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Abbreviating and compacting text to cope with display space constraint in computer software

  • US 6,279,018 B1
  • Filed: 02/23/1999
  • Issued: 08/21/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for abbreviating text to cope with display or print space constraint in computer software such that loss of word recognizability is minimized, wherein said text includes a plurality of words, said space constraint is defined in terms of a predetermined abbreviated text length limit and said method comprises the steps of:

  • a) selecting one or more words from the text as being abbreviatable words;

    b) shortening only those abbreviatable words whose length exceeds a predetermined minimum word length limit while the length of the text is in excess of the predetermined abbreviated text length limit, said shortening comprising at least one of;

    (i) replacing a sequence of alphabets in any abbreviatable word with a shorter sequence, wherein said sequence of alphabets does not include the initial of the abbreviatable word; and

    (ii) deleting one or more alphabets from any abbreviatable word, but excluding from deletion the initial of the abbreviatable word; and

    c) truncating only those abbreviatable words whose length exceeds a predetermined minimum truncated word length limit while the length of the text is in excess of the predetermined abbreviated text length limit.

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