screen; displaying a first upper-level menu at an upper section of the display screen, a second upper-level menu that is next to the first upper-level menu in the order at a lower section of the display screen, and lower-level menus of the first upper-level menu in a list between the first upper-level menu and the second upper-level menu in response to selection of the first upper-level menu from the list of upper-level menus; scrolling the lower-level menus of the first upper-level menu in response to detecting a drag motion on at least one of the lower-level menus, wherein neither the first upper-level menu nor the second upper-level menu is scrolled during the scrolling of the lower-level menus; scrolling the second upper-level menu in an upward direction and displaying a third upper-level menu that is next to the second upper-level menu in the order at the lower section of the display screen in response to a lowermost lower-level menu among the lower-level menus of the first upper-level menu being scrolled in the upward direction; scrolling lower-level menus of the second upper-level menu in an upward direction between the second upper-level menu and the third upper-level menu in response to the second upper-level menu being further scrolled in the upward direction; and executing a selected lower-level menu in response to selection of one of the lower-level menus.