US 11,960,850 B2
Multilingual simultaneous interpretation using a distributed ledger
Howard N. Anglin, Leander, TX (US); Su Liu, Austin, TX (US); Fehmina Merchant, Irvine, CA (US); and Debbie Anglin, Leander, TX (US)
Assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/797,131.
Prior Publication US 2021/0264117 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 40/58 (2020.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06F 40/242 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 40/58 (2020.01) [G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06F 40/242 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of multilingual simultaneous interpretation using a distributed ledger, the method comprising:
determining, by a multilingual interpretation server, that a new word has been added to a first language node, the first language node corresponding to a first language;
broadcasting, to a plurality of other language nodes, a request to interpret the new word, each of the plurality of other language nodes corresponding to a different language;
interpreting, by each of the plurality of language nodes, the new word into a particular language;
adding the new word and one or more interpretations of the new word to an entry in a dictionary ledger, wherein the dictionary ledger is a distributed ledger; and
providing a multilingual interpretation client application configured to:
request, from the multilingual interpretation server, a multilingual interpretation of a string; and
deliver, to a user and based on the request, the multilingual interpretation of the string, wherein the multilingual interpretation includes at least one of the one or more interpretations of the new word.