Method and system for providing real-time personalization for web-browser-based applications

• US 6,381,567 B1
• Filed: 03/05/1997
• Issued: 04/30/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Wieland, Mark Allen, Perlsweig, David Marshall, Foster, Robert Kimberlin, Christensen, Carol Sue, Talbot, Richard Dennis
• Primary Examiner(s): EDOUARD, PATRICK NESTOR
• Application Number:
  US08/810,784
• Time in Patent Office: 1,882 Days
• Field of Search: 704/1, 704/8, 704/10, 707/500, 707/501, 707/513, 395/200.33, 395/200.48, 345/866, 345/835
• US Class Current: 704/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/454 Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation

Abstract

A method and system for personalizing standard data-processing applications for utilization by diverse data-processing application users. Initially, data which includes a group of human language files, is stored within a source directory within a data-processing system. Next, the presence of the group of human language files is automatically detected within the source directory in response to loading general system data into a working directory wherein at least one human language file among the group of human language files corresponds to a preset human language setting for the data-processing system. Thereafter, the human language file which corresponds to the preset human language setting is loaded into the working directory from the source directory. Next, the general system data is configured with the human language file which corresponds to the preset human language setting such that the general system data is now personalized to the human language of the user of the data-processing system. The data can include hyper-text data for utilization in data-processing applications such as internet-based web browsers.

Claims

1. A method in a data-processing system for personalizing standard data-processing applications for utilization by diverse data-processing application users, comprising the steps of:

storing within a national language support directory within said data-processing system, data which includes a plurality of human language files;

automatically sensing a human language preset during manufacture of said data processing system;

automatically detecting the presence of said plurality of human language files within said national language support directory in response to loading general system data into a working directory, wherein at least one human language file among said plurality of human language files corresponds to said preset human language setting for said data-processing system;

loading into said working directory from said national language support directory said at least one human language file from among said plurality of human language files which corresponds to said preset human language setting; and

thereafter, configuring said general system data with said at least one human language file such that said general system data is personalized to correspond to said preset human language setting.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of storing within a national language support directory within said data-processing system, data which includes a plurality of human language files, further comprises the step of:

storing within a national language support directory within said data-processing system, data comprising hyper-text data wherein said data includes a plurality of human language files.

3. A system for personalizing standard data-processing applications for utilization by diverse data-processing application users, comprising:

storage means for storing within a national language support directory within a data-processing system, data which includes a plurality of human language files;

means for automatically sensing a human language preset during manufacture of said data processing system;

means for automatically detecting the presence of said plurality of human language files within said national language support directory in response to loading general system data into a working directory, wherein at least one human language file among said plurality of human language files corresponds to said preset human language setting for said data-processing system;

means for loading into said working directory from said national language support directory said at least one human language file from among said plurality of human language files which corresponds to said preset human language setting; and

means, thereafter, for configuring said general system data with said at least one human language file such that said general system data is personalized to correspond to said preset human language setting.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein said data her comprises hyper-text data.

5. A computer program product residing in computer memory in a data-processing system for personalizing standard data-processing applications for utilization by diverse data-processing application users, comprising:

storage means for storing within a national language support directory within a data-processing system, data which includes a plurality of human language files;

means for automatically sensing a human language preset during manufacture of said data processing system;

means for automatically detecting the presence of said plurality of human language files within said national language support directory in response to loading general system data into a working directory, wherein at least one human language file among said plurality of human language files corresponds to said preset human language setting for said data-processing system;

means for loading into said working directory from said national language support directory said at least one human language file from among said plurality of human language files which corresponds to said preset human language setting; and

means, thereafter, for configuring said general system data with said at least one human language file such that said general system data is personalized to correspond to said preset human language setting.

6. The computer program product of claim 5 wherein said data further comprises hyper-text data.