6. The system of claim 5 , wherein said platform independent IME is a Java-based Unicode IME, and said second encoding format is Unicode.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein said platform independent IME is a Java-based Unicode IME, and said second encoding format is Unicode. 7. The system of claim 6 , wherein said operating system-based IME service module is configured to call a Java IME character handling method via a Java Native Interface.