Apparatus and method for translating between different role-based vocabularies for multiple users
OwnerEvan Kirshenbaum, Mark Sabiers +1inventors
InventorsEvan Kirshenbaum, Mark Sabiers, Mathias Salle
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Abstract
A method and corresponding apparatus use a translation system and vocabulary models to translate between different role-based vocabularies for different users. The vocabulary models may be associated with different roles, each role having one or more vocabularies. The vocabulary models may be fixed and hard-coded so that the roles and the role-based vocabularies are predefined and cannot be altered. The vocabulary models may also be flexible, allowing new roles and/or role-based vocabularies to be added.
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A method for translating between different role-based vocabularies, comprising:
- enabling a user to assert a first role associated with a first vocabulary model, wherein the first role includes a first role-based vocabulary;
- identifying the first role asserted by the user;
- enabling the user to select a second role, wherein the second role is associated with a second vocabulary model and includes a second role-based vocabulary;
- enabling the user to construct a query directed to the second role, wherein the query is constructed in the first role-base vocabulary;
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- using the first and the second vocabulary models, translating the query into the second role-based vocabulary corresponding to the second role.
An apparatus for translating between different role-based vocabularies, comprising:
- vocabulary models that are associated with a plurality of roles, wherein a user asserts a first role and constructs a query, and wherein the first role includes a first role-based vocabulary;
- a mapping module that identifies the first role asserted by the user and maps the query with the first role-based vocabulary;
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- a translation module that translates the query into a second role-based vocabulary corresponding to a second role, wherein the second role provides a response to the query for the user.
A computer readable medium providing instructions for translating between different role-based vocabularies, the instructions comprising:
- enabling a user to assert a first role associated with a first vocabulary model, wherein the first role includes a first role-based vocabulary;
- identifying the first role asserted by the user;
- enabling the user to select a second role, wherein the second role is associated with a second vocabulary model and includes a second role-based vocabulary;
- enabling the user to construct a query directed to the second role, wherein the query is constructed in the first role-base vocabulary;
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- using the first and the second vocabulary models, translating the query into the second role-based vocabulary corresponding to the second role.
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