Patent ID: 7711549
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a jump bar of a contact manager, comprising the steps of: assigning a character code to a displayed button of the jump bar, the jump bar comprising a plurality of buttons, wherein the character code is uniquely associated with an alphanumeric character of a character set having a single character code uniquely associated with each alphanumeric character of a plurality of alphanumeric characters from a plurality of languages, wherein the jump bar comprises a button data table including a plurality of rows comprising at least a plurality of character codes for the plurality of alphanumeric characters, wherein each of the plurality of character codes represents an alphanumeric character associated with a different language, the plurality of rows equal to a maximum number of buttons displayable in the jump bar, wherein each button of the plurality of buttons of the jump bar is associated with two alphanumeric characters of a first language and simultaneously associated with two alphanumeric characters of at least a second language, wherein the first language is different from the second language, wherein each of the plurality of character codes represents an alphanumeric character associated with a different language, and wherein the plurality of character codes are arranged as respectively contiguous ranges of numbers to enable the identification of a language to which an alphanumeric character belongs upon the identification of one of the plurality of character codes representing the alphanumeric character; retrieving contact information from a contacts information database by comparing the assigned character code and the first alphanumeric character of the last names of contacts having associated contact information previously stored in the contacts information database; and displaying the retrieved contact information in a window of the contact manager.