US 6,687,736 B1 · Localization support method for software applications with backend database

Abstract

A server application program is disclosed that runs on a server and provides a client with multilingual support, but does not have a multilingual database on the server and does not need to access a remote multilingual database as the application program is running. The server application program, having at least one module written in an interpreted language, interacts with locally available language module files. These files contain extracts from multilingual databases, but are formatted to be read as variables containing text strings by the interpreter used in conjunction with the sever application module written in an interpreted language. This allows extremely fast and dynamic access to a set of multilingual text strings, providing multilingual support of an application on a server with significantly greater speed and versatility than previous designs.

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Dependent claims

A multilingual server system comprising:

at least one server;
a multilingual system disposed within said at least one server further having at least one module written in an interpreted language and at least one language module file containing at least one text string formatted as a variable compatible with said interpreted language;
a first network connection in operable communication with said multilingual system and a first network;
and,
where said multilingual system is configured to allow operable communication with at least one client, and where said multilingual system is configured to allow operable communication with a multilingual database using said first network connection through said first network, and where said multilingual system is configured to allow operable use of said at least one language module file.

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In a server application program having at least one module written in an interpreted language and at least one language module file formatted compatibly with the interpreted language, and at least one network connection in operative communication with the server application program and configured to allow operable connection to at least one network, and where the server application program is configured to respond to a client, and where the server application program is configured to interact with a multilingual database through the at least one network connection using the at least one network, a method for supplying multilingual support to the client comprising:

(a) accepting a request from said client;
(b) making a language choice based on a language choice indicator if a language choice indicator is included in said request;
(c) making a language choice based on information available to said server application program if said request includes no language choice indicator;
(d) coupling said language module file associated with said language choice and said server application program including making the contents of said language module file available as local variables to said at least one interpreted language module;
and,
(e) using said local variables to provide a response to said request.

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In a server having at least one module written in an interpreted language and at least one language module file formatted compatibly with the interpreted language, and at least one network connection in operative communication with the server application program and configured to allow operable connection to at least one network, and where the server application program is configured to respond to a client, and where the server application program is configured to interact with a multilingual database through the at least one network connection using the at least one network, a multilingual support system comprising:

means for receiving a request from said client;
means for making a language choice based on content of said request from said client;
means for coupling said language module file associated with said language choice and said server application program including making the contents of said language module file available as local variables to said at least one interpreted language module;
and,
means for using said local variables to provide a response to said request.

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A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a machine having at least one module written in an interpreted language and at least one language module file formatted compatibly with the interpreted language, and at least one network connection in operative communication with the server application program and configured to allow operable connection to at least one network, and where the server application program is configured to respond to a client, and where the server application program is configured to interact with a multilingual database through the at least one network connection using the at least one network, to perform a method for supplying multilingual support to the client comprising:

(a) accepting a request from said client;
(b) making a language choice based on a language choice indicator if a language choice indicator is included in said request;
(c) making a language choice based on information available to said server application program if said request includes no language choice indicator;
(d) coupling said language module file associated with said language choice and said server application program including making the contents of said language module file available as local variables to said at least one interpreted language module;
and,
(e) using said local variables to provide a response to said request.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Localization support method for software applications with backend database

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