TRANSLATING A SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION OF A LINGUAL PHRASE INTO A REPRESENTATION IN A DIFFERENT MEDIUM

• US 20120330641A1
• Filed: 06/21/2011
• Published: 12/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Alsina, Thomas Matthieu, Kalb, Aaron S., Perry, Ryan P.
• Application Number:
  US13/165,497
• Publication Number:
  US 20120330641A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/55 Rule-based translation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/56 Natural language generation

Abstract

Translating a symbolic representation of a lingual phrase is disclosed. An internal representation that expresses output information in a namespace language used to name a plurality of output files is received. The internal representation is matched to one or more of said output files comprising data usable to provide a sensory perceptible output that communicates the output information in a target symbolic communication system.

Claims

1. A method of communicating information, comprising:

receiving an internal representation that expresses an output information in a namespace language used to name a plurality of output files; and

matching the internal representation to one or more of said output files comprising data usable to provide a sensory perceptible output that communicates the output information in a target symbolic communication system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the internal representation comprises a string.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the internal representation comprises a linguistic representation.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the output information comprises an application output to be rendered to an application user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the namespace language comprises a natural language.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the target symbolic communication system comprises a is natural language

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the target symbolic communication system comprises a language other than the namespace language.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the output files or other output objects comprise media files.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the output files or other output objects comprise audio files and the output information is communicated by using a player and one or more audio files matched to the internal representation to provide an audio output that communicates the output information audibly in a target spoken language.

10. A system, comprising:

an interface configured to receive an internal representation that expresses an output information in a namespace language used to name a plurality of output files; and

a processor couple to the interface and configured to matching the internal representation to one or more of said output files comprising data usable to provide a sensory perceptible output that communicates the output information in a target symbolic communication system.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the internal representation comprises a string.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the internal representation comprises a linguistic representation.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the output information comprises an application output to be rendered to an application user.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the namespace language comprises a natural language.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the target symbolic communication system comprises a natural language

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the target symbolic communication system comprises a language other than the namespace language.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the output files or other output objects comprise media files.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the output files or other output objects comprise audio files and the output information is communicated by using a player and one or more audio files matched to the internal representation to provide an audio output that communicates the output information audibly in a target spoken language.

19. A computer program product for communicating information, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving an internal representation that expresses an output information in a namespace language used to name a plurality of output files; and

matching the internal representation to one or more of said output files comprising data usable to provide a sensory perceptible output that communicates the output information in a target symbolic communication system.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the target symbolic communication system comprises a language other than the namespace language.