Patent ID: 6957425
Filing Date: 2005-10-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of installing desired-language translations of software in a computer system, the software to be installed, at the time of assembly of the computer system, in response to a customer's order, the method comprising: creating a system description record (SDR) including an operating system software in a desired language; installing selected hardware components; coupling the computer system to a server; reading, from the record, a first identifier that identifies the operating system software to be installed in the computer system; based on the first identifier, establishing a first variable that specifies the operating system type and a second variable that specifies the desired-language; reading, from the record, a second identifier that identifies other software to be installed in the computer system; parsing the second identifier into a call to a batch file that (i) causes a native-language version of the other software to be installed in the computer system and (ii) calls a translation script which anticipates text files of more than one type; based on the type of file in which the other software is stored, and based on the operating system software, the translation script selecting a translation routine from a plurality of sets of available translation routines, each set including individual routines for translating a specific type of text file into a given operating system, the number of translation routine sets being equal to the number of text files times the number of operating systems encountered; and each routine set containing a translation routine for each desired-language into which the native-language text is to be translated.