Patent ID: 7069509

Claim:
A method for displaying data for selection by a user, comprising steps of: providing a plurality of name pairs, each of the name pairs comprising a name key and an associated name value; providing a plurality of string pairs, each of the string pairs comprising a string key and an associated string value; providing a plurality of key pairs, each of the key pairs comprising a first key and a second key, each of the first keys pointing to one of the name keys and each of the second keys pointing to one of the string keys, such that the name value associated with the pointed-to name key is thus associated with the sting value associated with the pointed-to string key; and accessing the string value associated with a selected name value by using a particular one of the key pairs, wherein the first key in the particular one of the key pairs points to the name key with which the selected name value is associated and the second key in the particular one of the key pairs points to the string key with which the string value to be accessed is associated.