SYSTEM AND METHOD OF UBIQUITOUS LANGUAGE TRANSLATION FOR WIRELESS DEVICES
First Claim
1. A system for providing location-based translation services through a wireless device, the system comprising:
- a network node storing data related to probable languages spoken according to geographic location, the network node transmitting to the wireless device a prioritized list of target languages according to the location of the wireless device such that the prioritized list of target languages is displayed when a translation application is activated.
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Abstract
A system and method of providing a location-based translation service is disclosed. A wireless device receives from a wireless network an updated priority target language list according to the location of the wireless device. The wireless device and/or wireless network are capable of automatic speech recognition (ASR), text-to-speech (TTS) services and language translation services. A language and location database module associates probable target languages in a given area. The wireless network node receives the location of the wireless device through a network-based location means or through a GPS system and compares the location of the wireless device to the language and location database. The wireless network transmits to the wireless device an updated priority language list based on the data in the language and location database such that the wireless device pre-selects the most likely target language if the user launches the language translation application. When the user launches the language translation application, the selection of the target language is simplified since the most likely target language is pre-selected.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for providing location-based translation services through a wireless device, the system comprising:
a network node storing data related to probable languages spoken according to geographic location, the network node transmitting to the wireless device a prioritized list of target languages according to the location of the wireless device such that the prioritized list of target languages is displayed when a translation application is activated. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A system for providing location-based translation services through a wireless device, the system being capable of receiving global positioning system information regarding a location of the wireless device, the system comprising:
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a database of language information associating probable languages spoken in any given area; and
a network node that receives location information regarding the wireless device from the global positioning system and transmits to the wireless device a prioritized list of at least one probable target language based on the location of the wireless device, wherein the system is configured such that the prioritized list of at least one probable target language is displayed on the wireless device, and the most probable target language among the prioritized list is preselected when a translation services application is activated. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A method of providing location-based translation services on a wireless device, the method comprising:
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determining a location of the wireless device by a location detection system;
associating at a network node the location of the wireless device with the most probable target language and with a prioritized list of probable target languages spoken at the location; and
preselecting the most probable target language and displaying the prioritized list of probable target languages at the wireless device, wherein when a user selects language translation services, the wireless device translates source speech into the target language without further user language selection action. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A method of providing location-based translation services on a wireless device, the method comprising:
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determining a location of the wireless device by a location detection system;
associating at a network node the location of the wireless device with at least one_probable target language;
transmitting at the network node data associated with the at least one probable target language to the wireless device; and
prioritizing the at least one probable target language in a menu system on the wireless device, such that when a user selects a translation services application from a general application choice status, the most probable target language is preselected and a list of the at least one probable target language is displayed. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of providing location-based language translation service, the method comprising:
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receiving via a wireless connection at the wireless device a group of prioritized probable languages spoken according to the location of the wireless device;
updating via a wireless connection at the wireless device a language translation menu according to the group of prioritized probable languages spoken received; and
upon a single click request from a user, presenting the user at the wireless device with a dialogue window for translation services for a most probable language spoken from the group of prioritized probable languages spoken, the dialog window including a list of the group of probable languages. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A method of multi-modal interaction with users using a wireless device for language translation, the method comprising:
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displaying at the wireless device a list of prioritized target languages associated with a location of the wireless device received via wireless connection, the location detected by a location detection system, when a translation application is activated on the wireless device;
receiving at the wireless device a first message in a first language;
providing at the wireless device associated first text of the received message in a first window; and
upon user approval of the first text, translating at a translation device in a network_the first text into a second language and providing second text in a second window in the second language, wherein the second language is selectable from the list of prioritized target languages associated with the location of the wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method of multi-modal interaction with a first user and a second user through a wireless device having a language translation application, the method comprising:
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displaying at the wireless device a list of prioritized target languages associated with a location of the wireless device received via wireless connection, the location detected by a location detection system, when a translation services application is activated on the wireless device;
receiving at the wireless device a first message in a first language;
providing at the wireless device a first message text in the first language in a first window;
upon the first user approval of the first message text, translating at a translation device in a network the first message text into a second language and providing at the wireless device the first message text in a second window in the second language;
receiving at the wireless device a second message in the second language;
providing at the wireless device a second message text in the second window in the second language; and
upon the second user approval of the second message text, translating at the translation device in a wireless network the second message text into the first language and providing the second message text in the first window in the first language, wherein the second language is selectable from the list of prioritized target languages associated with the location of the wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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