Electronic interpreter utilizing linked sets of sentences
First Claim
1. An electronic interpreter for interpreting sentences between a first person and a second person, comprising:
- a memory for storing sentence data in a data structure having a plurality of sets of sentences including translations of said sentences, wherein each sentence of each set of sentences is linked to another of said sets of sentences; and
a data processing unit for;
(a) retrieving a set of sentences from said memory in response to a keyword input from said first person using an input device,(b) displaying said retrieved set of sentences on a display,(c) selecting a sentence from said displayed set of sentences in response to an input from said first person using said input device,(d) displaying a translation of said selected sentence on said display along with another set of sentences linked to the selected sentence,(e) selecting another sentence from said another set of sentences in response to an input from said second person using said input device,(f) displaying a translation of said another selected sentence on said display along with yet another set of sentences linked to said another selected sentence, and(g) repeating steps (c)-(f) until a keyword has been input from said first person using said input device.
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Abstract
An electronic interpreter for interpreting sentences between a first person and a second person. The electronic interpreter includes a memory for storing sentence data in a data structure having a plurality of sets of sentences including translations of the sentences, wherein each sentence of each set of sentences is linked to another of the sets of sentences, and a data processing unit. The data processing unit retrieves a set of sentences from the memory in response to a keyword input from the first person using an input device, displays the set of sentences on a display, selects a sentence from the set of sentences in response to an input from the first person using the input device, displays a translation of the selected sentence on the display along with another set of sentences linked to the selected sentence, selects a sentence from the another set of sentences in response to an input from the second person using the input device, displays a translation of said selected sentence on the display along with another set of sentences linked to the selected sentence, and repeats all of the previous operations continually until a keyword has been input from the first person using the input device.
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30 Claims
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1. An electronic interpreter for interpreting sentences between a first person and a second person, comprising:
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a memory for storing sentence data in a data structure having a plurality of sets of sentences including translations of said sentences, wherein each sentence of each set of sentences is linked to another of said sets of sentences; and a data processing unit for; (a) retrieving a set of sentences from said memory in response to a keyword input from said first person using an input device, (b) displaying said retrieved set of sentences on a display, (c) selecting a sentence from said displayed set of sentences in response to an input from said first person using said input device, (d) displaying a translation of said selected sentence on said display along with another set of sentences linked to the selected sentence, (e) selecting another sentence from said another set of sentences in response to an input from said second person using said input device, (f) displaying a translation of said another selected sentence on said display along with yet another set of sentences linked to said another selected sentence, and (g) repeating steps (c)-(f) until a keyword has been input from said first person using said input device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of interpreting sentences between a first person and a second person, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) storing sentence data in a data structure having a plurality of sets of sentences including translations of said sentences, wherein each sentence of each set of sentences is linked to another of said sets of sentences; (b) retrieving a set of sentences from said memory in response to a keyword input from said first person; (c) displaying said set of sentences on a display; (d) selecting a sentence from said set of sentences in response to an input from said first person; (e) displaying a translation of said selected sentence on said display along with another set of sentences linked to the selected sentence; (f) selecting a sentence from said another set of sentences in response to an input from said second person; (g) displaying a translation of said selected sentence on said display along with a another set of sentences linked to said selected sentence; and (h) repeating steps (d)-(g) until a keyword has been input from said first person. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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