Assisted entering of addresses

• US 20030145112A1
• Filed: 01/31/2002
• Published: 07/31/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Keller, S. Brandon, Rogers, Gregory D., Robbert, George H.
• Application Number:
  US10/062,211
• Publication Number:
  US 20030145112A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/245
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/30 Managing network names, e.g. use of aliases or nicknames name-to-address mapping H04L61/45

Abstract

When an operator enters a partial address into a browser, the browser displays at least one full address, where the displayed address may be an address that has not been previously entered into the browser or accessed by the browser.

Claims

1. A method of providing assistance for entering an address, comprising:

receiving, by a client, a partial address; and

displaying, by the client, at least one full address that includes the partial address, where the full address has not been previously accessed by the client.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

reading, by the client, the full address from memory in a computer running the client.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the client, the full address, from a source external to the computer running the client.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving, by the client, the full address, from an address list on a server.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving, by the client, the full address, from a directory on a server.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

reading, by the client, an index page on a server, where the partial address includes a name of the server; and

,

reading, by the client, the full address from the index page.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

reading, by the client, an address list on the index page; and

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reading, by the client, the full address from the address list.

8. A computer, comprising:

a processor;

a memory medium, readable by the processor, containing a program to instruct the processor to perform the following method;

receiving, by a client, a partial address; and

displaying, by the client, at least one full address that includes the partial address, where the full address has not been previously accessed by the client.

9. A computer readable medium, containing a program to perform the following steps:

receiving, by a client, a partial address; and

displaying, by the client, at least one full address that includes the partial address, where the full address has not been previously accessed by the client.

10. A computer, comprising:

means for receiving, by a client, a partial address; and

means for displaying, by the client, at least one full address that includes the partial address, where the full address has not been previously accessed by the client.