Automated spell analysis
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1. A computer-implemented method of analyzing linguistic terms, the method comprising:
- (a) scanning a plurality of documents for variants of a linguistic term; and
(b) tracking relative occurrences of a plurality of variants of the linguistic term found in the plurality of documents during scanning to determine an acceptable usage of the linguistic term, wherein each variant of the linguistic term found in each document is of the type that is intentionally chosen by an author of such document and wherein the acceptable usage is determined by the variant having the greatest frequency of occurrences among the plurality of variants.
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Abstract
An apparatus, program product and method utilize automated analysis techniques to assist in the determination of acceptable usages of linguistic terms (e.g., words, phrases, acronyms, etc.). In particular, an acceptable usage of a linguistic term in a document on the Internet may be determined by detecting a spell definition tag in the document. In response to detecting the spell definition tag, automatically adding the acceptable variant of the linguistic term to an electronic dictionary.
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1. A computer-implemented method of analyzing linguistic terms, the method comprising:
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(a) scanning a plurality of documents for variants of a linguistic term; and (b) tracking relative occurrences of a plurality of variants of the linguistic term found in the plurality of documents during scanning to determine an acceptable usage of the linguistic term, wherein each variant of the linguistic term found in each document is of the type that is intentionally chosen by an author of such document and wherein the acceptable usage is determined by the variant having the greatest frequency of occurrences among the plurality of variants. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of analyzing linguistic terms, the method comprising:
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(a) browsing a plurality of web sites on the Internet in response to user input; and (b) concurrently with browsing the plurality of web sites, tracking relative occurrences of a plurality of variants of a linguistic term found in the plurality of web sites to determine an acceptable usage of the linguistic term, wherein each variant of the linguistic term found in each web site is of the type that is intentionally chosen by an author of such web site and wherein the acceptable usage is determined by the variant having the greatest frequency of occurrences among the plurality of variants.
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25. An apparatus, comprising:
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(a) a memory; and (b) a program resident in the memory and configured to determine an acceptable usage of a linguistic term by scanning a plurality of documents for variants of the linguistic term and tracking relative occurrences of a plurality of variants of the linguistic term found in the plurality of documents during scanning, wherein each variant of the linguistic term found in each document is of the type that is intentionally chosen by an author of such document and wherein the acceptable usage is determined by the variant having the greatest frequency of occurrences among the plurality of variants.
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26. A program product, comprising:
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(a) a program configured to determine an acceptable usage of a linguistic term by scanning a plurality of documents for variants of the linguistic term and tracking relative occurrences of a plurality of variants of the linguistic term found in the plurality of documents during scanning, wherein each variant of the linguistic term found in each document is of the type that is intentionally chosen by an author of such document and wherein the acceptable usage is determined by the variant having the greatest frequency of occurrences among the plurality of variants ; and (b) a computer-readable storage medium storing the program.
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