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Flexible pluralization of localized text

  • US 9,766,905 B2
  • Filed: 03/20/2013
  • Issued: 09/19/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. On a computer system, a method to retrieve grammatically accurate text from a localization resource, the method comprising:

  • receiving a content indicator that indicates the content of the text to be retrieved;

    receiving a content limiter that imposes a limitation on the content;

    selecting from the localization resource a string corresponding to the content indicator, the localization resource comprising a plurality of strings, each string comprising a sequence of one or more characters and each string including;

    associated with the content indicator, a first range to be compared to the content limiter, wherein the first range is delimited as a first substring of the string,associated with the first range, a first text segment to be presented on a user interface of the computer system if the content limiter is within the first range,associated with the content indicator, a second range to be compared to the content limiter, wherein the second range is delimited as a second substring of the string, andassociated with the second range, a second text segment to be presented on the user interface if the content limiter is within the second range;

    parsing the selected string to determine which of the first and second ranges brackets the content limiter; and

    retrieving from the string the text segment associated with the range as determined.

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