Command driven web site browsing

• US 9,396,280 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2008
• Issued: 07/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Gu, Ye, Tunning, Brian
• Primary Examiner(s): SAX, STEVEN PAUL
• Application Number:
  US12/143,840
• Publication Number:
  US 20090319954A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,948 Days
• Field of Search: 715/864, 715/780, 715/748, 715/749, 715/760, 715/765, 715/802, 715/804, 715/805, 715/843, 715/845, 715/854, 715/968, 715821-824, 715/810, 715/764, 707/10, 707/100, 455/418, 455/566
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/023 Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45512 Command shells

Abstract

Command driven web site browsing. As a part of command driven web site browsing a user supplied command is accessed that is submitted from a text input box in a web page of a browser and based on the user supplied command a web site is identified and accessed. The web site is automatically navigated to directly locate a predetermined place and/or perform a predetermined function therein which otherwise requires one or more user actions beyond the submission of a command to locate.

Claims

1. A method for web command interpretation comprising:

accepting an input from a user through a search box of a web site in a browser;

determining whether the input comprises a command that does not correspond to a search;

responsive to determining that the input does not comprise a command that does not correspond to a search, performing a search for one or more keywords comprised in the input; and

responsive to determining that the input comprises a command that does not correspond to a search;

determining that the command is directed to a personal record of the user and comprises an action item and content for updating the personal record, wherein the action item is semantically analyzed to determine how, from a plurality of update operations, the personal record is to be updated with the content; and

executing the input when the command is directed to the personal record, the executing comprising;

displaying the personal record associated with the command; and

updating the personal record based on the command by modifying existing content in an entry in the personal record with the content from the command based on the semantic analysis of the action item in the command,

at least some of the method implemented at least in part via a processing unit.

2. The method of claim 1, the browser executing on a portable device.

3. The method of claim 1, the personal record associated with an application other than the browser and the executing comprising launching the application.

4. The method of claim 1, the personal record associated with at least one of an email service, an address book, or a calendar service.

5. The method of claim 1, the command comprising a single line of text.

6. The method of claim 1, the input comprising at least one of an add contacts command, a remove contacts command, or an edit calendar command.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising providing a result of the executing in a single action.

8. The method of claim 1, the determining that the command is directed to a personal record comprising comparing one or more words of the command to one or more words listed in a word wheel.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising suggesting at least a portion of the input based at least in part on a drop down suggestion list.

10. The method of claim 1, comprising suggesting at least a portion of the input based at least in part on a learning curve associated with one or more users.

11. A system for web command interpretation comprising:

a command component configured to receive an input from a user through a search box of a portable device; and

a navigation component configured to;

determine whether the input comprises a command not corresponding to a search;

responsive to determining that the input does not comprise a command not corresponding to a search, initiate a search using one or more keywords of the input; and

responsive to determining that the input comprises a command not corresponding to a search;

determine that the command is directed to a personal record of the user and comprises an action item and content for updating the personal record wherein the action item is semantically analyzed to determine how, from a plurality of update operations, the personal record is to be updated with the content; and

execute the input when the command is directed to the personal record, the executing comprising;

updating the personal record based on the command by modifying existing content in an entry in the personal record with the content from the command based on the semantic analysis of the action item in the command; and

returning a web page comprising the personal record associated with the command for display at the portable device.

12. The system of claim 11, the personal record associated with an application and the executing comprising launching the application.

13. The system of claim 11, the executing comprising launching an application comprising at least one of an email service, an address book, or a calendar service.

14. The system of claim 11, the command comprising a single line of text.

15. The system of claim 11, the determining that the command is directed to a personal record comprising comparing one or more words of the command to one or more words listed in a word wheel.

16. The system of claim 11, the search box presented through a browser.

17. A non-volatile computer-readable storage device storing instructions, which when executed perform acts, comprising:

receiving an input submitted from a user through a search box of a portable device;

determining whether the input comprises a command that does not correspond to a search;

responsive to determining that the input does not comprise a command that does not correspond to a search, performing a search for one or more keywords of the input; and

responsive to determining that the input comprises a command that does not correspond to a search;

determining that the command is a command to add contact information to a contact list, the contact information included in the input submitted from the user through the search box, wherein the determination is based on analyzing a part of the input that is not the contact information;

executing the command to add the contact information to the contact list; and

returning a web page comprising the added contact information based on the command for display at the portable device.

18. The computer-readable storage device of claim 17, comprising suggesting at least a portion of the input based at least in part on word wheeling.

19. The computer-readable storage device of claim 17, comprising suggesting at least a portion of the input based at least in part on a drop down suggestion list.

20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 17, the executing comprising launching an address book service.