Information provision method and apparatus of mobile terminal

摘要

An event-triggered contact information provision apparatus and method of a mobile terminal is provided for presenting contact information of a person, who has triggered an event, around the contact object representing the person on a specific screen. An information provision method of a mobile terminal preferably includes detecting an event; tracing a contact object associated with triggering the event; and presenting contact information of a person triggering the event around at least a portion of the contact object on a display of the mobile terminal.

主权项

1. A method of a mobile terminal, comprising:
displaying contact objects associated with stored contacts on a display; detecting an event by at least one processor related to a particular contact of the stored contacts; detecting one of the contact objects associated with the event by the at least one processor; and displaying contact information of the particular contact proximate to the detected contact object; and when the event is an incoming call:
moving the detected contact object to a center portion of the display while maintaining other displayed contact objects on the display and enlarging a size of the detected contact object at a predetermined rate, andwhen the incoming call is accepted, maintaining the contact object with the enlarged size at the center portion of the display and displaying at least one selectable function or information associated with the accepted incoming call overlaid on at least one of the other contact objects maintained on the display, wherein the at least one selectable function or information is overlaid on the at least one of the other contact objects, such that an entirety of the detected contact object is unobstructed by the at least one selectable function or information.