Patent ID: 8638300
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method in an electronic device having a touch sensitive user interface of searching entries in a stored list, comprising: receiving, with one or more processors comprising instructions to implement the method, a search actuation from the touch sensitive user interface; and presenting, on the touch sensitive user interface, a reference character set for the stored list as reference character ranges on a matrix of A.times.B touch sensitive keys; wherein the reference character ranges are less or equal in number than A.times.B; and wherein each reference character range is presented on a different key; detecting, with the one or more processors, actuation of one key of the matrix of A.times.B touch sensitive keys; and presenting, with the one or more processors, a secondary reference character set on the matrix of A.times.B touch sensitive keys, and omitting presentation of reference characters from the secondary reference character set not corresponding to the at least one entry of the stored list; wherein each reference character of the secondary reference character set is within a reference character range presented on the one key prior to actuation.