Flexible Phrasebook

• US 20090094018A1
• Filed: 10/08/2007
• Published: 04/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Iso-Sipila, Juha, Tang, Yue Zhong, Hu, Rile, Wang, Xia
• Application Number:
  US11/868,172
• Publication Number:
  US 20090094018A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/47 Machine-assisted translation, e.g. using translation memory

Abstract

A method and a device including a display, a memory, a processor and a keypad, wherein the device is configured to identify a flexible phrase having at least one empty field, receive input corresponding to at least one field value and insert said at least one field value into said at least one empty field thereby completing the flexible phrase.

Claims

1. A device comprising a memory and a processor, wherein said device is configured to

identify a flexible phrase having at least one empty field,

receive input corresponding to at least one field value and

insert said at least one field value into said at least one empty field thereby completing said flexible phrase.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein said device is further configured to identify said flexible phrase from a first phrase in a first language wherein said flexible phrase is in a second language.

3. A device according to claim 2 further configured to translate said at least one field value into said second language before inserting it in said flexible phrase.

4. A device according to claim 1, wherein said device is further configured to receive said first phrase through one or more of the following:

speech recognition, pen input unit, optical recognition and a keypad.

5. A device according to claim 1, wherein said device is further configured to receive said first phrase through a data stream or a data collection stored in said memory.

6. A device according to claim 1, wherein said device is further configured to receive at least one field value through user input or by extracting said at least one field value from said first phrase.

7. A device according to claim 6, wherein said extracting comprises parsing for names and/or numbers as said at least one field value.

8. A device according to claim 1, wherein said device is further configured to identify said flexible phrase by comparing said first phrase to at least one of a plurality of possible flexible phrases.

9. A device according to claim 8, wherein said device is further configured to calculate a hit rate indicating how well a said first phrase compares to a possible flexible phrase.

10. A device according to claim 9, wherein said device is further configured to display on a display the possible phrases having highest hit rates for user identification of a possible flexible phrase as said flexible phrase.

11. A device according to claim 9, wherein said device is further configured to regard at least one of said at least one possible flexible phrases as matches when said hit rate is above a threshold value.

12. A device according to claim 8, wherein said device is further configured to parse said first phrase to identify words being one of names or numbers and

to ignore these identified words when comparing said first phrase to said at least one of said plurality of said possible flexible phrases.

13. A device according to claim 8, wherein said plurality of possible flexible phrases is stored in a dictionary in said memory or wherein said device is further configured to download said plurality of possible flexible phrases from a remote memory.

14. A device according to claim 8, wherein said plurality of possible flexible phrases is stored in a remote memory at a remote location and said comparing is performed at said remote location.

15. A device according to claim 1 wherein said device is a mobile communication terminal.

16. A device according to claim 1 wherein said device is a server.

17. A method comprising:

identifying a flexible phrase having at least one empty field,

receiving at least one field value and

inserting this at least one field value into said at least one empty filed and thereby

completing said flexible phrase.

18. A method according to claim 17, wherein said flexible phrase corresponds to a first phrase in a first language wherein said flexible phrase is in a second language.

19. A method according to claim 18 further comprising translating said at least one field value into said second language before inserting it in said flexible phrase.

20. A method according to claim 18, further comprising receiving said first phrase through an input, through a data stream or from a data collection stored in a memory.

21. A method according to claim 17, wherein receiving at least one field value comprises receiving said at least one field value through user input or extracting said at least one field value from said first phrase.

22. A method according to claim 21, wherein said extracting comprises parsing for names and/or numbers as said at least one field value.

23. A method according to claim 17, wherein identifying said flexible phrase comprises comparing said first phrase to at least one of a plurality of possible flexible phrases.

24. A method according to claim 23, wherein said comparing comprises a word by word comparison of said first phrase to said at least one of said plurality of possible flexible phrases.

25. A method according to claim 17, wherein said comparing comprising calculating a hit rate indicating how well a said first phrase compares to a possible flexible phrase.

26. A method according to claim 25, wherein said identifying comprises regarding at least one of said at least one possible flexible phrase as matches when said at least one possible flexible phrase has a hit rate that is above a threshold value.

27. A method according to claim 23, wherein said comparing comprises parsing said first phrase to identify words being one of names or numbers and

ignoring said identified words when comparing said first phrase to said at least one of said plurality of said possible flexible phrases.

28. A method according to claim 23, wherein said comparing comprises fetching said plurality of possible flexible phrases from a local memory or from a remote memory.

29. A method according to claim 23, wherein said comparing comprises sending said first phrase to a remote location and comparing at said remote location.

30. A computer readable medium including at least computer program code for controlling a device comprising a memory and a display, said computer readable medium comprising:

software code for identifying a flexible phrase having at least one empty field,

software code for receiving at least one field value and

software code for inserting said at least one field value into said at least one empty field thereby completing said flexible phrase.

31. A computer readable medium including at least computer program code for controlling a device to represent a flexible phrase having at least one empty field.

32. A computer readable medium according to claim 31 further including computer program code for controlling a device to further represent a first phrase to said flexible phrase.

33. A computer readable medium according to claim 31 wherein said medium is a signal.

37. A system according to claim 35 or a server according to claim 32 wherein said server is arranged to provide said field value.

34. A server arranged to:

receive a first phrase,

identify a flexible phrase corresponding to said first phrase,

return said flexible phrase,

and wherein said flexible phrase comprises at least one empty field, which empty field is supplemented with a field value so as to form a complete flexible phrase.

35. A system comprising a server according to claim 34 and a terminal wherein said terminal is arranged to:

receive a first phrase,

upload said first phrase to said server

and receive a flexible phrase corresponding to said first phrase from said server, and wherein said server is arranged to;

receive said first phrase from said terminal and

return said flexible phrase to said terminal.

36. A system according to claim 35 wherein said terminal is arranged to provide said field value.

38. A method comprising displaying a first phrase having at least one first field and a second phrase having at least one second field, wherein said first phrase is in one language and said second phrase is in another language and said at least one first field is associated to said at least one second field.

39. A method according to claim 38 further comprising updating said at least one first fields and at the same time updating said at least one second fields or updating said at least one second fields and at the same time updating said at least one first fields.

40. A method according to claim 39 wherein said updating of said at least one first fields comprises translating said at least one first fields into said second language or wherein said updating of said at least one second fields comprises translating said at least one second fields into said first language.

41. A device comprising a display and an input, wherein said device is configured to_display a first phrase having at least one first field and to display a second phrase having at least one second field, wherein said first phrase is in one language and said second phrase is in another language and said at least one first field is associated to said at least one second field.

42. A device according to claim 41 further configured to update said at least one first fields and at the same time update said at least one second fields or

to update said at least one second fields and at the same time update said at least one first fields.

43. A device according to claim 41 further configured to translate said at least one first fields into said second language when updating said at least one first fields and to translate said at least one second fields into said first language when updating said at least one second fields.

44. A user interface comprising a display and an input, wherein said user interface is configured to_display a first phrase having at least one first field and to display a second phrase having at least one second field, wherein said first phrase is in one language and said second phrase is in another language and said at least one first field is associated to said at least one second field.

45. A user interface according to claim 44 further configured to update said at least one first fields and at the same time update said at least one second fields or

to update said at least one second fields and at the same time update said at least one first fields.