Patent ID: 8423904

Claim:
A mobile terminal, comprising: a wireless communication unit configured to access a web page; a display unit configured to display the accessed web page; a proximity sensor configured to sense a presence of an object approaching a surface of the display unit; and a controller configured to: control the display unit to display the accessed web page; control the display unit to display, on a region of the displayed web page, an indicator indicating presence of at least one popup window without displaying the at least one popup window; control the display unit to display, upon selection of the indicator, a popup window identification (ID) list separately identifying each popup window indicated by the indicator; control the display unit to display, upon selection via a contact touch of a popup window ID of the popup window ID list, a popup window corresponding to the selected popup window ID, wherein the contact touch comprises the object contacting a surface of the display unit; and recognize the object sensed by the proximity sensor within a first distance from the surface of the display unit as a proximity touch, wherein the popup window is displayed in a preview manner when the controller detects that the popup window is selected via the proximity touch, wherein the popup window displayed in the preview manner ceases to be displayed when the proximity sensor senses the object moved away from the surface of the display unit to a distance greater than the first distance, and wherein the popup window is displayed in a continuous manner when the popup window is selected via the contact touch.