Computerized method to associatively and efficiently select elements in textual electronic lists and to operate computer-implemented programs using natural language commands

摘要

The present inventions refers to a computerized method to associatively and efficiently select at least one element from an electronic list on computers and other devices, the electronic list comprising a number of elements, each element consisting of a sequence of one or more character strings, wherein the method comprises:
generating a first graphic user interface to receive inputs from a user;
receiving a number of inputs, entered in succession,
wherein each of the number of inputs corresponds to a letter;
searching a library for a set of titles based on the plurality of inputs, wherein each title in the set includes a number of words, the number of words in each title being at least equal to the number of inputs received from the user,
wherein each of the number of inputs matches the first letter of a respective one of the number of words in each of the titles, and wherein the number of titles in the set is progressively reduced in response to each successive input;
displaying the set of titles on the first graphic user interface;
enabling the user to select one of the titles displayed on the first graphic user interface; and
displaying, on a second graphic user interface, information pertaining to the selected title, whereby the method further comprises:
a) allowing the list elements to consist of other types than titles, for example commands in natural language, persons names, folder names, file names, etc.;
b) allowing each of the number of inputs to also correspond to a digit or other printable character;
c) displaying the unfiltered electronic list prior to receiving the number of inputs;
d) if an input entered corresponds to a character defined as a delimiter, a step of additionally filtering the list by elements that have the same number of strings (words) as the number of initials entered;
e) marking the list element to be selected;
f) selecting the marked list element whereupon information pertaining to the selected element can be displayed and specific other context-dependent action pertaining to the selected list element can be triggered.