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Transmission of locale information

  • US 6,882,353 B2
  • Filed: 03/22/2002
  • Issued: 04/19/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer implemented method for use of an internationalized version of a software application with a plurality of cultural preferences comprising the steps of:

  • providing a plurality of locales each for customizing the international software application to one of the cultural preferences, said locales being stored and accessible at a plurality of storage locations;

    using multiple part identifiers for accessing the locales, one identifier for each of the locales, each identifier having;

    a required part for identifying a root locale, and at least one of;

    a first optional part for identifying one or more variations of the root locale, each variation to provide a different cultural preference of the root locale, and a second optional part for identifying a particular instance of the locale identified by the required part of the identifier or both the required and first parts of the identifier; and

    using at least one lookup table for obtaining the particular locale instance.

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