Patent ID: 8286105

Claim:
An idle screen display method for menu navigation through links arranged in a hierarchical structure in a mobile terminal, the method comprising: selecting a zone of an idle screen, the idle screen comprising a top level of the hierarchical structure; determining whether the selected zone is zoomable; and zooming in, if the selected zone is zoomable, and displaying the selected zone such that a magnified image of the selected zone is then used as a new display screen image, wherein the idle screen comprises a visual image of an object or location comprising visual elements displayed when the mobile terminal is in an idle state or an initial state, wherein the zone comprises a selectable visual element of the object or location, wherein the visual elements comprise independent multi-level image elements, the independent multi-level image elements being assigned to a link zone, an ordinary zone, a lower-level link zone, and a lower-level ordinary zone, and displayed to form the idle screen, and wherein the link zone and the ordinary zone comprise a level of the hierarchical structure, the lower-level link zone and the lower-level ordinary zone comprise a lower level of the hierarchical structure, and the ordinary zone and the lower-level ordinary zone comprise non-selectable image elements of the visual image of the object or location.