Character stream search apparatus using a finite state automation
US5278981A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 18, 1991 |
| Grant date | Jan 11, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 18, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99936
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A character stream search system using an FSA for determining at a time whether or not a plurality of character streams as search objects exist in a search character stream which undergoes a search operation and which comprises a plurality of characters expressed with codes. In the system, a collation is conducted between the search character stream and a search object character. In a case where there exists a matched search object character as a result of the collation, a state transition is carried out to a predetermined state indicated by the FSA. In a case where there does not exist a matched search object character, a failure processing to effect a state transition to a transition destination which is determined in association with the configuration of the FSA. The failure processing is completed at a count which is a predetermined upper-limit value for each character undergone the search operation.
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