Patent ID: 6964014
Filing Date: 2005-11-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for localizing Web pages, the method comprising: reading a computer file containing HTML, tags and scripts; identifying character strings located between the HTML tags and within the scripts; generating a modified version of the computer file by replacing the identified character strings with variables; generating an include file containing the variables and associated character strings; adding a reference to the include file in the modified version of the computer file; and translating the character strings of the include file to a language different than that of the character strings in the original computer file; wherein adding a reference to the include file comprises adding a reference to the translated include file; wherein the modified version of the computer file and the include file is stored in a Web server connected to the Internet; wherein adding a reference to the include file comprises adding a reference to a translated version of the include file based on a user requesting a Web page from the Web server; wherein the computer file is read into a buffer, and a localizer searches for comments, wherein, if comments are found, the comments are each replaced with a comment token and added to a comment dictionary, the localizer further searches for scripts, wherein, if scripts are found, the scripts are each replaced with a script token and added to a script dictionary, the localizer further searches for HTML tags, wherein, if HTML tags are found, the HTML tags are each replaced with an HTML tag token and added to a tag dictionary, the localizer further searches for key words, wherein, if key words are found, the key words are each replaced with a key word token and added to a key word dictionary, whereby only the tokens and text strings are remaining thereafter.