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Methods of offering guidance on common language usage utilizing a hashing function consisting of a hash triplet

  • US 8,706,470 B2
  • Filed: 05/07/2007
  • Issued: 04/22/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. The method of providing language usage guidance with respect to a passage of a document being edited by a user, comprising:

  • generating a hash of the passage being edited;

    comparing the hash against entries in a database to determine likelihood that the passage is written as intended by the user; and

    providing alternative language suggestions to the user based in part upon entries in the database;

    and allowing the user to modify the document by accepting a selected one of the suggestions;

    a program when run on a local computer to compute a triplet of hashes, wherein each hash consists of a hash for each word in the document, a hash for the word and its preceding word, and a hash for the word and its following word.

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