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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:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2002
Applicants:
James P. Finnigan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Curtis E. Huttenhower, Bellevue, WA (US);
Douglas W. Potter, Seattle, WA (US);
Kevin R. Powell, Kirkland, WA (US);
Inventors:
James P. Finnigan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Curtis E. Huttenhower, Bellevue, WA (US);
Douglas W. Potter, Seattle, WA (US);
Kevin R. Powell, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/21 (2006.01); G06F 17/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A data structure for a word lexicon includes a plurality of separate data sections for storing information related to word entries. An indices section includes pointers indicating the location of the information. The location of the associated pointers for each word entry is obtained as a function of a list of the word entries.