User corrections in translation

• US 9,501,264 B2
• Filed: 09/04/2014
• Issued: 11/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TG LLC
• Original Assignee: TG LLC
• Inventors: Nethery, Kee Stanton III
• Primary Examiner(s): Das, Chameli
• Application Number:
  US14/477,842
• Publication Number:
  US 20160070543A1
• Time in Patent Office: 810 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/51 Translation evaluation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code

Abstract

Methods for correcting inaccurate translation of words or phrases in a mobile app, by users of that mobile app, in which those users can invoke an alternate “correction” function in the mobile app. The correction function allows users of the mobile app to send messages back to a programmer of the mobile app, including alternative translations, comments on translations, connotations of those translations, and other meaning associated with those translations. Edits made by users can be counted, or otherwise statistically measured, to determine a most-popular translation associated with the original text from the mobile app.

Claims

1. A system, including

a mobile device, including a processor and memory maintaining instructions, the instructions being interpretable by the processor to present display elements having a first human-language meaning to a user of the mobile device;

a development device, including a development environment suitable to create an app by a designer or programmer, the app including at least some of the instructions, and suitable to distribute the app to the mobile device, the app including at least some of the instructions interpretable by the processor to present the display elements in a form having a second human-language meaning to the user;

the mobile device including a communication link responsive to one or more signals delivering the app to the mobile device, the communication link being responsive to the user and suitable to present messages regarding the second human-language meaning from the user to the designer or programmer, the messages including a relation between the second human-language meaning and the first human-language meaning;

the app including communication link being responsive to the user to send information to the developer or programmer;

the app including a first mode in which it performs a first designated function;

instructions executable or interpretable by the processor to receive a signal from the user when performing the first designated function, the signal directing the app to enter a state in which it performs a second designated function;

the second designated function including a user interface in which the app receives input from the user and communicates that input to the developer or programmer.

2. A system as in claim 1, wherein

the development device, in response to the messages, modifies the app by packaging at least some information from the messages in a localization data structure for the app.

3. A system as in claim 1, wherein

the development device, in response to the messages, packages at least some information from the messages in a pre-determined initialization data structure.

4. A system as in claim 1, wherein

the user communicates that input to the developer or programmer by editing on a screen of the mobile device.

5. A system as in claim 1, wherein

the user communicates that input to the developer or programmer by editing one or more display elements.

6. A system as in claim 1, wherein

the user communicates that input to the developer or programmer without any of:

entering a destination address for the developer or programmer;

knowing an identity for the developer or programmer;

knowing how information is delivered to the developer or programmer;

the user communicates that input to the developer or programmer by editing one or more display elements.

7. A system as in claim 1, wherein

the display elements include one or more of:

text, drawings, photographs, animation, video images.

8. A system as in claim 1, wherein

the messages include at least some information including commentary from the user to the developer or programmer.

9. A system as in claim 8, wherein

the commentary includes at least one of:

explanations with respect to the first human-language meaning;

explanations with respect to the second human-language meaning;

explanations with respect to possible users of the app.

10. A system as in claim 1, wherein the messages include one or more of:

changes, comments, corrections

regarding at least a portion of the relation between the second human-language meaning to the first human-language meaning.

11. A system as in claim 1, wherein the messages include one or more of:

inappropriate meaning, secondary meaning, slang, unintended meaning regarding at least a portion of the relation between the second human-language meaning to the first human-language meaning.

12. A system as in claim 1, wherein

the messages include one or more of:

secondary meanings, slang, unintended meanings

regarding at least a portion of the relation between the second human-language meaning to the first human-language meaning.

13. A system as in claim 1, wherein

the mobile device includes one or more of:

a handheld device, a wearable device, an implantable device.

14. A system as in claim 1, including

a second mobile device including a second communication link responsive to one or more second signals delivering the app to the second mobile device, the second communication link being responsive to a second user and suitable to present second messages regarding the second human-language meaning from the second user to the designer or programmer, the second messages including a second relation between the second human-language meaning and the first human-language meaning.

15. A system as in claim 14,

wherein the development device,

responsive to the first mobile device and the second mobile device determines a statistical measure of corrections to the second human-language meaning, and

responsive to the statistical measure of corrections, and responsive to the user invoking the communication link, presents a set of suggested second human-language meanings to the first mobile device and the second mobile device.

16. A system as in claim 14,

wherein the development device,

responsive to the first mobile device and the second mobile device, determines a statistical measure of corrections to the second human-language meaning, and

responsive to the statistical measure of corrections, modifies the app by packaging at least some information from the messages in a localization data structure for the app.

17. A system as in claim 14,

wherein the development device,

responsive to the first mobile device and the second mobile device, determines a statistical measure of corrections to the second human-language meaning, and

responsive to the statistical measure of corrections, presents a new second human-language meaning to the developer or programmer.

18. A system as in claim 14,

wherein the development device,

responsive to the first mobile device and the second mobile device, determines a statistical measure of corrections to the second human-language meaning, and

responsive to the statistical measure of corrections, presents a new second human-language meaning to the first mobile device and the second mobile device.

19. A system as in claim 14, wherein

the statistical measure of corrections to the second human-language meaning includes a weighted average.