System and method for independently configuring international location and language
US6073090A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 15, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jun 6, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 15, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/454
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for independently configuring international location and language in a computer system generates composite locales for user-selected location and language combinations whenever a user-selected location and language combination is unsupported by default locales. The system includes a location format retrieval element for retrieving location-specific formatting data and a language format retrieval element for retrieving language-specific formatting data. A composite locale generator combines retrieved location-specific and language-specific data to generate a composite locale. In a preferred embodiment, a composite locale is generated from default locales. The location format retrieval element retrieves location-specific formatting data from a first default locale and the language format retrieval element retrieves language-specific formatting data from a second default locale. The composite locale is generated by combining the formatting data retrieved from the first and second default locales. In an alternative embodiment, a composite locale is generated from data retrieved from a location database and from a language database.
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