Method of contextually determining missing components of an incomplete uniform resource locator
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Abstract
A technique and apparatus for connecting a terminal to a host server on the Internet in response to an incomplete uniform resource locator (URL). The remaining or missing components of the incomplete URL is contextually determined as a function of the host server.
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1-416. -416. (canceled)
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417. A method of connecting a terminal to a host server on the internet in response to an incomplete uniform resource locator, wherein said terminal has a monitor and an input device, the method comprising the steps of:
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entering a host name by a user corresponding to said host server on said input device to provide said incomplete uniform resource locator;
contextually determining remaining components of said incomplete uniform resource locator as a function of said host server. - View Dependent Claims (418, 419)
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- 420. Apparatus for connecting a computer terminal to a host server on the internet in response to an incomplete uniform resource locator, comprising a device for contextually determining remaining components of said incomplete uniform resource locator as a function of a host name entered by a user to provide a complete uniform resource locator, wherein said host name corresponds to said host server.
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