Patent Document ID: 4758955
Application ID: 06757041
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A spelling checker comprising: data entry means for entering letters of at least part of a word; data processing means coupled to the data entry means for receiving data indicative of the letters entered therefrom; program storage means coupled to the data processing means for controlling the data processing means; display means coupled to the data processing means for displaying information therefrom; and dictionary storage means coupled to the data processing means for storing words to be displayed on the display means in response to the letters entered, the dictionary storage means storing a sequence of entries consisting of a first plurality of bits of information indicative of one of a set of operations to be performed by the data processing means and a second plurality of bits representing a particular character to be operated on by the data processing means; the data processing means comprising means responsive to the first plurality of bits for performing the indicated operation by operating upon the second plurality of bits.