CN1291619C - Method for inputting tracking and intelligent matching URLs on wireless application protocol browser - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a method for inputting tracing and intelligent matching web address on a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) browser, which is characterized in that a matching database is additionally arranged in the WAP browser, wherein commonly used web address data are stored, when a user wants to input the web address, the method can automatically read the input character of the user, compares the character with the data in the matching database, and then displays a person meeting the conditions or provides a commonly used suffix for the user to select, thereby simplifying the input of the web address, avoiding the lengthy and complicated input process and having the function of improving the efficiency.

Description

Method for inputting tracking and intelligent matching URLs on wireless application protocol browser

technical field

The present invention relates to a method for inputting URLs on a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) browser, and in particular to a method for automatically tracking input data and intelligently matching URLs.

Background technique

The use of mobile phones has become an important part of modern people's life. Whether they are business people, business people, students or the general public, many rely on it as an important tool to connect with others in daily life. The reason why mobile phones are so popular can be attributed to the more frequent and complex interactions between people in the information society. Receive external information or actively contact others whenever necessary. In addition, in order to meet the needs of the Internet trend, in addition to basic important functions such as Chinese painting, caller ID, and incoming call vibration, many mobile phones now focus on having wireless application protocols as their pursuit. Functional mobile phones are generally referred to as WAP mobile phones.

However, there is a troublesome point in using WAP mobile phone to surf the Internet at present: that is the input of the website address (IP address). Due to the limitation of the volume of the mobile phone, the input function of its English letters or phonetic symbols are all integrated with the original phone keys, which is a composite shared keyboard. This keyboard defines the characters of many English letters or phonetic symbols on the same button (for example, the number key [2] can represent A, B or C), so it must be determined according to the number of times the same key is struck within a certain period of time. In addition, in the process of inputting a URL, the user must type in characters one by one without any mistakes, so as to complete the input of a URL. Due to this known mode, the input process does not have any prompts and quick steps, so it is quite inconvenient to use.

For example, if the user wants to enter the following simple website——www.chinamobile.net, after a rough calculation, at least 40 keystrokes are required, and it is under the premise that there is no mistake or modification during the input process. Furthermore, the naming of current web addresses is usually based on certain rules, for example: it often starts with "www" and ends with ".com", ".net", ".org" or ".tw". Therefore, in fact, use Readers should be able to use such rules to make the input process smoother.

Contents of the invention

In view of this, the object of the present invention is to provide a method for inputting tracking and intelligent matching URLs on a WAP browser, to improve the above-mentioned complicated input process and reduce the number of keystrokes of the user, and to help the user as soon as possible to determine what he wants to input URL and improve usage efficiency.

The above-mentioned purpose of the present invention is achieved like this: a kind of method of input tracking and intelligent matching website on WAP browser, is to set up a matching database in WAP browser, in order to store the website data for matching comparison, this website data It can be stored in advance and downloaded and updated online at any time, or it can dynamically remember the websites frequently visited by users. When the user enters the URL, read the character representing the URL under the position of the Uniform Resource Locator (URL), then query the URL data matching the character in the matching database, and send the qualified URL Data is displayed on the WAP browser, and the described website address data of querying and this character matching in this matching database is carried out according to the following steps: whether the character of judging input contains the character of similar agreement standard head; If have, then with matching database Completely match and compare the first few characters of each URL data in the URL; judge whether the match is successful, if the match is successful, then the URL data that matches the matching result will be displayed on the WAP browser; if the match is unsuccessful, then enter the next step; if the input If the character does not contain a character similar to the protocol standard header, remove the similar protocol standard header character of each URL data in the matching database, and then compare it with the input character; judge whether the match is successful, if the match is successful, then match the URL data that matches the result Displayed on the WAP browser; if the match is unsuccessful, further remove the common URL prefix in the matching database, and then match and compare with the input characters; judge whether the match is successful, if the match is successful, then display the URL data that matches the matching result on the WAP On the browser; if the matching is unsuccessful, it will automatically prompt the frequently used combinations for the user to choose.

The above steps of automatically prompting commonly used combinations for the user to choose include the following steps: judging whether the input character is the first character of a commonly used URL prefix; if so, providing a commonly used URL prefix for selection; if not, continuing to input URL characters.

The above-mentioned step of automatically prompting commonly used combinations for the user to choose also includes the following steps: judging whether the input character is "."; if so, providing a commonly used URL suffix for selection;

The above-mentioned commonly used website prefix is one of the combinations selected from www and wap; the above-mentioned commonly used website suffix is selected from .com, .edu, .org, .cn, .wml, .asp, .pl, .tw and .net One of the combinations; the standard header of the above agreement is http://.

Since the present invention adds the part of tracking the input characters and intelligently matching the URL in the process of inputting the URL, it allows the user to reduce the steps of operation as much as possible, but can determine the URL he wants to input as soon as possible, which improves the efficiency And avoid complex input process functions.

Description of drawings

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be described in further detail below in conjunction with the drawings shown in the embodiments.

Fig. 1 is the flow chart of the present invention downloading and updating commonly used website records;

Fig. 2 is the general control flowchart of automatic tracking input characters and prompting URL of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the flow chart of the intelligent matching URL of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a flow chart of adding commonly used combinations in the automatic prompting of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The present invention is to increase the part of tracking input characters and intelligently matching URLs in the process of users inputting URLs in the WAP browser, so that users can reduce the steps of operation as much as possible, but can determine the URLs they want to input as soon as possible. URL to avoid complicated entry process and improve efficiency.

In order to make the process of URL input, can reach the function of intelligently matching URL smoothly, the present invention adds and arranges a matching database in general WAP browser, and it is used for storing the URL data for matching comparison, so that when the user inputs URL In the process, it is used for query comparison and quickly lists the URL data matching the matching results for the user to select, thereby reducing the input steps and time. And the source of this website data, at first before WAP browser leaves the factory, can store in advance the possible frequently-used webpage address of this kind of user according to the customer group set for product sales, of course, the development of information is changing with each passing day, so WAP browser It must also be possible to update the web address data stored in advance in future use, and the flow process of its download update is as shown in Figure 1. The user downloads the commonly used web address records provided by the manufacturer through the WAP browser (step 101), Wherein can comprise the factory setting of having updated, then each record is compared one by one (step 102), if what compare to is the new record that does not store in the database (step 103), then this record is added in the matching database (step 103). Step 104) Otherwise, continue to compare the download records one by one (step 102), until it is determined that all the comparisons are completed (step 105).

In addition, in order to cooperate with different surfing habits of each user, the present invention also has the function of dynamically tracking and recording new URLs. When a user inputs a URL each time, if the URL is new data that does not exist in a matching database, the present invention will automatically track the record and add it to the matching database, and store it together with the pre-stored URL data for It will be used for query when entering the URL next time.

And the general control flow chart of the automatic tracking input character and prompting URL of the present invention, please refer to Fig. 2, when the user starts to input the characters relevant to the URL in the position of the single resource locator (Uniform Resourcelocator, URL) of the WAP browser When (step 201), the present invention promptly can begin to provide the data of frequently-used website according to this character, and show to the user selection (step 202) with the form of list option (List Box), if the user chooses website therefrom (step 203 ), then the process ends; otherwise, check whether the input of the URL is completed (step 204), and if completed, automatically add a matching record (step 205), set a new web page address (step 206), and store it in the matching database Finish this flow process; If the input of website address has not yet been completed, then confirm whether to have selected prompt combination (step 207) such as commonly used prefix or suffix, if then update the content of URL input area (step 208) according to this prompt combination, and get back The step of inputting characters (step 201), then carry out the above-mentioned flow process again; If the user does not select any prompt combination, then the present invention starts to carry out the matching query of the website (step 209), and confirms whether the matching is successful (step 210), If the matching is successful, then the list shows the matching options for the user to choose (step 211), otherwise, the commonly used combination is automatically prompted to the user (step 212), and the step of inputting characters (step 201) is returned again, and the above-mentioned steps are carried out again. process.

In addition, in order to achieve a better matching effect and make users feel more convenient, the intelligent matching process of the present invention can be further divided into three parts, as shown in Figure 3: first check whether there is a similar " http://" or other relevant protocol standard header characters (step 301), if there is a complete match, that is, to query the URL data stored in the matching database, whether there is a match with all the characters input by the user ( Step 302), then check whether the match is successful (step 303), if successful then show the data that meets the conditions, select (step 308) for the user in the form of list option (List Box), well return " True " ( Step 310). If there is no character relevant to the agreement standard header in the input area, then remove the agreement standard header (such as "http:// ", or other similar content) in the matching data and re-match (step 304), check again whether there is a match Success (step 305), if there is similarly shown qualified data for the user to select (step 308), well return "True" (step 310); Parts such as "www" or "wap" are matched (step 306) again, and whether there is matching success (step 307) is checked again, if still do not have matching data to occur, then the present invention thinks that it is a brand-new website input, and returns "False".

Among them, the so-called matching success in the above process refers to comparing the two character strings - the user's input data and the URL data in the matching database - several characters in front (determined by the input length, regardless of case), if they are the same, Indicates that the match is successful, otherwise it is a match failure.

Due to the current website naming, metropolises follow certain rules. For example, general companies will have the suffix ".com", government organizations will use ".org", and if the website is registered and applied in Taiwan, there will be ". tw” suffix, etc. These naming rules and commonly used suffixes make the name of the website more predictable. Therefore, according to the above characteristics, the present invention also has the process of automatically prompting to add commonly used combinations, as shown in Figure 4. Is the character input by the user "." (step 401) checked at first? If so, common suffixes such as: ".com", ".edu", ".org", ".cn", ".wml", ".asp", ".pl", ".tw" and ". net" etc. for selection (step 402), if the user selects one of the commonly used suffixes provided, then the input area will be automatically updated according to the selection, otherwise the characters input by the user will automatically cover the above prompt content; if The inputted character is not ".", then check whether to import the first w (step 403)? If so, then automatically provide commonly used prefixes such as: ".www" and ".wap" etc. for selection (step 404), and end this process afterwards; if not, then check whether to import "." or the last character of w ( step 405)? If so, then directly add the above-mentioned content that best matches the prompt in the input area according to the input character (step 406), and then end this process.

The present invention utilizes the method of setting up a matching database to pre-store the addresses of webpages frequently visited by users and common suffixes, prefixes, etc., and provide them as a reference for the process of inputting URLs, allowing users to enjoy the following advantages:

1. You don't need to enter the URL, you can select the desired URL from the list;

2. As long as you enter a few characters, it will automatically match the URL you have entered and accessed;

3. During the input process, if there is no match, the present invention will still intelligently add possible suffixes or prefixes for the user to choose.

All in all, the present invention can greatly improve the efficiency of inputting URLs, especially after a period of time when the database is established, the superiority provided by the present invention can be clearly felt.

Although the present invention has been disclosed as above with a preferred embodiment, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and any person of ordinary skill in the professional field, without departing from the concept and scope of the present invention, may make some appropriate Changes and modifications, so the scope of protection of the present invention should be based on the scope defined by the claims.

Claims (11)

1. A method for inputting tracking and smart matching URLs on a WAP browser, comprising the following steps: A matching database is set in the WAP browser for storing at least one URL data for matching and comparison; During the URL input process, read at least one character representing the URL entered by the user; querying the matching database for URL data matching the character; and Display the URL data matching the matching result on the WAP browser; It is characterized in that the step of querying the URL data matching the character in the matching database includes the following steps: Determine whether the input characters contain characters similar to the protocol standard header; If there is, it will completely match and compare with the first several characters of each URL data in the matching database; Determine whether the matching is successful, and if the matching is successful, display the URL data matching the matching result on the browser; If the matching is unsuccessful, go to the next step; If the input characters do not contain characters similar to protocol standard headers, remove the similar protocol standard header characters of each URL data in the matching database, and then compare them with the input characters; Determine whether the matching is successful, and if the matching is successful, display the URL data matching the matching result on the browser; If the matching is unsuccessful, further remove the common URL prefix in the matching database, and then compare it with the input characters; Determine whether the matching is successful, and if the matching is successful, display the URL data matching the matching result on the browser; If the matching is unsuccessful, frequently used combinations are automatically prompted for the user to choose. 2. The method for inputting tracking and intelligent matching URLs on a WAP browser as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of automatically prompting commonly used combinations for the user to select also includes the following steps: Determine whether the input character is the first character of a commonly used URL prefix; If yes, provide common URL prefixes for selection; If not, continue to enter URL characters. 3. The method for inputting tracking and intelligently matching URLs on a WAP browser as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the common URL prefix is one selected from the combination of www and wap. 4. The method for inputting tracking and smart matching URLs on a WAP browser as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the step of automatically prompting commonly used combinations for the user to choose also includes the following steps: Determine whether the input character is "."; If so, provide common URL suffixes for selection; If not, continue to enter URL characters. 5. The method for inputting tracking and intelligently matching URLs on a WAP browser as claimed in claim 4, wherein the common URL suffix is selected from .com, .edu, .org, .cn, .wml, . One of the combinations of asp, .pl, .tw, and .net. 6. The method for inputting tracking and smart matching URLs on a WAP browser as claimed in claim 1, wherein after the URL input is completed, the currently input URL is automatically added as a new matching record and stored in the matching in the database. 7. The method for inputting tracking and smart matching URLs on a WAP browser as claimed in claim 1, wherein the URL data for matching and comparison is pre-stored commonly used URLs. 8. The method for inputting tracking and intelligently matching URLs on a WAP browser as claimed in claim 1, wherein the URL data for matching and comparison is obtained by downloading from the Internet and adding new commonly used URLs. 9. The method for inputting tracking and intelligently matching URLs on a WAP browser as claimed in claim 1, wherein the URL data for matching and comparison is automatically tracked and recorded during the URL input process. 10. The method for inputting tracking and intelligently matching URLs on a WAP browser as claimed in claim 1, wherein the protocol standard header is "http://". 11. The method for inputting tracking and smart matching URLs on a WAP browser as claimed in claim 1, wherein the URL data matching the matching result is displayed on the WAP browser in the form of a list option.

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