Patent ID: 6469713
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of altering a display at a remotely located subscriber system, comprising:receiving a language, locale, or display change system message from a host system containing a code including a human language code, a locale code, or both at a subscriber system coupled to said host system and registered for language, locale, or display change system messages of the received system message; comparing the code within the system message to a current code defining a human language or a locale property within an operating system, application or dialog within said registered subscriber system; responsive to determining that the code within the system message differs from the current code for an operating system, application or dialog within said registered subscriber system, dynamically altering a user interface display human language within said registered subscriber system, if necessary, to conform to a display property matching the language property or the locale property defined by the human language code within the system message without changing an operating system language property; and changing a user interface display locale property within said registered subscriber system to match the received locale property code without changing an operating system locale property.