Data processing: speech signal processing – linguistics – language – Linguistics – Translation machine
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-15
2003-11-11
Edouard, Patrick N. (Department: 2654)
Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language
Linguistics
Translation machine
C707S793000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06647364
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a document conversion system of a document which is available through a network such as an internet.
2. Description of the Prior Art
WWW (world wide web) is a distributed information system based upon the concept of a hypertext. When a document put on a WWW server on an internet is required, a user designates its document name URL (Uniform Resource Locator) from a browser. Consequently, a transmission request is sent to the WWW server having the document from the browser. From the WWW server having the document, the document is sent to the browser.
In the document (the hypertext) sent from the WWW server, a link (hyperlink information) pointing to another document or the like is embedded. The hypertext is generally described in a language called HTML (Hypertext markup language). In the HTML, the hyperlink information is described using a start tag <A . . . > and an end tag </A>, as shown in FIG.
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. Information at the link destination is designated as “http://www.abc.co.jp/” by the URL.
Furthermore, an anchor of a hyperlink such as a keyword, for example, “Home page of ABC” is inserted between the start tag <A . . . > and the end tag </A>. When the keyword which is the anchor of the hyperlink is clicked, a transmission request is sent to a server having a document at the link destination from the browser. From the server having the document at the link destination, the document is sent to the browser. Consequently, the document at the link destination is displayed.
In many cases, the document sent from the server on the internet is English. If the document sent from the server can be automatically translated into Japanese and displayed, therefore, it is expected that the utilization of the internet is further promoted.
When the hypertext is translated from English into Japanese, for example, a tag enclosed by a sign “<” and a sign “>” or a tag enclosed by a sign “/” and a sign “>” is left as it is without being translated. An English sentence in the other portion is translated into Japanese. Consequently, the keyword which is the anchor of the hyperlink included in the hyperlink information is also translated.
The keyword which is the anchor of the hyperlink has a jumping function to the contents related thereto. When the keyword is not suitably translated, therefore, it is difficult to designate a suitable jumping destination. For example, in a case where the keyword is “trial” meaning judicial examination or inquiry in a court of law, when it is translated into not “
” but “
”, it is difficult to presume “
” from Japanese “
”. Consequently, information relating to “
” is not readily available.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is to provide a document conversion system capable of making available, when a document is required by a hyperlink function, a document which is subjected to document conversion such as translation.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of translating a hypertext type document, which allows a translated sentence in which an anchor of a hyperlink in the hypertext type document is translated or a translated sentence in which an anchor of a hyperlink is left as it is without being translated to be obtained depending on the selection of a user.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide an HTML document translating machine capable of automatically converting an HTML document whose text is described in a first language into an HTML document whose text is described in a second language.
A first document conversion system according to the present invention comprises data monitoring means provided in a user-side application, a server-side application and between the applications, and is characterized in that the user-side application and the data monitoring means are provided in a user-side device, and the data monitoring means comprises means for adding tag information representing a document conversion method to hyperlink information included in a hypertext type document sent to the user-side device from the server-side application and sending to the user-side application the hyperlink information to which the tag information is added, and means for converting, when the tag information representing the document conversion method is included in a command to request retrieval which is sent from the user-side application, a document sent from the server-side application as the results of the retrieval in accordance with the document conversion method represented by the tag information and sending the converted document to the user-side application. Examples of the tag information representing the document conversion method include tag information indicating that a given language is converted into another language.
A second document conversion system according to the present invention comprises data monitoring means provided in a user-side application, a server-side application and between the applications, and is characterized in that the user-side application and the data monitoring means are provided in a user-side device, the data monitoring means comprises means for adding tag information representing a document conversion method to hyperlink information included in a hypertext type document sent to the user-side device from the server-side application and sending to the user-side application the hyperlink information to which the tag information is added, and the server-side application converts, when the tag information representing the document conversion method is included in a command to request retrieval which is sent from the user-side device, a document which is the results of the retrieval in accordance with the document conversion method represented by the tag information and sending the converted document to the user-side device. Examples of the tag information representing the document conversion method include tag information indicating that a given language is converted into another language.
In the first or second document conversion system of a hypertext type document according to the present invention, when an anchor of a hyperlink (a keyword) in the hypertext type document displayed on the user-side device by the user-side application is clicked, a document at the link destination which is designated by corresponding hyperlink information is automatically converted and displayed.
The data monitoring means may embed, when the tag information representing the document conversion method is added to the hyperlink information included in the hypertext type document sent to the user-side device from the server-side application, hyperlink information whose link destination is the hypertext type document and to which the tag information representing the document conversion method is added in the hypertext type document. This makes it possible to convert the hypertext type document itself displayed on the user-side device by the user-side application and display the converted hypertext type document.
A method of translating a hypertext type document according to the present invention is characterized by making a user select an anchor translation mode in which an anchor of a hyperlink is translated or an anchor non-translation mode in which it is left as it is without being translated, to translate the anchor of the hyperlink when a hypertext type document is translated in a case where the anchor translation mode is selected, while leaving the anchor of the hyperlink as it is when the hypertext type document is translated in a case where the anchor non-translation mode is selected.
The hyperlink information comprises a start tag representing hyperlink information, an end tag representing hyperlink information, and an anchor of a hyperlink interposed between the start tag and the end tag. When the anchor translation mode is selected, the start tag and the end tag are recognized as respective one words and are stored in relation to the anchor. After only the ancho
Ohnishi Hiroki
Yoden Naoyuki
Yumura Takeshi
Edouard Patrick N.
Sanyo Electric Co,. Ltd.
Smith , Gambrell & Russell, LLP
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