Patent ID: 8000750

Claim:
A portable communication terminal comprising: a display unit having an image display area; a storing unit for storing image plane data for displaying image planes to be displayed in said image display area, a plurality of image data associated with a plurality of functions of said portable communication terminal, a plurality of display positions at which images based on said image data are to be displayed along a predetermined direction in said image display area, the priorities of respective said display positions, and the priorities of respective said functions; a detecting unit for detecting switching instructions for switching the display of said image planes; a generating unit for generating, in response to said switching instruction being detected, display data for displaying respective said images by associating said image data with the priorities of respective said display positions based on the priorities of respective said functions; and an input unit for receiving an input of instructions from a user, wherein said input unit receives a first input of instructions for selecting images as selection candidates out of said images displayed on said image display area in said predetermined direction, and said input unit receives a second input of instructions for setting a first function of the plurality of functions as an invalid function; a changing unit for changing said images as selection candidates in said predetermined direction based on the input from said input unit; and a processing unit for executing functions associated with said images based on the inputs from said input unit, wherein, when the user sets the first function of the plurality of functions as an invalid function, the first function associated with an image cannot be performed even if the image associated with the first function is selected by the user, while a second function of the plurality of functions is a valid function and the second function associated with an image can be performed when the image associated with the second function is selected by the user.