System for parallel foreign language communication over a computer network

Patent 5966685 Issued on October 12, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date:

November 8, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

America Online, Inc.

Application

No. 745222 filed on 11/08/1996

US Classes:

704/8, Multilingual or national language support379/88.05, Multilingual system or operation379/88.06, Language selection704/2, Translation machine715/536Multilingual

Examiners

Primary: Thomas, Joseph

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Standley & Gilcrest LLP

International Class

G06F 017/28

Abstract

A system is disclosed which allows for an electronic discussion group user to communicate with another user who speaks a different language. Machine translators and other software are incorporated to translate messages, thereby creating parallel discussion groups in different languages.

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