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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2013
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Christopher M. Vaughan, Seattle, WA (US);
Oliver Wallace, Redmond, WA (US);
Carlos Yeung, Seattle, WA (US);
Amit Gupta, Sammamish, WA (US);
Christophe Marle, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments provide a Web browser that employs a relevancy algorithm to make an educated guess as to the likelihood of a user's intended destination when the user begins to enter text into a browser's address bar. In one or more embodiments, the relevancy algorithm employs various parameters and assigns weights to the parameters to arrive at a collection of suggestions to provide to the user. By using various rules, associated weightings, and the relevancy algorithm, relevant suggestions can be provided to a user to facilitate their navigation activities.