| US 7,500,201 B2 | ||
| Data input method and system with multi-sub-field matching of user entries into a graphical input device | ||
| Varda Treibach-Heck, Redwood City, Calif. (US); Byron G. Caldwell, Los Angeles, Calif. (US); and Bruce Johnson, Chatsworth, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Call-Tell LLC, Foster City, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 02, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/445,908. | ||
| Application 11/445908 is a division of application No. 10/080472, filed on Feb. 22, 2002, granted, now 7,080,325. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0224995 A1, Oct. 05, 2006 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 715—780 [715/224; 715/225; 715/226] | 21 Claims |
| 1. A data input method comprising:
executing a script that is a list of commands that are embedded in the Hypertext Markup Language code defining a web page
and can be executed by or within the browser;
generating and displaying on a web page a graphical data input field sensing user entry in the graphical data input field
of a character sequence including at least one character;
associating an ordered set of data containing at least two selection lists, each one of said at least two selection lists
including at least two character strings;
associating at least two character strings from said at least two selection lists wherein each character string of said at
least two selection lists is separated by a delimiter from an adjacent character string of said at least two selection lists;
searching sequentially and character-by-character each character string of one of said at least two selection lists according
to each user-entered character for a character match;
searching as needed sequentially and character-by-character each character string of each remaining list of said at least
two selection lists according to each user entered character for a character match;
matching each character sequence with each character string of said at least two selection lists;
sensing an acceptance action by the user, reflecting the current user selected choice.
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