Patent ID: 8799808

Claim:
A method of displaying information in a variable size user interface, the method comprising: disposing a first field in a first line of at least one information record of a plurality of displayed information records; disposing a second field in the first line of the at least one information record, the second field conveying at least one of: a time and a date associated with the at least one information record in a best fit format, the best fit format being dependent on an age of the at least one information record, wherein disposing the second field further comprises: displaying the best fit format to specify an hour and minute representation of the time associated with the at least one information record when the at least one information record is no more than one day old, displaying the best fit format to specify a day of the week along with the hour and minute representation of the time associated with the at least one information record when the at least one information record was received earlier in a current week, displaying the best fit format to specify the day of the week along with a month and a day associated with the at least one information record when the at least one information record was received in a previous week, and displaying the best fit format to specify the month, the day, and a year associated with the at least one information record when the at least one information record was received in a previous month; grouping information-records of the plurality of displayed information records having a same best fit format; displaying the grouped information-records with the same best fit format under a header that conveys the age of the at least one information record; truncating the data of the at least one information record as a size of the user interfaces decreases, wherein truncating the data of the at least one information record comprises truncating an entire data field; displaying at least one additional line for the at least one information record; and displaying, within the at least one additional line, the truncated data field.