Patent ID: 8161020
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of providing information comprising: providing an input mobile device having at least two keys, each of said at least two keys corresponding to more than one character; storing objects in a database, each object having a unique address; storing pointers in the database, each pointer identifying at least one of the unique addresses, and each pointer having an identification code that is at least one byte in length; accepting selection of a first key press of one of the at least two keys to produce a first binary number; following said accepting selection of the first key press, accepting selection of a second key press of one of the at least two keys to produce a second binary number; concatenating the first and second binary numbers to create a first input having exactly one byte in length, wherein the first binary number is a first nibble of the first input and the second binary number is a second nibble of the first input; comparing the byte of the first input to a first one of the bytes of the identification codes and based on the comparison, creating a set of identification codes, each identification code in the set having a first byte that matches the byte of the first input; identifying a pointer for each identification code in said set of identification codes, to provide a first group of pointers; and providing objects corresponding to the identified pointers; wherein when it is desired to reduce the number of objects provided: