IP Library Granted Patent US 7,283,947
Granted Patent B2
US 7,283,947 · App. 09/864,120 · Granted Oct 16, 2007

Method and system for translation management of source language text phrases

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,283,947
App. No.
09/864,120
Granted
Oct 16, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computer system for implementing a method for managing translations of text phrases is disclosed. The system stores text phrases in a source language as individual entries within a database. The system also stores any imported text phrases in a target language as individual entries within the database. For each text phrase in the source language stored within the database, the system is operable to communicate a notification of an exclusion of a corresponding text phrase in the target language within the database. Also for each stored text phrase stored in the source language within the database, the system is operable to communicate a notification of a modification of a text phrase in the source language as stored within the database after a storage of a corresponding text phrase in the target language within the database.

Claims (13)

1. A computer readable medium storing a computer program for managing a translation of a master text file, said computer program code comprising:

computer readable code for storing a first source language text phrase as a first entry within a database;

computer readable code for storing a target language text phrase as a translated version of the first source language text phrase within the database after a storage of the first source language text phrase within the database;

computer readable code for storing a second source language text phrase as a modified version of the first source language text phrase within the database after a storage of the first source language text phrase within the database;

computer readable code for communicating a notification indicating the target language text phrase is an incorrect translation when the second source language text phrase is stored within the database after a storage of the target language text phrase within the database;

computer readable code for storing a first timestamp within the database that indicates a date and a time of the storage of the target language text phrase within the database; and

computer readable code for storing a second timestamp within the database that indicates a date and a time of the storage of the second source language text phrase within the database; and

computer readable code for storing a copy of the second source language text phrase in a translated text file containing the target language text phrase when a comparison of the first timestamp and the second timestamp indicates a storage of the second source language text phrase within the database occurred after the storage of the target language text phrase within the database wherein the computer readable code manages the translation of the master text file based on the storing.

2. The computer program product of claim 1 , further comprising:

computer readable code for comparing the first timestamp and the second timestamp; and

computer readable code for setting a flag within the database when a comparison of the first timestamp and the second timestamp indicates a storage of the second source language text phrase within the database occurred after the storage of the target language text phrase within the database.

3. The computer program product of claim 2 , wherein

said computer readable code for setting of the flag is communicated as the notification.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2023
From: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Reel/Frame 065566/0013 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2009
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 022354/0566 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2001
From: HOLUBAR, KEVIN R.; JONES, GREGORY A.; MUIRHEAD, NICOLE; ROBERTS, REBECCA L.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 011851/0321 →