Providing progressive language conversion for digital content on an electronic device

• US 8,700,384 B1
• Filed: 06/30/2008
• Issued: 04/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Lattyak, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Harper, Vincent P
• Application Number:
  US12/165,049
• Time in Patent Office: 2,115 Days
• Field of Search: 704/8, 704/3, 704/4, 704/5
• US Class Current: 704/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/454 Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation

Abstract

A method for displaying a combination of languages for digital content in an electronic device is described. First digital content comprising a plurality of words in a primary language is received. Second digital content comprising a plurality of words in a secondary language is received. A combination of the primary language and the secondary language is determined. The combination of the primary language and the secondary language is displayed.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a combination of languages for digital content in an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving, at least partly in response to acquiring access to an electronic book, a version of the electronic book in a primary language, a version of the electronic book in a secondary language, and mapping content that associates words in the version of the electronic book in the primary language to corresponding words in the version of the electronic book in the secondary language;

displaying, in an interface, a portion of content from the version of the electronic book in the primary language;

presenting, in the interface, a control, wherein a selection of the control alters the displayed portion of content to display words corresponding to numbers or colors in the version of the electronic book in the secondary language in place of corresponding words in the primary language;

receiving the selection of the control via the interface; and

in response to receiving the selection of the control, altering the displayed words in the displayed portion of content by replacing words corresponding to numbers or colors of the version of the electronic book in the primary language with words corresponding to numbers or colors from the version of the electronic book in the secondary language.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises a wireless electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises an eBook reader.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the altering the displayed words in the displayed portion of content is based at least in part on the mapping content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the version of the electronic book in the primary language and the version of the electronic book in the secondary language are received in a single file.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the control includes one or more buttons, a dial, or a knob to receive the selection.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the mapping content associates phrases in the version of the electronic book in the primary language to corresponding phrases in the version of the electronic book in the secondary language.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving one or more subsequent selections of the control via the interface; and

in response to receiving each of the one or more subsequent selections of the control, further altering the displayed portion of content of displayed words by replacing additional words of the version of the electronic book in the primary language with words from the version of the electronic book in the secondary language.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the replacing the additional words comprises replacing, using the mapping content, one or more words corresponding to a particular part of speech in the version of the electronic book in the primary language with the one or more words corresponding to the particular part of speech in the version of the electronic book in the secondary language.

10. An electronic device that is configured to display a combination of languages for digital content, the electronic device comprising:

a processor;

memory in electronic communication with the processor;

instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to;

receive a version of an electronic book in a first language, and a version of the electronic book in a second language;

display, via a user interface, a portion of the version of the electronic book in the first language, the user interface including a control for cycling through progressive display modes, wherein;

each progressive display mode includes an exception in which one or more words corresponding to numbers or colors are displayed in the second language in place of corresponding words in the first language; and

in response to one or more selections of the control, the displayed portion of digital content is reconfigured to include the one or more exceptions of the one or more respective preceding display modes and the exception of a current display mode.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the electronic device comprises a wireless electronic device.

12. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the electronic device comprises an eBook reader.

13. The electronic device of claim 10, further comprising receiving mapping content that links words or phrases in the version of the electronic book in the first language to corresponding words or phrases in the versions of the electronic book in the second language.

14. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the version of the electronic book in the first language, and the version of the electronic book in the second language are received by the electronic device in a single file.

15. The electronic device of claim 10, further comprising a dial or a knob as the control to select the progressive display modes of the electronic device.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by a processor perform operations comprising:

sending a request to obtain an electronic book;

receiving, at least partly in response to sending the request, a version of the electronic book in a primary language, and a version of the electronic book in a secondary language;

presenting an interface that displays the version of the electronic book in the primary language, the interface comprising a control for selecting one or more display modes, wherein each of the one or more display modes includes an exception in which one or more words corresponding to numbers or colors are displayed in the secondary language in place of corresponding words in the primary language;

receiving one or more selections of the control via the interface to change one of the one or more display modes; and

in response to receiving the one or more selections of the control, reconfiguring the displayed version of the electronic book to include the one or more exceptions of the one or more respective preceding display modes and the exception of a current display mode.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 16, wherein the receiving, at least partly in response to sending the request, further comprises receiving mapping content.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 17, wherein the mapping content maps a word or a phrase in the version of the electronic book in a primary language to a translated word or a translated phrase in the version of the electronic book in the secondary language.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 16, wherein the receiving further comprises receiving versions of the electronic book in multiple secondary languages.