Patent ID: 6557004
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of generating a user interface on a hand-held device, the method comprising:receiving a search string from the user; generating a first database object from a database containing contacts records, each record comprising a first field and a second field, the first database object being sorted on the first field; searching for the search string in the first database object and retrieving search-based record ID's for records with first field entries that begin with the search string; generating a second database object that is sorted on the second field; searching for the search string in the second database object and retrieving search-based record indices for records with second field entries that begin with the search string; combining the search-based record ID's with the search-based record indices to produce a full list of indices; and displaying at least one field of at least one record identified by the full list of indices.