Patent ID: 8305365

Claim:
A mobile device comprising: a control unit; a storage unit; a display unit; and a displacement detecting unit for detecting displacement of a physical value caused when the mobile device moves, wherein the storage unit includes: an area storage unit for storing (i) a specific area in a display area displayed in the display unit and (ii) an area-specific processing associated with the specific area and to be executed when an icon is in the specific area, and the control unit includes: an icon displaying unit for displaying the icon in the display area of the display unit; an icon moving unit for moving the icon displayed by the icon displaying unit, in the display area and based on the displacement of the physical value detected by the displacement detecting unit; an area determining unit for comparing coordinates of the icon moved by the icon moving unit and displayed in the display area to the specific area stored in the area storage unit to thereby determine whether the icon is in the specific area; and an area-specific processing executing unit for retrieving the area-specific processing corresponding to the specific area and stored in the area storage unit and for executing the area-specific processing when the area determining unit determines that the icon is in the specific area.