Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Patent
1997-06-13
1999-11-02
Amsbury, Wayne
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
707101, 707104, 707501, G06F 1700
Patent
active
059787988
ABSTRACT:
A method is provided of accessing a database comprising a plurality of entries, each entry comprising a main entry containing a headword. At least one of the entries comprises a first subsidiary entry (2) containing a plurality of sets of words, each of which is capable of being associated with the headword. The method comprises the steps of: entering a section of text which comprises a plurality of words; locating the entry whose main entry contains the headword corresponding to a selected word of the section of text; and, where the located entry has a first subsidiary entry containing a plurality of sets of words, selecting from the first subsidiary entry a set of words of which at least one word is present in at least part of the section of text.
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Beaven John
Poznanski Victor
Amsbury Wayne
Jung David Yiuk
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
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