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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
May. 31, 2005
Samuel Thomas Scott, Iii, Los Gatos, CA (US);
James Armand Baldwin, Redwood City, CA (US);
Elizabeth Rose Mcenroe, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Samuel Thomas Scott, III, Los Gatos, CA (US);
James Armand Baldwin, Redwood City, CA (US);
Elizabeth Rose McEnroe, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Predictive phonetic data search is described. In an embodiment, a search request to locate a term is received, where the term can be a word, a group of words, and/or any combination of characters and numbers. A numeric index is then searched to locate a number that matches a numerical equivalent of the term designated in the search request. The term is obtained from a term index that is mapped to the number in the numeric index that matches the numerical equivalent of the term, and the term is returned in response to the search request.