Patent ID: 7398203
Filing Date: 2008-07-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of processing a body of text to generate compression options, comprising: performing a linguistic analysis on the body of text to obtain a plurality of different tokens, comprising one of a word and a number, in the body of text; after performing the linguistic analysis, automatically generating a plurality of correct compression options for each of a plurality of different corresponding tokens in the body of text to compress the body of text, each of the correct compression options comprising a different, correct compressed form of the corresponding tokens in the body of text wherein generating at least one of the compressed forms comprises reducing a number of letters or numbers in the corresponding token so the compressed form includes some, but not all, letters or numbers in the corresponding tokens; wherein automatically generating a plurality of correct compression options comprises automatically subjecting each of the tokens in the body of text to different sets of compression rules in a predetermined order to obtain the plurality of correct compression options, such that the plurality of correct compression options reflect varying degrees of compression of a same token in the body of text; and selecting one of the plurality of correct compression options for each of the plurality of different tokens in the body of text and outputting a compressed form of the body of text as the selected compression option for each token.