Network-based text composition, translation, and document searching
First Claim
1. A method of providing documents to a visitor to a Web site, the Web site comprising a plurality of browser-readable Web pages, at least some of the Web pages containing text portions represented in a pivot language, the Web site according access to a Web page by causing, in response to a request therefor, communication of the Web page to a requester'"'"'s computer for presentation thereon, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. determining a desired natural language for the requester;
b. receiving a Web-page selection from the requester'"'"'s computer;
c. translating any text portions of the selected Web page from the pivot language into the desired natural language; and
d. communicating the translated selected Web page to the requester'"'"'s computer.
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Abstract
Network-based communication, language translation, and content searching utilize a “pivot” or intermediate language that is readily translated into any of numerous natural languages. Web users may specify a desired language, and that selection is automatically detected by Web servers, which provide content in accordance therewith. In a search context, documents are archived in the pivot language, which serves as an intermediate representation enforcing a precise mode of expressing concepts. Word-match searches based on queries that have also been formulated in the pivot language will retrieve relevant documents with a high degree of reliability, since the concept of interest has been more rigorously formulated. Information in the form of text or messages may be broadcast or sent to recipients, who receive the information in a desired language regardless of the source language of the original information.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of providing documents to a visitor to a Web site, the Web site comprising a plurality of browser-readable Web pages, at least some of the Web pages containing text portions represented in a pivot language, the Web site according access to a Web page by causing, in response to a request therefor, communication of the Web page to a requester'"'"'s computer for presentation thereon, the method comprising the steps of:
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a. determining a desired natural language for the requester;
b. receiving a Web-page selection from the requester'"'"'s computer;
c. translating any text portions of the selected Web page from the pivot language into the desired natural language; and
d. communicating the translated selected Web page to the requester'"'"'s computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. Apparatus for providing documents to a visitor to a Web site, the apparatus comprising:
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a. a plurality of browser-readable Web pages defining the site, at least some of the Web pages containing text portions represented in a pivot language;
b. a Web server for receiving a request from the visitor for a Web page and, in response thereto, locating the Web page and communicating it to the visitor; and
c. a translation module responsive to a visitor-specified natural language for translating any text portions of the selected Web page from the pivot language into the desired natural language prior to communication of the Web page. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of searching for stored content, the method comprising the steps of:
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a. facilitating entry of a natural-language search query by a user operating a client computer, the search query comprising a plurality of terms;
facilitating transmission, via a computer network, of the search query from the client computer to a language server;
c. facilitating conversion of the natural-language search query received by the language server into a constrained grammar through interaction, via the computer network, with the user, the interaction including disambiguation of the query terms; and
d. searching stored content items, at least a portion of each content item being expressed in the constrained grammar, for matches between the item constrained grammar and the converted search query. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of facilitating information composition and broadcast, the method comprising the steps of:
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a. facilitating entry of a natural-language text composition by a user operating a client computer;
b. facilitating transmission, via a computer network, of the text composition from the client computer to a language server;
c. facilitating conversion of the text composition received by the language server into a pivot language through interaction, via the computer network, with the user, the interaction including disambiguation of the text composition;
d. facilitating designation of a desired natural language by a receiving device;
e. causing the language server to translate the converted text composition from the pivot language into the desired natural language; and
f. causing transmission of the text composition in the desired natural language to the receiving device via a communication medium. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of facilitating electronic message exchange, the method comprising the steps of:
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a. facilitating entry of a natural-language message by a user operating a client computer;
b. facilitating transmission, via a computer network, of the message from the client computer to a language server;
c. facilitating conversion of the message received by the language server into a pivot language through interaction, via the computer network, with the user, the interaction including disambiguation of the message;
d. facilitating designation of a desired natural language by a message recipient;
e. causing translation of the converted message from the pivot language into the desired natural language; and
f. making the message available to the recipient in the desired natural language. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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