Patent ID: 8375058

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of selecting an item from a plurality of items, the method comprising: generating, by at least one computer processor, a first display, the first display comprising a part of an item identifier for at least a first set of items and a part of an item identifier for at least a second set of items in a database; and enabling, by the at least one computer processor, selection of one of the two parts of the item identifiers by a user using a directional controller on an input device of a computing device; generating, by the at least one computer processor, in response to the selection of the one of the two parts, a further display; the further display comprising: an additional part of an item identifier for at least a third set of items and an additional part of an item identifier for at least a fourth set of items; and the selected part of the item identifier; enabling, by the at least one computer processor, selection of one of the at least two additional parts of the item identifiers by the user using the directional controller of the input device; combining, by the at least one computer processor, the selected part of the item identifiers with the selected additional part of the item identifiers to create a larger part of the item identifiers; and displaying, by the at least one computer processor, the larger part of the item identifiers; wherein the parts of item identifiers and the additional parts of the item identifiers are alphanumeric symbols and the additional parts of the item identifiers are longer than a single alphanumeric symbol but shorter than complete item identifier; and wherein the first set of items and the second set of items are mutually exclusive of one another and the third set of items and the fourth set of items are mutually exclusive subsets of the first set of items or the second set of items.