USER INTERFACE FOR TRANSLATION WEBPAGE

• US 20130067307A1
• Filed: 11/29/2011
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Tian, Chao, Verma, Awaneesh, Estelle, Joshua James, Tang, Yung-Fong Frank
• Application Number:
  US13/305,895
• Publication Number:
  US 20130067307A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/222
• 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

A computer-implemented technique includes receiving a request for a translation webpage and generating a user interface webpage for the translation webpage. The user interface webpage includes a text input portion, a translated text output portion, a source language selection portion, and a target language selection portion. The source language selection portion includes a quick source language selection icon identifying a potential source language, and a source language selection list including a plurality of potential source languages. The target language selection portion includes a quick target language selection icon identifying a potential target language, and a target language selection list including a plurality of potential target languages. The potential source language and the potential target language is determined based on a stored history of a user, which includes at least one of preferences of the user, source languages previously selected by the user, and target languages previously selected by the user.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, at a server, a request for a translation webpage from a user interacting with a user device to initiate a user session;

generating, at the server, a user interface webpage for the translation webpage, the user interface webpage including;

(i) a text input portion, (ii) a translated text output portion, (iii) a source language selection portion, and (iv) a target language selection portion,

wherein the source language selection portion includes;

(a) a quick source language selection icon identifying a first potential source language, and (b) a source language selection list including a plurality of potential source languages, and

wherein the target language selection portion includes (a) a quick target language selection icon identifying a first potential target language, and (b) a target language selection list including a plurality of potential target languages;

determining the potential source language and the potential target language based on a stored history of the user, the stored history including at least one of;

(i) preferences of the user, (ii) source languages previously selected by the user, and (iii) target languages previously selected by the user;

providing, from the server, the user interface webpage to the user device;

receiving, at the server, a translation request from the user interacting with the user interface webpage displayed at the user device, the translation request including a text portion in a source language, a source language identification that identifies the source language, and a target language identification that identifies a target language in which the user desires to have the text portion translated;

providing a translated text output to the user device based on the translation request, the translated text output corresponding to a translation of the text portion from the source language to the target language; and

updating the stored history based on the source language identification and the target language identification such that the source language selection portion and the target language selection portion dynamically update during the user session.

2. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, at a server, a request for a translation webpage from a user interacting with a user device;

generating, at the server, a user interface webpage for the translation webpage, the user interface webpage including;

(i) a text input portion, (ii) a translated text output portion, (iii) a source language selection portion, and (iv) a target language selection portion,

wherein the source language selection portion includes;

(a) a quick source language selection icon identifying a potential source language, and (b) a source language selection list including a plurality of potential source languages, and

wherein the target language selection portion includes (a) a quick target language selection icon identifying a potential target language, and (b) a target language selection list including a plurality of potential target languages; and

determining the potential source language and the potential target language based on a stored history of the user, the stored history including at least one of;

(i) preferences of the user, (ii) source languages previously selected by the user, and (iii) target languages previously selected by the user.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 further comprising:

providing, from the server, the user interface webpage to the user device;

receiving, at the server, a translation request from the user interacting with the user interface webpage displayed at the user device, the translation request including a text portion in a source language, a source language identification that identifies the source language, and a target language identification that identifies a target language in which the user desires to have the text portion translated; and

providing a translated text output to the user device based on the translation request, the translated text output corresponding to a translation of the text portion from the source language to the target language.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising updating the stored history such that the source language selection portion and the target language selection portion dynamically update during a user session.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the quick source language selection icon and the quick target language selection icon comprise click buttons.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the quick source language selection icon and the quick target language selection icon comprise radio buttons.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the quick source language selection icon and the quick target language selection icon comprise selectable tabs on the text input portion and translated text output portion, respectively.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein (i) the stored history includes N source languages most recently selected by the user and M target languages most recently selected by the user, N and M being integers greater than zero, (ii) the source language selection portion includes N quick source language selection icons each corresponding to one of the N source languages most recently selected by the user, and (iii) the target language selection portion includes M quick target language selection icons each corresponding to one of the M target languages most recently selected by the user.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein N and M are equal to three.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the stored history includes a first ranking of frequency of use of the source languages previously selected by the user, and a second ranking of frequency of use of the target languages previously selected by the user, wherein determining the potential source language and the potential target language is further based on the first and second rankings.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the source language selection list displays only one of the plurality of potential source languages in a collapsed state and displays the plurality of potential source languages in an expanded state, and wherein the target language selection list displays only one of the plurality of potential target languages in the collapsed state and displays the plurality of potential target languages in the expanded state.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein determining the potential source language and the potential target language is further based on a location of the user.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein determining the potential source language and the potential target language is further based on a web browser language setting at the user device.

14. A system for generating a user interface webpage for a translation webpage comprising:

a communication module in a server that receives a request for a translation webpage from a user interacting with a user device;

a user interface module in the server and in communication with the communication module that generates a user interface webpage for the translation webpage, the user interface webpage including;

(i) a text input portion, (ii) a translated text output portion, (iii) a source language selection portion, and (iv) a target language selection portion,

wherein the source language selection portion includes;

(a) a quick source language selection icon identifying a potential source language, and (b) a source language selection list including a plurality of potential source languages, and

wherein the target language selection portion includes (a) a quick target language selection icon identifying a potential target language, and (b) a target language selection list including a plurality of potential target languages; and

a datastore in the server and in communication with the user interface module, the datastore storing a stored history of the user including at least one of;

(i) preferences of the user, (ii) source languages previously selected by the user, and (iii) target languages previously selected by the user,

wherein the user interface module determines the potential source language and the potential target language based on the stored history of the user.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the user interface module updates the stored history such that the source language selection portion and the target language selection portion dynamically update during a user session.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein (i) the stored history includes N source languages most recently selected by the user and M target languages most recently selected by the user, N and M being integers greater than zero, (ii) the source language selection portion includes N quick source language selection icons each corresponding to one of the N source languages most recently selected by the user, and (iii) the target language selection portion includes M quick target language selection icons each corresponding to one of the M target languages most recently selected by the user.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the stored history includes a first ranking of frequency of use of the source languages previously selected by the user, and a second ranking of frequency of use of the target languages previously selected by the user, wherein determining the potential source language and the potential target language is further based on the first and second rankings.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the source language selection list displays only one of the plurality of potential source languages in a collapsed state and displays the plurality of potential source languages in an expanded state, and wherein the target language selection list displays only one of the plurality of potential target languages in the collapsed state and displays the plurality of potential target languages in the expanded state.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the user interface module further determines the potential source language and the potential target language based on a location of the user.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the user interface module further determines the potential source language and the potential target language based on a web browser language setting at the user device.