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1. A method comprising:
- receiving one or more terms;
initiating a search based on the terms to obtain search results;
displaying, when the search results includes a very relevant result, a document corresponding to the very relevant result; and
displaying, when the search results do not include a very relevant result, links to a plurality of documents corresponding to the search results.
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Abstract
Methods and systems allow users to enter natural language terms that describe a particular web site into an address field of a browser instead of a formal URL. The terms are evaluated to determine whether they correspond, with a high likelihood, to a particular web site. If so, this web site may be immediately accessed. If not, a list of search results based on the terms may be displayed by the browser.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving one or more terms;
initiating a search based on the terms to obtain search results;
displaying, when the search results includes a very relevant result, a document corresponding to the very relevant result; and
displaying, when the search results do not include a very relevant result, links to a plurality of documents corresponding to the search results. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-readable medium containing programming instructions to be executed by one or more processors, the computer-readable medium comprising:
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instructions for implementing a search toolbar in a browser that includes an address toolbar, the search toolbar modifying functionality of the address toolbar by enabling the address toolbar to accept double byte characters;
instructions for transmitting terms entered into the address toolbar to a search engine;
instructions for receiving search results from the search engine;
instructions for displaying in the browser, when the search result includes a very relevant result, a document corresponding to the very relevant result; and
instructions for displaying in the browser, when the search result does not include a very relevant result, links to a plurality of documents corresponding to the search results. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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receiving a search query from a user;
performing a search of a database based on the search query to obtain at least one relevant document link;
determining whether the at least one relevant document link is likely to correspond to a particular document that the user is attempting to access;
returning a link to the particular document to the user for immediate display of the particular document to the user when it is determined that one of the at least one relevant document links is likely to correspond to the particular document that the user is attempting to access; and
returning a plurality of relevant documents links for display to the user when it is not determined that one of the at least one relevant document links is likely to correspond to the particular document that the user is attempting to access. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system, comprising:
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a memory to store a document index; and
a processor to;
perform a search of the document index based on a search query received from a user to obtain a relevant result;
determine whether the relevant result is likely to correspond to a particular document that the user would like to access;
transmitting a link to the particular document to the user for immediate display of the particular document to the user when it is determined that the relevant result corresponds to the particular document that the user would like to access; and
transmitting a plurality of links relevant to the search query for display to the user when it is not determined that the relevant result corresponds to the particular document that the user would like to access.
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28. A device comprising:
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means for receiving one or more terms by a browser;
means for initiating a search based on the terms to obtain search results;
means for displaying, when the search results includes a very relevant result, a document corresponding to the very relevant result; and
means for displaying, when the search results do not include a very relevant results, links to a plurality of documents corresponding to the search results.
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29. A method comprising:
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receiving one or more terms via an address bar of a browser;
determining whether the received terms represent a valid Uniform Resource Locator (URL);
retrieving a document corresponding to the terms when the terms represent a valid URL;
initiating a search based on the terms to obtain search results when the terms do not represent a valid URL;
displaying, when the search results includes a very relevant result, a document corresponding to the very relevant result; and
displaying, when the search results do not include a very relevant result, links to a plurality of documents corresponding to the search results.
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