System and method for displaying patent data in multiple encodings

摘要

A system for displaying patent data in multiple encodings includes a client computer (10) connected to the Internet, an application server (12), and a database server (13). The database server is used for storing patent data downloaded by the client computer. The client computer comprises application software (22) for downloading patent data via the Internet, for sending a request to access patent data in the central database server, and for displaying patent data in the form of Unicode strings on the client computer. The application server comprises a data processing interface (31) for interconversion of binary digits and Unicode strings. A related method includes: (a) sending patent data required by a user to the application server in the form of binary digits; (b) converting the binary digits into Unicode strings; and (c) sending the patent data in the form of Unicode strings to the client computer for display.