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Method and apparatus for breaking words in a stream of text

  • US 6,035,268 A
  • Filed: 08/21/1997
  • Issued: 03/07/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/22/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for locating unidentified breaks between words in an input character string formed of a plurality of characters, the method comprising the successive steps ofstoring said input character string in a computer memory element,identifying at least one morpheme in a first segment of said stored character string,reducing the number of unidentified word breaks in said stored character string by locating a first word break in said first segment of said stored character string based upon said at least one morpheme, said first word break dividing said first segment into a first sub-segment and a second sub-segment, andlocating further unidentified word breaks in said first and second sub-segments by comparing said first and second sub-segments to entries in a dictionary.

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