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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1997
Kazunori Ukigawa, Tokushima, JP;
Hatsuko Ukigawa, Tokushima, JP;
Hiroki Amou, Tokushima, JP;
Akinori Sakai, Tokyo, JP;
Seiko Wakatsuki, Tokushima, JP;
Justsystem Corp., Tokushima, JP;
Abstract
The present invention comprises a Chinese character information outputting step for outputting Chinese character information corresponding to an input arbitrary character string by referring to a Chinese dictionary in which Chinese character information comprising a command and/or at least one Chinese character correlated to a character string. Chinese character information is received from the Chinese character information outputting step and the correlated Chinese character is displayed as a candidate for conversion in a list. The present invention includes a selecting step of selecting a desired Chinese character or a command from the Chinese character information displayed in the list and a determining step for determining which of a Chinese character and a command has been selected. The command is executed when a command has been selected and the input character string is replaced with Chinese characters displayed when it is determined in the determining step that a Chinese character has been selected.