Software, methods and apparatus facilitating presentation of a wireless communication device user interface with multi-language support

1 . A method comprising:

at a wireless communication device, receiving a markup language document defining a format of a user interface, said markup language document including a descriptor for locating a textual component of said user interface within a separate file;

at said wireless communication device, receiving said separate file containing said textual component; and

based on said descriptor and said separate file, presenting said textual component within said user interface at said wireless communication device.

2 . The method of claim 1 wherein said markup language document is a first markup language document and said separate file comprises a second markup language document.

3 . The method of claim 2 wherein said descriptor defines a path to said textual component within said second markup language document.

4 . The method of claim 3 wherein said presenting comprises, at said wireless communication device:

instantiating from an object-oriented class an object representing a user interface construct containing said textual component, said object including said descriptor; and

using said descriptor, accessing said textual component within a dynamically accessible representation of said second markup language document.

5 . The method of claim 4 wherein said user interface construct is a screen, a menu item, a button, an edit box, a check box, a radio button, message box, a drop down list, a list box or a grid.

6 . The method of claim 1 wherein said separate file comprises a table containing said textual component paired with a unique identifier of said textual component, and wherein said descriptor comprises said unique identifier.

7 . The method of claim 6 wherein said table is a hash table and further comprising storing said textual component in said hash table, and wherein said presenting comprises retrieving said textual component from said hash table by supplying a hash key comprising said unique identifier.

8 . The method of claim 1 wherein said textual component is a title, a label or a caption.

9 . The method of claim 1 further comprising sending an indicator of a chosen language at said wireless communication device to a remote computing device prior to said receiving said separate file, and wherein said textual component of said separate file is in said chosen language.

10 . The method of claim 9 wherein said indicator of a chosen language at said wireless communication device is based on a configuration setting of said wireless communication device.

11 . The method of claim 10 further comprising:

at said wireless communication device, receiving an indication of a new chosen language;

from said wireless communication device, further sending an indicator of the new chosen language to said remote computing device;

at said wireless communication device, receiving another separate file containing said textual component in said new chosen language; and

using said descriptor and said other separate file, presenting said textual component within said user interface at said wireless communication device in said new chosen language.

12 . The method of claim 11 wherein either said chosen language or said new chosen language is English.

13 . A machine-readable medium comprising:

machine-executable code for presenting a textual component within a user interface of a wireless communication device, said presenting being based on a markup language document defining a format of said user interface and a separate file containing a textual component of said user interface, said markup language document including a descriptor for locating said textual component within said separate file.

14 . The machine-readable medium of claim 13 wherein said markup language document is a first markup language document and wherein said separate file comprises a second markup language document.

15 . The machine-readable medium of claim 14 wherein said descriptor defines a path to said textual component within said second markup language document.

16 . The machine-readable medium of claim 14 wherein said machine-executable code for presenting comprises:

machine-executable code for instantiating, from an object-oriented class, an object representing a user interface construct containing said textual component, said object including said descriptor; and

machine-executable code for accessing said textual component within a dynamically accessible representation of said second markup language document using said descriptor.

17 . The machine-readable medium of claim 16 wherein said user interface construct is a screen, a menu item, a button, an edit box, a check box, a radio button, message box, a drop down list, a list box or a grid.

18 . The machine-readable medium of claim 13 wherein said separate file comprises a table containing said textual component paired with a unique identifier of said textual component, and wherein said descriptor comprises said unique identifier.

19 . The machine-readable medium of claim 18 wherein said table is a hash table and further comprising machine-executable code for storing said textual component in said hash table, and wherein said machine-executable code for presenting comprises machine-executable code for retrieving said textual component from said hash table by supplying a hash key comprising said unique identifier.

20 . The machine-readable medium of claim 13 wherein said textual component is a title, a label or a caption.

21 . The machine-readable medium of claim 13 further comprising machine-executable code for sending an indicator of a chosen language at said wireless communication device to a remote computing device prior to said receiving said separate file, and wherein said textual component of said separate file is in said chosen language.

22 . The machine-readable medium of claim 21 wherein said indicator of a chosen language at said wireless communication device is based on a configuration setting of said wireless communication device.

23 . The machine-readable medium of claim 22 further comprising:

machine-executable code for receiving, at said wireless communication device, an indication of a new chosen language;

machine-executable code for further sending an indicator of the new chosen language to said remote computing device;

machine-executable code for receiving, at said wireless communication device, another separate file containing said textual component in said new chosen language; and

machine-executable code for presenting said textual component within said user interface at said wireless communication device in said new chosen language using said descriptor and said other separate file.

24 . A wireless communication device comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory coupled to said at least one processor storing:

a markup language document defining a format of a user interface, said markup language document including a descriptor for locating a textual component of said user interface within a separate file;

the separate file containing said textual component; and

machine-executable code which, when executed by the at least one processor, presents said textual component within said user interface based on said descriptor and said separate file.