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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2001
Sayori Shimohata, Osaka, JP;
Toshiki Murata, Nara, JP;
Sayori Shimohata, Osaka, JP;
Toshiki Murata, Nara, JP;
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A conversation system according to the invention includes: a network; a server apparatus which transfers a conversation based on characters through the network; plural terminal apparatuses which perform the conversation based on the characters under the transfer by the server apparatus through the network; and a translating apparatus which is connected to the network, receives a conversation that is transmitted from one of the plural terminal apparatuses through the network and based on characters of one language, translates the received conversation based on the characters of one language into a conversation based on characters of another language, and transmits the translated conversation based on the characters of another language to the server apparatus. The server apparatus transfers the conversation that is received from the translating apparatus and based on the characters of another language to at least one terminal apparatus during a conversation among the plural terminal apparatuses.