Language Conversation System And Service Method Moving In Combination With Messenger

• US 20070294078A1
• Filed: 11/22/2005
• Published: 12/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: A.I. Corpus Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: A.I. Corpus Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Shin, Han-Jin, Kim, Kang-Ki
• Application Number:
  US11/791,228
• Publication Number:
  US 20070294078A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/2
• 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

Disclosed is a language conversion system and a service method thereof, capable of allowing a user to easily obtain foreign language translation data while using a messenger by operating a skin for a messenger application helper in combination with the messenger based on window message information of the messenger without accessing a messenger server The language conversion system provides a language conversion service to a plurality of terminal equipments connected to an Internet network and includes a server module and a DB server. The server module provides a messenger application controller, which forms the skin for the messenger application helper at one side of the messenger activated in the terminal equipment, to the terminal equipment, receives information value, which is selected and changed by the user, from the messenger and the skin for the messenger application helper and requests data corresponding to the information value to the DB server The server module transfers the data output ted from the DB server to the skin for the messenger application helper. The DB server extracts foreign language data approximate to the data inputted into the server module by the user from a corpus database and transfers the foreign language data to the skin for the messenger application helper The user is able to make real-Lime communication with foreigners through the messenger by utilizing the language conversion service without separately displaying an electronic dictionary or a translation program on a window screen.

Claims

1. A language conversion system for providing a language conversion service to a plurality of terminal equipments connected to an Internet network, the language conversion system comprising:

a server module forming a skin for a messenger application helper at one side of a messenger activated in the terminal equipment, receiving data which are selected by a user and inputted into the messenger and the skin for the messenger application helper, and transferring foreign language data approximate to the data to the terminal equipment; and

a DB server extracting foreign language data approximate to the data of the server module from a corpus database and transferring the foreign language data to the server module,

wherein said server module includes a registration information receiving module for receiving environment establishment information of the skin for the messenger application helper which cooperates with the messenger, from the window message information unit through a window message loop of the terminal equipment, an application module for transferring a window message information order of the messenger corresponding to window message information of a window activated in the terminal equipment and registered in the registration information receiving module, a login module for authenticating the user when the user requests the language conversion service using the skin of the messenger application helper, a database-link module, which cooperates with the DB server upon receiving the data through the messenger and the skin for the messenger application helper so as to perform a search for foreign language data, and an input data analysis module, which analyzes the data inputted by the user and the foreign language data by comparing the data inputted by the user with the foreign language data so as to analyze accuracy of the foreign language data relative to the data inputted by the user and the skin for the messenger application helper is provided corresponding to messengers driven by the user, each skin for the messenger application helper is distinguished according to an instance handle thereof and is individually executed, and executed skins share a code segment and have their own data segment.

2. The language conversion system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the server module provides a messenger application controller to the terminal equipment, in which the messenger application controller obtains window message information of the messenger, adjusts the skin for the messenger application helper in cooperation with the messenger, and establishes an application environment including execution of a specific messenger, selection of a messenger usage group, establishment of foreign languages relative to a native language, update of the skin for the messenger application helper, execution of a program, and end of a program.

3. The language conversion system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the messenger application controller includes

a window message information unit, which obtains the window message information of the messenger activated in the terminal equipment and transmits the window message information to the server module,

a skin storage unit for storing the skin for the messenger application helper to be formed at one side of the messenger, and

a messenger analysis unit, which analyzes the window message information of the messenger so as to check whether the window message information has been changed and transmits an analysis result to the window message information unit so as to update the window message information unit.

4. The language conversion system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the window message information unit has address information, skin information, movement information and operating information of the messenger activated in the terminal equipment, displays the skin for the application helper at one side of the activated messenger according to structure information of the messenger, and transmits registration information of the activated messenger to the server module.

6. The language conversion system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the messenger analysis unit includes

a window system environment information analysis part for analyzing a window system environment,

an application environment information analysis part for analyzing an application environment, and

a user information analysis part for storing information of a user employing the messenger.

8. The language conversion system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the DB server includes

a corpus database for storing corpus data containing a plurality of foreign languages, a data search unit, which searches corpus data of the corpus database so as to detect whether the data inputted from the terminal equipment is registered in the corpus database and to extract foreign language data having a meaning approximate to a meaning of the data inputted from the terminal equipment, and

an output control unit for transferring the foreign language data extracted from the data search unit to the server module.

9. The language conversion system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the data search unit searches a plurality of text data on a basis of a matching degree between the text data and data inputted from the terminal equipment and extracts foreign language data matching with the text data.

10. The language conversion system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the output control unit displays foreign language data, which correspond to text data extracted from the corpus database and dragged by a mouse, in a window message tool tip connected to the mouse.

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11. A language conversion system for providing a language conversion service to a plurality of terminal equipments connected to an Internet network, the language conversion system comprising:

a messenger application controller accommodated in the terminal equipment so as to form a skin for a messenger application helper at one side of a messenger activated in the terminal equipment;

a server module providing the messenger application controller to the terminal equipment, and outputting foreign language data, which are made up of a foreign language selected by a user, corresponding to the data inputted from the terminal equipment when the data of the terminal equipment are received therein; and

a DB server for searching and extracting foreign language data, which are made up of a foreign language selected by a user and correspond to the data inputted from the terminal equipment, from a corpus database containing a plurality of foreign language data and transferring the foreign language data to the server module.

12. The language conversion system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the messenger application controller obtains window message information of the messenger activated in the terminal equipment, and provides structure and environment establishment information of the skin for the messenger application helper, which cooperates with the messenger, to the server module through a window message loop of the terminal equipment.

13. The language conversion system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the server module includes

an application module for transferring a window message information order of the messenger corresponding to window message information of a window activated in the terminal equipment,

a login module for authenticating the user when the user requests the language conversion service using the skin of the messenger application helper,

a database-link module, which cooperates with the DB server when data are received therein through the skin for the messenger application helper operating in combination with the messenger so as to perform a search for foreign language data corresponding to the input data, and

an input data analysis module, which analyzes the input data and the foreign language data by comparing the input data with the foreign language data so as to analyze accuracy of the foreign language data relative to the input data.

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18. A method for providing a language conversion service to a plurality of terminal equipments connected to an Internet network, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a messenger application controller to the terminal equipment, wherein the messenger application controller forms a skin for a messenger application helper, which cooperates with a messenger, at one side of the messenger activated in the terminal equipment;

receiving data obtained by dragging contents displayed in a messenger window using a mouse, or data inputted into a data search window of the skin for the messenger application helper;

searching a plurality of foreign language data approximate to received data and extracting foreign language data in an order of a matching degree between the foreign language data and the received data; and

transferring the extracted foreign language data to the terminal equipment in such a manner that the foreign language data are displayed in a tool tip connected to the mouse or in a search result display window of the skin for the messenger application helper.

19. The method as claimed in claim 18, wherein the foreign language data displayed in the search result display window of the skin for the messenger application helper are made up of a foreign language selected by a user.

20. The method as claimed in claim 18, wherein the data obtained by dragging contents displayed in the messenger window using the mouse are inputted into the data search window of the skin for the messenger application helper, a search result is displayed in the search result display window in a form of text data when a search for the input data has been finished, and the text are inputted into a dialogue input window when the user double-clicks the text data so that it is possible to display the text data in a dialogue window.

21. The method as claimed in claim 18, wherein, when a search result is inputted into a dialog input window of the messenger, the search result is converted into text data corresponding to information and conditions of counterparts and the user, which are previously stored in a database.

22. The method as claimed in claim 18, wherein the skin for the messenger application helper is linked with a translator database established in a language conversion system, an Internet site of a company providing a translation program, and/or an Internet site of a company providing a database containing language dictionaries of various countries or a dictionary search program, thereby allowing the user to perform language translation and/or dictionary search.

23. The method as claimed in claim 18, wherein the messenger and the skin for the messenger application helper are linked with a server of a company providing a VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) so as to allow the user to make voice communication, and voice data of voice communication are displayed in the messenger and the skin for the messenger application helper in a form of text data, so that it is possible to convert the text data into foreign language data and to transmit/receive a text message or voice data.

24. The method as claimed in claim 18, further comprising a step of assigning a membership to a user upon request of the user by allocating an ID and a password to the user.

25. The method as claimed in claim 18, wherein the searching and extracting step includes the sub-steps of:

receiving window message information of the messenger activated in the terminal equipment from the messenger application controller;

forming the skin for the messenger application helper by transmitting information, which contains a size and a position of the skin adjusted according to the window message information, to the messenger application controller; and

performing user authentication when the user requests the foreign language conversion service.

26. The method as claimed in claim 18, further comprising a step of comparing the foreign language data with the data inputted by the user, thereby analyzing accuracy of the foreign language data relative to the data inputted by the user.