System and method to facilitate translation of communications between entities over a network

• US 8,639,829 B2
• Filed: 05/19/2010
• Issued: 01/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Grove, Steve
• Primary Examiner(s): DENNISON, JERRY B
• Application Number:
  US12/783,458
• Publication Number:
  US 20100228536A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,350 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/230
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/263 Language identification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/40 Processing or translation of natural language natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A system and method to facilitate translation of communications between entities over a network are described. Multiple predetermined language constructs are communicated to a first entity as a first transmission over the network. Responsive to selection by the first entity of a language construct from the predetermined language constructs, a translated language construct corresponding to the selected language construct is identified. Finally, the translated language construct is communicated to a second entity as a second transmission over the network.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a communications server to;

receive a first language construct in a first language from a first entity,

identify a first numerical identifier associated with the first language construct; and

a processing server to;

identify a language identifier from a user table of a network-based transaction facility, the language identifier associated with a second entity, the second entity being a user of the network-based transaction facility, the user table containing user information about the second entity, and

retrieve a second language construct based on the first numerical identifier and the language identifier associated with the second entity, the second language construct being a translation of the first language construct in a second language, the language identifier corresponding to the second language.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the communications server is further to transmit the second language construct to the second entity.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the communications server is further to receive an identifier of the second entity from the first entity.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the identifier of the second entity comprises an electronic mail address.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the first language construct comprises a selected language construct being one of a plurality of language constructs in the first language transmitted to the first entity.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing server is further to retrieve a plurality of language constructs in the second language and the communications server is further to transmit the plurality of language constructs in the second language to the second entity.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the communications server is to transmit the plurality of language constructs in the second language to the second entity with the second language construct.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the first language construct forms a portion of a message formatted in a hypertext markup language.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first language construct forms a portion of an electronic mail message.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the first entity comprises the network-based transaction facility.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the first entity comprises a client machine.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing server is to retrieve the second language construct based on the first numerical identifier by determining the second language construct having a second numerical identifier that corresponds to the first numerical identifier.

12. A method comprising:

receiving a first language construct in a first language from a first entity;

determining, using one or more processors, a numerical identifier corresponding to the first language construct;

identifying a language identifier from a user table of a network-based transaction facility, the language identifier associated with a second entity, the second entity being a user of the network-based transaction facility, the user table containing user information about the second entity;

selecting a second language construct from a plurality of language constructs based on the numerical identifier and the language identifier of the second entity; and

transmitting the second language construct to the second entity, the second language construct being a translation of the first language construct in a second language, the language identifier corresponding to the second language.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving an identifier of the second entity from the first entity.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

transmitting a plurality of language constructs in the first language to the first entity, and wherein the first language construct comprises a selected language construct from the plurality of language constructs.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

retrieving a plurality of language constructs in the second language; and

transmitting the plurality of language constructs in the second language to the second entity.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

transmitting the plurality of language constructs in the second language to the second entity with the second language construct.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon, the instructions executable by a processor for performing a method comprising:

receiving a first language construct in a first language from a first entity;

determining a numerical identifier corresponding to the first language construct;

identifying a language identifier from a user table of a network-based transaction facility, the language identifier associated with a second entity, the second entity being a user of the network-based transaction facility, the user table containing user information about the second entity;

selecting a second language construct from a plurality of language constructs based on the numerical identifier and the language identifier of the second entity; and

transmitting the second language construct to the second entity, the second language construct being a translation of the first language construct in a second language, the language identifier corresponding to the second language.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the first language construct forms a portion of a hyper text markup language message.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the first entity comprises the network-based transaction facility.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the first entity comprises a client machine.