Appeal 2007-0761
Application 09/907,610
Appellants’ invention relates to a system and method for easily
changing the display language of a user interface of a computer program so
the program may be used in different countries. In the words of the
Appellants:
To accomplish these and other objects of the invention, a
system and method are provided that allow users to easily and
immediately switch between available languages, without interrupting
application program operation and without requiring intervening
translation steps to update a displayed user interface according to a
selected language. The system and method of the present invention
also facilitates adding and editing a wide array of languages and
language-specific user interface attributes, without modifying the
application program and without requiring significant, if any,
programming skills.
(Specification 7).
Claim 1 is exemplary:
1. A computer implemented system for displaying
language-specific attributes of a user interface in a desired language,
said system including
a reference source including data corresponding to the
language-specific attributes for a plurality of languages including the
desired language, each said language-specific attribute including
control text corresponding to a respective interface control and an
identifier including a value corresponding to each of said plurality of
languages,
means responsive to selection of a value included in said
identifier for defining language-specific attributes included in the
interface in accordance with said identifier included in the reference
source, and
means for generating the user interface, including the language-
specific attributes of the interface defined with said data from the
reference source, on a visual display.
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