Patent ID: 11876942
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
circuitry configured to:
search for one or more pieces of data including name information;
receive an operation from a user;
control a user interface to display a plurality of first operation components indicating initials of the name information;
in response to the operation on a particular one of the first operation components, control the user interface to display one or more second operation components associated with the particular first operation component simultaneously with the first operation component;
in response to the operation on a particular one of the second operation components, control the user interface to display the data including the name information associated with the particular second operation component;
control to display the plurality of first operation components in a first area;
in response to the operation on the particular first operation component, control to display the one or more second operation components in the first area;
in response to the operation on the particular first operation component, hide a part of the first operation components other than the particular first operation component;
control to redisplay the first operation components other than the particular first operation component in an area where the hidden part of the first operation components was displayed; and
control to display the second operation components simultaneously with the particular first operation component in the first area.