METHOD OF CONTEXTUALLY DETERMINING MISSING COMPONENTS OF AN INCOMPLETE UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR

摘要

A technique and apparatus for connecting a terminal to a host server on the Internet in response to an incomplete uniform resource locator (URL). The present method and apparatus receives an incomplete URL from the user, e.g., just a host name. The present method and apparatus contextually determines the remaining or missing components of the incomplete URL as a function of the host server received from the user.