Patent ID: 6744451
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of selecting a desired name from a list of names in a computer system, said computer system having a display, said method comprising:dividing a character set into two subsets comprising a first subset of characters and a second subset of characters; accepting a user input for specifying a designated subset from said two subsets of characters, said user input comprising a first user input designating said first subset of characters if a first letter position of said desired name is in said a first subset of characters or, a second user input designating said second subset of characters if said first letter position of said desired name is in said second subset of characters; creating a sublist of names that have a character from said designated subset of characters in said first letter position; displaying at least a portion of said sublist of names on said display; and repeating said steps of accepting user input, creating said sublist, and displaying for a next letter position in said desired name.