Patent ID: 8726158

Claim:
A mobile user interface generation apparatus for generating user interfaces of mobile terminals, the user interface generation apparatus comprising: a memory unit capable of storing an application program; a control unit, based on the application program stored in the memory unit, for controlling, when receiving instruction to generate one user interface pertaining to a remote appliance, to display a stand-alone user interface object group corresponding to the one user interface, and for controlling, when receiving instruction to generate a plurality of user interfaces each pertaining to a different remote appliance, to display a compound user interface object group by performing compound processing on user interface objects extracted from stand-alone user interface object groups corresponding to the plurality of user interfaces respectively, the compound user interface object group including only a portion of available user interface objects from each stand-alone user interface object group; a display unit for displaying the stand-alone user interface object group or the compound user interface object group; and an input unit, arranged at front face of the display unit in relation to the display unit, for receiving a first input by a first input means and a second input by a second input means, wherein the first input is an area input or a point input, and the second input is the other of the area input and the point input, the point input defining an input that contacts the input unit with a contact area less than a predetermined threshold, and the area input defining an input that contacts the input unit with a contact area greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold, if the input unit receives the first input, the control unit executes a function of a user interface object corresponding to a reception position of the first input, and if the input unit receives the second input while the control unit controls to display the compound user interface object group, the control unit displays a stand-alone user interface object group of a user interface displayed correspondingly to a reception position of the second input in the compound user interface object group.