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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2002
Mingchi Stephen Mak, Belmont, CA (US);
Mingchi Stephen Mak, Belmont, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An invention is provided for displaying two-dimensional data on small screen devices. The invention includes providing a first data set display section on a screen, which is capable of presenting a list of entries in a first data set. In addition, a second data set display section is provided on the screen. The second data set display section is capable of presenting a particular entry from a second data set associated with a selected entry from the first data set. In operation, a new entry from the second data set is presented in the second data set display section in response to receiving a navigation command related to the second data set. The new entry is associated with the selected entry from the first data set.