Patent ID: 8566212

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a display device that simultaneously displays a plurality of quadrants in a single viewing region, in which each quadrant displays a benchmark issue and a plurality of non-benchmark issues related to the benchmark issue; a keyboard that comprises: (1) a first plurality of keys, in which a first key of the first plurality of keys corresponds to a first benchmark issue and a second key of the first plurality of keys corresponds to a second benchmark issue; (2) a second plurality of keys, in which each key of the second plurality of keys corresponds to an order for a non-benchmark issue; and a computing device that is coupled to the display device, the keyboard and a non-transitory machine readable medium, in which the non-transitory machine readable medium stores instructions which, when executed by the computing device, direct the computing device to: in response to the first key being pressed: (1) select a first quadrant of the plurality of simultaneously displayed quadrants, in which the first quadrant displays the first benchmark issue; (2) map the second plurality of keys such that each key of the second plurality of keys corresponds to a non-benchmark issue that is related to the first benchmark issue; and (3) place an order for the non-benchmark issue in response to one of the second plurality of keys being pressed after the first key being pressed; in response to the second key being pressed after the first key was pressed: (1) switch, from the first quadrant, to select a second quadrant of the plurality of simultaneously displayed quadrant, in which the second quadrant displays the second benchmark issue; and (2) re-map the second plurality of keys such that each key of the second plurality of keys corresponds to a non-benchmark issue related to the second benchmark issue that is displayed in the second quadrant.