Patent ID: 7889180

Claim:
A method of displaying in a mobile communication terminal having a first area for displaying status information, a second area for menu information, and a third area for menu information and a fourth area for displaying a soft key, comprising: displaying main menu items in a first direction on the second area of the display screen; displaying sub menu items corresponding to a selected one of the main menu items on the third area of the display screen, the sub menu items being displayed in a second direction of the display screen while the main menu items are being displayed; selecting one of the displayed sub menu items; in response to selecting one of the sub menu items displayed in the second direction, displaying a new window on the display screen containing detailed lists corresponding to the selected sub menu item, wherein the new window partially overlaps the sub menu items displayed on the display screen while at least one of the main menu items is displayed on the second area of the display; and highlighting a region around a first one of the displayed detailed lists to distinguish the first one of the displayed detailed lists from a second one of the displayed detailed lists, wherein the third area is provided in a shape of a window that displays an application type icon or a list type icon and includes a plurality of regions for allocating the plurality of sub menu items, and the window displays a scroll bar when non-displayed sub menu items exist, the scroll bar for scrolling thru the allocated plurality of sub menu items and the non-displayed sub menu items, wherein the window of the third area distinguishes the third area of the display screen from the second area of the display screen.