Patent ID: 6845488

Claim:
A method for display of information, expressed as a sequence of alphanumeric characters, in one or more entries on a single display layer of a display screen, the method comprising: designating at least one first entry of alphanumeric characters on the single display layer; displaying the at least one designated first entry in an expanded mode in which full display of the information of the designated entry is displayed; displaying any entry that is not a designated entry in a contracted mode in which at most one line of the non-designated entry is displayed; determining if a non-designated entry has become a designated second entry; and when the non-designated entry becomes the designated second entry: (i) displaying the designated second entry automatically in the expanded mode, and automatically changing the at least one designated first entry to a non-designated second entry, displaying the non-designated second entry automatically in the contracted mode; and (ii) when at least one of the designated second entry and the at least one designated first entry has at least two consecutive lines, automatically moving down at least one entry line displayed below the designated second entry, and automatically moving up at least one entry line displayed below the at least one designated first entry that has changed to the non-designated second entry.