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Communication service system employing translation rules for communicating data in different languages along a network

  • US 5,751,957 A
  • Filed: 09/10/1996
  • Issued: 05/12/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A multi-language compatible service offering/receiving system comprising:

  • a first information processing apparatus for offering services;

    a second information processing apparatus for receiving said services; and

    a third information processing apparatus for managing translation rules for translating information expressing forms,wherein said first, second and third information processing apparatuses are interconnected via a communication network,wherein said first information processing apparatus and said second information processing apparatus each comprises;

    communication means for performing communication with the other information processing apparatus via said communication network,storage means for storing data,translation means for effecting translation of the information expressing forms in accordance with said translation rules, andtranslation rule acquiring means for acquiring said translation rules from said third information processing apparatus,wherein said third information processing apparatus comprises;

    communication means for performing communication with said first and second information processing apparatuses via said communication network,storage means for storing said translation rules, andtransfer means for transferring said translation rules in response to a request issued from said first or said second information processing apparatus,wherein said translation rules include a set of rules stipulating corresponding relationships between words of an intermediate expression having a meaning common to a plurality of languages and words of a specific language, and a set of rules stipulating corresponding relationships between scale units of said intermediate expression and scale units translated into values accompanied by specific scale units, serving as standards for units such as length, weight, or currency and specific scale units, andwherein, when sending out said data onto said communication network, said translating means translates words of a specific language contained in said data into words of said intermediate expression and translates the values accompanied by the specific scale units into the scale units of said intermediate expression by making use of said translation rules, while upon reception of the data from said communication network, said translating means translates the words of the intermediate expression contained in said data as received into the words of the specific language and translates the scale units of said intermediate expression into values accompanied by the specific scale units.

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