Systems and methods to provide server side profile information
AssigneeYahoo Holdings, Inc.
InventorsDennis QUINTELA, Frank J. Cort
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Abstract
Systems and methods to provide server side profile information. An LDAP server is provisioned for each user of a plurality of users. Profile information is received. The profile information is stored in a database associated with the LDAP server. Via the LDAP server, a suggestion from the profile information is provided in response to a partial entry provided by the user to a first client associated with the user.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A method, comprising:
- storing, by a server, profile information in a database, wherein the profile information is stored as a plurality of profiles, each profile for a respective one of a plurality of persons;
- and
- providing, by the server, a plurality of suggestions from the profile information in response to a partial entry provided locally by a user in a user interface of a client, each suggestion to be displayed at a respective predetermined position in the user interface based on a source of the respective suggestion, wherein a first suggestion obtained from a first source is displayed in a predetermined first position of the user interface, and a second suggestion obtained from a second source is displayed in a predetermined second position of the user interface.
A system, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- memory storing instructions configured to instruct the at least one processor to:
- store profile information in a database, wherein the profile information is stored as a plurality of profiles;
- and
- provide a plurality of suggestions from the profile information in response to a partial entry provided by a user in a user interface of a client, each suggestion to be displayed at a respective predetermined position in the user interface based on a source of the respective suggestion, wherein a first suggestion obtained from a first source is displayed in a predetermined first position of the user interface, and a second suggestion obtained from a second source is displayed in a predetermined second position of the user interface.
A non-transitory machine readable storage media storing a set of instructions, the instructions when executed causing at least one processor to:
- store profile information in a database, wherein the profile information is stored as a plurality of profiles;
- and
- provide a suggestion from the profile information in response to a partial entry provided by a user in a user interface of a client, the suggestion to be displayed at a predetermined position in the user interface based on a source of the suggestion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.