Patent ID: 7817067

Claim:
An apparatus for controlling an operation a mobile terminal, the apparatus comprising: a controller configured to detect when a button on the terminal has been pressed, to sense a user directional sliding movement on the terminal, and to perform a first operation on the terminal when, in a specific sequential order, the controller first detects the button on the terminal has been pressed and then senses the user sliding directional movement on the terminal within a predetermined amount of time from each other, wherein the controller senses the user directional movement of the terminal has occurred when the user slides a portion of the terminal, wherein the portion of the terminal associated with the user directional sliding movement is located at a first portion of the terminal and the button is located at a second portion of the terminal that is different than the first portion of the terminal such that the user performs two distinct operations on the terminal at the first and second portions of the terminal, and wherein the user directional sliding movement is performed on a front surface of the terminal and the button is located on a lateral side of the mobile terminal.