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

• US 9,514,128 B2
• Filed: 01/27/2014
• Issued: 12/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Grove, Steve
• Primary Examiner(s): DENNISON, JERRY B
• Application Number:
  US14/165,434
• Publication Number:
  US 20140142919A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,044 Days
• Field of Search: 703/230, 704/277
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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:

one or more hardware processors configured to perform operations comprising;

receiving, by a communications server from a device of a first entity, a message directed to a second entity that includes a selection of a first language construct in a first language;

identifying, by the communications server from a stored constructs table, a construct identifier associated with the first language construct;

determining, by a processing server, a language identifier associated with the second entity that is to receive a translation of the first language construct in a second language, the language identifier corresponding to the second language;

retrieving, by the processing server, a second language construct by finding an entry in a translated construct table that contains both the construct identifier and the language identifier associated with the second entity, the second language construct being a translation of the first language construct in the second language;

generating a translated message that comprises the second language construct; and

transmitting, to a device of the second user, the translated message that comprises the second language construct.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

searching a user table for the second entity; and

retrieving the language identifier for the second entity from the user table, the language identifier corresponding to a language preference stored in the user table for the second entity.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the construct identifier is found in both the stored constructs table for the first language construct in the first language and the translated constructs table for the translation of the first language construct in the second language.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise providing a plurality of language constructs in the first language to the first entity, wherein the first language construct comprises a selected language construct from the plurality of language constructs.

5. A method comprising:

receiving, from a device of a first entity, a message directed to a second entity that includes a selection of a first language construct in a first language;

identifying, from a stored constructs table, a construct identifier corresponding to the first language construct;

determining, using a hardware processor, a language identifier corresponding to the second entity that is to receive a translation of the first language construct in a second language, the language identifier corresponding to the second language;

retrieving a second language construct by finding an entry in a translated construct table that contains both the construct identifier and the language identifier corresponding to the second entity, the second language construct being a translation of the first language construct in the second language; and

generating a translated message that comprises the second language construct; and

transmitting, to a device of the second user, the translated message that comprises the second language construct.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising providing a plurality of predetermined language constructs in the first language to the first entity, wherein the first language construct comprises a selected language construct from the plurality of predetermined language constructs.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the providing the plurality of predetermined language constructs comprises causing presentation of the plurality of predetermined language constructs in an interactive area of a web form.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the providing the plurality of predetermined language constructs comprises causing presentation of the plurality of predetermined language constructs in a drop-down list.

9. The method of claim 5, wherein the construct identifier comprises a numerical construct identifier.

10. The method of claim 5, wherein the determining the language identifier comprises:

searching a user table for the second entity; and

retrieving the language identifier for the second entity from the user table, the language identifier corresponding to a language preference stored in the user table for the second entity.

11. The method of claim 5, wherein the construct identifier is found in both the stored constructs table for the first language construct in the first language and the translated constructs table for the translation of the first language construct in the second language.

12. A machine-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a device of a first entity, a message directed to a second entity that includes a selection of a first language construct in a first language and an indication of a second entity from a first entity;

identifying, from a stored constructs table, a construct identifier corresponding to the first language construct;

determining, using a hardware processor, a language identifier corresponding to the second entity that is to receive a translation of the first language construct in a second language, the language identifier corresponding to the second language;

retrieving a second language construct by finding an entry in a translated construct table that contains both the construct identifier and the language identifier corresponding to the second entity, the second language construct being a translation of the first language construct in the second language; and

generating a translated message that comprises the second language construct; and

transmitting, to a device of the second user, the translated message that comprises the second language construct.

13. The machine-readable storage device of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise providing a plurality of predetermined 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 predetermined language constructs.

14. The machine-readable storage device of claim 13, wherein the providing the plurality of predetermined language constructs comprises presenting the plurality of predetermined language constructs in an interactive area of a web form.

15. The machine-readable storage device of claim 13, wherein the providing the plurality of predetermined language constructs comprises presenting the plurality of predetermined language constructs in a drop-down list.

16. The machine-readable storage device of claim 12, wherein the construct identifier comprises a numerical construct identifier.

17. The machine-readable storage device of claim 12, wherein the determining the language identifier comprises:

searching a user table for the second entity; and

retrieving the language identifier for the second entity from the user table, the language identifier corresponding to a language preference stored in the user table for the second entity.

18. The machine-readable storage device of claim 12, wherein the construct identifier is found in both the stored constructs table for the first language construct in the first language and the translated constructs table for the translation of the first language construct in the second language.