Systems and methods for changing symbol sequences in documents

Abstract

A computer-readable medium includes instructions for causing at least one processor to perform a method. The method may include receiving a symbol sequence into a document, identifying another symbol sequence in the document whose probability of matching the received symbol sequence is above a threshold, and replacing the received symbol sequence with the other symbol sequence.

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       14 . A computer-readable medium comprising instructions for causing at least one processor to perform a method comprising:
 receiving a symbol sequence into a document;   identifying another symbol sequence in the document whose probability of matching the received symbol sequence is above a threshold; and   replacing the received symbol sequence with the other symbol sequence.   
   
   
       15 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 14  wherein the threshold is configurable. 
   
   
       16 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 14  wherein the method further comprises:
 identifying one or more variations of the other symbol sequence; and   replacing the received symbol sequence with a variation of the other symbol sequence when a probability of the variation matching the received symbol sequence is higher than the probability of the other symbol sequence matching the received symbol sequence.   
   
   
       17 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 14  wherein the replacing includes:
 replacing the received symbol sequence with a word from a dictionary when a probability of the word matching the received symbol sequence is higher than the probability of the other symbol sequence matching the received symbol sequence.   
   
   
       18 . A computer-readable medium comprising instructions that cause at least one processor to perform a method comprising:
 identifying a symbol sequence in a document that closely matches a first symbol sequence in the document;   identifying a word in a list of previously-stored words that closely matches the first symbol sequence;   ranking the identified symbol sequence and word to form a ranked list of objects; and   providing the ranked list of objects.   
   
   
       19 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 18  wherein the identifying a symbol sequence in a document that closely matches a first symbol sequence in the document includes:
 identifying the symbol sequence based on a probability of the symbol sequence matching the first symbol sequence, and   wherein the identifying a word in a list of previously-stored words that closely matches the first symbol sequence includes:
 identifying the word based on a probability of the word matching the first symbol sequence. 
   
   
   
       20 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 19  wherein the method further comprises:
 removing, prior to providing the ranked list of objects, at least one of the identified symbol sequence or word whose probability of matching the first symbol sequence is below a threshold.