Patent ID: 8407622

Claim:
A portable device for providing menu icons, comprising: a button signal determination unit which, when an input button signal is received from a user, determines whether the input button signal is a signal of a function button or a signal of a direction button; a focus location checking unit which determines a location of a focus located on a menu icon; a background screen management unit which changes a view point of a background screen in accordance with a direction in which the focus is moved, such that the background screen moves in the direction in which the focus is moved and the background screen moves with respect to the menu icons, the menu icons' position being fixed; and an icon management unit which changes a size of a menu icon based on the location of the focus; wherein each of the menu icons is superimposed on the background screen, and the menu icons comprise an upper-level icon and a plurality of lower-level icons corresponding to the upper-level icon, and wherein the plurality of lower-level icons are disposed around the upper-level icon selected by the user and are rotated in a direction of the direction button selected by the user.