Patent ID: 7136676

Claim:
A mobile terminal for displaying a variable auxiliary display area, comprising: a state display area; a main display area; an auxiliary display area which overlaps the main display and is variable in at least one of size, position, and represented information; an auxiliary display area information storage for storing information about the auxiliary display area, including size information for the auxiliary display area to be displayed, position information for the auxiliary display area in an overall display area of the mobile terminal, basic data represented in the auxiliary display area, and position information for the basic data; an input portion for receiving a control signal according to user key manipulation and a signal from a wireless network; a controller for analyzing a signal received from the input portion, reading auxiliary display area information corresponding to the analyzed signal from the auxiliary display area information storage, and generating a display control signal according to the auxiliary display area information; and a display for displaying the auxiliary display area according to the display control signal.