SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED ADDRESS ENTRY

• US 20100223547A1
• Filed: 02/27/2009
• Published: 09/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Guay, Robert J.A., Wilson, Nicholas B., Abdel-Kader, Sherif A.
• Granted Patent: US 10,176,162 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/261
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

An improved system and method for address entry are provided for a user to enter a plurality of addresses into a recipient field of an electronic communication composition application. According to embodiments described herein, an auto-complete list is generated based on an input indicative of at least a portion of a current recipient address and is additionally based on a previously entered recipient address, and the auto-complete list is then displayed.

Claims

1. A method for address entry in an electronic communication composition application, the method comprising:

detecting a first input indicative of a first recipient address;

detecting, subsequent to detecting the first input, a second input indicative of at least a portion of a second recipient address;

generating an auto-complete list comprised of candidate addresses that correspond to the second input, wherein the generating is based on the first recipient address; and

displaying the auto-complete list.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating comprises ordering the candidate addresses in one of:

an alphabetical order;

a Most-Recently Used order; and

a Most-Frequently Used order.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating comprises excluding from the auto-complete list a candidate address that corresponds to the first recipient address.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second input is further indicative of the first recipient address.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating comprises positioning at the bottom of the auto-complete list a candidate address that corresponds to the first recipient address.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating comprises designating one of the candidate addresses as a default candidate address.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the displaying comprises indicating the default candidate address.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the indicating comprises highlighting the default candidate address.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the designating comprises designating as the default candidate address a candidate address different from a candidate address corresponding to the first recipient address.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting a first input comprises receiving a finalization input.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, subsequent to the displaying, a finalization input.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the receiving the finalization input comprises one of detecting an actuation, detecting a change of focus, and detecting a predetermined character.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the receiving the finalization input comprises:

detecting a selection of one of the candidate addresses from the auto-complete list.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising replacing, responsive to detecting the selection, the second input with the selected candidate address.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating comprises searching at least one address information list and retrieving the candidate addresses from the at least one address information list.

16. An electronic computing device enabled for electronic communication, the device comprising:

a processor;

a memory, connected to the processor, for storing at least one address information list;

a display connected to the processor;

computer-readable instructions, stored in the memory and executable on the processor, for an electronic communications composition application, the application operable for;

detecting a first input indicative of a first recipient address;

detecting, subsequent to detecting the first input, a second input indicative of at least a portion of a second recipient address;

generating, based on the at least one address information list, an auto-complete list comprised of candidate addresses that correspond to the second input, wherein the generating is based on the first recipient address; and

displaying the auto-complete list on the display.

17. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions for improved address entry, the computer-readable instructions comprising:

instructions for detecting a first input indicative of a first recipient address;

instructions for detecting, subsequent to detecting the first input, a second input indicative of at least a portion of a second recipient address;

instructions for generating a auto-complete list comprised of candidate addresses that correspond to the second input, wherein the generating is based on the first recipient address; and

instructions for displaying the auto-complete list.