Patent ID: 8429561

Claim:
An information search method comprising: arranging, in a predetermined order, names associated with pieces of information to be searched; displaying a range display bar on a display screen, the range display bar being divided into sections according to arbitrary percentage values, wherein the arbitrary percentage values correspond to a number of pieces of information in a section relative to a total number of the pieces of information to be searched; displaying, adjacent to the range display bar, a detailed-name-of-information display section that displays detailed information associated with the names in a scrollable manner; receiving from a user a range designated for searching the pieces of information based on an input selecting a range displayed on the range display bar; searching the arranged names within the designated search range; displaying, in response to receiving the range designated for searching, a portion of at least one name associated with a piece of information obtained in the search on at least one of the divided sections of the range display bar, wherein the portion of the at least one name includes an initial letter of the at least one name; and displaying detailed information associated with the names within the designated search range on the detailed-name-of-information display section in the predetermined order; wherein multiple percentage values associated with the number of pieces of information and the divided sections are displayed on the range display bar in conjunction with the portion of the at least one name.