Patent ID: 8219929

Claim:
A method of entering of data in a data processing system comprising: displaying a first linear sequence of top-level icons, wherein each icon corresponds to a data entry task, and the first linear sequence comprising n top-level icons of respective data entry tasks i of a selected data entry procedure, where 0<i=n; displaying, in response to activating a selected one of the top-level icons, a first associated sub-task icon corresponding to a first sub-task of the data entry task, wherein the first associated sub-task icon is displayed concurrently with the first linear sequence of top-level icons on a same screen; displaying a second linear sequence of second-level icons and removing the first associated sub-task icon in response to selecting the first associated sub-task icon, wherein a leading icon of the second linear sequence is vertically aligned with the selected one of the top-level icons of the first linear sequence, the second linear sequence of second-level icons is displayed concurrently with the first linear sequence of top-level icons on the same screen, the second linear sequence comprises second-level icons for performing a selected sub-task j of task i, and each one of the second-level icons represents one of m data entry steps k, where 0<k=m, of the second linear sequence; and displaying at least one data entry field for a selected one of the second-level icons, wherein the at least one data entry field is displayed concurrently with the second linear sequence of second-level icons on the same screen.