Method and apparatus for automated spelling correction
CA 1203916 A · Owner: Houghton Mifflin Company · Inventors: Kucera, Henry
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Automated spelling correction converts by, prescribed linguistic procedures, each word to be corrected to a skeleton, and compares that skeleton with a data base of skeletons derived by identical linguistic procedures from a dictionary of correctly spelled words. In the event of a match between the two skeletal terms the correctly spilled word (or words) associated with the matched skeleton is presented for replacement of the misspelled word. In the event the comparison does not yield a correct match, the skeletal form of the misspelled word is repeatedly modified and each modified form is compared with the data base of skeletons.
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- Granted April 29, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 29, 2003.
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