CLOUD-BASED LOCALIZATION PLATFORM

• US 20150154018A1
• Filed: 02/13/2015
• Published: 06/04/2015
• 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
• Granted Patent: US 9,990,191 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 cloud device in a development file or a public database. The public database stores the content that is selected for modification or translation. The languages may be selected by one or more application developers or may be based on a geographic region associated with the content or the language currently associated with the content. One or more translators are identified based on matches to translator profiles included in the public database. The matching translators receive notifications, which inform the translator that updates or translations are requested. In turn, the translators may access the public database and provide the updates or translations.

Claims

1. A computer network system including one or more databases communicating over the computer network for translating software, the system comprising:

a development database configured to store software for one or more applications and having a first buffer that stores content selected for updating or translation and a second buffer for receiving updated content or translated content;

a public database configured to receive the content stored in the first buffer of the development database and to store profiles associated with translators; and

a notification component configured to notify one or more translators of content stored in the public database that matches a language stored in the profile corresponding to the one or more translators.

2. The computer network system of claim 1, wherein the development database is further configured to receive, from one or more third-party application developers, software applications that require translation, wherein the content that is selected for translation or updating is specified by the one or more third-party application developers and the one or more languages for the translation are selected by the one or more third party application developers.

3. The computer network system of claim 1, wherein the development database and the public database are one database.

4. The computer network system of claim 1, wherein the development database and the public database are distributed across several databases.

5. The computer network system of claim 1, wherein public database is configured to provide updated content or translated content to the second buffer of the development database.

6. The computer network system of claim 1, wherein the software is updated with the modified content or the translated content after a second buffer storing the updated content or the translated content is selected for loading into the software.

7. The computer network system of claim 6, wherein the second buffer prevents changes from being made directly to the software.

8. The computer network system of claim 6, wherein the second buffer stores updates received from one or more translators responding to the notifications who are authorized to provide the updated content or the translated content.

9. The computer network system of claim 1, wherein the public database provides a portal where translators responding to a notification may access the content selected for updating or translation.

10. The computer network system of claim 1, wherein the public database updates the translator profile to record when the translator accessed the database and when the translation was received from the translator.

11. The computer network system of claim 1, wherein the public database may track a user'"'"'s efficiency and other performance criteria.

12. The computer network system of claim 1, wherein the translator accessing the public database is only authorized to access the content selected for updating or translation that is associated with a language stored in the profile that the translator.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing profiles associated with translators.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the computer network is in a distributed computing environment where tasks are performed by remote-processing devices that are linked through a communications network.

13. A computer network system including one or more databases communicating over the computer network for translating software, the system comprising:

a development database configured to store software for one or more applications and having a first buffer that stores content selected for updating or translation and a second buffer for receiving updated content or translated content;

a public database configured to receive the content stored in the first buffer of the development database and to store profiles associated with translators, wherein the translator profile includes one or more languages that the translator translates; and

a notification component configured to notify one or more translators of content stored in the public database that matches a language stored in the profile corresponding to the one or more translators.

14. The computer-network system of claim 13, wherein the content is stored and updated by the development database on the computer network, via a translator'"'"'s mobile device that connects to the computer network, or via the translator'"'"'s computing device that connects to the computer network.

15. The computer network system of claim 13, wherein the updated content or translated content is tested for error or malicious content.

16. The computer-network system of claim 13, wherein the notifications are sent to one or more mobile devices or one or more computing devices identified in the translator profiles that match the one or more languages associated with the identified content.

17. The computer-network system of claim 13, further comprising:

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

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

storing in a first buffer of a development database content extracted from one or more software development files and identified for updating or translation;

receiving by a public database the content stored in the first buffer of the development database;

notifying one or more translators of content stored in the public database that matches a language stored in the profile corresponding to the one or more translators;

providing updated content or translated content to a second buffer of the development database by the public database.