MESSAGING SYSTEM WITH TRANSLATION AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF

• US 20110238406A1
• Filed: 03/23/2010
• Published: 09/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TeleNav Incorporated
• Original Assignee: TeleNav Incorporated
• Inventors: Ellanti, Manohar, Chen, Hong
• Application Number:
  US12/730,189
• Publication Number:
  US 20110238406A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/242 Dictionaries

Abstract

A method of operation of a messaging system includes: receiving a source message; identifying a phrase of the source message; searching a translation hierarchy for the phrase, the translation hierarchy having multiple dictionaries in a priority order; and translating a target message, for displaying on a device, from the source message based on the translation hierarchy.

Claims

1. A method of operation of a messaging system comprising:

receiving a source message;

identifying a phrase of the source message;

searching a translation hierarchy for the phrase, the translation hierarchy having multiple dictionaries in a priority order; and

translating a target message, for displaying on a device, from the source message based on the translation hierarchy.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising using the phrase for selecting a generational translation thereof, the generational translation based on an age group.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising using the phrase for selecting an idiom translation thereof.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising using the phrase for selecting a literary translation thereof.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein receiving the source message includes:

receiving the source message in a source language; and

further comprising;

translating the phrase to a target language different than the source language.

6. A method of operation of a messaging system comprising:

receiving a source message;

identifying a phrase of the source message;

searching a translation hierarchy for the phrase, the translation hierarchy having two or more dictionaries in a priority order;

translating a target message, for displaying on a device, from the source message based on the translation hierarchy; and

generating an audio output of the target message.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising selecting a match entry of the phrase in the translation hierarchy.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising translating the phrase with translation entries in the dictionaries, the translation entries having a default translation entry.

9. The method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising selecting a non-verbal translation entry for the phrase.

10. The method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising confirming the target message with the audio output, the target message sent from the device.

11. A messaging system comprising:

a communication unit for receiving a source message;

a storage unit, coupled to the communication unit, for identifying a phrase of the source message, the phrase stored and accessed in the storage unit;

a control unit, coupled to the storage unit, for searching a translation hierarchy for the phrase, the translation hierarchy having multiple dictionaries in a priority order; and

a user interface, coupled to the control unit, for displaying a target message on a device, the target message translated from the source message based on the translation hierarchy.

12. The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein the control unit is for using the phrase for selecting a generational translation thereof, the generational translation based on an age group.

13. The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein the control unit is for using the phrase for selecting an idiom translation thereof.

14. The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein the control unit is for using the phrase for selecting a literary translation thereof.

15. The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein:

the communication unit is for receiving the source message in a source language; and

the control unit is for translating the phrase to a target language different than the source language.

16. The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein:

the control unit is for searching the translation hierarchy for the phrase, the translation hierarchy having two or more of the dictionaries in the priority order; and

the user interface is for generating an audio output of the target message.

17. The system as claimed in claim 16 wherein the control unit is for selecting a match entry of the phrase in the translation hierarchy.

18. The system as claimed in claim 16 wherein the control unit is for translating the phrase with translation entries in the dictionaries, the translation entries having a default translation entry.

19. The system as claimed in claim 16 wherein the control unit is for selecting a non-verbal translation entry for the phrase.

20. The system as claimed in claim 16 wherein the user interface is for confirming the target message with the audio output, the target message sent from the device.