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US 2009/0024603 A1Published application
Method and system for performing search using acronym
AssigneeVvond, LLC
InventorDavid ZINK
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Abstract
Techniques for facilitating efficient local search using acronym are disclosed. According to one aspect of the techniques, a graphic user interface is provided to accept inputs from a user; letters successively entered as the inputs from the user are received; and titles are then progressively reduced and displayed in accordance with the letters, wherein the titles have words each beginning with one of the letters.
Claims20
A method for searching a title in a library, the method comprising:
- providing a first graphic user interface to receive inputs from a user;
- receiving a plurality of inputs, entered in succession, wherein each of the plurality of inputs corresponds to a letter;
- searching the library for one or more titles such that, for each of the plurality of letters, at least one word in the title begins with that letter;
- and
- displaying a plurality of titles on the first graphic user interface based, at least in part, on the search, the number of titles being progressively reduced in response to each successive input.
2 more elements
A system for searching a title in a library, the system comprising:
- a device to receive a plurality of inputs from a user, entered in succession, wherein each of the plurality of inputs corresponds to a letter, the device being configured to search the library for one or more titles such that, for each of the letters, at least one word in the title begins with that letter;
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- a display coupled to the device to present, on a first graphic user interface, a plurality of titles based, at least in part, on the search, the number of titles being progressively reduced in response to each successive input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.