34. An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions that configure a computing device or computing system to perform operations comprising: receiving an indication of activation of one of a plurality of search switches having associated therewith a subset of characters; identifying a set of names associated with a corresponding set of content objects stored in a storage device responsive to the activating the one of the plurality of search switches, the set of names including one or more names each having in a first character position one or more characters in the subset of characters; responsive to the set of names including only one name having in the first character position the one or more characters, displaying the one name; responsive to the set of names including more than the one name having in the first character position the one or more characters, displaying in a first display position at least one place holder character associated with the one or more characters in the subset of characters included in the set of names; and repeating the receiving the indication of activation of the one of the plurality of search switches for subsequent character positions, identifying, and displaying in subsequent display positions further ones of the at least one place holder character for subsequent activations of any of the plurality of search switches until the displaying the only one name; wherein the at least one place holder character represents plural names and a count of unresolved characters in the set of names; wherein the set of content objects includes at least one of a video or audio content object.
34. An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions that configure a computing device or computing system to perform operations comprising: receiving an indication of activation of one of a plurality of search switches having associated therewith a subset of characters; identifying a set of names associated with a corresponding set of content objects stored in a storage device responsive to the activating the one of the plurality of search switches, the set of names including one or more names each having in a first character position one or more characters in the subset of characters; responsive to the set of names including only one name having in the first character position the one or more characters, displaying the one name; responsive to the set of names including more than the one name having in the first character position the one or more characters, displaying in a first display position at least one place holder character associated with the one or more characters in the subset of characters included in the set of names; and repeating the receiving the indication of activation of the one of the plurality of search switches for subsequent character positions, identifying, and displaying in subsequent display positions further ones of the at least one place holder character for subsequent activations of any of the plurality of search switches until the displaying the only one name; wherein the at least one place holder character represents plural names and a count of unresolved characters in the set of names; wherein the set of content objects includes at least one of a video or audio content object. 37. The article of manufacture of claim 34 further comprising receiving an indication of activation of a selection switch to select one of the plurality of search categories, wherein each of the plurality of search categories is associated with a corresponding number of activations of the selection switch.