Systems and methods for translation of application metadata

• US 8,655,645 B1
• Filed: 05/10/2011
• Issued: 02/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Morrissey, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): AZAD, ABUL K
• Application Number:
  US13/104,638
• Time in Patent Office: 1,015 Days
• Field of Search: 704 1- 10
• US Class Current: 704/8
• 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: G06F 9/454 Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation

Abstract

A computer system includes a database module, a query module, a translation module, a search module, and a transmission module. The database module is configured to receive and store information associated with a plurality of items of digital media, such as applications, in a database. The information associated with the plurality of items of digital media is stored in a first language. The query module is configured to receive a search request in a second language different than the first language. The translation module is configured to translate the search request from the second language into the first language. The search module is configured to search the database using the translated search request to produce a set of search results responsive to the search request. The transmission module is configured to transmit the set of search results.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a processor, first information associated with an application that is to be, included in an online marketplace that makes multiple applications available, wherein the first information is in a first language;

identifying one or more second languages into which the first information is to be translated, wherein the one or more second languages are identified based upon a default rule or a prior selection, and wherein each of the one or more second languages is different from the first language;

translating the first information into second information in the one or more second languages; and

storing the second information in a manner such that the second information is associated with the application that is to be included in the online market.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first information associated with the application includes metadata.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first information associated with the application includes at least one of a title, a description, a version, and a promotional text of the application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a developer or distributor of the application provides the prior selection.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request to browse the market in one of the second languages; and

displaying the second information.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a search request in one of the second languages;

searching the second information based on the search request;

providing the results of the searching in the one of the second languages.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

detecting the one of the second languages.

8. A computer system comprising:

a receiver module configured to receive information associated with each of a plurality of applications, respective applications of the plurality of applications to be included in an online marketplace that makes multiple applications available, the information associated with representative applications of the plurality of applications being in a first language;

a translation module configured to translate the information associated with representative applications of the plurality of applications from the first language to a second language different than the first language;

a database module configured to store the information associated with the plurality of applications in the first language in a database and to store the information associated with the plurality of applications in the second language in the database;

a query module configured to receive a search request in the second language;

a search module configured to search the database to produce a set of search results responsive to the search request; and

a transmission module configured to transmit the set of search results.

9. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the transmission module is configured to transmit the set of search results in the second language.

10. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the translation module is configured to translate the information associated with representative applications of the plurality of application from the first language to a third language different than the first language and different than the second language.

11. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the translation module is configured to translate the information associated with representative applications of the plurality of application from the first language to a third language different than the first language and different than the second language, the query module is configured to receive a search request in the third language, and the transmission module is configured to transmit the set of search results in the third language.

12. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the information associated with each of a plurality of applications includes a title for representative applications of the plurality of applications.

13. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the information associated with each of a plurality of applications includes a title and description of representative applications of the plurality of applications.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to perform functions comprising:

receiving information associated with a plurality of applications in a first language, respective applications of the plurality of applications to be included in an online marketplace that makes multiple applications available;

translating the information associated with the plurality of applications from the first language to a second language different than the first language;

storing, in a database, the information associated with the plurality of applications in the first language;

storing, in the database, the information associated with the plurality of applications in the second language;

receiving a search request in the second language;

searching the database to produce a set of search results responsive to the search request; and

transmitting the set of search results.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the information associated with the plurality of applications includes a title for each of the plurality of applications.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the information associated with the plurality of applications includes a title and a description for each of the plurality of applications.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions are further executable by the computing device to perform functions comprising:

translating the information associated with the plurality of applications from the first language to a third language different than the first language and different from the second language.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions are further executable by the computing device to perform functions comprising:

receiving an identification of the second language from a user.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions are further executable by the computing device to perform functions comprising:

translating the information associated with the plurality of applications from the first language to a third language different than the first language and different from the second language; and

receiving an identification of the second language and the third language from a user.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the set of search results are transmitted in the second language.

21. A computer system comprising:

a database module configured to receive and store information associated with a plurality of items of digital media in a database, respective items of digital media of the plurality of items of digital media to be included in an online marketplace that makes digital media available, the information associated with the plurality of items of digital media being stored in a first language;

a query module configured to receive a search request for a subset of the items of digital media, the search request being received in a second language different than the first language;

a translation module configured to translate the search request from the second language into the first language;

a search module configured to search the database using the translated search request to produce a set of search results responsive to the search request; and

a transmission module configured to transmit the set of search results.

22. The computer system of claim 21, wherein the database module includes a receiver module configured to receive information associated with a respective item of digital media of the plurality of items of digital media.

23. The computer system of claim 21, wherein the database module includes a receiver module configured to receive information associated with a first item of digital media and an aggregator module configured to add the information associated with the first item of digital media to the database.

24. The computer system of claim 21, wherein the transmission module includes a translation module configured to translate the results of the search of the database from the first language to the second language.

25. The computer system of claim 21, wherein the query module is configured to receive a search request in a third language different than the second language and different than the first language, and wherein the translation module is configured to translate the search request from the third language into the first language.