Patent ID: 8171422

Claim:
A display method, comprising: a processor sorting, amongst each other and into a respective order, a plurality of data records of a first data set, wherein the order into which the data records of the first data set are sorted is determined by a sort category; the processor sorting, amongst each other and into a respective order, a plurality of data records of a second data set, wherein the order into which the data records of the second data set are sorted is determined by the sort category; displaying, by the processor, data records of the first data set and data records of the second data set according to the respective sort orders; independently determining, by the processor, a scrolling pace for scrolling through the records of the first data set and a scrolling pace for scrolling through the records of the second data set, wherein: each of the plurality of data records of the first data set and each of the plurality of data records of the second data set includes a respective data element associating the respective record with a particular one of a plurality of sequential reference points of the sort category; and the determining of the scrolling paces includes determining respective relationships of the data records of the first and second data sets to the sort category, the relationships being determined based on the associations between the records and the reference points, and the respective paces being based on the determined associations; and responsive to a scrolling instruction: traversing the plurality of sequential reference points; and based on the traversal of the plurality of sequential reference points, simultaneously scrolling through the records of the first data set at the respective pace determined for the records of the first data set, and through the records of the second data set at the respective pace determined for the records of the second data set; wherein the scrolling paces vary for different relationships between (a) the data records of the first and second data sets that are displayed during the scrolling, and (b) the sort category, each pace being determined according to a number of data records of a corresponding one of the first and second data sets that corresponds to a reference point being traversed.