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Spelling correction system and method for misspelled input

US8365070B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 7, 2009
Grant dateJan 29, 2013
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Expiry dateNov 12, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F40/242
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A spelling correction system and method automatically recognizes and corrects misspelled inputs in an electronic device with relatively lower computing power. In a learning process, a misspelling correction dictionary is constructed on the basis of a corpus of accepted words, and context-sensitive strings are selected from among all the strings registered in the dictionary. Context information about the context-sensitive strings is acquired. In an applying process, at least one target string is selected from among all the strings in a user's input sentence through the dictionary. If the target string is one of the context-sensitive strings, the target string is corrected by use of the context information.

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