Data localization templates and parsing

• US 9,342,508 B2
• Filed: 03/19/2009
• Issued: 05/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Bassett, Charles D, Dolin, Robert M., Obasanjo, Oludare V., Walters, Benjamin C., Bruno, John P.
• Primary Examiner(s): JACKSON, JAKIEDA R
• Application Number:
  US12/407,401
• Publication Number:
  US 20100241417A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,616 Days
• Field of Search: 704/8
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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

Localization techniques are described. In an implementation, data is parsed from a feed of data that is public and not localized. A template is formed from the data for each locale that is to be supported. The data that is localized for a particular locale is presented is based on a particular template for the particular locale.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer-readable devices comprising instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to provide a service to;

parse content, based on a canonicalization pattern in the content, from a third party source that is publically available and includes text that is not localized;

responsive to the parsing, form a template from the content that includes the text in a human language specific to a particular locale that is to be supported and conforms the data according to a moral convention used in the particular locale;

filter the content for presentation based, at least in part, on a context of a computing device separate from the service, the context of the computing device including an attribute of a current state of the computing device; and

using the formed template to cause the computing device to present the filtered content with the text in the human language that corresponds to the particular locale from which a request for the content is received, in which the human language is different from a human language implemented by the text that is not localized.

2. A system as described in claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable to cause the service to maintain one or more templates that each correspond to locales for which the text is to be localized, said templates include a template for the locale from which the request for the content is received, said templates being formed based on the canonicalization pattern and the content.

3. A system as described in claim 2, wherein said templates include text translated based on the canonicalization pattern.

4. A system as described in claim 3, wherein the content comprises one or more updates to content previously obtained from the third party source.

5. A system as described in claim 1, wherein the content is included in a feed of content that is available via a network.

6. A system as described in claim 1, wherein the particular locale from which the request is received is determined based on an internet protocol address associated with the web browser.

7. A system as described in claim 1, wherein the content is obtained from a plurality of feeds of content.

8. A method comprising:

using a processor, parsing content, based on a canonicalization pattern in the content, from a third party source that is publically available and includes text that is not localized;

responsive to the parsing, using the processor, forming a template from the content that includes the text in a human language specific to a particular locale that is to be supported and conforms the data according to a cultural convention used in the particular locale;

using the processor, filtering the content for presentation based, at least in part, on attributes of the data for presentation; and

using the formed template to cause the computing device to present the filtered content with the text in the human language that corresponds to the particular locale from which a request for the content is received, in which the human language is different from a human language implemented by the text that is not localized.

9. A method as described in claim 8, further comprising maintaining one or more templates that each correspond to locales for which the text is to be localized, said templates include a template for the locale from which the request for the content is received, said templates being formed based on the canonicalization pattern and the content.

10. A method as described in claim 9, wherein said templates include text translated based on the canonicalization pattern.

11. A method as described in claim 10, wherein the content comprises one or more updates to content previously obtained from the third party source.

12. A method as described in claim 8, wherein the content is included in a feed of content that is available via a network.

13. A method as described in claim 8, wherein the particular locale from which the request is received is determined based on an internet protocol address associated with the web browser.

14. A method as described in claim 8, wherein the content includes one or more of:

a photograph, or a blog entry.

15. A device comprising:

a computer-readable device comprising instructions that are executable by a processor to provide a service to;

parse content, based on a canonicalization pattern in the content, from a third party source that is publically available and includes text that is not localized, the text that is not localized being associated with a blog entry;

responsive to the parsing, form a template from the content that includes the text in a human language specific to a particular locale that is to be supported and conforms the data according to a technical convention used in the particular locale;

filter the content for presentation based, at least in part, on a context of a computing device separate from the service, the context of the computing device including an attribute of a current state of the computing device; and

using the formed template to cause the computing device to present the filtered content with the text in the human language that corresponds to the particular locale from which a request for the content is received, in which the human language is different from a human language implemented by the text that is not localized.

16. A device as described in claim 15, wherein the instructions are further executable to cause the service to maintain one or more templates that each correspond to locales for which the text is to be localized, said templates include a template for the locale from which the request for the content is received, said templates being formed based on the canonicalization pattern and the content.

17. A device as described in claim 16, wherein said templates include text translated based on the canonicalization pattern.

18. A device as described in claim 17, wherein the content comprises one or more updates to content previously obtained from the third party source.

19. A device as described in claim 15, wherein the particular locale from which the request is received is determined based on an internet protocol address associated with the web browser.

20. A device as described in claim 15, wherein the instructions are further executable to determine the particular said human language based on a human language associated with a web browser that requested the localized data.