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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2003
Applicant:
Chung Kei Wong, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventor:
Chung Kei Wong, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for displaying a compound word is provided. According to one aspect, a component word is located within a compound word. The compound word is displayed with the component word visibly distinguished from the remainder of the compound word. As a result, the compound word is displayed in a way that implements useful highlighting even when only a portion of the compound word is of interest to a searcher.