Patent ID: 7778671

Claim:
A mobile communication terminal comprising: a user interface including a display component and an input component; a processor being configured to control operation of said terminal including being configured to receive input from a user through the input component, and to run an application on said terminal; said processor also being configured to show a partitioned application area for an application with two or more application area sections on said display component when the application is running on the terminal; said processor further being configured to at least temporarily define an initial one of said application area sections as an initial larger application area section within the partitioned application area, and simultaneously at least temporarily define a complementary one of said application area sections as an initial smaller application area section within the partitioned application area, wherein the initial one of the application area sections includes a first information set related to a first application and the complementary one of the application area sections includes a second information set related to a second application, and wherein a smaller application area only displays a portion of a corresponding information set; said processor moreover being configured to, in response to a detection of a selection input in the initial smaller application area section, at least temporarily redefine said initial larger application area section as a second smaller application area section within the partitioned application area, and simultaneously at least temporarily redefine said initial smaller application area section as a second larger application area section within the partitioned application area; and wherein the initial larger application area section displays a plurality of selectable items with one of the items highlighted, and the initial smaller application area section displays details of the highlighted item, the processor being further configured to the redefine the initial smaller application area section as the second larger application area section upon detection of the selection of a selectable item in the initial first application area section; said processor being configured to allocate a ratio of respective areas between each larger application area section and each smaller application area section within said partitioned application area.