Patent Document ID: 9048854
Application ID: 13915233

Base Claim:
1. A method to convert a character, the method comprising: intercepting a service call for a character conversion; determining if the character is in a single byte character format; determining if a character conversion type is a single byte character format; and upon determining the character is in a single byte character format and the character conversion type is a single byte character format, the character is a candidate for a first conversion service; upon determining the character is a candidate for the first conversion service, converting the character using the first conversion service; upon determining the character is not a candidate for the first conversion service, converting the character using a second conversion service; and returning the converted character.

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Claim 7:
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first conversion service includes a first routine for converting characters; the second conversion service includes a second routine for converting characters; and the first routine, when executed by a processor, uses fewer processing resources than the second routine, when executed by the processor.