Patent Document ID: 9052844
Application ID: 13523062

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method of arranging text items in a predefined order, comprising: storing, in the memory of a peripheral device, a collection of multiple text items arranged in multiple sets of text items and in multiple groups of text items; and storing a respective code item with a respective group of text items; storing a sort key that has values that designate a predefined order of the text items in each set; wherein the sort key is appended to the text items and comprises at least one character with a value within the Private Use range of the Unicode format sorting the list according to a predetermined sort order using the program and receiving from the program a sorted list with the text items in said sort order; appending the sort key to the text items in the sorted list in a way to designate said sort order; and providing the sorted list with the sort key for storing as a set of the collection of text items in the memory of the peripheral device.

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Claim 3:
3. A computer-implemented method according to claim 1 , comprising: selecting at least one of the group of text items in response to a user selection.