Method of facilitating computer sorting
July 3, 2007. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesDocument sorting method High-speed data sorter Method of and apparatus for forming ideograms Computerized printing system Method using a programmed digital computer system for translation between natural languages Method and means for automatically coding and inputting Chinese characters in digital computers Sorting method and apparatus Translation system allowing user designation of postpositional words Method and apparatus for extending collation functions of a sorting program Patent #: 4873625 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 061510 filed on 06/15/1987US Classes:707/7, Sorting704/8, Multilingual or national language support704/10Dictionary building, modification, or prioritizationExaminersPrimary: MacDonald, Allen R.Assistant: Ray, Gopal C. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesG06F 007/08G06F 015/38 G06F 007/00 AbstractA method of facilitating the alphabetical dictionary sorting, by computer, of words based upon characters from a multilingual alphabet, especially the repertoire of characters defined in the new standard alphabet known as ISO 8859/1. This invention uses an encoding scheme to determine the language dependent sort orders for the characters defined in ISO 8859/1. This encoding scheme removes the dependency of sorting on the character set's internal collating representation. This method allows the same sorting software to support many (if not all) of the languages supported by the alphabet. By storing the language dependent sort orders as data files, the sorting software is immune to the user's language and hence is highly portable. The number of languages supported is directly proportional to the number of data files available.Other References
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