Patent ID: 6175834
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer-readable medium, comprising:a Reading Pair Database (RPD) having a plurality of reading pairs and a plurality of reading pair identification numbers (RIDs), each of the reading pairs including a first reading unit in a first writing system and a second reading unit in a second writing system, each of the RIDs corresponding to one of the reading pairs;a Condensed Lexicon Database (CLD) having a data tree including a plurality of nodes and a plurality of downpointers connecting the nodes, each of the nodes containing a RID; andcomputer-executable instructions for performing the steps of:identifying one of a plurality of words in a word list as a current word;setting a character pointer to a character in the current word;accessing the RPD to match at least one reading unit contained in the current word to either the first reading unit or the second reading unit of at least one of the reading pairs in the RPD and retrieving a corresponding one of the RIDs from the RPD;reforming each word as a RID array, comprising a set of RIDs representing each reading unit within the current word;attempting to map the RID array onto the CLD;generating a Reply Message indicating whether the attempt to map the RID array onto the CLD was successful or unsuccessful.