WO2009072133A2 - Système et procédé pour des services de traduction en ligne pour clavardages - Google Patents

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WO2009072133A2
WO2009072133A2 PCT/IL2008/001588 IL2008001588W WO2009072133A2 WO 2009072133 A2 WO2009072133 A2 WO 2009072133A2 IL 2008001588 W IL2008001588 W IL 2008001588W WO 2009072133 A2 WO2009072133 A2 WO 2009072133A2
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Ilan Kamil
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  • the present invention generally relates to the field of online chats. More particularly, the present invention relates to online lingual processing of chats.
  • Video conferences and web chats are widely used enabling a multiplicity of users located in a multiplicity of places to communicate through visual, textual and/or audio communication services through various communication networks such as the internet, WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) and the like.
  • WAP Wireless Application Protocol
  • Many international and intercontinental video conferences and web-chats enable users from all over the world to watch one another and hear one another while conversing, and respond in a substantial real-time or online timing.
  • Web systems that enable web-chats and online conferences usually comprise online computerized means (e.g.
  • the present invention in some embodiments thereof, provides a system and a method for translating online chats enabling a multiplicity of user, using multiple terminals, to communicate through said system.
  • the system may comprise at least one dictionaries database enabling to store a multiplicity of lingual dictionaries; a translation module enabling online translation of content of users' chats, wherein said translation module enables online translating the content of a multiplicity of languages into a multiplicity of other languages, using said dictionaries database to execute the online translation according to predefined rules and according to the user's selections; and a presentation module enabling to present the translated content to the user.
  • the translation module may further enable users to select the languages to which the content, received from another user participating the chat, is translated.
  • Each dictionary in each dictionaries' database may be associated with at least one contextual field and at least one language and wherein each word in said dictionary is associated with its corresponding translation in at least one of the other dictionaries in said database.
  • the translation and presentation modules may further enable translating a received content of at least one user into sign language (for deaf participating users), by enabling presenting at least one virtual figure who presents the translated content in sign language.
  • the system may further comprise a multiplicity of dictionaries databases, each comprising at least one dictionary enabling to translate content of one language to another, wherein each dictionary is further associated with at least one contextual field and at least one language, wherein the contextual field enables translating the received content according to the context of the field.
  • the system may further comprise an interface enabling users to register to a chat website, execute chats, select chat options, select chat participants, and select translation related options.
  • the system may further comprise a chat module enabling to process, transmit and receive data to allow executing and supporting of chats between a multiplicity of users using a multiplicity of terminals.
  • a chat module enabling to process, transmit and receive data to allow executing and supporting of chats between a multiplicity of users using a multiplicity of terminals.
  • the modules may be combined in a chat supporting application associated with a chat web site including a chat web page .
  • the system web page may comprise a translation menu comprising at least one of: a received-content translation languages list enabling the user to select the at least one language to which the received content is translated; a transmitted-content translation languages list; a lists of contextual fields, enabling the user to select at least one contextual field according to which the translation dictionary is to be selected; and a presentation settings tool, enabling the user to define the settings of the presentation of the received translated content.
  • the web page may further comprise a chat menu, which may comprise at least one of: video options enabling users to define at least some of the video settings of the chat; audio options enabling users to define at least some of the audio settings of the chat; and text options enabling users to define at least some of the text settings of the chat.
  • a chat menu which may comprise at least one of: video options enabling users to define at least some of the video settings of the chat; audio options enabling users to define at least some of the audio settings of the chat; and text options enabling users to define at least some of the text settings of the chat.
  • the chat room page may further comprise a presentation window showing all chat rooms currently available.
  • the system may further comprise at least one subscribers' database, operatively associated with the interface enabling users to subscribe to the translation services and define security settings.
  • the system may further enable users participating in a chat, to view content of other participants of the chats as translated and presented to other users and enabling the users to correct the translation presented to the other users.
  • the translation module may further enable receiving content of at least one type: textual and aural.
  • the presentation module may further enable presenting the translated content in at least one presentation type: textual, visual and aural.
  • the system may further enable online translation of a multiplicity of received content languages into a multiplicity of other languages to a multiplicity of users, simultaneously.
  • the system may further enable online presentation of the translated content in a multiplicity of translated languages to a multiplicity of users, simultaneously.
  • the entire chat may be presented in a chat box, which may be a window presenting all the visual and textual content of the chat, wherein the presentation of the translated content in the chat box may be textual, and wherein the presentation module further enable presenting the translated text according to the characters, linguistic and grammatical rules of the language to which the content was translated.
  • the system may further enable adjusting the presentation of the translated content according to the dimensions and limitations of the chat box.
  • each dictionaries database may enable translating one language into a predefined main language (e.g. English), wherein to translate the content received in a first language into a second language, the translation module enables first translating the received content in the first language into the main language and then translate the content in the main language into the second language.
  • the method may comprise: selecting at least one language to which the received content of each user in the chat is to be translated; translating the received content to the at least one selected language; and presenting the translated received content according to predefined rules, to at least one user participating in the chat.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a system for providing online translation services for web chats, according to some embodiments of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a process enabling executing a chat with online translation services, according to some embodiments of the invention
  • FIG. 3 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a process of setting translation definitions for web chats, according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of a main page of a website enabling online translation and chat services, according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration of a chat room page of a website enabling online translation and chat services, according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • the present invention in some embodiments thereof, provides a website, a system and a method supporting online chats and providing online lingual translation services allowing a multiplicity of users using users' terminals to communicate through audio, video and/or text communication channels generally referred to hereinafter as "chats" or "web-chats”.
  • a user terminal may be any device known in the art such as, for example, a personal computer (PC), a mobile phone, a laptop, a personal digital assistant (PDA) device etc. enabling to communicate through web-based data communication networks such as the internet, the cellular network and the like.
  • PC personal computer
  • PDA personal digital assistant
  • An embodiment is an example or implementation of the inventions.
  • the various appearances of "one embodiment,” “an embodiment” or “some embodiments” do not necessarily all refer to the same embodiments.
  • various features of the invention may be described in the context of a single embodiment, the features may also be provided separately or in any suitable combination.
  • the invention may also be implemented in a single embodiment.
  • Reference in the specification to "one embodiment”, “an embodiment”, “some embodiments” or “other embodiments” means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiments is included in at least one embodiments, but not necessarily all embodiments, of the inventions. It is understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein is not to be construed as limiting and are for descriptive purpose only.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic illustration of a system 100 for supporting web chats and providing online translation services for web chats, according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • the system 100 may comprise a web server 110 supporting of a website, where the website may be maintained and executed through a chat supporting application 120.
  • the chat supporting application 120 may enable users 10 to use the website through a client application and/or through personal accounts through a web application.
  • the chat supporting application 120 may comprise: an interface 121 enabling users 10 to register to the website, execute chats with selected and/or unselected other users 10, select chat options (e.g. destinations, visual formats, etc.) and select translation related options (e.g.
  • a chat module 122 enabling to process, transmit and receive data to allow executing audio, video and/or text chats; a translation module 123 enabling online translation of a multiplicity of textual and/aural lingual content of chatting users 10 using different terminals 20, where the translation module 123 enables online translating a multiplicity of languages into a multiplicity of other languages, according to predefined rules; and a presentation module 124 enabling to manage video/audio and/or textual chats and thereby to present the translated content to the user 10.
  • the system 100 may enable simultaneously translating a multiplicity of content and languages arriving from a multiplicity of users 10, using a multiplicity of languages and simultaneously presenting of the translated content to all participating users 10 of the chat.
  • the system may further comprise or enable communication with at least one dictionaries database 200 enabling to store a multiplicity of lingual dictionaries where each dictionary may be associated with at least one contextual field (e.g. "architecture” , "software” etc.) and at least one language, where each word or combination of words is associated with its corresponding translation in at least some of the dictionaries; and where the contextual field enables translating the received content according to the context of the field.
  • each dictionary may be associated with at least one contextual field (e.g. "architecture” , "software” etc.) and at least one language, where each word or combination of words is associated with its corresponding translation in at least some of the dictionaries; and where the contextual field enables translating the received content according to the context of the field.
  • contextual field e.g. "architecture” , "software” etc
  • the translation module 123 may use the dictionaries database 200 to execute the translation according to predefined rules and the user's 10 selections.
  • the server 110 may be a web server with an Active Server Page (ASP) technology enabling to create dynamic and interactive users' 10 chat sessions and for the web pages to interact with other software programs and data sources.
  • ASP Active Server Page
  • the system 100 may maintain a website enabling users 10 to interact through their terminals 20 portals by registering to the website and receiving of security means through which they can enter personal accounts (e.g. by inputting a password and a user name strings).
  • At least one subscribers database 300 may enable storing the users' 10 identification parameters (e.g. names and their associated user names and passwords) as well as all the users' 10 accounts related data such as, for example, URL or Email addresses of other users 10 that may and may not be subscribed in the system 100 with which the user 10 charted in the past and the like.
  • the system 100 may not include the chat module 121 but enable embedding or being added to existing chat software and websites as an additional tool enabling to automatically retrieve the content of the chat and translating it to the users 10 who are chatting..
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a process enabling executing a chat with online translation services, according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • the process may comprise the steps of:
  • chat supporting application 120 may enable the user 10 to achieve communication with other users 10 participating in the chat;
  • the user 10 may use the chat supporting application 's 120 interface 121 to input translation parameters 25 that may be required for executing the translation module 123;
  • chat supporting application 120 may be online translated 27 according to the input translation parameters and using the translation module 123 of the chat supporting application 120;
  • this procedure (steps 23-28) may be iterated for each new participant 28 joining the chat.
  • the content of the chat may be translated from each user (a) 10 to each other user (b) 10 and vise versa where each user (a) 10 may be able to select the translation language to which the received content (coming from the other user (b) 10) may be translated as well the language(s) to which the transmitted content (transmitted from the original user (a) 10 terminal 20) may be translated.
  • user (a) 10 speaks and writes in Hebrew selecting the received content to be translated into Hebrew
  • user (b) 10 speaks and writes Japanese selecting his received content to be translated to Japanese and to English, since another participant of the chat (using either the same or a different terminal 20 than that of the user (b) 10) is an English speaker.
  • the translation may also be corresponding to the user's 10 selected contextual field additionally to corresponding to the selected language.
  • the user 10 may select Japanese as his selected language for the received content, and the field of "agriculture" as the contextual field allowing the chat supporting application 120 to search the dictionaries database 200 accordingly.
  • the word “green+house” for example may be translated according to another dictionary to the corresponding Japanese or any other language's word(s) meaning the color of "green” and a "house” where under the context of agriculture, the combination "green+house” (aurally pronounced by the other participant or textually written in a Blog, for example) may be translated to a structure enabling to control humidity and temperature for growing of plants.
  • the process may comprise the steps of: [0063] selecting the translation field 31 (meaning the contextual field according to which the translation may be carried out); [0064] selecting the translation type(s) 32 (defining the process according to which the translation may be carried out: meaning translating textual content, an aurally inputted content or both);
  • the translation module 123 may additionally or alternatively enable translating the received and/or the transmitted content into sign language, where, for example, a virtual figure presents the translated content visually into sign language for deaf participant(s).
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of a main page 400 of the website enabling online translation and chat services, according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • the main page 400 may comprise the following interface options: [0073] general 451 which may be an option that may open subject-sorted chats allowing the user 10 to enter a chat according to the subject;
  • support 452 enabling the user 10 to access technical and other supporting options such as, for example, upgrading for improving of the video transmission etc.;
  • boards 453 enabling the user 10 to enter bulletin boards and other publicities
  • Forums 454 enabling the user 10 to enter forums of different subjects and fields;
  • open chat rooms links 410 that may enable the user 10 to enter free chat rooms sorted according to predefined subjects allowing the user 10, according to embodiments of the invention, the presented open chat room links 410 may be changing enabling to show a number of rooms in a predefined time-interval;
  • registration link 425 that may enable unregistered users 10 to register as subscribers of the website.
  • the main page 400 may additionally comprise options such as: (i) "messages” for example, enabling the user
  • the user 10 may be obliged to either enter his security parameters (e.g. password and user name) or register as a subscriber.
  • the identification of the user 10 may only reveal a nickname (which may be the user name) to keep the users' 10 privacy.
  • Fig. 5 is a schematic illustration of a chat room page 410 of the online translation and chat services website, according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • the chat room page 410 may comprise: (A) a translation menu 50 comprising optional interface 121 input settings such as, for example, (i) a received-content translation languages list 51 enabling the user 10 to select the language to which the received content may be translated; (ii) a transmitted- content translation languages list 52 enabling the user 10 to select the languages to which the transmitted content may be translated; (iii) lists of contextual fields 53 enabling the user 10 to select a desirable contextual field according to which the translation dictionary may be selected; and (iv) a presentation settings tool 54, enabling the user 10 to define the settings of the presentation of the received translated content (e.g.
  • chat menu 60 comprising an interface 121 for optional input settings such as, for example: (i) video options 61 enabling users 10 to define at least some of the video settings of the chat; (ii) audio options 62 enabling users 10 to define at least some of the audio settings of the chat; (iii) text options 63 enabling users 10 to define at least some of the text settings of the chat.
  • the chat room page 410 may further comprise a presentation window showing all chat rooms 410 (also known as “chat boxes”)that are currently available.
  • the same chat room page 410 may comprise one or more "room owners" each connected to a different camera, for example.
  • the chat owner(s) may decide upon inviting and/or joining other users 10 as participants of the chat. Additionally, the owner(s) may remove or exclude participants from the chat room 410 for defined time-intervals or permanently.
  • the number of participants may be limited to a predefined number of cameras and/or users 10 depending on the system's 100 definitions.
  • the system 100 may include an alert-system enabling to transmit alerts to a maintainer (e.g. a technician or a site manager) when the chat rooms 410 are over booked or for any other alerting situation.
  • the alert message may be transmitted to the maintainer's communication device such as cellophane and the like - as a predefined text message (e.g. through short messaging service (SMS) technology).
  • SMS short messaging service
  • the boards and forums may enable search options.
  • subscribed users of a predefined status in the system 100 may also be provided with extra security tools, such as encoding software utilities that the subscribers can install in their terminals, enabling to encode the communication content transmitted to the other subscriber defined in the private chat (either textual, aural and/or visual - depending upon the system's definitions) and translate the received encoded content.
  • the transmitted translation-text may be encoded according to a predefined algorithm operated by pre-installed software before finally transmitted to the other subscriber where the same software comprises the reversing algorithm enabling to translate received encoded content back to comprehensible text according to the selected translation language and the selected contextual field.
  • an encoding-software may be available for users 10 to
  • the system 100 may further enables users participating in a chat, to view content of other participants of the chats as translated and presented to other users and enabling the users to correct the translation presented to the other users.
  • the presentation of the translated content may be textual, where the presentation modulel24 may further enable presenting the translated text according to the linguistic and grammatical rules of the language presented (e.g. the direction of writing (left to right or right to left etc.), fonts, characters, punctuation, etc.) and adjust the fonts, character size etc. of the translated content according to the dimensions and limitations of the chat box (e.g. a limitation on exceeding the boundaries of a predefined space in the chat box that is dedicated for presenting the picture/video of the participating user 10,).
  • the presentation modulel24 may further enable presenting the translated text according to the linguistic and grammatical rules of the language presented (e.g. the direction of writing (left to right or right to left etc.), fonts, characters, punctuation, etc.) and adjust the fonts, character size etc. of the translated content according to the dimensions and limitations of the chat box (e.g. a limitation on exceeding the boundaries of a predefined space in the chat box that is dedicated for presenting the picture/video of the
  • each dictionaries database 200 may enable translating one language into a predefined main language (such as English or French), where to translate the content received in a first language into a second language, the translation module may first translate the received content in the first language into the main language and then translate the content in the main language into the second language. For example, to translate content entered in Japanese into Spanish, the Japanese content may be translated into English (as the predefined main language) and from English to Spanish.
  • a predefined main language such as English or French

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L'invention concerne un système et un procédé pour traduire des clavardages en ligne, permettant à une pluralité d'utilisateurs de communiquer à travers ledit système à l'aide de terminaux, ledit système comprenant au moins une base de données de dictionnaires permettant de stocker une pluralité de dictionnaires de langues ; un module de traduction permettant une traduction en ligne d'un contenu des clavardages d'utilisateurs, ledit module de traduction permettant de traduire en ligne le contenu d'une pluralité de langues en une pluralité d'autres langues, à l'aide de ladite base de données de dictionnaires pour exécuter la traduction en ligne selon les règles prédéfinies et selon les sélections de l'utilisateur ; et un module de présentation permettant de présenter le contenu traduit à l'utilisateur. Le module de traduction peut en outre permettre à des utilisateurs de sélectionner les langues dans lesquelles le contenu qui est reçu à partir d'un autre utilisateur participant au clavardage est traduit.
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