Systems and methods for incentivizing user feedback for translation processing

• US 10,346,543 B2
• Filed: 05/04/2017
• Issued: 07/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mz Ip Holdings, LLC (AppLovin Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mz Ip Holdings, LLC (AppLovin Corporation)
• Inventors: Leydon, Gabriel, Orsini, Francois, Bojja, Nikhil
• Primary Examiner(s): Armstrong, Angela A
• Application Number:
  US15/586,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20170235722A1
• Time in Patent Office: 796 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3326 using relevance feedback from the user, e.g. relevance feedback on documents, documents sets, document terms or passages
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3337 Translation of the query language, e.g. Chinese to English
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/40 Processing or translation of natural language natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/51 Translation evaluation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/58 Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0217 involving input on products or services in exchange for incentives or rewards
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3255 Incentive, loyalty and/or promotion schemes, e.g. comps, gaming associated with a purchase, gaming funded by advertisements

Abstract

Systems and methods of various embodiments may enable or refine translation of text between a first language and a second language. In particular, systems and methods may enable or refine a text translation by soliciting and/or receiving feedback for: translation of a first word or phrase from a first language to a second language; transformation of the first word or phrase (in the first language) to a second word or phrase in the first language; or transformation of the first word or phrase (in the first language) to a second word or phrase in the second language. The systems and methods of various embodiments may incentivize user feedback for failed translations in order to encourage user feedback, improve the quality of user feedback received, and to permit development of translation corpora that can evolve with time.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

performing by one or more computer processors;

providing an online chat system;

identifying a word or phrase of a message that was incorrectly translated from a first language to a second language in the chat system;

selecting a plurality of computing devices through which to solicit assistance in translating the identified word or phrase,

wherein each of the plurality of computing devices has been selected less than a predetermined number of times within a time period, and

wherein each computing device is selected based on a language setting on the computing device;

transmitting, to one or more of the plurality of computing devices, a query requesting the assistance in translating the identified word or phrase;

receiving, from the one or more computing devices to which the query was transmitted, a respective response to the query;

approving one or more of the responses;

determining a credit based on at least one of (i) a complexity of the identified word or phrase and (ii) an importance of the identified word or phrase;

crediting, with the determined credit, a respective account associated with the one or more computing devices from which the approved responses were received;

using at least one computer processor and the one or more approved responses to generate a machine translation of a second message comprising the identified word or phrase; and

providing the machine translation of the second message in the chat system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identified word or phrase comprises chatspeak in the first language.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the query comprises a field configured to receive a text-based value.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the query comprises a set of preselected definitions from which to choose a definition for the identified word or phrase.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the responses comprise chatspeak in the second language.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein approving the one or more of the responses comprises:

determining that the one or more of the responses are not fraudulent.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein approving the one or more of the responses comprises:

determining that the one or more of the responses are accurate.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein approving the one or more of the responses comprises:

determining that a particular response matches another response received.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising:

updating a transformation or translation of the identified word or phrase from the first language to the second language based on the approved responses.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the determined credit comprises at least one of an in-game currency and an in-game item.

11. A system, comprising:

one or more computer processors programmed to perform operations comprising;

providing an online chat system;

identifying a word or phrase of a message that was incorrectly translated from a first language to a second language in the chat system;

selecting a plurality of computing devices through which to solicit assistance in translating the identified word or phrase,

wherein each of the plurality of computing devices has been selected less than a predetermined number of times within a time period, and

wherein each computing device is selected based on a language setting on the computing device;

transmitting, to one or more of the plurality of computing devices, a query requesting the assistance in translating the identified word or phrase;

receiving, from the one or more computing devices to which the query was transmitted, a respective response to the query;

approving one or more of the responses;

determining a credit based on at least one of (i) a complexity of the identified word or phrase and (ii) an importance of the identified word or phrase;

crediting, with the determined credit, a respective account associated with the one or more computing devices from which the approved responses were received;

using at least one computer processor and the one or more approved responses to generate a machine translation of a second message comprising the identified word or phrase; and

providing the machine translation of the second message in the chat system.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the identified word or phrase comprises chatspeak in the first language.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the query comprises a field configured to receive a text-based value.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the query comprises a set of preselected definitions from which to choose a definition for the identified word or phrase.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the responses comprise chatspeak in the second language.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the operation of approving the one or more of the responses comprises:

determining that the one or more of the responses are not fraudulent.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the operation of approving the one or more of the responses comprises:

determining that the one or more of the responses are accurate.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations comprise:

updating a transformation or translation of the identified word or phrase from the first language to the second language based on the approved responses.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the determined credit comprises at least one of an in-game currency and an in-game item.

20. An article, comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by one or more computer processors cause the computer processors to perform operations comprising;

providing an online chat system;

identifying a word or phrase of a message that was incorrectly translated from a first language to a second language in the chat system;

selecting a plurality of computing devices through which to solicit assistance in translating the identified word or phrase,

wherein each of the plurality of computing devices has been selected less than a predetermined number of times within a time period, and

wherein each computing device is selected based on a language setting on the computing device;

transmitting, to one or more of the plurality of computing devices, a query requesting the assistance in translating the identified word or phrase;

receiving, from the one or more computing devices to which the query was transmitted, a respective response to the query;

approving one or more of the responses;

determining a credit based on at least one of (i) a complexity of the identified word or phrase and (ii) an importance of the identified word or phrase;

crediting, with the determined credit, a respective account associated with the one or more computing devices from which the approved responses were received;

using at least one computer processor and the one or more approved responses to generate a machine translation of a second message comprising the identified word or phrase; and

providing the machine translation of the second message in the chat system.