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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2008
Applicants:
John Piscitello, San Francisco, CA (US);
Xuefu Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Simon Tong, Mountain View, CA (US);
Breen Hagan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
John Piscitello, San Francisco, CA (US);
Xuefu Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Simon Tong, Mountain View, CA (US);
Breen Hagan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30887 (2013.01); G06F 17/3066 (2013.01); G06F 17/30657 (2013.01); G06F 17/30864 (2013.01); Y10S 707/99933 (2013.01); Y10S 707/99934 (2013.01); Y10S 707/99935 (2013.01); Y10S 707/99936 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems allow users to enter natural language terms that describe a particular web site into an address field of a browser instead of a formal URL. The terms are evaluated to determine whether they correspond, with a high likelihood, to a particular web site. If so, this web site may be immediately accessed. If not, a list of search results based on the terms may be displayed by the browser.