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

Claim 7:
8. An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:
searching for one or more pieces of data including name information;
receiving an operation from a user;
controlling 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, controlling 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, controlling the user interface to display the data including the name information associated with the particular second operation component;
controlling to display the plurality of first operation components in a first area;
in response to the operation on the particular first operation component, controlling to display the one or more second operation components in the first area;
in response to the operation on the particular first operation component, hiding a part of the first operation components other than the particular first operation component;
controlling 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
controlling to display the second operation components simultaneously with the particular first operation component in the first area.