Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method, apparatus and system for location assisted translation
- Patent Title (中): 位置辅助翻译的方法,装置和系统
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Application No.: US12317225Application Date: 2008-12-19
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Publication No.: US09323854B2Publication Date: 2016-04-26
- Inventor: Lucas A. Massuh
- Applicant: Lucas A. Massuh
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Main IPC: G06F17/20
- IPC: G06F17/20 ; G06F17/30 ; G06F17/28

Abstract:
A method, apparatus and system may enhance translation results from translation applications running on mobile devices. Specifically, according to one embodiment, location data may be automatically identified by a location awareness or location detection scheme (e.g., Global Positioning System or GPS, WiFi and/or 3G) on the device or coupled to the device. The location data may be utilized by the enhanced translation scheme according to an embodiment of the invention to pin point the specific physical geographical location of the device. Thereafter, if an enhanced local language dictionary exists that includes any local dialect details, the enhanced local language dictionary may be downloaded to the device. When the user desires to translate a word and/or phrase, the device may look up the meaning in the downloaded enhanced local language dictionary, thus ensuring that the translation is specific to that geographic location. When the user moves locations, the device may download additional “local” language dictionaries, such that the user may accurately translate words even when moving amongst regions with significantly varying meaning for the same words.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100161311A1 Method, apparatus and system for location assisted translation Public/Granted day:2010-06-24
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