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Language converter with enhanced search capability

  • US 20060235677A1
  • Filed: 04/19/2005
  • Published: 10/19/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a computer connected to the Internet;

    a translation program residing in a memory of the computer; and

    a weighted search program residing in the memory of the computer;

    wherein the translation program converts hybrid and unaccented Pin Yin words to Simplified Chinese characters, Traditional Chinese characters, and accented Pin Yin words; and

    wherein the weighted search program enables a user to select a plurality of characters to be searched and apply a weight to each of the plurality of characters to be searched, so that a search is performed in accordance with the weight applied to each of the plurality of characters.

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