Patent ID: 7047503

Claim:
A method of record selection for selecting multiple non-contiguous groups of contiguous record entries, the method comprising: displaying a plurality of record entries on a display in line-item form; selecting a first contiguous group of the record entries the selecting comprising: selecting a first record entry of the first continuous group of the record entries, the selecting the first record entry comprising: marking a first start point on the first record entry by recognizing only a contact point on said display upon which physical contact is made with said display, and recognizing a contiguous displacement of said contact point on said display horizontally across said first record entry to a first end point, to cause automatic selection of the second record entry; recognizing a contiguous displacement of said contact point to a second record entry said contact point continuing through as many contiguous record entries as displayed on said display between said first and said second record entries, automatically selecting the first contiguous group of record entries comprising the first record entry, the second record entry, and any contiguous ones of the record entries as displayed therebetween; after performing the selecting of the first contiguous group of the record entries, selecting a second contiguous group of the record entries, the second contiguous group of the record entries being non-contiguous to the first contiguous group of the record entries, the selecting of the second contiguous group of the record entries comprising: selecting a third record entry of a second contiguous group of the record entries, the selecting the third record entry comprising: marking a second start point on the third record entry by recognizing only a second contact point on said display upon which physical contact is made with said display, the third record entry being non-contiguous to the first group of continuous record entries, and recognizing a contiguous displacement of said second contact point on said display horizontally across said third record entry to a second end point, to cause automatic selection of the second record entry; recognizing a contiguous displacement of said second contact point to a fourth record entry, said second contact point continuing through as many contiguous record entries as displayed on said display between said third and said fourth record entries, and automatically selecting the second contiguous group of record entries comprising the third record entry, the fourth record entry, and any contiguous ones of the record entries as displayed therebetween, wherein the second contiguous group of ones of the record entries is non-contiguous to the first contiguous group of ones of the record entries.