Patent ID: 8160652

Claim:
A mobile terminal comprising: a touch sensitive display including a touch screen for displaying an item related to a specific function; a sensing unit for at least sensing a contact touch or sensing an object in near-proximity to the displayed item; and a controller for: controlling the touch sensitive display to display first information associated with the displayed item in a pop-up window at a predetermined area of the touch sensitive display when the controller receives a first sensing signal from the sensing unit indicating that the object is in near-proximity to the displayed item, wherein the first information comprises at least one sub-menu of the displayed item; receiving a second sensing signal from the sensing unit indicating that a sub-menu of the at least one sub-menu is contact touched; controlling the touch sensitive display to display second information associated with the contact touched sub-menu; controlling the touch sensitive display to stop displaying the pop-up window when the sensing unit senses that the object is not positioned within a predetermined distance of the touch sensitive display; and executing the specific function related to the displayed item when the controller receives a third sensing signal from the sensing unit indicating that the predetermined area of the touch sensitive display is contact touched.