Presenting suggestions for user input based on client device characteristics

Abstract

A computer implemented method includes: receiving an incomplete input from a user; presenting a plurality of suggestions to the user for completion of the input, wherein the suggestions are presented in a ranked order based on a characteristic associated with the user terminal; receiving a selection by the user of a suggestion from the suggestions; and completing the input with the suggestion.

1 - 20 . (canceled) 
     
     
         21 . A method, comprising:
 storing, on a first computing device, profile data, the profile data including a profile for each of a plurality of persons, the profile data related to persons used in messages to or from the first computing device;   querying, over a network, a second computing device using information extracted from a first message of the messages to obtain first information;   querying, over a network, a third computing device using the information extracted from the first message to obtain second information;   storing the first information and the second information as part of the profile data;   querying, over a network, a fourth computing device using the first information and the second information as search criteria to obtain third information; and   updating the profile data using the third information.   
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the querying the fourth computing device is performed after the storing the first information and the second information. 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the second computing device is a social network server. 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the information extracted from the first message is an electronic communication address of a sender of the first message, and the first information includes a link to a website of the sender. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 24 , wherein the communication address of the sender comprises a domain, and the querying the second computing device comprises using the domain as search criteria. 
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the first information comprises a link to a website, the website comprises a web page, and the third information is obtained from the web page. 
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 ranking each of the plurality of persons using the updated profile data; and   synchronizing, using the ranking, data among different computing devices of a user, the different computing devices including the first computing device.   
     
     
         28 . A non-transitory machine readable storage medium embodying instructions, the instructions to cause a computing device to:
 obtain profile data including a profile for each of a plurality of persons, the profile data related to persons used in messages to or from a user of the computing device;   extract first information from a first message of the messages;   perform, over a network, a first search using the first information as search criteria to obtain second information;   store the second information as part of the profile data;   perform a second search using the second information as search criteria to obtain third information; and   update the profile data using the third information.   
     
     
         29 . The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of  claim 28 , wherein the second search is performed after the storing the second information. 
     
     
         30 . The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of  claim 28 , wherein the profile data is stored on the computing device. 
     
     
         31 . The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of  claim 28 , wherein the persons used in messages to or from the user comprise a person that is identified in a body of the first message. 
     
     
         32 . The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of  claim 28 , wherein the first search is performed in response to the computing device receiving the first message. 
     
     
         33 . The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of  claim 28 , wherein the first information comprises at least one of a link to a website, a social network name, an electronic address, or a telephone number. 
     
     
         34 . The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of  28 , wherein the second information comprises at least one of a photo, a phone number, or an electronic address. 
     
     
         35 . A system, comprising:
 at least one processor; and   memory storing instructions configured to instruct the at least one processor to:
 obtain profile data including a profile for each of a plurality of persons, the profile data related to persons used in messages to a user of a first computing device; 
 extract first information from a first message of the messages; 
 perform a first search using the first information as search criteria to obtain second information; 
 store the second information as part of the profile data; 
 perform a second search using the second information as search criteria to obtain third information; and 
 update the profile data using the third information. 
   
     
     
         36 . The system of  claim 35 , wherein the instructions are further configured to instruct the at least one processor to:
 rank each of the plurality of persons using the updated profile data; and   synchronize, using the ranking, data among different computing devices of the user, the different computing devices including the first computing device.   
     
     
         37 . The system of  claim 35 , wherein the first information comprises a link to a first website, and the second information comprises a link to a second website. 
     
     
         38 . The system of  claim 35 , wherein an electronic communication address of a sender of the first message comprises a domain, and the search criteria for the first search comprises the domain. 
     
     
         39 . The system of  claim 35 , wherein the second information comprises a link to a website, the website comprises a web page, and the third information is obtained from the web page. 
     
     
         40 . The system of  claim 35 , wherein the instructions are further configured to instruct the at least one processor to:
 receive an incomplete input made by the user via a user interface; and   cause presentation of at least one address suggestion to the user for completion of the incomplete input, wherein the address suggestion is based on the updated profile data.