Patent ID: 8271562

Claim:
A computer-implemented method to provide selections that complete partial address information, the method comprising: receiving the partial address information at a graphical user interface having a set of fields for geographic locations, wherein the partial address information completes less than all of the fields included in the set of fields; parsing the partial address information to determine missing portions of the partial address information; locating in a compact data structure offsets to address information corresponding to the missing portions, wherein the compact data structure organizes geographic location information and comprises: a trailer section specifying at least a version and an offset to location data, wherein the trailer section allows the plurality of applications to access the data structure, and the version allows one or more data sources to update the data structure; a body section having the location data represented by a plurality of offset count pairs; and a header section providing metadata to the plurality of applications; and generating, for selective display, a set of options that includes the address information corresponding to the missing portions that complete a subset of the set fields in the graphical user interface and restricts the set of options to a number of potential addresses that complete the partial address information.