Improvements in and Relating to Searching on a User Interface
First Claim
1. A method for finding a particular item from a listing of items sorted by category, on a user interface, the user interface comprising a first portion showing the sorted listing of items and a second portion showing a listing of categories by which the items are sorted, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) moving a visual marker through the listing of categories on the second portion of the user interface, those items in a given category showing on the first portion of the user interface at the same time as the visual marker passes over the given category on the second portion of the user interface;
b) moving the visual marker to the first portion of the user interface; and
c) finding the particular item on the first portion of the user interface.
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Abstract
There is provided a method for finding a particular item from a listing of items sorted by category, on a user interface. The user interface comprises a first portion showing the sorted listing of items and a second portion showing a listing of categories by which the items are sorted. The method comprises moving a visual marker through the listing of categories on the second portion of the user interface, those items in a given category showing on the first portion of the user interface at the same time as the visual marker passes over the given category on the second portion of the user interface; and moving the visual marker to the first portion of the user interface; and finding the particular item on the first portion of the user interface. There is also provided a user interface for finding a particular item from a listing of items sorted by category and an electronic device comprising such a user interface.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for finding a particular item from a listing of items sorted by category, on a user interface, the user interface comprising a first portion showing the sorted listing of items and a second portion showing a listing of categories by which the items are sorted, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) moving a visual marker through the listing of categories on the second portion of the user interface, those items in a given category showing on the first portion of the user interface at the same time as the visual marker passes over the given category on the second portion of the user interface;
b) moving the visual marker to the first portion of the user interface; and
c) finding the particular item on the first portion of the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 21)
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11. A user interface for finding a particular item from a listing of items sorted by category, the user interface comprising:
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a first portion for showing the sorted listing of items; and
a second portion for showing a listing of categories by which the items are sorted, the user interface being arranged such that, as a user moves a visual marker through the listing of categories on the second portion of the user interface, those items in a given category are displayed on the first portion of the user interface at the same time as the visual marker passes over the given category on the second portion of the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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22. An electronic device comprising:
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a user interface for finding a particular item from a listing of items sorted by category; and
a button for a user to navigate the user interface, the user interface comprising;
a first portion for showing the sorted listing of items; and
a second portion for showing a listing of categories by which the items are sorted, the user interface being arranged such that, as a user moves a visual marker through the listing of categories on the second portion of the user interface, those items in a given category are displayed on the first portion of the user interface at the same time as the visual marker passes over the given category on the second portion of the user interface;
the button comprising;
at least one portion for moving between the first portion and the second portion on the user interface and at least one portion for moving the visual marker through the listing of categories or the listing of items.
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