Patent ID: 6971069

Claim:
A method for scrolling between character string entries in an indexed list as a response to scrolling commands given through the activation of selectors, comprising the steps of: arranging the indexed list into sections so that the common factor of all entries of a section is the sameness of one first character and each section has a first entry, scrolling to the first entry of a section as a response to a first scrolling command; and scrolling from an entry in the indexed list to the immediately adjacent entry in the indexed list as a response to a second scrolling command; wherein: the step of scrolling to the first entry of a section is executed as a response to a first scrolling command given through the activation of a scrolling selector, the step of scrolling from an entry in the indexed list into the immediately adjacent entry in the indexed list is executed as a response to a second scrolling command given through the activation of the same scrolling selector, and the method further comprises a step of responding to a third scrolling command given through the activation of the same scrolling selector by scrolling from a first section to a second section so that at least one other whole section is left between said first and second sections, wherein said first, second and third commands are all different kinds of commands.