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Process and apparatus for selecting an item from a database

  • US 9,836,489 B2
  • Filed: 08/09/2016
  • Issued: 12/05/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for selecting database items from a database, the database items being indexed by a list of item identifiers, the system comprising:

  • a hardware processor,a memory, coupled to the hardware processor, having stored thereon instructions which when executed by the hardware processor, cause the hardware processor to implement the following steps of;

    generating an initial display including one or more parts of item identifiers for selection by a user,receiving the selection from the user of the one or more parts;

    generating a display of further one or more parts of item identifiers for selection in response to the selection of the one or more parts of item identifiers, wherein;

    the further one or more parts of item identifiers being selected for display based at least in part on a ranking scheme,the further one of more parts of item identifiers being arranged on the display relative to one another and corresponding to at least an up, down, left or right position, andthe highest ranked of the further one or more parts of item identifiers being positioned in one of the up, down, left, and right positions; and

    receiving the selection from the user, of the further one or more parts of item identifiers in order to add to the selected one or more parts to build a larger part or whole of a particular item identifier;

    wherein the selected one or more parts of item identifiers and the selected further one or more parts of item identifiers are shorter than a complete word; and

    wherein selection of the further one or more parts of item identifiers is enabled by a key press corresponding to the relative arrangement of the further one or more parts of item identifiers on the display.

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