Patent ID: 7761118

Claim:
A method for allowing a user of a requesting device having a display and a graphical user interface to access a database, comprising: receiving a database access request from the requesting device; sending a first list of database access functions to the requesting device when the graphical user interface is operating in a first mode where a first size displayable area is shown in the entire display; sending a second list of database access functions to the requesting device when the graphical user interface is operating in a second mode where a second size displayable area is shown in a first portion of the display and navigational commands are shown in a second portion of the display, wherein the second size displayable area is smaller than the first size displayable area and wherein the second list is a proper subset of the first list; receiving a database access function selected by the user from the requesting device; processing the received database access function; and sending a result of the processed database access function to the requesting device.