Methods and systems for imaging device display element localization

• US 8,049,677 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2005
• Issued: 11/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Yamamura, Shinichi, Lum, Joey P., Stevens, Mark Liu
• Primary Examiner(s): Abdulselam; Abbas
• Assistant Examiner(s): ZHOU, HONG
• Application Number:
  US11/233,201
• Publication Number:
  US 20060077442A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,231 Days
• Field of Search: 345/1.1, 345/1.2, 345/2.1, 345/204, 709/223, 709/227, 358/1.15, 705/27, 715/264, 715/265
• US Class Current: 345/1.1
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/502 relating to the structure of the control menu, e.g. pop-up menus, help screens
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/5075 Remote control machines, e.g. by a host
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 2215/00109 Remote control of apparatus, e.g. by a host
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/41 where a single sign-on provides access to a plurality of computers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/84 output devices, e.g. displays or monitors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/454 Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00204 with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00352 Input means H04N1/00411 takes precedence; input arrangements for computers G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32561 using a programmed control device, e.g. a microprocessor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0039 Connection via a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0049 By wire, cable or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0075 by a user operated remote control device, e.g. receiving instructions from a user via a computer terminal or mobile telephone handset
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3221 of a job number or identification, e.g. communication number

Abstract

Aspects of the present invention relate to systems, methods and devices for imaging device display content localization. Some aspects relate to methods and systems for sending geographical-locale-related information from an imaging device to a remote computing device where the geographical-locale-related information is matched with related data comprising a language and at least one of a time format, a date format, an address format, a calendar format, a currency type and a geographical-locale-related cultural custom, which is then sent to the imaging device for output to a user.

Claims

1. A method for imaging device display element localization,

said method comprising:

receiving, at an imaging device (IDev), menu content for display on an IDev display on said IDev, wherein said menu content is received from a localization application on a remote computing device (RCD) that is remote to said IDev and wherein said menu content comprises prompts to induce user input of data identifying locale-independent content;

displaying said menu content on said IDev display;

receiving user input, at said IDev, said user input comprising a locale-independent content identifier;

sending an HTTP request, comprising geographical locale information and said locale-independent content identifier from said IDev to said localization application, wherein said geographical locale information identifies the geographical locale of said IDev and wherein said geographical locale information is embedded in the header of said HTTP request and said locale-independent content identifier is a user interface page in said HTTP request;

receiving said HTTP request from said IDev at said localization application;

extracting said geographical locale information from said HTTP request to identify a geographical locale;

retrieving geographical locale-specific data related to said geographical locale, wherein said geographical locale-specific data consists of a language, a time format, a date format, a calendar format, an address format, a currency type and a geographical-locale-related cultural custom;

retrieving locale-independent content identified by said locale-independent content identifier;

merging said geographical locale-specific data with said locale-independent content to form localized content, wherein said merging comprises merging locale-specific text and resources in the form of a dynamic link library (DLL) identified by said geographical locale information with said locale-independent content defined in said user interface page and wherein said merging is performed at said RCD by said localization application;

sending said localized content from said localization application to said IDev; and

outputting said localized content at said IDev.

2. A method as described in claim 1 wherein said sending is at least partially accomplished with an XML/SOAP message.

3. A method as described in claim 1 wherein said extracting comprises parsing said request.

4. A method as described in claim 1 wherein said retrieving is at least partially accomplished with a Web Service method.

5. A method as described in claim 1 wherein said localization application comprises a Web Service Method.

6. A method as described in claim 1 wherein said geographical locale-specific data resides on said remote computing device (RCD).

7. A method as described in claim 1 wherein said locale-independent content comprises a markup language document comprising geographical-locale-specific variables that relate to said locale-specific data.

8. A method for imaging device display element localization,

said method comprising:

receiving, at an imaging device (IDev), menu content for display on an IDev display on said IDev, wherein said menu content is received from a localization application on a remote computing device (RCD) that is remote to said IDev and wherein said menu content comprises prompts to induce user input of data identifying locale-independent content;

displaying said menu content on said IDev display;

receiving user input, at said IDev in response to said displaying, said user input comprising a locale-independent content identifier;

sending an HTTP request, comprising geographical locale information embedded in a header of said HTTP request and a locale-independent content identifier in a user interface page of said HTTP request, from said IDev to said localization application;

receiving said HTTP request at said localization application;

parsing said header of said HTTP request to identify a geographical locale;

retrieving geographical-locale-specific data related to said geographical locale, wherein said geographical locale-specific data consists of a language, a time format, a date format, an address format, a calendar format, a currency type and a geographical-locale-related cultural custom;

retrieving locale-independent content identified by said locale-independent content identifier;

merging said geographical-locale-specific data with said locale-independent content to form a localized XHTML page, wherein said merging comprises merging locale-specific text and resources in the form of a dynamic link library (DLL) identified by said locale information with said locale-independent content identified in said user interface page at said localization application;

sending said localized XHTML page from said localization application to said IDev;

receiving said localized XHTML page at said IDev from said localization application; and

outputting said localized XHTML page at said IDev.

9. A method as described in claim 8 wherein said localization application comprises a Web Service Method.

10. A method as described in claim 8 wherein said geographical locale-specific data resides on said RCD.

11. A method as described in claim 8 wherein said retrieving is at least partially accomplished with an HTTP request.

12. A system for imaging device display element localization,

said system comprising:

an imaging device (IDev), said IDev comprising;

an IDev display for displaying menu content;

an IDev user input device for receiving user input at said IDev;

a menu content receiver for receiving menu content from a localization application on a remote computing device (RCD),wherein said menu content comprises prompts to induce user input of data identifying locale-independent content;

an IDev sender for sending an HTTP request comprising geographical locale information and a locale-independent content identifier to an application, wherein said geographical locale information is in the header of said HTTP request and said locale-independent content identifier is in the form of a user interface page of said HTTP request; and

an IDev receiver for receiving localized content from said application;

a localization application, said localization application comprising;

an application receiver for receiving said HTTP request from said IDev;

an extractor for extracting said geographical locale information;

a geographical-locale-specific data retriever for retrieving geographical-locale-specific data from a geographical-locale-specific data resource, wherein said geographical-locale-specific data consists of a language, a time format, a date format, a calendar format, an address format, a currency type and a geographical-locale-related cultural custom;

a locale-independent content retriever for retrieving locale-independent content from a locale-independent content resource;

a merger for merging said geographical-locale-specific data with said locale-independent content to produce a localized document, wherein said merging comprises merging said geographical-locale-specific data comprising locale-specific text and resources in the form of a dynamic link library (DLL) identified by said locale information with said locale-independent content identified in said user interface page at said localization application; and

an application sender for sending said localized document to said IDev;

a geographical-locale-specific data resource; and

a locale-independent content resource.

13. An apparatus as described in claim 12 wherein said locale-independent content comprises a markup language document comprising geographical-locale-specific variables that relate to said geographical-locale-specific data.

14. An apparatus as described in claim 12 wherein said geographical-locale-specific data resource and said locale-independent content resource comprise a database remote to said IDev.