Patent ID: 8768933
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A type-ahead address lookup system employing historically weighted address placement comprising: a display; a prompt generator to generate a prompt on the display corresponding to a commencement of a new search operation; a character input to receive search data corresponding to a text string input via a user interface; a local database including a plurality of entries, each of the plurality of entries having at least one searchable text field and weighting data based upon historical usage of the local database; a comparator to compare the search data against the local database, the search data including at least a first character of the text string; a controller to retrieve a subset of the plurality of entries in response to the comparison of the search data against the local database, the subset identifying entries from the plurality of entries that are most relevant based upon the search data; validating the subset against a master database to confirm that each entry in the subset appears in the master database, the master database hosted on a server remote from the local database; a list generator to cause the display to show a validated subset, the validated subset selected as the most relevant to the search data based upon the weighting data and as present in the master database; the selection data input further to receive selection data indicating a selection of a desired entry from the validated subset; and a weighting data generator operable to update the weighting data in response to the selection data for use when the at least a first character is input in a subsequent re-entry during a subsequent search operation.