Method for facilitating the entry of a URL address into an internet web browser URL address window
US6996608B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 22, 2001 |
| Grant date | Feb 7, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 24, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/451
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for entering and facilitating the input of an Internet Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address into a URL address window including the steps of providing an interactive device for connecting to the Internet via a web browser having a URL address window, where the interactive device includes an operating system which employs a cursor and a cursor device for communicating position commands to the operating system, connecting to the Internet using the interactive device and the web browser, positioning the cursor over the URL address window, receiving a cursor position command, validating the cursor position command, displaying an enlarged text window, entering a desired URL address into the enlarged text window, inserting the entered URL address into the URL address window and engaging the interactive device so as to cause the web browser to be communicated with the URL address.
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