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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mary A Flanagan, Framingham, MA (US);
Alexander B Trevor, Worthington, OH (US);
Philip Jensen, Roslindale, MA (US);
Assignee:
America Online, Inc., Dulles, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
704-8 ; 704-2 ; 707536 ; 379 8805 ; 379 8806 ;
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.