Feed translation for a social network

• US 9,519,638 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2013
• Issued: 12/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Wren, Christopher R., Aharony, Nadav
• Primary Examiner(s): Sirjani, Fariba
• Application Number:
  US14/014,259
• Publication Number:
  US 20140067364A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,202 Days
• Field of Search: 704 1- 10
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/40 Processing or translation of natural language natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30

Abstract

A system and method for translating a social feed is disclosed. The system comprises a communication module, a decoding engine and a re-encoding engine. The communication module receives social feed data and a request from a social network application. The social feed data is configured to cause a client to display a social feed in a first language. The request includes data indicating that the social feed should be displayed in a second language. The decoding engine decodes the social feed data to generate decoded social feed data. The re-encoding engine re-encodes the decoded social feed data to cause the client to display the social feed in the second language based at least in part on the request. The communication module sends the translated social feed data to the client.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, social feed data, the social feed data configured to cause a client device of a first user to display a social feed in a first language;

determining, by at least one of the one or more processors, a location of the client device displaying the social feed;

receiving, by at least one of the one or more processors, a user identifier of the first user;

parsing, by at least one of the one or more processors, the social feed data based on the user identifier to determine a social activity of the first user;

parsing the social feed data based on relationships of the first user to identify a first portion of the social feed that has been acted on by one or more users having a particular type of relationship with the first user;

determining, by at least one of the one or more processors, a second language based on the location and the social activity of the first user;

translating, by at least one of the one or more processor, the social feed data that is associated with the first portion of the social feed so that the translated social feed data causes the client device to display the first portion translated from the first language into the second language; and

transmitting the translated social feed data to the client device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein parsing the social feed data based on the relationships of the first user comprises determining a social context for translating the social feed data, the social context identifying the one or more users that acted on the first portion of the social feed and a second user that acted upon a second portion of the social feed, the one or more users and the second user having the relationships with the first user on a social graph.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein translating the social feed data includes translating the second portion of the social feed based on the social context.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining the second language based on a language preference listed in a user profile of the first user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the client device includes at least one of a browser and a display application that displays the social feed and receives the translated social feed.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a request for translating the social feed data from the first user and wherein the request is a subset command that includes a first indication that the first portion of the social feed should be translated and a second indication of the second language into which the first portion of the social feed should be translated.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining the location using an internet protocol address of the client device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising encoding graphical data in the translated social feed data that causes the client device to generate a graphic indicating that the social feed has been translated.

9. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed causes the computer to perform steps comprising:

receiving social feed data, the social feed data configured to cause a client device of a first user to display a social feed in a first language;

determining a location of the client device displaying the social feed;

receiving a user identifier of the first user;

parsing the social feed data based on the user identifier to determine a social activity of the first user;

parsing the social feed data based on relationships of the first user to identify a first portion of the social feed that has been acted on by one or more users having a particular type of relationship with the first user;

determining a second language based on the location and the social activity of the first user;

translating the social feed data that is associated with the first portion of the social feed so that the translated social feed data causes the client device to display the first portion translated from the first language into the second language; and

transmitting the translated social feed data to the client device.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein parsing the social feed data based on the relationships of the first user comprises determining a social context for translating the social feed data, the social context identifying the one or more users that acted on the first portion of the social feed and a second user that acted upon a second portion of the social feed, the one or more users and the second user having the relationships with the first user on a social graph.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein translating the social feed data includes translating the second portion of the social feed based on the social context.

12. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the client device includes at least one of a browser and a display application that displays the social feed and receives the translated social feed.

13. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising determining the second language based on a language preference listed in a user profile of the first user.

14. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising determining the location using an internet protocol address of the client device.

15. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause the system to;

receive social feed data, the social feed data configured to cause a client device of a first user to display a social feed in a first language;

determine a location of the client device displaying the social feed;

receive a user identifier of the first user;

parse the social feed data based on the user identifier to determine a social activity of the first user;

parse the social feed data based on relationships of the first user to identify a first portion of the social feed that has been acted on by one or more users having a particular type of relationship with the first user;

determine a second language based on the location and the social activity of the first user;

translate the social feed data that is associated with the first portion of the social feed so that the translated social feed data causes the client device to display the first portion translated from the first language into the second language; and

transmit the translated social feed data to the client device.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein to parse the social feed data based on the relationships of the first user, the instructions further cause the system to determine a social context for translating the social feed data, the social context identifying the one or more users that acted on the first portion of the social feed and a second user that acted upon a second portion of the social feed, the one or more users and the second user having the relationships with the first user on a social graph.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the client device includes at least one of a browser and a display application that displays the social feed and receives the translated social feed.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the instructions further cause the system to receive a request for translating the social feed data from the first user and wherein the request is a subset command that includes a first indication that the first portion of the social feed should be translated and a second indication of the second language into which the first portion of the social feed should be translated.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the instructions further cause the system to determine the location using an internet protocol address of the client device.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the instructions further cause the system to encode graphical data in the translated social feed data that causes the client device to generate a graphic indicating that the social feed has been translated.