Patent ID: 8055654

Claim:
A list search method for a mobile terminal, comprising the steps of: displaying a list of list items requested by a user, and placing a cursor on one of the displayed list items; inputting at least one numeric key during display of the list; and moving the cursor along the list according to a selected skip interval corresponding to the at least one input numeric key to a target list item of the list, and placing the cursor on the target list item; wherein the step of moving the cursor comprises the steps of: generating the skip interval using the numeric value of the at least one input numeric key; checking whether a target list item to which the cursor is to be moved using the skip interval is present in the list; and moving the cursor to the target list item, if a target list item to which the cursor is to be moved using the skip interval is present in the list; and wherein an input time duration of the most recently input numeric key is longer than or equal to a preset time duration.