Method, terminal and server for selecting a server address

• US 20060112162A1
• Filed: 06/16/2003
• Published: 05/25/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Marot, Emmanuel, Anquetil, Gilles, Botvinik, Bruno
• Application Number:
  US10/520,609
• Publication Number:
  US 20060112162A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/301 Name conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability

Abstract

The invention concerns a method for communication between a terminal and a server of a communication network, a server or data of the server being identified by an address. According to the invention, when the user of the terminal executes an input, codes stored in a base of the terminal and selected on the basis of first parameters are displayed so that the user may select a code, then the selected code is transmitted to a routing server which identifies, on the basis of second parameters, an address associated with the selected code stored in a base of the terminal, and the identified address is transmitted to the terminal which automatically accesses the identified address.

Claims

1. Method for communication between a terminal and a server of a communication network, the server or data of the server being identified by an address, the method comprising:

when a user of the terminal executes an input, displaying codes stored in a code base of the terminal and selected based on first parameters so that the user selects a code,

transmitting the selected code to a routing server which identifies, based on second parameters, an address associated with the code selected and stored in a base of the routing server, and

transmitting the identified address to the terminal which automatically accesses the identified address.

2. A method in accordance with claim 1, comprising the step of changing the code base of the terminal or changing an address of the routing server stored by the terminal for transmitting a code to the routing server by transmitting a command from the routing server.

3. A method in accordance with claim 2, comprising changing the code base of the terminal by executing at least one of the following operations:

the storage of a new code, the elimination of a code, the creation, changing or deletion of a code group or dictionary, the allocation of a display priority among the codes.

4. A method in accordance with claim 2 or 3, comprising transmitting a change command when the server communicates an address to the terminal.

5. A method in accordance with claims 1, 2 or 3, comprising considering a similarity between the input and a stored code to be one of the first parameters, such that the codes that are displayed are the codes most similar to the input.

6. A method in accordance with claim 5, comprising allocating a of cost for each correction of an element of the input, to obtain an element of the code to determine similarity between the input and a code, wherein a lower sum of the costs for obtaining a code by correcting an input, corresponds to a higher similarity between the input and one of the codes.

7. A method in accordance with claims 1, 2 or 3, comprising selecting codes and displaying the selected codes as the input, considering the first elements input with the first elements of codes of the base.

8. A method in accordance with claims 1, 2 or 3, comprising considering the input to be a code that is transmitted to the routing server.

9. A method in accordance with claims 1, 2 or 3, comprising grouping the codes of the terminal into dictionaries, each dictionary being characteristic of a category of codes.

10. A method in accordance with claim 9, comprising considering a context of the input to be a first selection parameter, setting a selection priority among the codes coming from different dictionaries, the context being related to at least one parameters selected from a group consisting of:

data displayed by the terminal, an access in progress, a communication in progress, a geographic location of the terminal, a telephone operator transmitting the communications, a network access provider, a history of the accesses made, sites indicated as favorites, the type of the terminal, or an operating language of the terminal.

11. A method in accordance with claim 10, comprising transmitting the at least one parameter of the context of the input to the routing server during the transmission of a code.

12. A method in accordance with claim 11, wherein addresses or codes associated with addresses are grouped by dictionaries characteristic of an address category, a parameter of the context of the input or an identifier of the user is used as one of the second selection parameters allocating a priority to an address coming from a first dictionary vis-à

-vis an address coming from a second dictionary or to a code coming from the first dictionary vis-à

-vis a code coming from the second dictionary.

13. A method in accordance with claims 1, 2 or 3, wherein an intermediate server comprising an address base provided by the base of the routing server is used to receive the code sent by the terminal for transmitting an address or codes to the terminal, for transmitting the code received to the routing server or for transmitting commands changing the code base of the terminal.

14. A communication terminal accessing servers or data of the servers via a communication network by means of an address according to a communication protocol, comprising:

means for displaying the codes stored in a base of the terminal and selected on the based on first parameters when a user of the terminal executes an input so that the user selects a code,

means for transmitting the selected code to a routing server and for receiving an address from the routing server for automatically accessing the address or codes for displaying the address.

15. A terminal in accordance with claim 14, comprising means for receiving from the routing server a command changing the code base of the terminal or changing an address of the routing server.

16. A terminal in accordance with claim 15, comprising means for changing the code base of the terminal by executing an operation selected from a group consisting of:

the storage of a new code, elimination of a code, creation, changing or deletion of a code group or dictionary, or allocation of a display priority among the codes.

17. A terminal in accordance with one of the claims 14 through 16, comprising means for considering a similarity between the input and a stored code to be a first parameter for selecting displayed codes.

18. A terminal in accordance with claim 17, comprising means for determining the similarity between the input and a code by allocating a cost for each correction of an element of the input, to obtain an element of the code, wherein a lower sum of the costs for obtaining a code by correcting an input, corresponds to a higher similarity between the input and one of the codes.

19. A terminal in accordance with claims 14 through 16, comprising means for dividing the code base into sub-bases, or dictionaries characteristic of a code category.

20. A terminal in accordance with claim 19, comprising means for considering a context of the input to be one of the first selection parameters, setting a selection priority among the codes of different dictionaries, the context being selected from a group consisting of:

data displayed by the terminal, an access in progress, a communication in progress, a geographic location of the terminal, a telephone operator transmitting communications, a network access provider, a history of the sites visited, sites indicated as favorites, a manufacturer of the terminal, or an input language.

21. A terminal in accordance with claim 20, comprising means for selecting and displaying the codes as the input based on a similarity between the first elements of the input and the first elements of the codes of the base.

22. A communication network server wherein a server or data of the server are accessible by means of an address according to a communication protocol, comprising:

means for receiving a code transmitted by a terminal, for identifying, in a base, an address or codes associated with the code received based on second parameters and for transmitting the address or the code to the terminal, and

means for commanding a change in a code base in the terminal transmitting the code.

23. A server in accordance with claim 22, comprising means for considering a similarity between the code transmitted by the terminal and codes associated with addresses in the base of the terminal to be one of the second selection parameters.

24. A server in accordance with claim 23, comprising means for dividing the code base into sub-bases, or dictionaries, comprising codes which are characteristic of a service provider, a telecommunications operator, a network access provider or an operator of the routing server.

25. A server in accordance with claim 24, comprising means for considering a context of the transmission of the code by the terminal to be one of the second selection parameters, setting a selection priority among different code or address groups or dictionaries, the context being related to a parameter selected from a group consisting of:

an input field placed in the access means of the terminal, data displayed by the terminal, an access in progress, a communication in progress, a geographic location of the terminal, a telephone operator transmitting communications, a network access provider, a history of the sites visited, sites indicated as favorites, a manufacturer of the terminal, or an input language.

26. A server in accordance with one of the claims 22 through 25, comprising means so that, when the server transmits a server or data address to the terminal, it commands the terminal to store codes, or a dictionary, on the basis of the address of the server or data transmitted.