Patent ID: 7130790

Claim:
A system for translating closed caption data in a program signal during broadcast of said program signal, said program signal comprising closed caption codes and closed caption text in a source language, comprising: a closed caption decoder for receiving said program signal and preprocessing said program signal for translation by extracting from said program signal said closed caption codes and closed caption text in said source language; a server for (i) receiving said closed caption codes and said closed caption text in said source language from said closed caption decoder; (ii) pre-editing said closed caption text in said source language to change content in said caption text for submission to machine translation software and (iii) translating said pre-edited text in said source language to closed caption text in a target language using said machine translation software and said pre-edited text; and a device for receiving said closed caption codes and said closed caption text in said target language from said server, inserting said closed caption codes and said closed caption text in said target language in said program signal, and transmitting said program signal to a program destination for broadcast to all viewers of said program signal, wherein viewers that select a closed caption viewing option on their televisions during broadcast of said program signal may view said closed caption text in said target language.