US6604101B1
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Method and system for translingual translation of query and search and retrieval of multilingual information on a computer network
Assignee: qNaturally Systems Inc
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Filing: 2000-06-28
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Granted: 2003-08-05
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Expires: 2020-06-28
Abstract
Abstract A method for translating a query input by the user in the source language into the target language and searching and retrieving web documents in the target language and translating the web documents into the source language. In this invention, the user first inputs a query in a source language through a unit such as the keyboard. This query is then processed by the server at the backend to extract content word from the input query. The next step takes place at the dialectal controller, which is present on the server and performs the function of dialectally standardizing the content word/words so extracted. During this process the user may be prompted for some more so as to refine the search by the user or in case dialectal standardization could not be performed using the initial input query. This is followed by the process of pre-search translation, which comprises of translating the dialectally standardized word into a target language through a translator. This process of translation is followed by inputting the translated word into a search engine in the target language. Such an input yields search results in the target language corresponding to the translated word. The results so obtained are then displayed in the form of site names (URL) which satisfy the search criteria. All the results thus obtained in the target language are then displayed on the user screen. According to the user's needs such results may then be translated back either in whole or in part into the source language.
Inventors
- 👤 Ning-Ping Chan
- 👤 Xiong Zhenghui
- 👤 Liu Zhuo
- 👤 Xiwen Ma
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 08:58
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/30; G06F16/33; G06F16/3331; G06F16/3332; G06F16/3337; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/951; G06F16/953; G06F40/00; G06F40/40; G06F40/58; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99933; Y10S707/99934
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 34
Claim 1
Independent Claim
121 words
A method for performing a contextual search and retrieval of documents in a computer network, comprising: receiving through an input device, a query in a first language; processing said query to extract at least one content word from the query; performing dialectal standardization of the at least one content word extracted from the query; translating the at least one dialectally standardized content word into a second language through a translator; performing a contextual search in the second language based on the at least one translated content word, using a search engine in the second language; and obtaining the search results in the second language in the form of at least one of site names (URLs) and documents, satisfying a search criteria.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
121 words
A method for performing a contextual search and retrieval of documents in a computer network, comprising: receiving through an input device, a query in a first language; processing said query to extract at least one content word from the query; performing dialectal standardization of the at least one content word extracted from the query; translating the at least one dialectally standardized content word into a second language through a translator; performing a contextual search in the second language based on the at least one translated content word, using a search engine in the second language; and obtaining the search results in the second language in the form of at least one of site names (URLs) and documents, satisfying a search criteria.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein said inputting of a query in the first language includes entering of a word in the form of a query by the user.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the user may be prompted for another query if the dialectal controller was unable to extract keyword from the initial query input by the user.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein said first language is English.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein said second language is Chinese.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the user may selectively choose to translate all or portions of the search results obtained in the second language into the first language.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method as recited in claim 6 , further comprising: inputting said search results obtained in the second language into a translator; translating the search results into the first language; and displaying said search results in the first language.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method as recited in claim 6 , wherein the user may also select the translations to be machine translations with reading aids or well-translated pages.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
177 words
A method for searching and retrieving of documents in a computer network, in a language other than a source language, the method comprising: receiving through an input device, a query in a source language; processing the query to extract a content word; performing dialectal standardization of the content word extracted from the query; translating the dialectally standardized content word into a target language through a translator; performing a contextual search in the target language using a search engine, based on the translated content word; obtaining the search results in the form of site names (URLs), pages and descriptions in the target language satisfying search criteria; displaying the search results in the target language; and translating of search results from the target language to the source language by a server based on the selection of a user, wherein the server maintains a collection of well translated pages for the purpose of search and retrieval of documents, wherein the user has the option of requesting at least one of a well-translated version and a machine-translated version of said documents.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
177 words
A method for searching and retrieving of documents in a computer network, in a language other than a source language, the method comprising: receiving through an input device, a query in a source language; processing the query to extract a content word; performing dialectal standardization of the content word extracted from the query; translating the dialectally standardized content word into a target language through a translator; performing a contextual search in the target language using a search engine, based on the translated content word; obtaining the search results in the form of site names (URLs), pages and descriptions in the target language satisfying search criteria; displaying the search results in the target language; and translating of search results from the target language to the source language by a server based on the selection of a user, wherein the server maintains a collection of well translated pages for the purpose of search and retrieval of documents, wherein the user has the option of requesting at least one of a well-translated version and a machine-translated version of said documents.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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A method as recited in claim 9 , wherein said server maintains a collection of well-translated pages and updates said collection of pages with revisions or additional copies.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method as recited in claim 9 , wherein said well-translated pages are translations made in accordance with user needs.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
98 words
A system for performing contextual search and retrieval of documents comprising: a query input device for inputting a query in a first language; a dialectal controller for dialectally standardizing the content word/key word extracted from the query input; a first translator for translating the dialectally standardized word into a second language; a search engine for searching in the second language, the site names (URLs), pages and descriptions satisfying search criteria; a display screen unit for displaying the search results in the second language; and at least a second translator for translating the search results into the first language.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
98 words
A system for performing contextual search and retrieval of documents comprising: a query input device for inputting a query in a first language; a dialectal controller for dialectally standardizing the content word/key word extracted from the query input; a first translator for translating the dialectally standardized word into a second language; a search engine for searching in the second language, the site names (URLs), pages and descriptions satisfying search criteria; a display screen unit for displaying the search results in the second language; and at least a second translator for translating the search results into the first language.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
31 words
A system as recited in claim 12 , wherein said inputting of a query in the first language includes entering a word in the form of a query by the user.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
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A system as recited in claim 12 , wherein the user may be prompted for another query if the dialectal controller was unable to extract keyword from the initial query input by the user.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
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A system as recited in claim 12 , wherein said first language is English.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
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A system as recited in claim 12 , wherein said second language is Chinese.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
31 words
A system according to claim 12 , wherein the user may selectively choose to translate all or portions of the search results obtained in the second language into the first language.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
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A system as recited in claim 17 , wherein the user may also specify the translations to be machine translations with reading aids or well translated sites.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
186 words
A system for searching and retrieving of documents in a language other than the source language, the system comprising: a query input device for inputting a query in a source language; a dialectal controller for dialectally standardizing the content word/key word extracted from the query input; a translator for translating the dialectally standardized word into a target language; a search engine for contextual searching a network, in the target language for documents satisfying a search criteria; a first input unit for inputting the translated word into said search engine for performing a search in the target language; a display screen unit for displaying the search results found in the target language; means of selecting among the search results found; and a server for translation of the selected search results from the target language to the source language based on the selection of a user, said server maintaining a collection of well translated pages for the purpose of search and retrieval of documents, wherein the user has the option of requesting at least one of a well translated version and a machine translated version of said documents.
Claim 23
Independent Claim
186 words
A system for searching and retrieving of documents in a language other than the source language, the system comprising: a query input device for inputting a query in a source language; a dialectal controller for dialectally standardizing the content word/key word extracted from the query input; a translator for translating the dialectally standardized word into a target language; a search engine for contextual searching a network, in the target language for documents satisfying a search criteria; a first input unit for inputting the translated word into said search engine for performing a search in the target language; a display screen unit for displaying the search results found in the target language; means of selecting among the search results found; and a server for translation of the selected search results from the target language to the source language based on the selection of a user, said server maintaining a collection of well translated pages for the purpose of search and retrieval of documents, wherein the user has the option of requesting at least one of a well translated version and a machine translated version of said documents.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
31 words
A system as recited in claim 19 , wherein said server maintains a collection of well-translated pages and constantly updates said collection of pages with new information, revisions or additional copies.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
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A system as recited in claim 19 , wherein said well-translated pages are translations made in accordance with user needs.
Claim 26
Independent Claim
78 words
A method for translating a query input by a user in a first language into a second language and searching and retrieving documents in the second language, comprising: processing a query input in a first language to extract content or keyword and dialectally standardizing the extracted content word; translating said standardized content word into a second language; and performing a contextual search in the second language, based on the content word, obtaining search results in said second language.
Claim 27
Independent Claim
78 words
A method for translating a query input by a user in a first language into a second language and searching and retrieving documents in the second language, comprising: processing a query input in a first language to extract content or keyword and dialectally standardizing the extracted content word; translating said standardized content word into a second language; and performing a contextual search in the second language, based on the content word, obtaining search results in said second language.
Claim 28
Independent Claim
82 words
A method for translating a query input by a user in a first language into a second language and searching and retrieving documents in the second language, and translating said web documents into the first language, comprising: processing a query input in a first language to extract content word and dialectally standardizing the content word; translating said standardized keyword into a second language; contextually searching and obtaining search results in said second language; and translating said search results into said first language.
Claim 29
Independent Claim
82 words
A method for translating a query input by a user in a first language into a second language and searching and retrieving documents in the second language, and translating said web documents into the first language, comprising: processing a query input in a first language to extract content word and dialectally standardizing the content word; translating said standardized keyword into a second language; contextually searching and obtaining search results in said second language; and translating said search results into said first language.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising: displaying the contextual search results in the second language.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising: translating the contextual search results into the first language, and displaying the search results in the first language.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
29 words
The system as recited in claim 12 wherein the dialectal controller uses a database including and excluding certain verbal entries based on statistical data in conjunction with syntactic analysis.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the first language is English and the second language is Chinese.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the first language is Chinese and the second language is English.
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