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Correcting Text

a text and text technology, applied in the field of computer programming, to achieve the effect of resolving errors responsive to the solution

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-07-02
JOLLY SEVEN SERIES 70 OF ALLIED SECURITY TRUST I
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"The invention is a system and method for correcting text errors, particularly those involving whitespace characters. The system detects errors, tests if moving a nearby character or eliminating an extra character will solve the error, and then makes the correction based on the testing. The correction can involve replacing one or more words in the text with a correction candidate. The technical effect of the invention is to improve the efficiency and accuracy of text correction."

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For example, “spellingm istake” is a single misplacement of a whitespace character but requires separate correction steps to correct both “spellingm” and “istake.” A similar problem occurs with mistakes such as “spelli ng,” which involves an extra whitespace character.

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[0022]The invention includes systems and methods for correcting spelling and grammatical errors involving improper positioning and or addition of an extra whitespace character. Examples of these errors corrected include: “makin g mistake” wherein an extra space is found between the “n” and the “g”; “making m istake” wherein an extra space is found between the “m” and the “i”; “makin gmistake” wherein the position of a space is incorrectly shifted to the right; “makingm istake”; wherein the position of a space is incorrectly shifted to the left. These errors may cause one or two spelling errors. For example, “I scorrect” includes one spelling error and “makin gmistake” includes two spelling errors.

[0023]In various embodiments, the error resulting from an additional space or an improperly positioned space results in a grammatical error. In some of these embodiments there is a grammatical error but not a spelling error. For example, if “It is one car seat” is incorrectly written as “It...

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Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for correcting grammatical and spelling errors that involve improper positioning of a whitespace character and / or an extra whitespace character. Removal of an extra whitespace character or repositioning of an improperly positioned whitespace character may result in correction of two misspelled words in a single correction step.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 859,734 entitled “Text Correction” and filed Jun. 2, 2004 which claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application No. 60 / 475,578 entitled “System and Method of Correcting Text” and filed Jun. 2, 2003, the disclosures of both are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The invention is in the field of computer programming and more specifically in the field of text processing.[0004]2. Related Art[0005]Text processing and text correction features are found in a wide variety of computing devices. For example, spelling and grammar correction are found in most word processing programs, presentation programs, database programs, and the like. It is desirable to make text and grammar correction as efficient as possible.[0006]In current correction algorithms a single mistake that involves two words requires two separate correcti...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F17/21
CPCG06F17/273G06F17/2294G06F40/163G06F40/232
Inventor COLBY, STEVEN M.
Owner JOLLY SEVEN SERIES 70 OF ALLIED SECURITY TRUST I
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