System and method for independently configuring international location and language
First Claim
1. A method of independently configuring international location and language in a computer system, comprising the steps of:
- (1) selecting a location and a language combination;
(2) determining whether the selected combination is supported by an existing default locale; and
(3) if the selected combination is not supported by a default locale, generating a composite locale for specifying output formats consistent with the selected combination, comprising the steps of(a) identifying a first default locale which employs formatting data for the selected location;
(b) identifying a second default locale which employs formatting data for the selected language; and
(c) automatically generating the composite locale for the selected combination from the first and second default locales.
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Abstract
A system and method for independently configuring international location and language in a computer system generates composite locales for user-selected location and language combinations whenever a user-selected location and language combination is unsupported by default locales. The system includes a location format retrieval element for retrieving location-specific formatting data and a language format retrieval element for retrieving language-specific formatting data. A composite locale generator combines retrieved location-specific and language-specific data to generate a composite locale. In a preferred embodiment, a composite locale is generated from default locales. The location format retrieval element retrieves location-specific formatting data from a first default locale and the language format retrieval element retrieves language-specific formatting data from a second default locale. The composite locale is generated by combining the formatting data retrieved from the first and second default locales. In an alternative embodiment, a composite locale is generated from data retrieved from a location database and from a language database.
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1. A method of independently configuring international location and language in a computer system, comprising the steps of:
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(1) selecting a location and a language combination; (2) determining whether the selected combination is supported by an existing default locale; and (3) if the selected combination is not supported by a default locale, generating a composite locale for specifying output formats consistent with the selected combination, comprising the steps of (a) identifying a first default locale which employs formatting data for the selected location; (b) identifying a second default locale which employs formatting data for the selected language; and (c) automatically generating the composite locale for the selected combination from the first and second default locales. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of generating a composite locale when a user-selected location and language combination is unsupported by existing default locales, comprising the steps of:
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(a) identifying a first default locale which employs formatting data for a selected location; (b) identifying a second default locale which employs formatting data for a selected language; and (c) automatically generating the composite locale for the user-selected location and language combination from the first and second default locales. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. A system for independently configuring international location and language in an operating system, comprising:
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(1) means for selecting a location and a language combination; (2) means for determining whether the selected combination is supported by an existing default locale; and (3) means for generating a composite locale for specifying output formats consistent with the selected combination, if the selected combination is not supported by a default locale, said generating means comprising (a) means for identifying a first default locale which employs formatting data for the selected location; (b) means for identifying a second default locale which employs formatting data for the selected language; and (c) means for automatically generating the composite locale for the selected combination from the first and second default locales. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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