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Language-sensitive text searching system with modified Boyer-Moore process

Patent 5485373 Issued on January 16, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject March 25, 2013. 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

Application

No. 036785 filed on 03/25/1993

US Classes:

715/536, Multilingual707/7, Sorting715/531Text

Examiners

Primary: Kulik, Paul V.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 0192927 EP. 09/13/1986
  • 0294950 EP. 12/13/1988
  • 0310283 EP. 04/13/1989

International Class

G06F 017/30

Abstract

A method and system for providing a language-sensitive text search that performs text comparison of any Unicode strings. For any language an ordering is defined based on features of the language. Then, an interactive compare function is performed to determine the relationship of a pair of strings. The string is examined and a compare is performed one or more characters at a time based on a predefined character precedence.

Other References

  • "Digital Guide to Developing International Software," Digital Equipment Corp., Digital Press, 1991, pp. 17-33, 137-145, 202-215 and 259-264
  • "Inside Macintosh, vol. VI," Apple Computer, Inc., 1991, pp. 14-5 to 14-14
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