Method and apparatus for building a uniform resource locator menu in an Internet television system

An apparatus for building an address menu, comprising:

• means for dividing said addresses into fields, said field including a preamble field, a middle field, and a postamble field;
• means for storing sets of said fields into a memory;
• and
• means for selecting from said sets of said fields to build said address menu.

An apparatus for building a menu of addresses, comprising:

• a server for storing fields, said fields including a preamble field, a middle field, and a postamble field;
• and
• a set top box for accessing said fields from addresses;
• whereby a user accesses said fields from said server and selects desired menu items for storing in said set top box.

A computer-readable medium comprising program instructions for building a menu of Universal Resource Locators (URLs) comprising;

• means for dividing URLs into fields;
• means for storing each of said fields separately in a first memory;
• means for moving a set of said fields from said first memory to a second memory;
• and
• means for selecting said set of said fields to form a search URL.

A method of building an address menu, comprising the steps of:

• dividing addresses into fields;
• storing said fields to a first memory;
• selecting from said fields to obtain menu items which are stored into a second memory;
• selecting from said menu items to obtain a search URL;
• and
• accessing a web page with said search URL.

A computer-readable medium comprising program instructions for building an address menu by performing the steps of:

• dividing addresses into fields, said fields including a preamble field, a middle field, and a postamble field;
• storing sets of said fields into a first memory;
• and
• selecting from said sets to build said address menu.

A computer-readable medium comprising program instructions for building a menu of Universal Resource Locators (URLs) by performing the steps of:

• dividing URLs into fields;
• storing each of said fields separately in a first memory;
• moving a set of said fields from a first memory to a second memory;
• and
• selecting from said set of said fields to form a search URL.