ENHANCEMENT OF MULTI-LINGUAL BUSINESS INDICIA THROUGH CURATION AND SYNTHESIS OF TRANSLITERATION, TRANSLATION AND GRAPHEMIC INSIGHT

• US 20140278350A1
• Filed: 03/14/2014
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dun & Bradstreet Corp., DUN & Bradstreet Incorporated (Dun & Bradstreet Corp.), Hoover's Incorporated (Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dun & Bradstreet Corp.
• Inventors: SCRIFFIGNANO, Anthony J., KLEIN, Michael, CAROLAN, Sean, MATTHEWS, Warwick
• Granted Patent: US 9,489,351 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/129 Handling non-Latin characters, e.g. kana-to-kanji conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/55 Rule-based translation

Abstract

There is provided a method that includes parsing a string of characters into its graphemes, and generating a pattern of characters that represents an abstraction of the graphemes. There is also provided a system that performs the method, and a storage device that contains instructions for controlling a processor to perform the method.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

parsing a string of characters into its graphemes; and

generating a pattern of characters that represents an abstraction of said graphemes.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said pattern of characters includes a group of characters that corresponds to a grapheme in said graphemes, and that is mapped to a data source.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising retrieving from said data source, information about said grapheme.

4. The method of claim 1,

wherein said pattern of characters includes a sequence of a first group of characters and a second group of characters,

wherein said first group of characters corresponds to a first grapheme in said graphemes,

wherein said second group of characters corresponds to a second grapheme in said graphemes, and

wherein said method further comprises:

selecting, based on said sequence, a process from among a plurality of processes; and

executing said process on said string of characters.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said process yields a combination of translation and interlingual transformation of said string of characters.

6. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that is communicatively coupled to said processor, and that contains instructions that are readable by said processor to cause said processor to perform actions of;

parsing a string of characters into its graphemes; and

generating a pattern of characters that represents an abstraction of said graphemes.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein said pattern of characters includes a group of characters that corresponds to a grapheme in said graphemes, and that is mapped to a data source.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein said instructions also cause said processor to perform an action of:

retrieving from said data source, information about said grapheme.

9. The system of claim 6,

wherein said pattern of characters includes a sequence of a first group of characters and a second group of characters,

wherein said first group of characters corresponds to a first grapheme in said graphemes,

wherein said second group of characters corresponds to a second grapheme in said graphemes, and

wherein said instructions also cause said processor to perform actions of:

selecting, based on said sequence, a process from among a plurality of processes; and

executing said process on said string of characters.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein said process yields a combination of translation and interlingual transformation of said string of characters.

11. A storage device comprising instructions that are readable by a processor to cause said processor to perform actions of:

parsing a string of characters into its graphemes; and

generating a pattern of characters that represents an abstraction of said graphemes.

12. The storage device of claim 11, wherein said pattern of characters includes a group of characters that corresponds to a grapheme in said graphemes, and that is mapped to a data source.

13. The storage device of claim 12, wherein said instructions also cause said processor to perform an action of:

retrieving from said data source, information about said grapheme.

14. The storage device of claim 11,

wherein said pattern of characters includes a sequence of a first group of characters and a second group of characters,

wherein said first group of characters corresponds to a first grapheme in said graphemes,

wherein said second group of characters corresponds to a second grapheme in said graphemes, and

wherein said instructions also cause said processor to perform actions of:

selecting, based on said sequence, a process from among a plurality of processes; and

executing said process on said string of characters.

15. The storage device of claim 14, wherein said process yields a combination of translation and interlingual transformation of said string of characters.