Patents by Inventor Mindy Liu

Mindy Liu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9081769
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing translation assistance are disclosed. A method includes: storing translation data representing changes to translations during a time interval between a first time and a second time; building the source code project into a reference application in the second language, comprising: replacing an identifier of each text message in the source code project with a translation of the text message in the second language made at the second time, and for a text message whose translation has changed during the time interval, inserting the identifier of the text message whose translation has changed as hidden information associated with the translation of the text message; and rendering the reference application for presentation to a user for translation checking, including highlighting the text messages that have an associated hidden identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Mindy Liu, Haibin Xie
  • Publication number: 20140249797
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing translation assistance are disclosed. A method includes: storing translation data representing changes to translations during a time interval between a first time and a second time; building the source code project into a reference application in the second language, comprising: replacing an identifier of each text message in the source code project with a translation of the text message in the second language made at the second time, and for a text message whose translation has changed during the time interval, inserting the identifier of the text message whose translation has changed as hidden information associated with the translation of the text message; and rendering the reference application for presentation to a user for translation checking, including highlighting the text messages that have an associated hidden identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventors: Mindy Liu, Haibin Xie
  • Patent number: 8452603
    Abstract: Methods and systems for enhancement of device accessibility are described. In an example, an operating system configured to be executed on a device, may be configured to support a plurality of software applications and to support a plurality of modes of operation of the device. A given software application may include a user-interface comprising a user-interface item having a text in a first language. The operating system may be configured to receive a selection of the user-interface item of the given software application. Based on the operating system being in an accessibility mode common to the plurality of software applications, the operating system may be configured to determine a translation of the text into a second language; and a voice output corresponding to a spoken utterance of the translation of the text. The operating system further may be configured to provide, by the device, the voice output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Mindy Liu, Xin Zheng, Kaihua Zhu, Ning Wang, Joshua Zhu