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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takakazu Shiomi, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Ind., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395795 ; 39542106 ; 39542107 ; 3954211 ;
Abstract
An electronic dictionary comprises a dictionary medium; dictionary data composed of a plurality of dictionary data elements and stored in the dictionary medium; and an index file showing storage positions of all dictionary data elements and being stored in the dictionary medium, wherein the index file is a differential index in which each item is expressed by a differential between a pointer showing a storage position of a dictionary data element and a given function value, with each item of the differential index being expressed by a bit length equal to or shorter than maximum bit length for showing a storage position of a dictionary data element.