Your idea has merit, but I'd like to throw out another option, if it's technically feasable. Predictive text style entry. Quite a few remotes have letter labels on each of the number keys - And we already have an exhaustive database of almost everything the user can type. Just in case anyone needs an example:
To find a program called 'New Yankee' (With a remote mapped 2abc 3def 4ghi 5jkl 6mno 7pqrs 8tuv 9wxyz 0space) the input would be
639092633, possibly refining the search as the input is being typed...
Just an idea. I don't have the time or ability to look at it now, but this is one of those things that has me going to MythWeb all the time.
I said before the weekend (this idea was also mentioned by Ian Cambell in this thread last week), I used to have a C++ class that implemented this sort of searching based on a dictionary you load (e.g. all the words in the search space!! or /usr/share/dict/words).
Giving the class a number sequence as input, it would return all the words that begin with those letter combinations.
It worked quite well.
I said I'd try and dig it out (it was written about 3 or 4 years ago!) and slap up a few tests before integrating it into myth.
I've not had a proper chance to look for it yet, but I'll try and do it this weekend.
I've been away in London protesting about Software Patents, so my delay is in a good cause! ;)
Col.
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