JP2001290744A - Multilingual on-line chat and its using method, device for managing multilingual on-line, chat, and multiperson-participating on-line game site and its using method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multilingual on-line chat that expedites chats between participants of different cultural areas even though the participants may use their native languages when the participants put character strings in a terminal for inputting chats and character strings viewed by the participants on a chat screen are displayed in their native languages. SOLUTION: This multilingual on-line chat is provided a firs language chat page, a second language chat page, a simultaneous translation means for mutually translating the first and second languages, and a means for translating new writing into the first or second language chat page into the language for chat page of another language by the simultaneous translation means and writing a translated sentence into chat page of that language.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a chat system in which a large number of participants write textual information on a common electronic bulletin board and communicate between remote places by two-way communication. It relates to improving communication when different languages are used for chatting, such as humans and Americans. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an improvement in communication when a player uses a different language when playing online between a plurality of players, such as shogi and playing cards. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a multilingual marketing device suitable for investigating whether crossover hits occur in different cultures, such as entertainment marketing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, WO 00/13416
As disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. H10-115, it is possible to communicate in real time between remote persons using a video terminal such as a television receiver. The character strings to be displayed in the chat are the input character strings of a chat input terminal, for example, a personal computer, a mobile phone, or a pager.

[0003]

On the other hand, international human exchanges have also become active, and in chatting, not only participants having the same native language, but also chatting between participants having different native languages are performed. There is also a request. For example,
In the game, the role playing game (Role Playing Game), in which the player becomes the main character in the game, chooses actions and intentions, enjoys the story to participate, and adds elements of battle and character growth, is not only in Japan but also in Europe and the United States But it is widespread. The potential demand for chat between participants from different cultures, which previously did not consider communication, has increased for content such as games that cross-hit in different regions of the culture. I have.

However, conventionally, a character string displayed in a chat is a chat input terminal such as a personal computer or a cellular phone,
Since the input character string of the pager was displayed as it was, it was necessary to chat in a common language such as English even when chatting between participants in different cultures. Therefore, there was a problem that chat between participants in different cultures was not promoted.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and
The first purpose is that a character string input by a participant to a chat input terminal may be in a native language, and a character string on a chat screen viewed by a participant may be in a native language. There is in providing multilingual online chat where chat is promoted. A second object is to provide a method of using multilingual online chat for multilingual marketing, which is suitable for investigating whether crossover hits occur in different cultures, such as entertainment marketing. A third object is to provide an apparatus for managing a transmitting / receiving terminal connected to a multilingual online chat. A fourth object is that when a plurality of players play a game online, such as shogi and playing cards, communication can be easily performed when the languages used by the players are different.

[0006]

The multilingual online chat of the present invention that achieves the first object includes a first language chat page, a second language chat page, and a first language chat page and a second language chat page. Simultaneous translation means for translating each other, and for a new writing on the first language or second language chat page, the simultaneous translation means translates it into the language of another language chat page, and the other language chat page Means for writing the translation.

In the device configured as described above, the first
Participants whose native language is the native language chat on the first language chat page. Participants whose native language is the second language
Chat on the language chat page. The translation-document inclusion means uses the simultaneous translation means to newly write the first language in the second language chat page.
Translate into a language and write the translated text on the second language chat page. The translation document inclusion means translates the new writing in the second language into the first language by the simultaneous translation means in response to the new writing in the second language chat page, and writes the translated text in the first language chat page. Put in. In this way, the chat participant can communicate between chat participants using different languages, and the chat participant can communicate using the chat page while using the native language.

In the method of using the multilingual online chat of the present invention to achieve the second object, a market research participant is recruited at a multilingual online chat site in a first step. In the second step, the market research participant is asked a question in the language used by the participant using the multilingual online chat site. In a third step, the market research participant responds to the question via the multilingual online chat site. In a fourth step, the market surveyor aggregates the market survey results from the questions and answers left on the multilingual online chat site. With this configuration, multinational market research using multilingual online chat can be easily performed.

The multilingual online chat management device of the present invention that achieves the third object is a first language transmission / reception terminal management means for managing a transmission / reception terminal connected to a first language chat page via a communication line, A second language transmission / reception terminal management means for managing a transmission / reception terminal connected to the second language chat page via a communication line; a simultaneous translation means for translating between the first language and the second language; The new writing transmitted from the transmitting / receiving terminal connected to the first language or second language chat page is translated into the language of another language chat page by the simultaneous translation means, and translated into the other language chat page. Means for writing a sentence. With this configuration, the type of simultaneous translation means to be used is determined for each transmitting / receiving terminal connected to the multilingual online chat, so that mutual translation can be performed quickly, and the correspondence between each language chat page and each transmitting / receiving terminal can be grasped. Can be easily performed. In particular, it is suitable when a multilingual online chat has three or more language chat pages.

[0010] The multiplayer online game site of the present invention that achieves the fourth object is a multilingual online chat site, a multiplayer online game site, and a multiplayer online game site. With respect to a game held on an online game site, information is exchanged between players using the multilingual online chat site. In the device configured as described above,
Regarding the game held on the multiplayer online game site, even if the players use different languages, they can communicate using their native language using the multilingual online chat site according to claim 1, A multiplayer online game site can be enjoyed among a wide variety of players.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the chat server 10 has a simultaneous translation means 18 corresponding to the corresponding language. The simultaneous translation means 18 includes a Japanese-English translation unit 11, a Japanese-Korean translation unit 12, an English-Japanese translation unit 13, an English-Korean translation unit 14, and a Korean-Japanese translation unit 1.
There are five types of translation units, including five and six Korean-English translation units 16. The Japanese-English translator 11 has a database for translating from Japanese to English. The Japanese-Korean translation unit 12 has a database for translating Japanese to Korean. English-Japanese Translator 1
No. 3 has a database for translating from English to Japanese. The English-Korean translation unit 14 has a database for translating from English to Korean. The Korean-Japanese translation unit 15 has a database for translating from Korean to Japanese. Korean-English Translator 1
6 has a database for translating from Korean to English.

The Japanese chat page 20 is a chat page for inputting Japanese and displaying Japanese. The English chat page 30 is a chat page for inputting English and displaying English. The Korean chat page 40 is a chat page for inputting Korean and displaying Korean. The contents displayed in the chat pages of the Japanese chat page 20, the English chat page 30, and the Korean chat page 40 are updated in real time by the chat server 10 and the simultaneous translation means 18 so that the display contents of the respective languages in the chat page are the same. ing.

The Japanese-compatible terminal 60 is for browsing the Japanese chat page 20 via the communication line 50 and for inputting Japanese. The English-compatible terminal 70 is for browsing the English chat page 30 via the communication line 50 and for inputting English. The Korean-compatible terminal 80 browses the Korean chat page 40 via the communication line 50 and performs Korean input. An optical fiber communication network, a mobile communication network, a LAN (Local Area
Network), cable television communication network, geostationary satellite communication, low-orbit satellite communication, and the like. Terminals for various languages 60, 7
0,80 is preferably a device having an Internet connection function, for example, a mobile phone, a personal computer, a game machine terminal,
A set-top box or the like is used.

Here, the portable telephone is compatible with Compact-HTML, and corresponds to, for example, an i-mode compatible terminal of the NTT mobile communication network. Other models of mobile phones are HDML
(Handheld Device Markup Language) and WML (Wirel
ess Markup Language). here,
HDML is derived from HTML and is used for mobile terminals.
b W optimized for smooth browsing
"Decks" and "Cards" in the description language of eb contents
There is a concept called HTML that does not exist in HTML. Normal HTM
When viewing L pages, it is necessary to download each time when moving from page to page. In HDML, first, cards for several pages are stored in a deck, downloaded at once, and cached in the terminal memory. Transfer between cards can be performed smoothly.

[0015] The personal computer is Internet Explorer or Net.
It is equipped with a browser function such as “scape” (registered trademark).
Use a processor. Game devices are devices that play video games by connecting to home TV receivers such as Sony PlayStation, Nintendo Game Boy, etc.
The game content is downloaded from a CD-ROM, a game server connected to the Internet, or the like. Set-top boxes are home-use communication terminals that are required when using next-generation interactive multimedia communication services (so-called interactive television) such as video-on-demand, video version home shopping, and network games. It is connected to a network such as a two-way CATV or a video transmission service of a telephone company, and is connected to a television monitor at home for use.

The operation of the above-configured device will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a case where chat is performed in four languages of Japanese, English, Korean, and a third language using the multilingual online chat of the present invention. First, a Japanese user enters a Japanese chat page 2 via the communication line 50 from the input field 61 of the Japanese terminal 60.
New writing by the Japanese to 0, for example, perform a "Hello". Then, the new entry S21 of the Japanese input on the Japanese chat page 20 is translated into English S22 “HELLO!” By the Japanese-English translator 11 in the simultaneous translation means 18 and translated into English on the English chat page 30. Writing is performed. Similarly, the new writing S21 of the Japanese input of the Japanese chat page 20 is translated into the next Korean S23 by the Japanese-Korean translation unit 12 in the simultaneous translation means 18.

[Table 1] Then, a new translation translated into Korean is made on the Korean chat page 40. The user of the English-compatible terminal 70 browses the English chat page 30 on the chat screen 72,
The user of the Korean-compatible terminal 80 can browse the Korean chat page 40 on the chat screen 82 and read the translation of the newly written Japanese chat page 20 in Japanese.

In the same manner, the English user can use
New entry in English from the input field 71 of the “0” to the English chat page 30 via the communication line 50, for example, “How do y
ou do? ”. The new entry S31 of the English input on the English chat page 30 is translated into Japanese S32. Similarly, a new entry translated into Japanese is made, and the new entry S31 of the English input on the English chat page 30 is translated into the next Korean entry S33 by the English-Korean translation unit 14 in the simultaneous translation means 18.

[Table 2] Then, a new translation translated into Korean is made on the Korean chat page 40. The user of the English-compatible terminal 70 browses the English chat page 30 on the chat screen 72,
The user of the Japanese-compatible terminal 60 can browse the Japanese chat page 20 on the chat screen 62 and read a translation of the newly written in English on the English chat page 30.

The Korean user newly writes in Korean on the Korean chat page 40 via the communication line 50 from the input field 81 of the Korean-compatible terminal 80, for example, performs the following phrase.

[Table 3] Then, the new writing S41 of the Korean input on the Korean chat page 40 is translated into Japanese S42 “Yoroshiku” by the Korean-Japanese translation unit 15 of the simultaneous translation means 18 and translated into Japanese on the Japanese chat page 20. New writing is performed. Similarly, the new writing S41 of the Korean input on the Korean chat page 40 is performed by the Korean-English translator 16 in the simultaneous translator 18 in English S42 "
ou. ", and a new translation translated into English is made on the English chat page 30. The Japanese-compatible terminal 60
Users can use Japanese chat page 2 on chat screen 62
0, and the user of the English-compatible terminal 70 can browse the English chat page 30 on the chat screen 72 and read the translation of the new writing in Korean on the Korean chat page 40.

In the case of the third language, the input field 91 of the third language terminal 90, the chat screen 92, and the simultaneous translation means 1
8, a database that translates Japanese, English, and Korean into a third language, and a database that translates a third language into Japanese, English, and Korean. The third language includes various languages such as Chinese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Persian, Swahili, Russian, and Spanish.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a case where chat is performed in three languages of Japanese, English and Korean using the multilingual online chat of the present invention, and shows a case of a personal computer screen. In the Japanese-compatible terminal 60, an input column 63 for writing new Japanese, a chat screen 64, a transmission column 6 for writing new Japanese.
5. It has an update column 66 of the chat screen and an exit column 67 from the Japanese chat page 20. The English-compatible terminal 70 has an input column 73 for writing new English, a chat screen 74, a transmission column 75 for writing new English, an update column 76 for the chat screen, and a column 77 for leaving the English chat page 30.
have. The Korean language compatible terminal 80 has an input column 83 for new Korean writing, a chat screen 64, a transmission column 85 for new writing, an update column 86 for the chat screen, and an exit column 87 from the Korean chat page 40. I have.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a second embodiment of the present invention. Here, a multilingual online chat site and a multiplayer online game site are combined. The multilingual online chat site has a chat server 10 having the above-described simultaneous translation means 18 and a chat page in each language. The multiplayer online game site includes a game execution server 100 and a multiplayer online game content providing site, for example, a golf game 102, a card game 104, a chess game 106, and a chess game 10.
8. It has a mahjong game, etc., and a game area is provided on a chat page in each language. For example, the Japanese page 22 has a chat area 222 and a game area 224.

The Japanese player terminal 110 combines the functions of the Japanese-compatible terminal 60 and the functions of the game operation terminal. The English player terminal 120 combines the function of the English-compatible terminal 70 and the function of the game operation terminal.
The Korean player terminal 130 combines the function of the Korean-compatible terminal 60 and the function of the game operation terminal. The national language player terminal and the national language page are connected using the communication line 50. The input language recognition unit 17 provided in the chat server 10 associates a newly written national language page with the translation language of the simultaneous translation unit 18. The input language recognizing unit 17 is configured to read, for example, identification information indicating which language is used by a national language player terminal connected to a national language page from language information transmitted from the national language player terminal. The consistency with the management database of the national language player terminal can be easily obtained.

A game using the apparatus having the above-described configuration will be described. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a game using a multilingual online chat site and a multiplayer online game site in a golf game. Here, a case is shown in which a set of three players plays a round of golf, and the players are a Japanese user, an English user, and a Korean user. The Japanese player terminal 110 has a chat entry field 112 for newly writing Japanese and a chat screen 11 of a Japanese page 22.
4. A display section 116 for allowing a player to recognize that the area is a chat area, and a game screen 118 of a golf game are displayed. The English player terminal 120 has a chat entry field 122 for writing new English and a chat screen 12 of an English page 32.
4. A display section 126 for allowing a player to recognize that the area is a chat area, and a game screen 128 for a golf game are displayed. The Korean player terminal 130 displays a chat entry field 132 for newly writing Korean, a chat screen 134 of the Korean page 42, a display unit 136 for allowing a player to recognize that the chat area is a chat area, and a game screen 138 for a golf game. it's shown.

The chat server 10 has chat input fields 112, 122, 132 and chat screens 114, 12.
4, 134 are managed. Game execution server 100
Manages the game screens 118, 128, and 138 of the golf game. In the device configured as described above,
Since the players can play while exchanging information in real time between the players using the chat input field and the chat screen, the golf game can be performed happily. In particular, since chat is multilingual, it is possible to play happily even if a party is played with a player having a different native language. Also, since the language used by the player is not limited to the native language, if the player sends a message to players all over the world at the time he wants to play, for example, late at night in Japan, the player playing Even so, the morning in Europe and the evening in the United States, the number of applicants for the recruitment of golf games is potentially large.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a mode different from FIG. 5 of the game screen and the chat display section in the golf game.
Here, the contents of remarks in the chat are displayed for each player. That is, the Japanese player terminal 110 includes a chat entry field 113 for newly writing Japanese, a game screen 118 for a golf game, a chat comment field 1152 for a Japanese player,
It has a chat comment column 1154 for English players and a chat comment column 1156 for Korean players. The screen configurations of the English player terminal 120 and the Korean player terminal 130 are the same as those of the Japanese player terminal 110.

Although the multilingual online chat uses three languages of Japanese, English and Korean in the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this. Good, and may be in more than four languages. Also, as a multiplayer online game,
Although I explained board games such as playing cards and shogi as an example,
Other types of games, for example, adventure games, team sports games, competitive games, and the like may be used.

Furthermore, multilingual online chat can be used for multilingual marketing suitable for investigating whether there is a crossover hit in different cultures, such as marketing entertainment. The specific procedure may be as follows. The first step is to recruit market research participants on a multilingual online chat site. In a second step, the market research participant is queried in a multilingual online chat site in the participant's preferred language. In a third step, the market research participant responds to the question via a multilingual online chat site. In a fourth step, the market surveyor aggregates the market survey results from the questions and answers left on the multilingual online chat site. With this configuration, multinational market research using multilingual online chat can be easily performed.

[0028]

As described above, according to the multilingual online chat of the present invention, a participant whose first language is the native language chats on the first language chat page and whose second language is the native language. The participant chats on the second language chat page, and the translated document inclusion means translates the new writing in the first language into the second language by the simultaneous translation means in response to the new writing on the first language chat page. ,
The translated text is written in the second language chat page, and the new writing in the second language chat page is translated into the first language by the simultaneous translation means in response to the new writing in the second language chat page. It is configured to write a translation. Therefore, the chat participants can communicate with each other using the chat page while using the native language between the chat participants using different languages.

Further, according to the multiplayer online game site of the present invention, information on a game held at the multiplayer online game site is exchanged between players using the multilingual online chat site. Because the game is held on a multi-player online game site, even players between different languages can communicate using their native language using a multilingual online chat site. A variety of players can use a multiplayer online game site with fun.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a case where chat is performed in four languages of Japanese, English, Korean, and a third language using the multilingual online chat of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a case where chat is performed in three languages of Japanese, English, and Korean using the multilingual online chat of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration block diagram illustrating a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a game using a multilingual online chat site and a multiplayer online game site in a golf game.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a mode different from FIG. 5 of a game screen and a chat display section in a golf game.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Chat Server 17 Input Language Recognition Unit 18 Simultaneous Translation Means 20 Japanese Chat Page 30 English Chat Page 40 Korean Chat Page 50 Communication Line 60 Japanese Terminal 70 English Terminal 80 Korean Terminal 100 Game Execution Server 110 Japanese Player terminal 120 English player terminal 130 Korean player terminal

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Akihiko Ichikawa 1-13-7 Nihonbashi Kakigara-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo F-term in Dolphin Net Corporation (reference) 5B085 BA06 BE07 BG07 5B091 AA03

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A first language chat page, a second language chat page, a simultaneous translation means for translating between the first language and the second language, and the first language or second language chat page. Means for translating into a language of another language chat page by simultaneous translation means for new writing to and writing the translated sentence to the other language chat page. chat. 2. The multilingual online chat according to claim 1, wherein the language used for newly writing on the chat site is obtained from transmission information from a terminal transmitting the new writing. 3. For a first language or second language chat page, the first language or second language for the chat site.
Receiving a new writing in a language, performing the new writing on a chat site in a language corresponding to the language used for the new writing, and translating the new writing into a language used by a chat site using a language other than the language used for the new writing And performing the translated new writing on a chat site using a language other than the language used for the new writing. 4. A multilingual online chat site for recruiting market research participants, and asking the market research participants questions by the multilingual online chat site in the language used by the participants, The multilingual online chat site responds to the question with the multilingual online chat site, and the market researcher aggregates the market research results from the questions and answers left in the multilingual online chat site. How to use online chat. 5. A first language transmission / reception terminal managing means for managing a transmission / reception terminal connected to a first language chat page via a communication line, and a transmission / reception terminal connected to the second language chat page via a communication line. A second language transmitting / receiving terminal managing means for managing; a simultaneous translating means for translating between the first language and the second language; and a transmitting / receiving terminal connected to the first language or second language chat page. For the new writing that was made, it is translated into the language of the other language chat page by simultaneous translation means,
Means for writing the translation into the other language chat page. A multilingual online chat management device, comprising: 6. A multilingual online chat site according to claim 1, a multiplayer online game site, and a game held at the multiplayer online game site, wherein the multilingual online game site is used by the players. A multiplayer online game site characterized by exchanging information using a chat site. 7. The information exchange includes recruitment of game participants,
7. The multiplayer online game site according to claim 6, further comprising a round-table discussion after the game is over, a conversation between team members during the game, and instructions from the manager in the competitive game to the team members. 8. The multiplayer online game according to claim 6, wherein the multiplayer online game is a board game, and the information exchange is a conversation between game participants during the progress of the game. site. 9. A multi-lingual online game, wherein the multi-lingual online chat site according to claim 3 recruits game participants, and while the game is in progress, the multi-lingual online chat site proceeds with the chat of the game participants. A method of using a multi-player online game site, wherein a game participant plays a game at the site, and after the game is over, a chat for chatting with the game participant is held by the multilingual online chat site.