Abbreviated typing with special form display

• US 4,459,049 A
• Filed: 03/24/1982
• Issued: 07/10/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/1982
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kolpek, Robert A., Howell, Dan M., Trevathan, Lisa S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wright, Jr., Ernest T.
• Application Number:
  US06/361,313
• Time in Patent Office: 839 Days
• Field of Search: 400/17, 400/63, 400/70, 400/74, 400/83, 400/91, 400/92, 400/93, 400/94, 400/95, 400/98, 400/99, 400/212, 400/216.2, 364/200, 364/900, 355/14 SH
• US Class Current: 400/98
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs

Abstract

In an abbreviated typing system, in which a data processor (20) transfers abbreviations typed on the keyboard (10) into longer, full words, display of words in exceptional forms is efficiently achieved. Such special forms include initial capitalized, all capitalized, initial italics, all italics and combinations of these. The sequence for capitalization is typical. When the first letter only of the abbreviation is capitalized, decision (260) (FIG. 9) of the processor (20) results in action (264), by which only the first character of the full word is capitalized. When more than one letter is capitalized, decision (260) results in action (262) by which all characters of the full word are capitalized. Underlining is effected by underlining all characters when the first letter of the abbreviation is underlined and all of the characters plus the space following the word when more than one letter of the abbreviation is underlined.

Claims

1. A text-creating system for creating output text from an input comprising signals in which signals of said input comprising at least two separate signals representing alphabetic characters are compared against a list of abbreviations, each abbreviation corresponding to a full word, and in which the corresponding full word is substituted in said output text for each abbreviation in said input, comprising means to produce words of said output text in normal form, in a first special form, and in a second special form, means responsive to said input in an abbreviation with predetermined parts in a special form for producing said output text for the corresponding full word in said first special form, and means responsive to said input in an abbreviation with less than said predetermined parts in a special form for producing said output text for the corresponding full word in said second special form;

one of said first and said second special forms having a part only in a form different from said normal form and the other of said first and said second special forms having substantially all in a form different from said normal form.

2. The text-creating system as in claim 1 in which said special form of input is capitalization and one of said first special form and said second special form is all capitalization of said word and the other of said first special form and said second special form is capitalization of the first character only of said word.

3. The text-creating system as in claim 2 in which said input with less than said predetermined parts in a special form has the first character only of said input in said special form and in which said first special form is all capitalization of said word and said second special form is capitalization of the first character only of said word.

4. The text-creating system as in claim 1 in which said special form of input represents a special character font and one of said first special form and said second special form is all of said word in said special font and the other of said first special form and said second special form is the first character only of said word in said special font.

5. The text-creating system as in claim 4 in which said input with less than said predetermined parts in a special form has the first character only of said input in said special form and in which said first special form is all of said word in said special font and said second special form is the first character only of said word in said special font.

6. The text-creating system as in claim 1 in which said special form of input represents a special color of display and one of said first special form and said second special form is all of said word in said special color and the other of said first special form and said second special form is the first character only of said word in said special color.

7. The text-creating system as in claim 6 in which said input with less than said predetermined parts in a special form has the first character only in said special form and in which said first special form is all of said word in said special color and said second special form is the first character only of said word in said special color.

8. The text-creating system as in claim 1 in which said special form of input is underline and one of said first special form and said second special form is underline of all characters of and the space following said word and the other of said first special form and said second special form is underline of all characters only of said word.

9. The text-creating system as in claim 8 in which said input with less than said predetermined parts in a special form has the first character only in said special form and in which said first special form is underline of all characters of and the space following said word and said second special form is underline of the all characters only of said word.

10. A word-processing system comprising a keyboard, high-speed data processing means for information handling, and text storage means, said data processing means including means to translate alphabetic characters from said keyboard entered in a predetermined code to corresponding words defined by a dictionary of comparisons in said data processing means, said data processing means comprising means to recognize when the first character only of said entered code is in a first special condition and to produce said corresponding word for said entered code in said text storage means in a first special form, said data processing means also comprising means to recognize when at least two characters of said entered code from said keyboard are in a special condition and to produce said corresponding word for said entered code in said text storage means in a second special form.

11. The word-processing system as in claim 10 in which said special condition represents capitalization and one of said first special form and said second special form is all capitalization of said word and the other of said first special form and said second special form is capitalization of the first character only of said word.

12. The word-processing system as in claim 11 in which said first special form is capitalization of the first character only of said word and said second special form is all capitalization of said word.

13. The word-processing system as in claim 10 in which said special condition represents a special character font and one of said first special form and said second special form is all of said word in said special font and the other of said first special form and said second special form is the first character only of said word in said special font.

14. The word-processing system as in claim 13 in which said first special form is the first character only of said word in said special font and said second special form is all of said word in said special font.

15. The word-processing system as in claim 10 in which said special condition represents a special color of display and one of said first special form and said second special form is all of said word in said special color and the other of said first special form and said second special form is the first character only of said word in said special color.

16. The word-processing system as in claim 15 in which said first special form is the first character only in said special color and said second special form is all of said word in said special color.

17. The word-processing system as in claim 10 in which said special condition represents underline and one of said first special form and said second special form is underline of all characters of and the space following said word and the other of said first special form and said second special form is underline of all characters only of said word.

18. The word-processing system as in claim 17 in which said first special form is underline of the all characters only of said word and said second special form is underline of all characters of and the space following said word.

19. A word-processing system comprising a keyboard, high-speed data processing means for information handling, and text storage means, said data processing means including means to translate aphabetic characters from said keyboard entered in a predetermined code to corresponding words defined by a dictionary of comparisons in said data processing means, said data processing means comprising means responsive to a first entered code in an abbreviation with only one character in a first special condition representing a first special form comprising one special form selected from a group of special forms consisting of capitalization, special font, special color and underline for producing said corresponding word for said first entered code in said text storage means with a first predetermined part in said first special form, means responsive to said first entered code with more than one character in said first special condition for producing said corresponding word for said first entered code in said text storage means with a second predetermined part in said first special form, one of said first predetermined part and said second predetermined part being the first character only of said word;

means responsive to said first entered code with only one character in a second special condition representing a second special form selected from said group of special forms, for producing said corresponding word for said first entered code in said text storage means with a third predetermined part in said second special form, and means responsive to said first entered code with more than one character in said second special condition for producing said corresponding word for said first entered code in said text storage means with a fourth predetermined part in said second special form, one of said third predetermined part and said fourth predetermined part being the first character only of said word.

20. The word-processing system as in claim 19 in which said group of special forms consists of capitalization and special font.

21. The word-processing system as in claim 19 in which said group of special forms consists of capitalization and special color.

22. The word-processing system as in claim 19 in which said group of special forms consists of capitalization and underline.

23. The word-processing system as in claim 19 also comprising means responsive to said first entered code with only one character in a third special condition representing a third special form selected from said group of special forms for producing said corresponding word for said first entered code in said text storage means with a fifth predetermined part in said third special form, and means responsive to said first entered code with more than one characters in said third special condition for producing said corresponding word for said first entered code in said text storage means with a sixth predetermined part in said third special form, one of said fifth predetermined part and said sixth predetermined part being the first character only of said word.

24. The word-processing system as in claim 19 in which all said means responsive to only one character are responsive only when said one character is the first character of said entered code.

25. The word-processing system as in claim 20 in which all said means responsive to only one character are responsive only when said one character is the first character of said entered code.

26. The word-processing system as in claim 21 in which all said means responsive to only one character are responsive only when said one character is the first character of said entered code.

27. The word-processing system as in claim 22 in which all said means responsive to only one character are responsive only when said one character is the first character of said entered code.

28. The word-processing system as in claim 23 in which all said means responsive to only one character are responsive only when said one character is the first character of said entered code.

29. The word-processing system as in claim 24 in which said first predetermined part and said third predetermined part are the first character of said word when the special form is capitalization, special font, and special color and all of the characters only of said word when the special form is underline, and said second predetermined part and said fourth predetermined part are all of said word and the space after said word when the special form for a predetermined part is underline.

30. The word-processing system as in claim 25 in which said first predetermined part and said third predetermined part are the first character of said word and said second predetermined part and said fourth predetermined part are all of said word.

31. The word-processing system as in claim 26 in which said first predetermined part and said third predetermined part are the first character of said word and said second predetermined part and said fourth predetermined part all of said word.

32. The word-processing system as in claim 27 in which said first predetermined part and said third predetermined part are the first character of said word when the special form is capitalization and all of the characters only of said word when the special form is underline and said second predetermined part and said fourth predetermined part are all of said word and the space after said word when the special form is underline.

33. The word-processing system as in claim 28 in which said first predetermined part, said third predetermined part and said fifth predetermined part are the first character of said word when the special form is capitalization, special font, and special color and all of the characters only of said word when the special for is underline, and said second predetermined part, said fourth predetermined part, and said sixth predetermined part are all of said word and the space after said word when the special form is underline.