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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2003
System and method of automatic translation of broadcast messages in a wireless communication network
Steven Edward Atkin, Austin, TX (US);
David Martin Birk, Round Rock, TX (US);
Stephen B. Boston, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Amir Farrokh Sanjar, Austin, TX (US);
Steven Edward Atkin, Austin, TX (US);
David Martin Birk, Round Rock, TX (US);
Stephen B. Boston, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Amir Farrokh Sanjar, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for automatic translation of broadcast messages in a wireless communication system are provided. With the system and method when a wireless communication device enters a region of a wireless network, the wireless communication device registers with the wireless network by way of a base station and mobile switching center. The registration of the wireless communication device includes the creation of a database entry at the mobile switching center that identifies the wireless communication device and includes an indication of the origin, such as the country code, of the wireless communication device. Based on this indication of origin, a desired output language may be identified. This identified output language may then be used to identify prestored versions of a broadcast message that are in the output language or identify the mechanism for translating a broadcast message from an original language to the identified output language. In this way, the broadcast message is generated in a language that is most likely to be understood by a user of the wireless communication device.