Method for automatically completing an incomplete address entry
First Claim
1. A method executed in a computer system for completing an address, the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting an incomplete input of the address;
deriving a completion string to said input based on a determined score; and
offering the derived completion string for completing the address;
wherein said score is determined as a combination of base score and context dependent address score said base score is updated as a linear combination of the sum of each record changed, multiplied by a number assigned by a user to each such record, which is further multiplied by a base score prior to such change;
wherein said base score is determined from the content of one or more of;
a user'"'"'s organizational context records, a user'"'"'s address book, a user'"'"'s incoming or outgoing mail records, and a user'"'"'s address records and, wherein the context dependent address score is derived from the base score and from one or more of;
a user user address fragments, recently opened addresses, addresses used in recent communications, and recent completion corrections.
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Abstract
A method for completing an address, e.g., a mail address, an e-mail address, or a phone number. For that the method comprises the steps of detecting an incomplete user input of the address, deriving a completion offer to the incomplete user input in dependence on a derivable score, and offering the derived completion offer for completing the address. This allows to design more effective support systems, which help the user to find more quickly addresses that have not been entered in full. The derivable score approximates the probability of the address to be the one intended by a user. The derivable score can be influenced by several factors which can be given but as well as can be chosen or influenced by the user.
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1. A method executed in a computer system for completing an address, the method comprising the steps of:
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detecting an incomplete input of the address; deriving a completion string to said input based on a determined score; and offering the derived completion string for completing the address; wherein said score is determined as a combination of base score and context dependent address score said base score is updated as a linear combination of the sum of each record changed, multiplied by a number assigned by a user to each such record, which is further multiplied by a base score prior to such change; wherein said base score is determined from the content of one or more of;
a user'"'"'s organizational context records, a user'"'"'s address book, a user'"'"'s incoming or outgoing mail records, and a user'"'"'s address records and, wherein the context dependent address score is derived from the base score and from one or more of;
a user user address fragments, recently opened addresses, addresses used in recent communications, and recent completion corrections. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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