System and method for linking an address

摘要

A method and a mobile device comprising an address linking module assess a segment of text as comprising an address and create a link. The method comprises: searching a text for a segment of text having at least two character strings satisfying a proximity constraint, each character string being of a different predefined address indicator type; assessing whether or not the segment comprises an address; displaying at least a portion of the text comprising the segment on a display of a mobile device; and if the segment is assessed as comprising an address, including a link for display, the link pointing to at least one application.

主权项

1. A method for use on a mobile device comprising a display, the method comprising on the mobile device:
searching a text, wherein said searching comprises: finding a number in the text, once the number is found, searching forward in the text within a predetermined number of words of the number, identifying at least two character strings during said search forward, each character string being of a different predefined address indicator type, and selecting a segment of the text including the number and said at least two character strings; assessing whether or not the segment comprises an address; displaying the segment on the display of the mobile device; and if the segment is assessed as comprising an address, including a link for display, the link pointing to at least one application, wherein searching the text further comprises: searching for at least two character strings following a number and that are a street classifier and a city name from a list of city names in a database; and wherein assessing whether or not the segment comprises an address comprises: determining a probability that the segment comprises a valid address based on at least: a number of character strings of different predefined address indicator types within the segment, a number of character strings of different predefined address indicator types within the segment that are cross-referenced in a database, and proximities of the at least two character strings to each other; and if the probability is above a threshold probability, assessing the address as valid.