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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
May. 17, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
David R. Bell, Southampton, GB;
Peter J. Cullen, Hampshire, GB;
John W. Duffell, London, GB;
Darren J. Sullivan, Portsmouth, GB;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An aspect of auto-completion of text entered by a user includes configurable data collection components that collect from software applications text data and metadata representing an initial state of each of the applications and text data and metadata representing changes to the state of one or more of the applications. A central text matching component receives and stores the text data and metadata. A sending component sends text entered by the user in a text-entry field and any metadata associated with it to the central text matching component. A comparison component compares the entered text and associated metadata to the stored text data and metadata and locates matching text strings. A weighted ordering component ranks the matching text strings using the metadata and its configuration settings. A completion component completes the entered text at the text-entry field based on a selection of one of the located matching text strings.