Method and System for URL Autocompletion using Ranked Results
First Claim
1. A method for processing URL information, comprising:
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receiving, from a requestor at a client system remote from the server system, a partial URL;
the receiving including receiving the partial URL from the requestor prior to the requestor performing an action indicating entry of a complete URL that includes the partial URL;
obtaining a set of complete URLs corresponding to the partial URL; and
conveying the set of complete URLs to the requestor.
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Abstract
A set of ordered predicted completion strings are presented to a user as the user enters text in a text entry box (e.g., a browser or a toolbar). The predicted completion strings can be in the form of URLs or query strings. The ordering may be based on any number of factors (e.g., a query'"'"'s frequency of submission from a community of users). URLs can be ranked based on an importance value of the URL. Privacy is taken into account in a number of ways, such as using a previously submitted query only when more than a certain number of unique requestors have made the query. The sets of ordered predicted completion strings is obtained by matching a fingerprint value of the user'"'"'s entry string to a fingerprint to table map which contains the set of ordered predicted completion strings.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for processing URL information, comprising:
at a server system; receiving, from a requestor at a client system remote from the server system, a partial URL;
the receiving including receiving the partial URL from the requestor prior to the requestor performing an action indicating entry of a complete URL that includes the partial URL;obtaining a set of complete URLs corresponding to the partial URL; and conveying the set of complete URLs to the requestor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured for execution by a computer, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:
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receiving, at a server system from a requestor at a client system remote from the server system, a partial URL;
wherein the partial URL is received from the requestor prior to the requestor performing an action indicating entry of a complete URL that includes the partial URL;obtaining a set of complete URLs corresponding to the partial URL; and conveying the set of complete URLs to the requestor. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A server system for processing query information, comprising:
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one or more processors; and memory storing one or more programs to be executed by the one or more processors; the one or more programs comprising instructions for; receiving, from a requestor at a client system remote from the server system, a partial URL;
the receiving including receiving the partial URL from the requestor prior to the requestor performing an action indicating entry of a complete URL that includes the partial URL;obtaining a set of complete URLs corresponding to the partial URL; and conveying the set of complete URLs to the requestor. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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