Patent Document ID: 20040006458
Application ID: 10305563
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A language data structure for use in converting Chinese Pinyin syllables into Chinese Hanzi characters, the data structure comprising: a plurality of Hanzi character candidate lists, each list comprising Hanzi character candidates associated with a Pinyin syllable, and each Hanzi character candidate in each list having an index in the list; and a plurality of language data records, each language data record corresponding to a word having a plurality of Pinyin syllables and comprising a key and a value, wherein the key in each language data record comprises a sequence of indexes and tone information for the Pinyin syllables of the word to which the language data record corresponds, and wherein the value in each language data record comprises a sequence of indexes of Hanzi character candidates, in the lists of candidates respectively associated with the Pinyin syllables of the word, that represent the Pinyin syllables of the word.