G - Physics – 06 – F
Patent
G - Physics
06
F
354/133
G06F 3/023 (2006.01) G06F 3/033 (2006.01) G06F 17/27 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1301348
Abstract An improved apparatus and method for selecting entries within a plurality of entries is presented. The preferred embodiment of the invention includes a search control processor which causes an edit box and a list box to be displayed on a display. In the list box is displayed a subset of entries from a plurality of entries. As letters are typed on a keyboard, the letters are displayed in the edit box. The search control processor causes a first entry from the plurality of entries to be highlighted when the first letter(s) of the first entry match the letters displayed in the edit box and when the first entry in in alphabetical order before any other entry from the plurality of entries whose first letters(s) match the letter(s) displayed in the edit box. When a user presses "ENTER" or some other designated key on the keyboard the search control processor selects the entry highlighted on the screen. Since often the list box is not sufficiently large to display all entries in the plurality of entries, when the first entry whose first letter(s) match the letters in the edit box is not displayed, the search control processor will cause the list box to scroll so that the first entry is displayed. Also if the first letter(s) of no entry from the plurality of entries matches the letter(s) in the edit box, the search control processor will cause the list box to be scrolled to the top of the list of entries, and depressing the "ENTER" key will have no effect. Alternately, depressing the "ENTER" key could result in an error message.
580891
Hewlett-Packard Company
Sim & Mcburney
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