Patent ID: 6081585
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
Electronic directory comprising:a data base with at least one file, each file having informations corresponding to alphanumeric characters and respectively associated with a plurality of references of the directory,at least one input interface on which a user can enter at least one alphanumeric character, in any order, for locating a reference,at least one processor for selecting, in at least one file, references having each acquired alphanumeric character in any order and at any position within said references andat least one output interface for transmitting to the user the informations associated with each selected reference, the output interface being able to transmit to the user an information inviting him to enter at least one supplementary alphanumeric character on the input interface when a number of selected references exceeds a predetermined number and to transmit to the user said informations associated with the selected references when the number of selected references is equal to or below the predetermined number.