US 8,412,511 B2Granted

Systems and methods for providing translations of applications using decentralized contributions

AssigneeUnited Parcel Service of America, Inc.

InventorErich Ryan Jackson

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Abstract

Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for providing a translation for a set of one or more terms or phrases related to a software application using decentralized contributions. In particular, various embodiments provide systems and methods by which multiple users of the application contribute translations for individual terms or phrases of the application instead of having one entity supply the translation of the software application. Specifically, the process of various embodiments: (1) provides a repository for storing translations of the individual terms or phrases in a target language (e.g., a language for which a translation is needed); (2) collects the translations provided by users and stores the translations in the repository; (3) identifies the preferred translation for each individual term or phrase; and (4) displays the preferred translation to the user in response to receiving a user's request for a preferred translation in the target language.

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Dependent claims

A system for providing a translation of a set of one or more terms or phrases from a source language to more than one target language, the system comprising:

(a) a memory adapted to store one or more translations of said set of one or more terms or phrases in said more than one target language;
and
(b) a processor in communication with said memory and adapted to execute a translation module, wherein said translation module is adapted for execution by said processor to:
(1) obtain said one or more translations in said more than one target language for individual terms or phrases of said set of one or more terms or phrases provided by one or more users, wherein said one or more users enter said one or more translations into one or more computer systems, that are in communication with said processor;
(2) store said one or more translations for said individual terms or phrases in said memory;
(3) store a first particular target language and a second particular target language identified by a user;
and
(4) in response to receiving a user's request for a preferred translation of each term or phrase in said set of one or more terms or phrases:
(i) retrieve said user's first particular target language and said user's second particular target language;
(ii) identify said preferred translation for each individual term or phrase of said set of one or more terms or phrases, wherein said preferred translation for each said individual term or phrase is a translation of said one or more translations most frequently provided by said one or more users for each said individual term or phrase in said first particular target language;
(iii) in response to a translation not being provided for an individual term or phrase of said set of one or more terms or phrases for said user's first target language, identify said preferred translation for said individual term or phrase wherein said preferred translation for each said individual term or phrase is a translation of said one or more translations most frequently provided by said one or more users for each said individual term or phrase in said second target language;
and
(iv) cause display said identified preferred translation to said user.

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A computer-implemented method for providing a translation of a set of one or more terms or phrases from a source language to more than one target language, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a repository in a memory for storing one or more translations of said set of one or more terms or phrases in said more than one target language;
(b) collecting said one or more translations for said set of one or more terms or phrases in said more than one target language provided by one or more users wherein collecting said one or more translations comprises the steps of:
(1) obtaining one or more translations in said more than one target language for individual terms or phrases of said set of one or more terms or phrases provided by said one or more users;
and
(2) storing said one or more translations for said individual terms or phrases in said repository,
wherein the method further comprises the steps of:
(c) storing a first particular target language and a second particular target language identified by a user;
and
(d) in response to receiving a user's request for a preferred translation of said set of one or more terms or phrases:
(1) retrieving said user's first particular target language and said user's second particular target language;
(2) identifying said preferred translation for each individual term or phrase of said set of one or more terms or phrases, wherein said preferred translation for each said individual term or phrase is a translation of said one or more translations most frequently provided by said one or more users for each said individual term or phrase in said first particular target language;
(3) in response to a translation not being provided for an individual term or phrase of said set of one or more terms or phrases for said user's first target language, identifying said preferred translation for said individual term or phrase wherein said preferred translation for each said individual term or phrase is a translation of said one or more translations most frequently provided by said one or more users for each said individual term or phrase in said user's second target language;
and
(4) causing display of said identified preferred translation to said user.

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