Patent ID: 8380487
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for translating selected content in a web conference, the method comprising: receiving, by a processing device, a selected area in an image from a shared application in a web conference, the selected area containing text for translation into a chosen language; performing an optical character recognition (OCR) process on the text in the selected area of the image to provide OCR resulting text; translating the OCR resulting text into the chosen language; presenting the translated OCR resulting text in the chosen language to at least a translation requester in the web conference; storing the OCR resulting text for translation into another chosen language in response to receiving a request for translating the OCR resulting text into the chosen language, eliminating a need to perform another OCR process and reducing time to present the OCR resulting text in the other chosen language, wherein the OCR resulting text is stored only for a duration of the web conference; presenting a feature for ranking the translated text, the ranking providing an indication of one of the accuracy, confidence level and reliability of the translation; determining if the ranking of the translated text is below a preset threshold; and sending a notification to at least a moderator of the web conference in response to the ranking being below the preset threshold.