Patent ID: 6999082

Claim:
A character code converting system realized in a multi-platform environment including a plurality of platforms respectively having different coding schemes, comprising: an internal code converting module carrying out a code conversion of character data, which are exchanged between a plurality of processing programs operating on said platforms; a mapping information holding part configured to hold mapping information indicative of a corresponding relationship between a character code included in a coding scheme of a transmission-source-side processing program, and a character code included in a coding scheme of a receiving-destination-side processing program; an external code converting part configured to carry out a code conversion of character data, which are to be exchanged between said transmission-source-side processing program and said receiving-destination-side processing program through said internal code converting module, so as to produce code-converted character data on the basis of said mapping information; and a data processing part configured to process said code-converted character data to obtain processed character data in a predetermined data format, such that said processed character data can be equivalently transmitted from said transmission-source-side processing program to said receiving-destination-side processing program through said internal code converting module, even when the code conversion of said internal code converting module is being carried out.