Systems and methods for independent computer platform language conversion services

• US 10,102,202 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2015
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated (MasterCard Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated (MasterCard Incorporated)
• Inventors: Huck, Bridget Kay, Ravenscraft, Clifford O., Pardo, Scott Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): Debrow, James J
• Application Number:
  US14/973,422
• Publication Number:
  US 20170177566A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,034 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/123 Storage facilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/194 Calculation of difference between files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/284 Lexical analysis, e.g. tokenisation or collocates
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/42 Data-driven translation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/47 Machine-assisted translation, e.g. using translation memory
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/454 Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation

Abstract

A conversion management (CM) computing device is provided. The CM computing device includes a processor in communication with a memory. The processor is causes the CM computing device to receive, from an app developer device, a plurality of input locale identifiers and an input text string, convert the input text string into at an input text token, compare the input locale identifiers and the input text token to a localization table that includes a plurality of entries. Each entry includes a stored text token, a stored locale identifier, and a translated text string. The processor further causes the CM computing device to identify a matching entry included within the localization table for the input locale identifiers. The matching entry includes a stored locale identifier matching one of the input locale identifiers, a stored text token matching the text token, and an associated translated text string.

Claims

1. A conversion management (CM) computing device including a processor in communication with a memory, said processor configured to:

receive, from a developer computing device, an application identifier associated with a computer application and a plurality of input text strings from the computer application;

convert the plurality of input text strings into a plurality of input text tokens;

store a setup profile including the application identifier and the plurality of input text tokens;

receive a locale request, from a user computing device, including the application identifier and a locale identifier, the locale identifier identifying a language of use for the computer application;

identify a matching entry included within a localization table for each of the plurality of input text tokens, wherein each matching entry includes a stored text token matching the respective input text token, a stored locale identifier matching the locale identifer, and an associated translated text string;

generate a configuration file including the application identifier, the matched locale identifier, and the associated translated text strings for each of the plurality of input text tokens; and

transmit the configuration file to the user computing device.

2. The CM computing device of claim 1, wherein the setup profile further includes a label identifier associated with each of the input text tokens, the label identifier identifying a location within the computer application where the input text string is located.

3. The CM computing device of claim 2, wherein the locale request includes a plurality of label identifiers, each of the label identifiers of the plurality of label identifiers identifying a label of the respective location within the computer application, and said processor further configured to:

translate the plurality of label identifiers and associated input text tokens, based on the identified matching entry for each of the input text tokens.

4. The CM computing device of claim 1, wherein the configuration file is configured to automatically replace the input text string with the associated translated text string at the identified location within the computer application using a label identifier.

5. The CM computing device of claim 1 said processor further configured to transmit the configuration file to the developer computing device for storage within the developer computing device, wherein the configuration file is accessible by the user computing device when the computer application is configured on the user computing device.

6. The CM computing device of claim 1, said processor further configured to:

determine no matching entry is included in the localization table; and

alert the developer computing device.

7. The CM computing device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of input text strings includes at least one of a measurement text string and a currency text string, and said processor configured to:

translate at least one of the measurement text string and the currency text string, based on the identified matching entry for each of the input text tokens.

8. A computer-implemented method for identifying a translated text string, the method implemented by a conversion management (CM) computing device in communication with a memory, the method comprising:

receiving, from a developer computing device, an application identifier associated with a computer application and a plurality of input text strings from the computer application;

converting the plurality of input text strings into a plurality of input text tokens;

storing a setup profile including the application identifier and the plurality of input text tokens;

receiving a locale request, from a user computing device, including the application identifier and a locale identifier, the locale identifier identifying a language of use for the computer application;

identifying a matching entry included within a localization table for each of the plurality of input text tokens, each matching entry includes a stored text token matching the respective input text token, a stored locale identifier matching the locale identifier, and an associated translated text string;

generating a configuration file including the application identifier, the matched locale identifier, and the associated translated text strings for each of the plurality of input text tokens; and

pitting the configuration file to the user computing device.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the setup profile further includes a label identifier associated with each of the input text tokens, the label identifier identifying a location within the computer application where the input text string is located.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the locale request includes a plurality of label identifiers, each of the label identifiers of the plurality of label identifiers identifying a label of the respective location within the computer application, and the method further comprising:

translating the plurality of label identifiers and associated input text tokens, based on the identified matching entry for each of the input text tokens.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 wherein the configuration file is configured to automatically replace the input text string with the associated translated text string at the identified location within the computer application using a label identifier.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 further comprising transmitting the configuration file to the developer computing device for storage within the developer computing device, wherein the configuration file is accessible by the user computing device when the computer application is configured on the user computing device.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 further comprising:

determining no matching entry is included in the localization table; and

alerting the developer computing device.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the plurality of input text strings includes at least one of a measurement text string and a currency text string, and the method further comprising:

translating at least one of the measurement text string and the currency text string, based on the identified matching entry for each of the input text tokens.

15. Computer-readable storage media for identifying a translated text string, the computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein, when executed by at least one processor, the computer-executable instructions cause the processor to:

receive, from a developer computing device, an application identifier associated with a computer application and a plurality of input text strings from the computer application;

convert the plurality of input text strings into a plurality of input text tokens;

store a setup profile including the application identifier and the plurality of input text tokens;

receive a locale request, from a user computing device, including the application identifier and a locale identifier, the locale identifier identifying a language of use for the computer application;

identify a matching entry included within a localization table for each of the plurality of input text tokens, wherein each matching entry includes a stored text token matching the respective input text token, a stored locale identifier matching the locale identifier, and an associated translated text string;

generate a configuration file including the application identifier, the matched locale identifier, and the associated translated text strings for each of the plurality of input text tokens; and

transmit the configuration file to the user computing device.

16. The computer-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein the the setup profile further includes a label identifier associated with each of the input text tokens, the label identifier identifying a location within the computer application where the input text string is located.

17. The computer-readable storage media of claim 16, wherein the locale request includes a plurality of label identifiers, each of the label identifiers of the plurality of label identifiers identifying a label of the respective location within the computer application, and the computer-executable instructions further cause the processor to:

translate the plurality of label identifiers and associated input text tokens, based on the identified matching entry for each of the input text tokens.

18. The computer-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein the wherein the configuration file is configured to automatically replace the input text string with the associated translated text string at the identified location within the computer application using a label identifier.

19. The computer-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the processor to:

transmit the configuration file to the developer computing device for storage within the developer computing device, wherein the configuration file is accessible by the user computing device when the computer application is configured on the user computing device.

20. The computer-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein the plurality of input text strings includes at least one of a measurement text string and a currency text string, and the computer-executable instructions further cause the processor to:

translate at least one of the measurement text string and the currency text string, based on the identified matching entry for each of the input text tokens.