Patent ID: 7676357
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A browser based method for converting an unaccented Pin Yin Chinese word into an alternative form, comprising: loading a browser based computer program, and a Chinese character dictionary, into a computer memory; using the browser based computer program, identifying an unaccented Pin Yin Chinese word on a web page by highlighting the unaccented Pin Yin Chinese word from left to fight; responsive only to highlighting the unaccented Pin Yin Chinese word, and using the Chinese character dictionary without accessing an external server, automatically translating the unaccented Pin Yin Chinese word into one or more of an alternative form of the unaccented Pin Yin Chinese word comprising: an accented Pin Yin word, a Traditional Chinese character, and a Simplified Chinese character; and displaying the alternative form of the unaccented Pin Yin Chinese word on the web page, wherein the unaccented Pin Yin Chinese word is converted to an alternate form of the unaccented Pin Yin Chinese word on the web page without a round trip to a server; and toggling between an original input word and a translation of the input word in response to a first highlighting from left to fight of the original input word and a second highlighting from right to left of the translation.