Patent Document ID: 7698652
Application ID: 09780229

Base Claim:
1. An apparatus having a user interface assisting in searching for information from items of an ordered list in a data array, the items having descriptions, the apparatus comprising: a display; an array scroller for sequentially displaying on the display the descriptions from the ordered list on the user interface responsive to user actuation; and a helper character-generator operative to display a helper character representative of a portion of a description of an item in the ordered list being displayed, the displaying of the helper character being responsive to continued user actuation of the array scroller, wherein the helper character is displayed in a size which is larger than a size of the descriptions, wherein a change in the size is made based on a scrolling speed that is responsive to the continued user actuation.

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Claim 8:
8. The data processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the descriptions include alphabetical entries, and the helper character consist of a first alphabetical character of the description of the item in the ordered list being displayed on a display, and wherein deactivating and reactivating the array scroller adds to the display a next alphabetical character of the description.