Multilingual agent for use in computer systems
US6615168B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 26, 1996 |
| Grant date | Sep 2, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 3, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/58
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A multilingual agent of the present invention assists clients and users of clients in locating, accessing, and understanding documents on servers and also assists servers and providers of servers in making documents on the servers available to clients and users of clients, regardless of the languages in which the documents are written. A networked computer system in which the preferred embodiment of the present invention operates includes a client, a server, and a multilingual agent connected to one another via a network. The multilingual agent includes a document analyzer, a language identifier, a language converter, and a link modifier. In the operation of one aspect of the multilingual agent of the present invention, when the client retrieves a document from the server, the multilingual agent determines whether the document is written in a language that is unfamiliar to the user of the client. If so, the multilingual agent “gists” the document and then provides the client with the “gisted” document. Lastly, the client displays the gisted document to the user of the client. In order to gist the document, the document analyzer breaks the document into piece…
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