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 8:
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: generating a first table and a second table based on plurality of single byte service calls to a four byte conversion routine, each of the service calls including a character set pair, the character set pair including a first character type and a second character type for a same character; utilizing the first table to determine if a conversion is supported based on the character set pair; adding a converted value for the character set pair to the second table if the conversion is supported; the first conversion service includes a first routine for converting characters; and the first routine uses the second table to determine a conversion value for the character.