Patent ID: 8677267

Claim:
A method of setting a variable value feature, having a plurality of values associated therewith wherein the plurality of values include a default value and a plurality of non-default values, on a user interface, the user interface having user activatable areas enabling a selection and changing of the variable value feature, comprising: (a) displaying, on the user interface, a first numeric value associated with a user selected variable value feature; (b) changing the displayed first numeric value associated with the selected variable value feature by a predetermined numeric amount so as to display a second numeric value associated with the selected variable value feature by a user engaging a user activatable area of the user interface associated with the selected variable value feature; (c) determining if an annotated message is associated with the displayed second numeric value associated with the selected variable value feature, the annotated message expressing information equivalent to the displayed second numeric value in a non-numeric form; (d) displaying the annotated message associated with the selected variable value feature along with the displayed second numeric value associated with the selected variable value feature when it is determined that the displayed second value associated with the selected variable value feature has an associated annotation message; and (e) displaying no annotated message when it is determined that the displayed second numeric value associated with the selected variable value feature has no associated annotation message.