Controlling access to features of a mobile communication terminal
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1. A mobile terminal comprising:
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a controller configured to;
cause the touchscreen to concurrently display a first contact object, a first folder icon, a first phone call icon, and a first messaging icon, wherein the first contact object, the first phone call icon, and the first messaging icon are displayed in a region outside the first folder icon on the touchscreen, and wherein the first contact object is related to a first contact from a phonebook of the mobile terminal,in response to selection of the first contact object, cause the touchscreen to concurrently display a personal information editing icon, a delete icon, a second phone call icon and a second messaging icon together with the first phone call icon, the first messaging icon, the first contact object, and the first folder icon, wherein the first contact object is surrounded by the personal information editing icon, the delete icon, the second phone call icon, and the second messaging icon such that each side of the surrounded first contact object abuts a corresponding side of the personal information editing icon, the delete icon, the second phone call icon, and the second messaging icon, andin response to selection of the second phone call icon, display a screen for establishing a phone call connection with the first contact.
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Abstract
A mobile terminal comprising a display unit; and a controller configured to selectively display one or more menu icons associated with an object displayed on the display unit, in response to the object being selected, wherein the one or more menu icons have a functional or informational association with the selected object, such that further selection of the menu icons provides additional information about the selected object or establishment of a dynamic relationship between the selected object and the one or more menu icons results in performance of an operation related to the selected object.
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1. A mobile terminal comprising:
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a touchscreen; and a controller configured to; cause the touchscreen to concurrently display a first contact object, a first folder icon, a first phone call icon, and a first messaging icon, wherein the first contact object, the first phone call icon, and the first messaging icon are displayed in a region outside the first folder icon on the touchscreen, and wherein the first contact object is related to a first contact from a phonebook of the mobile terminal, in response to selection of the first contact object, cause the touchscreen to concurrently display a personal information editing icon, a delete icon, a second phone call icon and a second messaging icon together with the first phone call icon, the first messaging icon, the first contact object, and the first folder icon, wherein the first contact object is surrounded by the personal information editing icon, the delete icon, the second phone call icon, and the second messaging icon such that each side of the surrounded first contact object abuts a corresponding side of the personal information editing icon, the delete icon, the second phone call icon, and the second messaging icon, and in response to selection of the second phone call icon, display a screen for establishing a phone call connection with the first contact. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
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concurrently displaying a first contact object, a first folder icon, a first phone call icon, and a first messaging icon on a touch screen of the mobile terminal, wherein the first contact object, the first phone call icon, and the first messaging icon are displayed in a region outside the first folder icon on the touchscreen, and wherein the first contact object is related to a first contact from a phonebook of the mobile terminal, in response to selection of the first contact object, concurrently displaying a personal information editing icon, a delete icon, a second phone call icon and a second messaging icon together with the first phone call icon, the first messaging icon, the first contact object, and the first folder icon on the touch screen, wherein the first contact object is surrounded by the personal information editing icon, the delete icon, the second phone call icon, and the second messaging icon such that each side of the surrounded first contact object concurrently abuts a corresponding side of the personal information editing icon, the delete icon, the second phone call icon, and the second messaging icon, and in response to selection of the second phone call icon, displaying a screen for establishing a phone call connection with the first contact on the touch screen.
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