Multi-context iterative directory filter

A system for concurrently accepting parameters in at least two contexts, the system comprising:

• an input device structured to receive a character sequence, the character sequence comprising at least one character, each character having a first value associated with a first operating mode, and at least a subset of the characters having a second value associated with a second operating mode;
• a buffer, coupled to the character input device, structured to store the character sequence entered on the character input device;
• a string handler, coupled to the buffer, structured to automatically determine, at the same time, whether the character sequence produces a valid result in a first context associated with the first operating mode and whether at least one of the characters is valid in a second context;
• a processor, coupled to the string handler, the processor:
• responsive to the character sequence producing a valid result in the first context and not producing a valid result in the second context, structured to automatically perform a first action in the first operating mode corresponding to the first context using the first value for each character;
• and
• responsive to the character sequence producing the valid result in the second context associated with the second operating mode and not producing the valid result in the first context, structured to automatically perform a second action in the second operating mode corresponding to the second context using the second value for each character;
• responsive to the character sequence producing a valid result in the first context and the character sequence producing a valid result in the second context, structured to perform a selection action to identify the first operating mode or the second operating mode.

A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable code embodied therein for concurrently accepting parameters in at least two contexts, the compute program product comprising:

• computer-readable program code configured to cause a processor to receive a character sequence comprising at least one character, each character having a first value associated with a first operating mode, and at least one of the characters having a second value associated with at second operating mode;
• computer-readable program code configured to cause the processor to automatically determine whether the character sequence produces a valid result in both a first context associated with the first operating mode and a second context associated with the second operating mode at the same time;
• computer-readable program code configured to cause a processor to, responsive to the character sequence producing a valid result in the first context and not producing a valid result in the second context, automatically performing a first action in the first operating mode corresponding to the first context using the first value for each character;
• computer-readable program code configured to cause a processor to, responsive to the character sequence producing the valid result in the second context associated with the second operating mode and not producing the valid result in the first context, automatically perform a second action in the second operating mode corresponding to the second context using the second value for each character;
• computer-readable program code configured to cause a processor to, responsive to the character sequence producing the valid result in the first context and the character sequence producing the valid result in the second context, perform a selection action to identify the first operating mode or the second operating mode.