Methods and systems for language translation
CA 2458138 C · Owner: Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc · Inventors: Zhou, Ming; Gao, Jianfeng
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A translation service is disclosed, the service being provided to a wireless mobile device through a selective downloading of information from a server. The downloaded information includes a translation architecture having a language independent translation engine and at least one language dependent translation database. The language dependent translation database includes translation templates and a translation dictionary. A specialized database for a selected city or cities in the world can also be downloaded. Translation between languages is realized by applying the language dependent translation database and optionally the city specific translation database to the translation engine. …
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- Filed February 17, 2004 and granted October 9, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 17, 2024.
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