Method and system for universal translating information

• US 8,239,183 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2005
• Issued: 08/07/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Majandro LLC (IP Edge LLC)
• Original Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Sembower, Neil
• Primary Examiner(s): COLUCCI, MICHAEL C
• Application Number:
  US11/227,194
• Publication Number:
  US 20070067152A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,517 Days
• Field of Search: 715/249, 715/255, 715/853, 704/2, 704/277, 704/3, 704/7, 455/566, 455/414.1, 455/422.1, 358/1.15, 358/473, 709/206, 709/227, 709/209, 370/395.31, 705/14.39, 711/170
• US Class Current: 704/2
• 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

One embodiment pertains to a method of transferring information. The method includes receiving a request for displayed information on a first device and forming a meta-language message based on the displayed information. The method also includes transferring the meta-language message to a handheld device and converting the meta-language message to a native language message of a user of the handheld device.

Claims

1. A method of transferring information, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a first device, a request from a handheld device for information displayed on a display device of the first device, wherein the information is viewable to a user of the handheld device viewing the display device, and wherein the information is not displayed on the handheld device;

receiving a meta-language message from the first device based on the information; and

converting, by a translator module of the handheld device, the meta-language message into a native language of the user of the handheld device.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying the meta-language message that was converted in the native language of the user on a display device of the handheld device.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the meta-language message comprises tagged textual information of the information.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the meta-language message comprises tagged graphical information of the information.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein converting the meta-language message comprises invoking the translator module to convert the tagged textual information into the native language of the user.

6. A system for transferring information, the system comprising:

a device;

a handheld device configured to transmit a request to the device for information displayed on a display device of the device, wherein the information is viewable to a user of the handheld device viewing the display device, wherein the information is not displayed on the handheld device, and wherein the handheld device comprises a translator module comprising;

a wireless interface configured to communicate with the device using a wireless protocol; and

a controller configured to receive a meta-language message from the device based on the information and translate the meta-language message into a native language of the user of the handheld device.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein translating the meta-language message comprises converting a textual portion of the meta-language message into the native language of the user of the handheld device.

8. The system according to claim 6, wherein the handheld device is further configured to display the meta-language message that was converted in the native language on an associated display device of the handheld device.

9. The system according to claim 6, wherein the meta-language message comprises textual and graphical information based on a mark-up text language.

10. The system according to claim 6, further comprising a device interface configured to communicate with the display device of the device.

11. An apparatus for transferring information, the apparatus comprising a processor coupled to memory and configured to execute instructions comprising:

transmitting, to a first device, a request from a handheld device for information displayed on a display device of the first device, wherein the information is viewable to a user of the handheld device viewing the display device, and wherein the information is not displayed on the handheld device;

receiving a meta-language message from the first device based on the information; and

converting, by a translator module of the handheld device, the meta-language message into a native language of the user of the handheld device.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising displaying the meta-language message that was converted in the native language of the user on a display device of the handheld device.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the meta-language message comprises tagged textual information of the information.

14. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the meta-language message comprises graphical information of the information.

15. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein converting the meta-language message comprises invoking the translator module to convert the tagged textual information into the native language of the user.