Interactive conversational speech communicator method and system

• US 20060206309A1
• Filed: 12/01/2005
• Published: 09/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: David G. Curry, Jason R. Curry
• Original Assignee: David G. Curry, Jason R. Curry
• Inventors: Curry, Jason R., Curry, David G.
• Application Number:
  US11/290,513
• Publication Number:
  US 20060206309A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/8
• 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

Abstract

The invention relates to a compact and portable interactive system for allowing person-to-person communication in a typed language format between individuals experiencing language barriers such as the hearing impaired and language impaired. According to the present invention, the sComm system includes a custom laptop configuration having a display screen and one keyboard on each side of the laptop; and data translations means for translating the original typed data from a first language to a second language. The display screen will further have a split configuration, i.e., a double screen, either top/bottom or left/right depicting chat boxes, each chat box dedicated to a user. The sComm system will be able to support multilingual text-based conversations. In particular, a user will be able to translate, using existing translating technology, the typed text into other languages including, but not limited to, English, Spanish, Chinese, German and French. As such, one chat box can display a text in a first language and the other chat box can display the same text but in a second language.

Claims

1. A method for providing multilingual text-based dialogue between two opposing communicants in a self-contained portable environment, the method comprising:

selecting a dialogue language for each of the two opposing communicants;

receiving text-based data based on the dialogue language from at least one of the two communicants;

transmitting the text-based data to an opposing display in the opposing communicant'"'"'s selected language; and

displaying the text-based data in the selected languages simultaneously and in real time.

2. A system for multilingual text-based dialogue between two opposing communicants in a self-contained portable environment, the system comprising:

an I/O interface for selecting a dialogue language for each of the two opposing communicants;

a dialogue processor for receiving text-based data based on the dialogue language from at least one of the two communicants;

a translation control processor for transmitting the text-based data to an opposing display in the opposing communicant'"'"'s selected language; and

a display screen for displaying the text-based data in the selected languages simultaneously and in real time.