Word processing device

Patent 4994968 Issued on February 19, 1991. Estimated Expiration Date:

March 27, 2010. 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.

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Inventors

Assignee

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Application

No. 499803 filed on 03/27/1990

US Classes:

715/540, Replacement of element400/76, INCLUDING CONTROL OF FORMAT BY PROGRAMMED-CONTROL-SYSTEM715/534Input of abbreviated word form

Examiners

Primary: Fleming, Michael R.
Assistant: Hayes, Gail O.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Kane, Dalsimer, Sullivan, Kurucz, Levy, Eisele and Richard

International Class

G06F 015/40

Foreign Application Priority Data

1989-03-30 JP

Abstract

A word processing device capable of registering character phrases with abbreviated phrase names, respectively, said device comprises a keyboard for inputting the registered phrase name and for formatting the inputted phrase name, and the inputted phrase name is used to retrieve the registered phrase corresponding thereto in such a fashion that the phrase is formatted in the same formatting conditions as those of the inputted and formatted phrase name.