Patent ID: 9152951
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of filtering data entries on a mobile device, wherein each of said data entries contains fields and said fields contain values, and wherein said mobile device accepts input from an auxiliary input device, the method comprising: displaying a list of said data entries on a display device of the mobile device; receiving at said auxiliary input device an indication of one of the data entries of said list; highlighting the data entry in response to said indication; after said highlighting, receiving at said auxiliary input device a pause of said indication; in response to said pause of said indication, said mobile device executing a filter without further user interaction when said pause of said indication is unambiguous, the filter for data entries that match the value of a field of the highlighted data entry; displaying a menu on the display device in response to said pause of said indication when said pause of said indication is ambiguous, wherein said menu comprises a menu item, wherein the menu item comprises a command to filter said list based upon a value of a field of the highlighted data entry, and receiving an indication to activate the menu item, wherein for said executing of said filter for data entries that match the value of a field of the highlighted data entry, said field is determined by the menu item that is activated; and displaying results of the filter on the display device.