Multi-Channel Cross-Modality System for Language Interpretation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current language interpretation/translation systems fail to provide users with real-time, optimal service selection information based on varying user needs such as timing, cost, and geography, leading to suboptimal service choices.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented multi-channel cross-modality system that aggregates real-time data from multiple language interpretation/translation platforms, offering a user interface to display and select the most suitable service based on current needs, including automated machine translation, human-assisted services, and video conferencing options.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If users access multiple distinct language interpretation/translation platforms separately, then they can obtain comprehensive service information, but the time and effort required to gather and compare service options increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple distinct language interpretation/translation platforms into a single unified interface. The system aggregates service information from various platforms (video conference, voice communication, in-person services) and presents them together, allowing users to compare options across platforms without manually visiting each one separately.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified interface acts as an intermediary between users and multiple language interpretation/translation platforms. It collects, standardizes, and relays service information from different platforms to users in a consistent format, eliminating the need for users to directly interact with multiple separate systems.
2Measurement precision
If users manually compare service options across different platforms, then they can find optimal services, but the complexity of the selection process increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies homogeneity by standardizing the presentation of service information across all platforms. All language interpretation/translation services are displayed using consistent criteria (availability, cost, proximity, service type), making comparison straightforward regardless of the original platform's native format.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified interface serves multiple functions: it aggregates data from various platforms, standardizes information formats, presents comparative service options, and enables selection across different service types (video, voice, in-person) through a single universal access point.
3Productivity
If real-time service data is aggregated from multiple platforms, then service selection accuracy improves, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the data aggregation process by establishing separate data collection mechanisms for each platform type, then combining them through a standardized interface. This modular approach allows real-time data from multiple platforms to be gathered and processed without creating unmanageable system complexity.
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AI summary
A computer implemented language interpretation/translation platform is provided so that a computerized interface can be generated to display a variety of language interpretation/translation services. The computer implemented language interpretation/translation platform includes a receiver that receives a request for computerized interface data from a computing device and receives a plurality of interface data from a plurality of distinct language interpretation/translation platforms. Each of the plurality of distinct language interpretation/translation platforms provide a language/interpretation service according to a distinct modality. The computer implemented language interpretation/translation platform includes a processor that aggregates the plurality of interface data from the plurality of distinct language interpretation/translation platforms in real-time into a computerized interface format. The computer implemented language interpretation/translation platform includes a transmitter that sends the computerized interface format to the computing device for display by the computing device so that the computing device receives a selection of an optimal language interpretation/translation service.