STACK-BASED ADAPTIVE LOCALIZATION AND INTERNATIONALIZATION OF APPLICATIONS

• US 20140129209A1
• Filed: 11/06/2013
• Published: 05/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intuit, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Intuit, Inc.
• Inventors: Saleme, Lance, Lee, Benjamin Y.
• Granted Patent: US 9,928,085 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/00 Handling natural language data speech analysis or synthesis, speech recognition G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/40 Processing or translation of natural language natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/454 Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/10 Tax strategies

Abstract

The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates use of an application. During operation, the system obtains a language stack containing an ordered set of preferred languages for a user of the application. Next, for each user-interface component from a set of user-interface components in the application, the system obtains content for the user-interface component based on an order of languages in the language stack. The system then includes the content in the user-interface component during use of the application on an electronic device by the user.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating use of an application, comprising:

obtaining a language stack comprising an ordered set of preferred languages for a user of the application; and

for each user-interface component from a set of user-interface components in the application;

obtaining content for the user-interface component based on an order of languages in the language stack; and

including the content in the user-interface component during use of the application on an electronic device by the user.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining the set of user-interface components based on a globalization setting for the application.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein obtaining the set of user-interface components based on the globalization setting involves:

obtaining a business-logic stack of one or more sets of business rules associated with the globalization setting; and

including the user-interface component in the set of user-interface components based on an order of the one or more sets of business rules in the business-logic stack.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein including the user-interface component in the set of user-interface components based on the order of the one or more sets of business rules in the business-logic stack involves:

attempting to obtain a first variant of the user-interface component associated with a first set of business rules in the business-logic stack;

if the first variant is available, including the first variant in the set of user-interface components; and

if the first variant is not available, attempting to obtain a second variant of the user-interface component associated with a second set of business rules following the first set of business rules in the business-logic stack.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the globalization setting is associated with at least one of a locale, an organization, and a category.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein obtaining the language stack of preferred languages for the user involves:

including a default language at a bottom of the language stack; and

adding one or more languages to the language stack based on at least one of a locale setting associated with the electronic device and the globalization setting.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein obtaining content for the user-interface component based on the order of languages in the language stack involves:

attempting to obtain content for the user-interface component in a first language in the ordered set;

if the content is available in the first language, using the content with the user-interface component; and

if the content is not available in the first language, attempting to obtain the content in a second language following the first language in the ordered set.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user-interface component comprises at least one of a string, a graphical object, a display setting, and a file.

9. A system for facilitating use of an application, comprising:

a language-management apparatus configured to obtain a language stack comprising an ordered set of preferred languages for a user of the application; and

a localization apparatus configured to;

for each user-interface component from a set of user-interface components in the application;

obtain content for the user-interface component based on an order of languages in the language stack; and

include the content in the user-interface component during use of the application on an electronic device by the user.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

an internationalization apparatus configured to obtain the set of user-interface components based on a globalization setting for the application.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein obtaining the set of user-interface components based on the globalization setting involves:

obtaining a variant of the user-interface component associated with at least one of the globalization setting and a language in the language stack.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein obtaining the language stack of preferred languages for the user involves:

including a default language at a bottom of the language stack; and

adding one or more languages to the language stack based on at least one of a locale setting associated with the electronic device and the globalization setting.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein obtaining content for the user-interface component based on the order of languages in the language stack involves:

attempting to obtain content for the user-interface component in a first language in the ordered set;

if the content is available in the first language, using the content with the user-interface component; and

if the content is not available in the first language, attempting to obtain the content in a second language following the first language in the ordered set.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the user-interface component comprises at least one of a string, a graphical object, a display setting, and a file.

15. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for facilitating use of an application, the method comprising:

obtaining a language stack comprising an ordered set of preferred languages for a user of the application; and

for each user-interface component from a set of user-interface components in the application;

obtaining content for the user-interface component based on an order of languages in the language stack; and

including the content in the user-interface component during use of the application on an electronic device by the user.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, the method further comprising:

obtaining the set of user-interface components based on a globalization setting for the application.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein obtaining the set of user-interface components based on the globalization setting involves:

obtaining a variant of the user-interface component associated with at least one of the globalization setting and a language in the language stack.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein obtaining the language stack of preferred languages for the user involves:

including a default language at a bottom of the language stack; and

adding one or more languages to the language stack based on at least one of a locale setting associated with the electronic device and a globalization setting associated with the application.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein obtaining content for the user-interface component based on the order of languages in the language stack involves:

attempting to obtain content for the user-interface component in a first language in the ordered set;

if the content is available in the first language, using the content with the user-interface component; and

if the content is not available in the first language, attempting to obtain the content in a second language following the first language in the ordered set.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the user-interface component comprises at least one of a string, a graphical object, a display setting, and a file.