Patent ID: 6867764

Claim:
A method of selecting a value using a touch-sensitive screen comprising: displaying a first value in a textbox on the screen and displaying a second value in a textbox on the screen, displaying a graphic on the screen, the graphic having two ends and an indicator positioned between the two ends, determining whether the user has selected the first or second textbox based on whether the user has tapped on the first or second textbox, changing the appearance of the screen to indicate which textbox has been selected by the user, determining whether the user has moved the indicator based on whether the user has slid on the graphic towards or away from one of the ends, selecting a candidate value from a range of values based on the position of the indicator with respect to an end of the graphic, the range being a first range of values if the first textbox has been selected and the range being a different range of values if the second textbox has been selected, displaying the candidate value in the selected textbox, storing the candidate value as the value associated with the textbox if the selected textbox is tapped after the step of selecting a candidate value.