Patent ID: 7865215

Claim:
A method for controlling a mobile communication device, comprising: providing a graphical user interface for controlling the mobile communication device, the graphical user interface comprising a menu of a plurality of items at least some of which items are selectable by a user to facilitate controlling the mobile communication device; displaying the menu of items such that at least the height of a selected item is magnified to indicate the currently selected item in the menu; receiving a user input for selecting one of the items; if the item selected is different from the previously selected item: redefining the selected item in response to the user input; defining an unselected item as the previously selected item; determining a portion of the menu for redisplaying, the portion comprising the unselected item and the currently selected item; and re-rendering the portion of the menu such that at least the height of the unselected item is unmagnified and at least the height of the currently selected item is magnified and the magnification of the height of the currently selected item is greater than magnification of a width of the currently selected item.