WO2001057723A2 - Telecommunication network for transmitting transliterated text messages and method therefor - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to telecommunication networks (hereinafter "networks"), for example cellular networks, supporting a text transmission service, for example, short message service (SMS), wireless application protocol (WAP), amongst others.
- networks for example cellular networks, supporting a text transmission service, for example, short message service (SMS), wireless application protocol (WAP), amongst others.
- SMS short message service
- WAP wireless application protocol
- Cellular telecommunication networks support short message service (SMS) capable of being automatically invoked by date and time specific events stored in a calendar running on a subscriber's workstation for transmitting event associated text messages to the subscriber's cellular telephone.
- SMS short message service
- all of the cellular telephones connected to the networks in Israel support English language SMS text messages
- only some support Hebrew language SMS text messages resulting in relatively low volume SMS traffic due to language difficulties since most of the networks' Hebrew speaking subscribers are quite naturally either not sufficiently fluent in English to introduce English language text messages in their calendars, or are disinclined to write Hebrew to English transliterated text messages such as "Pegisha mahar ba-ll:00 b boker " (transliterated from the Hebrew message " ⁇ i ⁇ m ⁇ i :00- ⁇ inn ⁇ rj g ") whose English translation reads "Meeting tomorrow at 11:00 in the morning”.
- cellular telephones connected to networks in Israel or elsewhere may not support characters belonging to certain other language alphabets, symbols or other types of
- a telecommunication network supporting a text transmission service wherein at least one of the telecommunication network end user units connected to the network does not support display of at least a portion of the characters allowable in TTS text messages
- the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a TTS text message, wherein at least a portion of the TTS text message includes characters not supported for display by the end user unit; and (b) transliterating at least a portion of the at least portion of the TTS text message which includes characters not supported for display by the end user unit to characters supported for display by the end user unit.
- the present invention is based on the notion that most, if not all, of a network's subscribers have the ability to read text messages in the characters supported for display by the end user unit such that they can understand text messages transliterated from the non-supported characters into characters supported for display by the end user unit.
- the present invention is described for use in Israel where native Israelis speak Hebrew, and the non-supported characters are of the Hebrew language alphabet and the supported characters are of the English language alphabet. Automatic transliteration of Hebrew language portions of SMS text messages enables native Hebrew speakers to type messages in Hebrew thereby saving them the time and bother of considering how to transliterate Hebrew words into English, and then actually typing the English transliterations.
- the English transliterations will be standardized thereby facilitating recipients' understanding of transliterated messages rather than the same Hebrew word being manually transliterated differently by two different people, or even the same person on different occasions. It is therefore believed that the present invention will be beneficial to both networks' subscribers, and the networks themselves by virtue of higher volume SMS traffic.
- SMS short message service
- FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a telecommunication network supporting a short message service (SMS) in accordance with the present invention.
- SMS short message service
- Figure 2 is a flow chart of a method for transliterating SMS text messages in accordance with the present invention.
- a telecommunication network 1 for example a cellular network, includes a main server 2 running a server exchange, and a SMS server, a plurality of user workstations 3 each running a client exchange in communication with the main server's exchange, a SMS client program, and a calendar, for example, Microsoft's Outlook, and a plurality of telecommunication network end user units 4, for example cellular telephones.
- cellular telephones are an example of a type of cellular units and that other types of cellular units may be used instead of telephones.
- Each user workstation's calendar can be set to automatically invoke its associated SMS client program to transmit a SMS text message associated with an event stored therein to one or more end user units 4.
- Each user workstation's client exchange also runs an automatic transliteration module, for example, as illustrated and described in US Patent 5,432,948, US Patent 5,640,587, and the like. Although the transliteration module is shown as part of workstation 3, it should be evident that in other embodiments the transliteration module can instead be included in end user unit 4, in server 2, or split among workstation 3, end user unit 4, and/or server 2, etc.
- a network subscriber introduces the Hebrew text message " ⁇ ij7m n :00-n irm ⁇ m g " (whose English translation reads "Meeting tomorrow at 11:00 in the morning” as mentioned earlier) in his workstation's calendar to be sent to his/her end user unit on December 5, 1999, 11 am to remind him/her of a meeting the next day at the same time.
- his workstation's calendar automatically invokes its associated SMS client program whereupon the Hebrew text message is received by the transliteration module and transliterated to "Pegisha mahar ba-ll:00 baboker ".
- the transliterated message is displayed on his end user unit in the conventional manner. Transmission of the message via the network can occur before or after transliteration, depending on the operation of the transliteration module, as explained above.
- the invention can be equally applied to SMS text messages originating from other original text message sources including e-mails, vending machines which issue watchdog alert messages, for example, when the stock level of a certain commodity has fallen to a predetermined level, and the like.
- the invention may also be applied to original voice message sources, for example, a voice mailbox, and the like.
- the invention can be applied equally to characters belonging to language alphabets, to symbols, or to any other type of characters which are not supported for display by the end user unit but can be included in SMS text messages.
Abstract
A telecommunication network supporting a text transmission service (TTS), wherein at least one of the end user units connected to the network does not support display of at least a portion of the characters which are allowable in TTS text messages, the network including: at least one transliteration module for transliterating at least a portion of a TTS text message to characters supported for display by the at least one end user unit; and at least one display module included in the at least one end user unit for displaying the TTS text message including the transliterated portion, if any.
Description
TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK FOR TRANSMITTING TRANSLITERATED TEXT MESSAGES AND METHOD THEREFOR
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to telecommunication networks (hereinafter "networks"), for example cellular networks, supporting a text transmission service, for example, short message service (SMS), wireless application protocol (WAP), amongst others.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Cellular telecommunication networks support short message service (SMS) capable of being automatically invoked by date and time specific events stored in a calendar running on a subscriber's workstation for transmitting event associated text messages to the subscriber's cellular telephone. However, whilst all of the cellular telephones connected to the networks in Israel support English language SMS text messages, only some support Hebrew language SMS text messages resulting in relatively low volume SMS traffic due to language difficulties since most of the networks' Hebrew speaking subscribers are quite naturally either not sufficiently fluent in English to introduce English language text messages in their calendars, or are disinclined to write Hebrew to English transliterated text messages such as "Pegisha mahar ba-ll:00 b boker " (transliterated from the Hebrew message "~iρm ι i :00-α inn παrjg") whose English translation reads "Meeting tomorrow at 11:00 in the morning". Similarly, cellular telephones connected to networks in Israel or elsewhere may not support characters belonging to certain other language alphabets, symbols or other types of characters, which may be included in SMS text messages
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided for use in a telecommunication network supporting a text transmission service (TTS), wherein at least one of the telecommunication network end user units connected to the network does not support display of at least a portion of the characters allowable in TTS text messages, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a TTS text message, wherein at least a portion of the TTS text message includes characters not supported for display by the end user unit; and (b) transliterating at least a portion of the at least portion of the TTS text message which includes characters not supported for display by the end user unit to characters supported for display by the end user unit.
The present invention is based on the notion that most, if not all, of a network's subscribers have the ability to read text messages in the characters supported for display by the end user unit such that they can understand text messages transliterated from the non-supported characters into characters supported for display by the end user unit. For the purpose of conciseness, but without limiting the scope of the present invention, the present invention is described for use in Israel where native Israelis speak Hebrew, and the non-supported characters are of the Hebrew language alphabet and the supported characters are of the English language alphabet. Automatic transliteration of Hebrew language portions of SMS text messages enables native Hebrew speakers to type messages in Hebrew thereby saving them the time and bother of considering how to transliterate Hebrew words into English, and then actually typing the English transliterations. Also, the English transliterations will be standardized thereby facilitating recipients' understanding of transliterated messages rather than the same Hebrew word being manually transliterated differently by two different people, or even the same person on different occasions. It is therefore believed that the present invention will be beneficial to
both networks' subscribers, and the networks themselves by virtue of higher volume SMS traffic.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
In order to understand the invention and to see how it may be carried out in practice, a preferred embodiment will now be described, by way of a non-limiting example only with reference to short message service (SMS) but equally applies to other text transmission services, with reference to the following drawings wherein:
Figure 1 is a schematic block diagram of a telecommunication network supporting a short message service (SMS) in accordance with the present invention; and
Figure 2 is a flow chart of a method for transliterating SMS text messages in accordance with the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING With reference to Figure 1, a telecommunication network 1 , for example a cellular network, includes a main server 2 running a server exchange, and a SMS server, a plurality of user workstations 3 each running a client exchange in communication with the main server's exchange, a SMS client program, and a calendar, for example, Microsoft's Outlook, and a plurality of telecommunication network end user units 4, for example cellular telephones. It should be evident that cellular telephones are an example of a type of cellular units and that other types of cellular units may be used instead of telephones. Each user workstation's calendar can be set to automatically invoke its associated SMS client program to transmit a SMS text message associated with an event stored therein to one or more end user units 4. Each user workstation's client exchange also runs an automatic transliteration module, for example, as illustrated and described in US Patent 5,432,948, US Patent 5,640,587, and the like. Although the transliteration
module is shown as part of workstation 3, it should be evident that in other embodiments the transliteration module can instead be included in end user unit 4, in server 2, or split among workstation 3, end user unit 4, and/or server 2, etc. With reference to Figure 2, a network subscriber introduces the Hebrew text message "~ij7m n :00-n irm π mg " (whose English translation reads "Meeting tomorrow at 11:00 in the morning" as mentioned earlier) in his workstation's calendar to be sent to his/her end user unit on December 5, 1999, 11 am to remind him/her of a meeting the next day at the same time. On the prescribed date and time, his workstation's calendar automatically invokes its associated SMS client program whereupon the Hebrew text message is received by the transliteration module and transliterated to "Pegisha mahar ba-ll:00 baboker ". Optionally as part of the same method, the transliterated message is displayed on his end user unit in the conventional manner. Transmission of the message via the network can occur before or after transliteration, depending on the operation of the transliteration module, as explained above.
While the invention has been described with respect to a limited number of embodiments, it will be appreciated that many variations, modifications, and other applications of the invention can be made without departing from the scope of the claims appended hereto. Thus, for example, the invention can be equally applied to SMS text messages originating from other original text message sources including e-mails, vending machines which issue watchdog alert messages, for example, when the stock level of a certain commodity has fallen to a predetermined level, and the like. And, the invention may also be applied to original voice message sources, for example, a voice mailbox, and the like. The invention can be applied equally to characters belonging to language alphabets, to symbols, or to any other type of characters which are not supported for display by the end user unit but can be included in SMS text messages.
Claims
1. For use in a telecommunication network supporting a text transmission service (TTS), wherein at least one of the telecommunication network end user units connected to the network does not support display of at least a portion of the characters allowable in TTS text messages, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) receiving a TTS text message, wherein at least a portion of the TTS text message includes characters not supported for display by the end user unit; and (b)transliterating at least a portion of said at least portion of the TTS text message which includes characters not supported for display by the end user unit to characters supported for display by the end user unit.
2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of: (c) transmitting the TTS text message including the transliterated portion, if any to the end user unit.
3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of: (c)displaying the TTS text message including the transliterated portion, if any on the end user unit.
4. The method according to Claim 1 wherein the TTS text message originates from an original text message.
5. The method according to Claim 4 wherein the original text message is automatically output from a calendar application running on a computer.
6. The method according to Claim 4 wherein the original text message is an e-mail.
7. The method according to Claim 4 wherein the original text message is a watchdog alert message.
8. The method according to Claim 1 wherein the TTS text message originates from an original voice message.
9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the telecommunication network is a cellular network and the end user unit is a cellular unit.
10. A telecommunication network supporting a text transmission service (TTS), wherein at least one of the end user units connected to the network does not support display of at least a portion of the characters which are allowable in
TTS text messages, the network comprising: at least one transliteration module for transliterating at least a portion of a
TTS text message to characters supported for display by the at least one end user unit; and at least one display module included in the at least one end user unit for displaying the TTS text message including the transliterated portion, if any.
11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the telecommunication network is a cellular network and the end user unit is a cellular unit.
12 The network according to Claim 10 wherein the TTS text message originates from an original text message.
13. The network according to Claim 12 wherein the original text message is automatically output from a calendar application running on a computer.
14. The network according to Claim 12 wherein the original text message is an e-mail.
15. The network according to Claim 12 wherein the original text message is a watchdog alert message.
16. The network according to Claim 10 wherein the TTS text message originates from an original voice message.
17. For use in the telecommunications network of claim 10: a display module included in an end user unit for displaying a TTS text message including the transliterated portion, if any.
18. For use in the telecommunications network of claim 10: a transliteration module for transliterating at least a portion of a TTS text message to characters supported for display by an end user unit.
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