Translation technology in electronic sourcing

• US 20040153310A1
• Filed: 01/31/2003
• Published: 08/05/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ariba Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: Ariba Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Beck, Matthew
• Granted Patent: US 8,126,701 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions

Abstract

A method for providing effective communication in a network, including obtaining from an editor data in a first language, accepting from the editor at least one allowable language other than the first language, receiving a request from a reader to access the data in a second language, if the second language is the at least one allowable language, rendering a version of the data in the second language to the reader, and if the second language is not the at least one allowable language, providing the data to the reader in the first language.

Claims

1. A method for providing effective communication in a network comprising:

obtaining from an editor data in a first language;

accepting from the editor at least one allowable language other than the first language;

receiving a request from a reader to access the data in a second language;

if the second language is the at least one allowable language, rendering a version of the data in the second language to the reader; and

if the second language is not the at least one allowable language, providing the data to the reader in the first language.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the obtaining comprises:

entering fields by the editor in the first language to create a template; and

receiving the data corresponding to the fields from the editor in the first language.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the accepting comprises:

entering by the editor the data in the second language.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

inputting by the editor the data in a third language;

receiving a request from another reader to access the data in the third language; and

providing the data to the other reader in the third language.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the obtaining comprises:

inputting the data in the first language into fields, the data including product description, commercial terms, lot details, and desired bidders.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the editor comprises a sponsor and the reader comprises a plurality of bidders, further comprising:

choosing by the sponsor bidders to participate in an auction;

sending invitations to the chosen bidders;

accepting a chosen language from each invited bidder;

allowing each invited bidder to access the data in at least one of the chosen language and the first language.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the obtaining comprises:

providing to the editor a template in the first language; and

entering by the editor the data into the template.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the obtaining comprises:

accepting the data from the editor; and

arranging the data into a commodity tree.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving from the reader in order of preference a plurality of chosen languages.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the accepting comprises:

providing by the editor at least a portion of the data in the at least one allowable language.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the translating comprises:

providing a portion of the data in the second language and any remaining portion of the data in the first language.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

allowing the editor to modify the data in the first language; and

if the data is able to be rendered in the second language, notifying the editor to update the data in the second language.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

separating any data that does not need to be rendered in the second language;

providing the separated data to the reader as entered by the editor.

14. The of claim 1 further comprising:

allowing the editor to be the reader.

15. A method for providing effective communication in an electronic auction comprising:

providing to an editor a template to receive fields and data related to the auction in a first language;

accepting the fields and data from the editor in the first language and any additional languages provided by the editor;

receiving from a reader a language choice to view the fields and data;

if the language choice is the first language, displaying the fields and the data in the first language;

if the language choice is the second language, displaying the fields in the second language and the data in the first language; and

if the language choice is a third language, displaying the fields in at least one of the first and second languages and the data in the first language.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the receiving comprises:

allowing more than one language choice.

17. A system for providing effective communication in a network comprising:

a first database for receiving and storing text in a plurality of languages;

a second database for receiving and storing data in a plurality of languages; and

at least one processor for providing to an editor the fields in a base language chosen by the sponsor, accepting the data from the editor in the base language and any additional languages provided by the editor, receiving from a reader at least one chosen language to view the fields and data, and displaying the fields and data in at least one of the chosen language and the base language.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein a portion of the fields and data is shown in the chosen language.

19. The system of claim 17 wherein the fields are shown in the chosen language and the data is shown in the base language.

20. A computer system operatively connected to a network for facilitating communication over a network, the system comprising:

means for providing to an editor fields in a first language to receive data, the fields being available in at least a second language;

means for accepting the data from the editor in the first language and any additional languages provided by the editor;

means for receiving from a reader a language choice to view the fields and data;

means for determining if the language choice is one of the first language, the second language and a third language;

means for displaying the fields and the data in at least one of the first language, second language, and third language based upon the determination.

21. A machine readable medium for rendering data in different languages comprising:

a first machine readable code that provides to an editor fields in a first language to receive data, the fields being available in at least a second language;

a second machine readable code for accepting the data from the editor in the first language and any additional languages provided by the editor;

a third machine readable code for receiving from the reader a language choice to view the fields and data;

a fourth machine readable code for determining if the language choice is the first language, the second language and a third language;

a fifth machine readable code for displaying the fields and the data in at least one of the first language, second language, and third language based upon the determination.