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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2012
Applicants:
Eric Johnson, Ottawa, CA;
Ronald Anthony Dicke, Ottawa, CA;
Inventors:
Eric Johnson, Ottawa, CA;
Ronald Anthony Dicke, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/0489 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30905 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G09G 2340/145 (2013.01); G06F 17/30867 (2013.01); G06F 3/0489 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system that permits a user to navigate or browse a long list on a handheld device with a restricted user interface, such as a limited display and a limited user input device. The user first uses a coarse search to find a generally desired area in the list. The user then uses finer and finer search intervals in the vicinity of the desired area, until the desired entry is located.