Cloud-based localization platform

• US 9,772,840 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2015
• Issued: 09/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Zhang, Lei, Miles, Michael James, Zhang, Sheng, Yoon, Doo Suk, Yang, Xu, Zhang, Wei
• Primary Examiner(s): Chowdhury, Ziaul A
• Application Number:
  US14/621,973
• Publication Number:
  US 20150154019A1
• Time in Patent Office: 956 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/70 Software maintenance or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/454 Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that generate notifications that are delivered to translators who provide updates or translations that are included in localization resources for software applications are provided. Resources are stored on a computing device in a first database or a second database. The first database is configured to store software and has a first buffer that stores content selected for updating or translation and a second buffer for receiving updated content or translated content. The second database is configured to receive the content stored in the first buffer of the first database and to store profiles associated with translators. The second database provides a portal to authenticate the translator before allowing a translator to enter translations for the content stored in the second database. A notification component notifies translators of content that matches a language of the translators.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for providing translation of software applications over a computer network, the method comprising:

accessing profiles for one or more translators, wherein the profiles include one or more languages that the one or more translators translate;

determining contact information for the one or more translators from the profiles;

identifying one or more translators that provide translations for the software applications;

communicating a notification to the one or more translators that content of the software applications has been identified for translation, wherein the notifications are sent to one or more mobile devices or one or more computing devices identified in the profiles of the one or more translators;

providing, in a first buffer, the identified content to one or more responsive translators of the one or more translators that respond to the notification message;

receiving modified content from the one or more responsive translators; and

storing the modified content in a second buffer for verification, wherein the second buffer is isolated from a development database that includes one or more software development files corresponding to the software applications.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising verifying that the modified content is correct and non-malicious.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the one or more software development files correspond to localization resources for the software applications.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising loading the modified content into the one or more software development files.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the second buffer prevents changes from being made directly to the one or more software development files in the development database.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the second buffer stores updates received from the one or more responsive translators.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first buffer accesses the development database to obtain the identified content.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first buffer accesses the development database periodically to obtain the identified content.

9. A computer network system for translating software, the system comprising:

a central processing unit (CPU);

a first database configured to store software for one or more applications and content selected for translation, wherein the content selected for translation is extracted from the software for the one or more applications;

a second database accessible within the computer network and configured to receive the content selected for translation stored in the first database, to store the content selected for translation in a first buffer, and to store profiles associated with one or more translators; and

a computer-readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions embodied thereon, that when executed by the CPU;

accesses the profiles for one or more translators, wherein the profiles include one or more languages that the one or more translators translate,

determines contact information for the one or more translators from the profiles,

communicates notifications to the one or more translators that the content selected for translation matches a language stored in the profiles corresponding to the one or more translators, wherein the notifications are sent to one or more mobile devices or one or more computing devices identified in the profiles of the one or more translators,

provides the one or more translators with access to the content selected for translation,

receives translated content from at least one of the one or more translators, and

stores the translated content in a second buffer within the second database for verification, and

upon receiving the verification, provides the translated content to a software development file for the one or more applications in the first database.

10. The computer network system of claim 9, wherein the software development file for the one or more applications is updated with the translated content after the second buffer storing the translated content is selected for loading into the software development file.

11. The computer network system of claim 9, wherein the contact information includes one or more of a SMS contact, an e-mail address, and a telephone number.

12. The computer network system of claim 9, the executed computer executable instructions further comprising:

identifying one or more additional languages that correspond to one or more regions associated with the language of the content selected for translation.

13. The computer network system of claim 12, wherein the one or more regions include one or more of a geographic region, a tribe, a town, and a city.

14. The computer network system of claim 9, wherein the first database is further configured to receive, from one or more third-party application developers, the one or more applications and the content selected for translation, and wherein one or more languages for the content selected for translation are specified by the one or more third-party application developers.