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US 8,620,793 B2Granted
Workflow management system
AssigneeSDL International America Incorporated
InventorsIko Knyphausen, Jochen Hummel
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Abstract
A network clearinghouse may be provided that brings together organizations (subjects) requiring outsourcing of a service and service providers (operators). The clearinghouse manages the bidding and awarding of contracts, by collecting and authorizing requests for proposals (RFPs), sending bid invitations to operators that meet the requirements of the subject, sending a notification that the contract has been awarded, and collecting payment from the subject and paying the operator.
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A method for providing a workflow management system, said method comprising:
- maintaining a database configured to store translation segments, said translation segments identifying target language phrases in a target language that corresponds to source language phrases in a source language;
- identifying translators connected to a network using a translator identity for each of a plurality of different translators;
- storing translation segments submitted by a plurality of different translators;
- storing information by the database, the information identifying a translator that has submitted a translation segment of the submitted translation segments, by storing the translation segment in association with the translator identity of the translator that has submitted the translation segment;
- identifying translation segments for inclusion in at least partially translated content;
- delivering as part of a translation task said at least partially translated content electronically, said at least partially translated content including segments translated into said target language;
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- tracking the translator identity associated with a translation segment when the translation segment is selected for use in said at least partially translated content.
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