Indexing method and apparatus

An indexing apparatus and method are described for use in identifying portions of data in a database for comparison with a query. In an embodiment, the index includes a key which comprises a sequence of phoneme classifications derived from the input query by classifying each of the phonemes in the i...

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Hauptverfasser: Charlesworth, Jason Peter Andrew, Garner, Philip Neil
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Zusammenfassung:An indexing apparatus and method are described for use in identifying portions of data in a database for comparison with a query. In an embodiment, the index includes a key which comprises a sequence of phoneme classifications derived from the input query by classifying each of the phonemes in the input query with a number of phoneme classes, with the phonemes in each class being defined as those that are confusable with the other phonemes in the same class.