Patent ID: 8738090

Claim:
A mobile terminal having a display portion, a touch panel provided on the display portion, and a detecting portion which detects a touch operation to the touch panel, and wherein the mobile terminal is capable of being set with a lock state restricting execution of predetermined processing based on a touch operation, the mobile terminal comprising: a storing portion which stores initial information and additional information for each of a plurality of notifications, wherein each of the plurality of notifications is related to one of a plurality of predetermined functions; a display processing portion which, when the lock state is set, displays, in a first display area of the display portion, each of the plurality of notifications, wherein each of the plurality of displayed notifications comprises the initial information for the notification but not the additional information for the notification, and displays, in a second display area of the display portion, an object which moves in response to a touch operation; a determining portion which detects a touch operation for displaying additional information and a touch operation for cancelling the lock state, wherein the touch operation for displaying additional information comprises moving the object over one of the plurality of displayed notifications, and wherein the touch operation for cancelling the lock state comprises moving and releasing the object over one of the plurality of displayed notifications; a cancelling portion which, in response to a detection of the touch operation for cancelling the lock state, cancels the lock state; and a performing portion which, in response to a detection of the touch operation for cancelling the lock state, performs the predetermined function related to the one of the plurality of displayed notifications over which the object was released.