Network address conversion method and apparatus
First Claim
1. A network logical address conversion method comprising:
- obtaining an inputted temporary logical address; and
searching for a real logical address corresponding to the inputted temporary address, wherein the search is conducted on the assumption that at least part of the inputted temporary address has been generated by replacing each character of the real logical address with a numeral assigned thereto in an information terminal.
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Abstract
Network logical addresses are converted to temporary addresses which are more easily input using keys, typically ten keys, of mobile phones. Each character of the original address is replaced by a numeral, the numeral key being assigned to the character. In a certain phone, for example, key “2” is assigned to “2”, “A”, “B” and “C” and key “3” is assigned to “3”, “D”, “E” and “F”. If the original address includes “CE” as part of it, these two characters are converted simply to “23”. In the preparation step, the original addresses of web sites are converted to temporary addresses and the relation between them is registered in a table. By referring to the table, it would be easy to translate a temporary address to its original address so that correct access to the target site is enabled.
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19 Claims
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1. A network logical address conversion method comprising:
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obtaining an inputted temporary logical address; and
searching for a real logical address corresponding to the inputted temporary address, wherein the search is conducted on the assumption that at least part of the inputted temporary address has been generated by replacing each character of the real logical address with a numeral assigned thereto in an information terminal. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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2. A network logical address conversion method comprising a preprocess and a main process,
wherein the preprocess comprises: -
obtaining an inputted real logical address, identifying numerals, each thereof being assigned in an information terminal to each character of the inputted address;
generating a temporary logical address corresponding to the real address by replacing at least some of the characters with the identified numerals; and
storing the generated temporary address, and wherein the main process comprises;
obtaining an inputted temporary address; and
searching for a real address corresponding to the inputted address in the set of stored temporary addresses. - View Dependent Claims (3, 5)
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6. An network address conversion apparatus comprising:
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a first address obtaining unit which obtains an inputted real logical address;
a converter which converts the inputted address to a corresponding temporary address;
a table which stores the inputted real address with the temporary address linked thereto;
a second address obtaining unit which obtains an inputted temporary logical address; and
a search unit which searches for a real logical address corresponding to the inputted temporary address;
wherein the converter identifies a numeral assigned to a key of an information terminal, the key being used to input a character of the real address, the character corresponding to the numeral, and generates the temporary address corresponding to the real address by replacing at least some of the characters of the real address with the identified numerals. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A network address conversion apparatus comprising:
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a table storing correspondence between temporary logical addresses and real logical addresses;
an address obtaining unit which obtains an inputted temporary address; and
a search unit which searches for a real address corresponding to the inputted temporary address in the table, wherein at least part of the inputted temporary address has been generated by replacing each character of the real logical address with a numeral assigned thereto in an information terminal.
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19. A network address conversion method comprising:
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obtaining an inputted temporary logical address;
identifying a set of characters for each digit of the temporary address, the set of characters being assigned to a key of an information terminal used to input the digit;
obtaining a group of addresses including the real address by arranging the identified sets of characters; and
selecting the real address out of the group as an intended real address.
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