Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7398199 | Chinese romanization The invention disclose: Chinese spelling scheme, Chinese alphabetic writing and Phonetic Symbols scheme. The Chinese spelling scheme which is used English letters to mark the tones, it is reduced to 5 sound symbols of the monosyllabic words from 6 spelling letters o... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7382291 | Numeric keypad having keys assigned multiple-strokes for ideographic character input A numeric keypad (100) for entering ideographic characters is provided. The numeric keypad (100) comprises a first set of input keys (102) corresponding to numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, and a second set of input keys (104) corresponding to ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7366984 | Phonetic searching using multiple readings The names of contacts are stored as characters. Each character may include one or more phonic codes that are encoded into the character. A smart filter decodes the character into its constituent sounds. An input string is received that includes phonic codes. An appl... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7352899 | Realistic machine-generated handwriting with personalized fonts There are provided new and improved methods and systems for producing machine-generated handwriting having realistic human appearance. In various embodiments, the handwriting may include characteristics of particular classes and/or characteristics of particular indi... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346845 | Font retrieval apparatus and method Out of a lot of fonts, the desired font is quickly found. For this purpose, out of a plurality of portions constituting a character displayed in a partial image retrieval area, the desired portion is selected. A retrieval area is clicked by a user, to retrieve a fon... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342587 | Computer-implemented system and method for home page customization and e-commerce support A computer-implemented system and method for home page customization and e-commerce support is disclosed. The present invention relates to avatar home pages and the combination of a home page customization service with an e-commerce marketplace through which users c... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7328404 | Method for predicting the readings of japanese ideographs System and methods allowing for effective and reliable reading predictions for Japanese ideographs are provided. In an illustrative implementation, a reading predictions system operating in “learning” and “execution/run-time” modes is provided. In the “lea... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327884 | Realistic machine-generated handwriting There have thus been provided new and improved methods and systems for producing machine-generated handwriting having realistic human appearance. In various embodiments, the handwriting may include characteristics of particular classes and/or characteristics of part... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325195 | Adjustable-speed electronic method of composing information A method of composing information by electronically advancing a sequence of information elements at controlled speed in an even step-wise fashion into a fixed transfer location while visibly displaying each of them there during a dwell time to permit the operator to... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320104 | Text grid creation tools Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for controlling typesetting and layout editing (2a). Data being typeset or laid out are displayed on a display (3). A first menu (20) having a u... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319950 | Automated word processor for chinese-style languages A process of data process for producing Chinese-style language character includes the steps of inputting alphabetical letter keys of English languages; inputting numerical keys from 0 to 9; inputting miscellaneous symbolic and functional keys; and inputting specific... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7315982 | User-tailorable romanized Chinese text input systems and methods Methods and systems for romanizing Chinese ideograms allow a user to create a personalized spelling dictionary that converts a user's desired roman-alphabet spelling to an equivalent Chinese character. A phonetic combination from a standard Chinese dialect is select... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7302640 | Language input architecture for converting one text form to another text form with tolerance to spelling, typographical, and conversion errors A language input architecture converts input strings of phonetic text to an output string of language text. The language input architecture has a search engine, typing models, a language model, and one or more lexicons for different languages. Each typing model is t... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293231 | Data entry for personal computing devices In one aspect of the invention, the user can rapidly enter and search for text through a combination of entering one or more characters (a partial text entry) on a digitally displayed keyboard with a pointing device and using a search list to display a list of selec... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289235 | Information processing device, information processing system, method for controlling information processing device, storage medium and control program In order to perform optimal character registration and a printing process depending on a language, in an information processing device connected to a printer having a first registration area and a second registration area as font registration areas, registration amo... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284199 | Process of localizing objects in markup language documents A method and system that facilitates localization of objects in markup language documents so that a single set of markup language documents (the set including one or more documents) provide support for displaying portions of the documents in a language selected from... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277732 | Language input system for mobile devices A language system facilitates entry of an input string into a mobile device using discrete keys on a keypad, such as a 10-key keypad. The numeric keys have associated letters of an alphabet. The key input is representative of one or more Chinese phonetic characters.... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272792 | Kana-to-kanji conversion method, apparatus and storage medium A start-up processing unit of a server sends to a client a character inputting web-page and a program of applications that the server handles concurrently. After converting reading information of an input character string received from the client and for which an op... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7263658 | Multilingual input method editor for ten-key keyboards A system and method is shown that is used to input multilingual text into an electronic device comprising a numerical keypad, or equivalent. The system comprises a language input method editor that accesses a character database. Asian and non-Asian languages can be ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260574 | Method and system for mapping strings for comparison A method and system for mapping a number of characters in a string, wherein the string comprises a combination of characters representing indexed expressions and a combination of characters representing non-indexed expressions. One embodiment produces a weight array... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260780 | Method and apparatus for providing foreign language text display when encoding is not available A method and apparatus include referencing a phonetic language database that includes double-byte font entries and associated phonetic representations of the double-byte font entries. At least one of the double-byte font entries is used to obtain a phonetic represen... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7251600 | Disambiguation language model A language model for a language processing system such as a speech recognition system is constructed from training corpus formed from associated characters, word phrases and context cues. A method and apparatus for generating the training corpus used to train the la... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251667 | Unicode input method editor A method for converting to Unicode, in a Java Input Method Editor (“IME”), the encoding formats of a character code unit, including selecting an encoding format, receiving, through a computer user interface, in an IME, at least one character code unit having the... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7245290 | Hangul character input method, hangul character input device, hangul character input program and computer media with hangul character input program A controller assigns initial sound component groups to buttons and specifies the group corresponding to the hit button, and assigns medium sound component groups to buttons and specifies the group corresponding to the hit button. The two-component Hangul characters ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245291 | System and method for internet appliance data entry and navigation A system for Internet appliance data entry and navigation includes a reduced keyset remote control unit transmitting a user input keystroke sequence. An Internet appliance receives and parses the keystroke sequence, placing the parsed data into an input buffer. An I... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243334 | System and method for generating user interface code A system for generating user interface code is provided. The system includes a user interface class system generating a user interface class that has two or more user interface features that can be assembled into a user interface by an operator, such as field entry ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7228267 | Method and system of creating and using Chinese language data and user-corrected data Unique identifiers for each of a plurality of Chinese Pinyin syllables are generated and stored in an array of identifiers. A plurality of Hanzi character candidate lists is also generated, each list including Hanzi character candidates associated with a Pinyin syll... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7197184 | ZhuYin symbol and tone mark input method, and electronic device A method for entering ZhuYin symbols and tone marks into electronic text is provided. The method comprises receiving an input symbol and providing a candidate list comprising the input symbol and the Chinese characters associated with the input symbol. After the sel... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197705 | Electronic mail apparatus According to an electronic mail apparatus of the present invention, when a sentence serving as the contents of an electronic mail written in Japanese cannot be text-displayed in a destination of the electronic mail, a text file corresponding to the sentence is conve... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7187365 | Indic intermediate code and electronic device therefor An intermediate code and electronic device therefore uses a method for character entry that has the steps of entering a first character code into a memory buffer (320, 360, 390), entering an intermediate code into the memory buffer (310, 350, 380), ent... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7181387 | Homonym processing in the context of voice-activated command systems A method is disclosed from constructing a grammar. The grammar is configured to be processed by a speech recognition engine in the context of a voice-activated command system. The method includes receiving a database containing a plurality of terms. From the plurali... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177794 | System and method for writing Indian languages using English alphabet A system and method for writing Indian languages using the English writing scheme is provided that includes specifying a script using the English alphabet to represent the various characters and character combinations in various Indian languages. The specified scrip... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174288 | Multi-modal entry of ideogrammatic languages A method for inputting ideograms into a computer system includes receiving phonetic information related to a desired ideogram to be entered and forming a candidate list of possible ideograms as a function of the phonetic information received. Stroke information, com... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7165022 | Chinese language input system Initials of the Chinese language are classified into nine initial groups. The first touch of a numeric key of a cellular phone selects an initial group including the initial of the desired syllable for input. Then, guidance is displayed corresponding to a final grou... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7165019 | Language input architecture for converting one text form to another text form with modeless entry A language input architecture converts input strings of phonetic text (e.g., Chinese Pinyin) to an output string of language text (e.g., Chinese Hanzi) in a manner that minimizes typographical errors and conversion errors that occur during conversion from the phonet... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7165021 | Chinese language input system Initials of the Chinese language are classified into nine initial groups. The first touch of a numeric key of a cellular phone selects an initial group including the initial of the desired syllable for input. The second touch of a numeric key selects one of initial-... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7155671 | Computer technique for providing a character mistyping conversion function An apparatus for converting character mistyping is installed in a computer having a keyboard and a keyboard driver as an input device, and having an operating system for converting a scan code input from the keyboard driver into a character, and for generating a key... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7149971 | Method, apparatus, and system for providing multi-language character strings within a computer These systems and methods provide text displays, such as basic input/output system (“BIOS”) text displays, that are represented by character strings in string definition files. In order to convert character strings into multiple languages, destination languages ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143350 | Method and system for character sequence checking according to a selected language A method and system for checking the validity of a sequence of input characters according to the syntactical rules of a selected language is provided. If an input character may not begin a valid sequence of characters, or if the input character may not be appended t... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137749 | Faster, practical keyboard A keyboard for computers and data entry devices is disclosed, which increases typing speed, but at the same time eases the transition from the Standard Qwerty keyboard for experienced typists. Two letter sequences called digraphs are typed rapidly when struck by opp... | 11/21/2006 |
