Script Detection Service

• US 20090324005A1
• Filed: 06/26/2008
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Villarreal Guzman, Gerardo, Ye, Shenghua, Snyder, Kieran, Georgiev, Dimiter, Sayed, Tarek M., Lin, Yung-Shin, Feinberg, Yaniv, Cavalcante, Ryan M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,107,671 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/129 Handling non-Latin characters, e.g. kana-to-kanji conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/242 Dictionaries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/263 Language identification

Abstract

Script detection service techniques are described. In an implementation, a determination is made as to which human writing system is associated with individual text characters in a string of one or more text characters based on values representing the individual text characters in the string. A particular human writing system is designated as associated with the string based on the values associated with the individual text characters in the string.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining which human writing system is associated with individual text characters in a string of one or more text characters based on values representing the individual text characters; and

designating that a particular said human writing system is associated with the string based on the values associated with the individual text characters.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising indicating a range of positions in a text for the one or more text characters.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising

indicating a range of positions in the text for the one or more text characters;

and

forming a communication that associates the particular said human writing system with the range of positions.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising indicating a service available to perform a function with the one or more text characters based on the particular said human writing system.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said determination includes scanning values representing the one or more text characters with a table of values associated with the particular said human writing system.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said determination includes scanning Unicode values representing the one or more text characters with a table of Unicode values associated with the particular said human writing system.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the particular said human incorporates text characters from a base said human writing system.

8. A system comprising:

a script detection service to designate which particular human writing system is associated with a string of one or more text characters in a text based on a determination as to which human writing system is associated with individual text characters in the one or more text characters.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the script detection service is independent of an application providing the text.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the script detection service is further configured to scan values representing the one or more text characters with a table of values associated with the particular human writing system to determine which said human writing system is associated with individual text.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the script detection service is further configured to indicate a range of positions in the text for the one or more text characters.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the script detection service is further configured to:

indicate a range of positions in the text for the one or more text characters in the string; and

form a communication that associates the particular human writing system with the range of positions.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the script detection service is further configured to indicate an availability of another service based on the particular human writing system.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the particular said human incorporates text characters from a base said human writing system

15. One or more computer-readable media comprising instructions that are executable by a computer to:

designate a particular human writing system as being associated with a string of one or more text characters from a scan of values representing text characters in the string; and

indicate a range of positions in a text including the string for the one or more text characters.

16. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 15, wherein the instructions are further executable to form a communication that associates the particular human writing system with the range of positions.

17. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 15, wherein the instructions are further executable to indicate a service to perform a function with the one or more text characters based on the particular said human writing system.

18. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 15 wherein the values are Unicode values.

19. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 15, wherein the particular said human incorporates text characters from a base said human writing system.

20. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 15, wherein the range of positions includes a starting position of the range and a length of the range.