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Dictionary searching system

US5136289A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 6, 1991
Grant dateAug 4, 1992
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Expiry dateAug 6, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M7/3088
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A dictionary searching system retrieves a character string which is described by input reference number and characters from a plurality of mutually different character strings which are registered in a dictionary in correspondence with reference numbers assigned to the character strings. The dictionary searching system includes a dictionary which is made up of an index part for storing in correspondence with the reference numbers a reference number which is assigned to one of character strings which are obtained by adding a character to the character string which is assigned the input reference number and the character which is added to the one of the character strings and a list part for storing in correspondence with the reference numbers a reference number which is assigned to one of character strings having a last character which differs from that of the character string which is assigned the input reference number and the character which is added to the one of the character strings, a reading part for initially reading information from the index part by specifying the input reference number and thereafter reading information from the list part by specifying the reference numbe…

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