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Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 1993

Filed:

Jan. 02, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:

David McWherter, Bensalem, PA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364419 ;
Abstract

A spelling corrector develops a phonetic correction candidate list and a typographic correction candidate list. These lists are merged using similarity values that measure the degree of similarity between the query (input) word and each word on the candidate lists. The similarity values include one based on phonetic comparison one based on typographic (ASCII, for example) comparison, one based on a vowel and consonant typographic pattern comparison and one based on a consonant phonetic comparison.


Find Patent Forward Citations

McWherter, David. (1993). Electronic spelling machine having ordered candidate words (U.S. Patent No. 5218536). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5218536

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