Document conversion system including data monitoring means that adds tag information to hyperlink information and translates a document when such tag information is included in a document retrieval request

• US 6,073,143 A
• Filed: 04/24/1996
• Issued: 06/06/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Oath Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Harada, Kazuyoshi, Nishikawa, Youichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen S.
• Application Number:
  US08/636,968
• Time in Patent Office: 1,504 Days
• Field of Search: 707/104, 707/501, 707/513, 707/514, 707/536, 704/8
• US Class Current: 715/207
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/10 Text processing natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30; processing or translation of natural language G06F40/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/137 Hierarchical processing, e.g. outlines
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/151 Transformation
• 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

Data monitoring means adds tag information representing a document conversion method to hyperlink information included in a hypertext type document sent to a user-side device from a server-side application, and sends to the user-side application the hyperlink information to which the tag information is added. When the tag information representing the document conversion method is included in a command to request retrieval which is sent from the user-side application, the data monitoring means converts the document sent from the server-side application as the results of the retrieval in accordance with the document conversion method represented by the tag information and sends the converted document to the user-side application.

Claims

1. A document conversion system comprising:

an user-side application, a server-side application, and monitoring means between the applications, wherein

the user-side application and the data monitoring means are provided in an user-side device, and

the data monitoring means includes means responsive to a designation of a hypertext document at the user-side device for (a) adding tag information representing a translation command to hyperlink information included in the hypertext document to be sent to the user-side device from the server-side application as a result of the designation, (b) embedding in the hypertext document hyperlink embedded information whose link destination is the hypertext document, the embedded information including tag information. representing the translation command to thereby produce a corrected document, and (c) sending the corrected document to the user side application, and

means for translating, when the tag information representing the translation command is included in a command to request retrieval which is sent from the user-side application, a document sent from the server-side application as the results of the retrieval in accordance with the translation command represented by the tag information and sending the translated document to the user-side application.

2. A document conversion system comprising:

an user-side application, a server-side application, and monitoring means between the applications, wherein

the user-side application and the data monitoring means are provided in an user-side device, and

the data monitoring means includes means responsive to a designation of a hypertext document at the user-side device for (a) adding tag information representing a translation command to hyperlink information included in the hypertext document to be sent to the user-side device from the server-side application as a result of the designation, (b) embedding in the hypertext document hyperlink embedded information whose link destination is the hypertext document, the embedded information including tag information representing the translation command to thereby produce a corrected document, and (c) sending the corrected document to the user side application, and

the server-side application translates, when the tag information representing the translation command is included in a command to request retrieval which is sent from the user-side application, a document which is the results of the retrieval in accordance with the translation command represented by the tag information and sending the translated document to the user-side device.