Patent ID: 9304785
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A method for localizing a software product during development of the software product, the method comprising: retrieving a plurality of attributes of a plurality of interface elements according to a specified type of user interface; responsive to user input, specifying one or more countries in which the software product is to be localized; responsive to user input during development of the software product, selecting an interface element for the user interface; responsive to selecting the interface element for the user interface during development of the software product, determining from the attributes of the selected interface element whether the interface element is consistent with the specified countries, wherein the attributes of the selected interface element are maintained in a profile that specifies countries whose languages comply with the selected interface element; displaying an alert on a computer display, in the event the selected interface element is not consistent with the countries specified by the user; calculating a cost of localizing the selected interface element; incrementing a projected cost of localizing the user interface with the cost of localizing the selected interface element; and displaying an alert for the projected cost of localizing the user interface.