Concurrent multi-lingual use in data processing systems

Patent · Tue Jan 21 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6007257

Crabtree, P R

This patent describes a method of providing a distributed, interactive data processing system with concurrent multi-lingual use by many users. The data processing system includes a message composition service. The method consists of establishing a message model data collection by storing message models. The message models are stored with a message identifier primary key that is common for all usage and a secondary key that is a national language index, establishing for each user who signs onto the system a national language index corresponding to the secondary key, requesting the message composition service to compose a message for use by an interactive program run on the system. The message is identified by the primary key for the specific message requested and the secondary key established for the user for which the message is intended, retrieving from the message model data collection message models using the primary and secondary keys in response to a request to compose a message, composing the message from the message models retrieved from the message model data collection, and storing the composed message so that it can be used by the interactive program to communicate the message to the user.

• Assignee: International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY
• Patent Number(s): US 4566078
• OSTI ID: 6007257
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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