Patent ID: 8731735

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for selecting elements via a mobile terminal, the method comprising: defining, via a processor, each element out of a totality of elements by a plurality of parameters; displaying, via the processor, a plurality of data fields on the mobile terminal, each data field corresponding to one parameter out of the plurality of parameters, each parameter being specified by a respective string of characters; inputting, via the processor, a first subset of characters of a first parameter in a first data field, the first subset having fewer characters than a full set of characters of the first parameter; while the first subset has fewer than the full set of characters of the first parameter, inputting, via the processor, a second subset of characters of a second parameter in a second data field, the second subset having fewer characters than a full set of characters of the second parameter; while inputting characters in the first and second data fields, selecting, via the processor, stepwise a set of candidate elements from the totality of elements based on the first and second subsets of input characters; and displaying, via the processor, prompts based on the set of candidate elements on the mobile terminal.