Patent ID: 7313513
Filing Date: 2007-12-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of improving the human readability of a sentence, the method comprising: scanning the sentence for each of a plurality of signs, each sign signifying a possible occurrence of unnecessary text in the sentence or text that can be improved, said sentence being grammatically correct; detecting, as a result of said scanning, an occurrence in the sentence of a first sign of said plurality of signs; and in response to detecting the occurrence of the first sign, applying sign-dependent logic to the sentence to assess whether the sentence includes unnecessary text that can be removed, or text that can be improved, to enhance the human readability of the sentence, said sign-dependent logic including a check for typically unnecessary phrases containing the first sign, wherein different sign-dependent logic is used for different ones of said signs; wherein the method is performed by computer.