Search system to find web-site address - URL - when searcher keys in character string such as telephone number, company name, postcode etc.

摘要

The user's computer (1) carries the search program (4). When he keys in a suitable character string, e.g. telephone number, company name, postcode, etc., the search program interrogates a remote computer (2), via the Internet (3). The remote computer (2) has a database (5) which can match such character strings to web addresses.