National language proxy file save and incremental cache translation option for world wide web documents
US6347316B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 14, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 12, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 14, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99953
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A technique for use in a client-server environment, such as the World Wide Web, for providing a client with the best available translated version of a document requested from a server in a language other than the original language of the document. In response to a request from a client for a document in a secondary language, the technique determines if a version of the document exists in the specified secondary language. The invention supports more than one type of translated version; namely, a machine translation version and a human translation version. Typically, human translation versions are more accurate than machine translation versions. If both translation versions are available and the most recent version is newer than the original document, or if one of the translation versions is available and that version is newer than the original document, the most recent version is sent to the client. If no translation version is available or the available versions are older than the original document, a machine translation version of the original document in the requested language is created and sent to the client.
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