SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING NETWORK-BASED RESOURCES VIA A HANDHELD WIRELESS DEVICE

摘要

A system and method are described that enable users to navigate to a destination site from a WAP phone or a net appliance using only a few key strokes. Embodiments of the invention include a server side database of Internet destinations, wherein destination in the database is identified to the user using a keyword. Embodiments of the invention also include a server side navigation engine that indexes the individual words within a name as well as the first letters of a destination's keyword. Embodiments of the invention include an estimated measure of popularity for each destination within the database. The navigation engine may return a list of results ordered by decreasing relevance and decreasing popularity.