LOCALIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20110035467A1
• Filed: 08/10/2009
• Published: 02/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dish Network Technologies India Private Limited (Echostar Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sling Media Pvt Ltd. (Echostar Corporation)
• Inventors: Dharumaraj, Madhusudhanan, Thiyagarajan, Venkatesan
• Granted Patent: US 8,799,408 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561

Abstract

Network-based localization is provided by submitting, on a server, a plurality of untranslated files requiring translation to a target language, and a localization tool client configured to communicate with the first server via a network. The untranslated files are downloaded from the server, and a user (translator) is allowed to translate the first file to create a translated file such that the file type is transparent to the user. The translated file is the uploaded from the localization tool client to the first server.

Claims

1. A method of network-based localization comprising:

receiving, at a localization tool client, a plurality of untranslated files requiring translation to a target language from a first server;

receiving, from the first server, a first file from the plurality of untranslated files;

allowing a user to translate the first file to create a translated file, wherein the first file has a file type, and wherein the file type is transparent to the user; and

transmitting, from the localization tool client to the first server, the translated file.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the downloading and uploading steps take place through a second server that exposes the first server through a web interface.

3. The method of claim 2, further including exposing the untranslated files grouped by project name.

4. The method of claim 1, further including providing the translated file to a media player configured to receive streamed media from a placeshifting device over the network.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the localization tool client includes a media translator configured to allow the user to translate the first file such that the file type is transparent to the user.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the media translator allows the user to select the first file for editing, and thereupon automatically launches an editor corresponding to the type of the first file and saves the translated file in accordance with the file type.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the media translator allows the user to provide comments associated with the translated file.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein a moderator is given access privileges to the first server that enable uploading of the first file and indication of the target language.

9. A localization apparatus comprising:

a localization tool client configured to communicate with a first server via the network, the localization tool configured to download, from the first server, a first file having a file type from a plurality of untranslated files, and to allow a user to translate the first file to create a translated file such that the file type is transparent to the user, and to upload the translated file to the first server.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, further including a second server that exposes the first server through a web interface.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the second server exposes the untranslated files grouped by project name.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, further including a media player and a placeshifting device coupled to the network, wherein the media player is configured to receive streamed media from the placeshifting device over the network, and wherein the translated file is communicated to the media player.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the localization tool client includes a media translator configured to allow the user to translate the first file such that the file type is transparent to the user.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the media translator allows the user to select the first file for editing, and thereupon automatically launches an editor corresponding to the type of the first file and saves the translated file in accordance with the file type.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the media translator allows the user to provide comments associated with the translated file.

16. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the language is a spoken language.

17. A method of interlingual translation comprising:

receiving, over a network, untranslated files from a plurality of untranslated files on a server coupled to a network, wherein the untranslated files have one of a plurality of file types, and a target language;

opening, using a media translator, the untranslated files such that the file types are not apparent to a user of the media translator;

allowing the user to edit the untranslated files to produce corresponding translated files; and

transmitting, over the network, the translated files to the server.

18. The method of claim 17, further including providing the translated files to a media player configured to stream content from a placeshifting device coupled to one or more media sources over the network.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the target language is a spoken language.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the file type is selected from the group consisting of .ini files, XML files, and CDATA files.