Multilingual storage and retrieval
US5778213A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 12, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jul 7, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 12, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/258
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A single processor/storage device provides multilingual support for a computer system. Information is divided into two parts. The first part is initially stored in a first character set, e.g., the character set in which it was created. A tag, identifying the character set, is associated with the first part. The second part is stored in a universal character set. The first part is converted to another character set only when requested. Indices may be generated from the second part using specified language sorting rules.
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