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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2004
Andrea Maria Jessee, Redmond, WA (US);
Miriam R. Eckert, Seattle, WA (US);
Kevin R. Powell, Kirkland, WA (US);
Andrea Maria Jessee, Redmond, WA (US);
Miriam R. Eckert, Seattle, WA (US);
Kevin R. Powell, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method of determining the component words of a compound word is disclosed. The method identifies the component words, by comparing the word with a list of words found in a lexicon. If the word is not found in the lexicon the method proceeds to analyze the word on a character-by-character basis. After each character the method identifies any potential matches to the selected characters in the lexicon. If a match is found, it is added to a hypothesis trace in a lattice. Next, the method checks to see whether the remaining characters form a valid entry in the lexicon, and whether the entry is allowed to be a final segment.