JP2002278965A - Translation system and translation control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a translation system which can securely and easily confirm whether information provided on the Internet is permitted to be translated by a provider oneself or not. SOLUTION: An information acquirement means 3 acquires information from an outer server through a communication network such as the Internet. A translation property check means 2 acquires translation propriety information showing whether information being the object of translation of URL transferred from a translation means 1 is permitted to be translated or not. Translation propriety is judged according to whether the check file of a prescribed name exists on a directory where information being the object of translation is placed or on its high-order directory. The translation means 1 translates information being the object of translation, which is acquired through the information acquirement means 3, only when translation is permitted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a translation system for translating information written in one language into another language. In particular, the present invention relates to a translation system for translating information provided via a publicly accessible telecommunication line such as the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art By using the Internet,
Information provided by computers around the world can be obtained quickly and inexpensively. However, such information is not always written in the acquirer's native language or the language in which he or she excels. It has been considered and implemented.

For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-224252 discloses that an HTML file is obtained from the Internet,
It describes how to translate the acquired files.

[0004]

However, the above prior art has the following problems. Usually, when translating a copyrighted work, permission from the copyright owner is required. Also, performing translation without the permission of the right holder may infringe on other rights (such as translation rights) adjacent to the copyright. Unauthorized translation of information on the Internet can cause copyright issues,
You need to determine if translatability is allowed. However, the conventional technology does not provide a method for surely and efficiently checking whether or not the right holder has authorized.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and reliably and easily confirms whether or not information provided on the Internet has been permitted to be translated by the person himself / herself. And a translation control method.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a translation system according to the present invention comprises: an information acquisition unit for acquiring information from the outside via a communication network; A translation permission / inhibition check unit for acquiring, via the information acquisition unit, translation permission information indicating whether or not the translation of the translation target information is permitted; By passing the information to the check means, it is received from the translation possibility check means whether or not the translation of the information to be translated is permitted, and only when permitted, the translation of the information to be translated acquired through the information acquisition means. And a translation means for performing

In the translation system of the present invention,
The translation availability check unit generates a name of the translation availability information based on the specified name, and acquires the translation availability information using the generated name.

[0008] In the translation system of the present invention,
The name of the information to be translated is a uniform resource locator, and the translatability checking means determines whether a file with a predetermined name exists in a directory indicated by the uniform resource locator or a directory above the directory. And determining whether or not the translation of the translation target information is permitted.

Further, the translation control method of the present invention transmits, to a communication network, translation permission information indicating whether or not translation of the translation target information is permitted based on the name of the designated translation target information. And a translation process for translating the translation target information obtained only when the translation of the translation target information is permitted based on the result of the translation availability check process. It is characterized by having.

[0010] In the translation control method of the present invention,
The name of the information to be translated is a uniform resource locator, and in the translation availability check step, whether a file having a predetermined name exists in a directory indicated by the uniform resource locator or a directory higher than the directory. By
It is characterized in that it is determined whether or not the translation of the translation target information is permitted.

Further, the present invention is a computer program for causing a computer to execute a process of translating only permitted translation target information, wherein the translation of the translation target information is permitted based on the designated name of the translation target information. Translation permission information indicating whether or not the translation target information is received from outside via a communication network, and based on the result of the translation permission check processing, translation of the translation target information is permitted. The gist of the present invention is a computer program that causes a computer to execute a translation process for translating the translation target information acquired only when the translation is performed.

[0012] The translation system of the present invention comprises: means for acquiring information published on the Internet; means for translating the acquired information; a directory for the acquired information;
Alternatively, it is characterized by having a translation possibility check means for examining a specific check file in a directory above it and determining whether or not to translate based on it.

[0013]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the translation system according to the embodiment. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a translation system. The translation system 10 includes a translation unit 1, a translation availability check unit 2, and an information acquisition unit 3.

First, the translation means 1 converts the U
RL (Uniform Resource Locator, Uniform Resour
ce Locator) is passed to the translation availability check means 2 to confirm whether or not translation is possible. The translation availability check unit 2 returns to the translation unit 1 a response indicating whether the information indicated by the URL is translatable or non-translatable. The translation means 1 acquires the information to be translated through the information acquisition means 3 and executes the translation only when a response indicating that translation is possible is obtained.

Here, the above-mentioned translation availability check means 2
Determines whether translation is possible or not as follows. The translation availability check means 2 includes an information acquisition means 3
, An attempt is made to acquire a check file (translation permission information) corresponding to the URL to be translated passed from the translation means 1. Here, the check file name is "checkfile". The same directory as the translation target information of the URL,
Alternatively, check whether a check file exists in a directory above the directory, sequentially from the lower directory to the upper directory (up to the root). As an example, the U
If the RL is "www.aaa.com/bbb/ccc/ddd.html", "www.aaa.com/bbb/ccc/checkfile""www.aaa.com/bbb/checkfile""www.aaa.com / checkfile "in the order. If a check file can be obtained at any of these points, it is determined that translation is possible, and if it cannot be obtained at all, it is determined that translation is not possible, and a response to that effect is returned to the translation means 1.

The information acquiring means 3 is provided with an HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol).
), The URL information passed from the translation means 1 and the translation availability check means 2 is acquired. Therefore, it is assumed that the information on the Internet to be translated is made public by the HTTP server.

Next, the operation procedure of each unit will be described.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure of each of the translation unit 1, the translation availability check unit 2, and the information acquisition unit 3.

The translation means 1 obtains a URL of information to be translated from a user. Then, in step S11, this URL is passed to the translation availability check means 2 to inquire whether translation is possible, and an answer is obtained. If an answer indicating that translation is possible is obtained, the information of the URL is obtained via the information obtaining means 3 in step S12, and automatic translation processing is executed in step S13. The translation result is returned to the user.

If a response indicating that translation is impossible is obtained in step S11, or if the information of the specified URL cannot be obtained in step S12, no translation is performed.

The translation availability check means 2 obtains the URL to be translated from the translation means 1. Then, in step S21, the URL of the check file is created based on the URL. The URL of the check file is created sequentially from the directory where the information represented by the original URL exists to the root upward. Then, for each created URL, in step S22,
An attempt is made to acquire data for these URLs via the information acquisition means 3. When even one succeeds, a reply is returned to the translation means 1 indicating that translation is possible. If data acquisition for all check files fails, the translation means 1
Returns an answer that translation is not possible.

The information acquisition means 3 obtains the URL from the translation means 1 or the translation availability check means 2. And the URL
Host / proxy server TCP /
Connect to the IP HTTP port. Then, in step S31, data is obtained according to the HTTP protocol, and the obtained data is returned to the request source.

The above translation system is realized using a computer. The processes of the above-described translating means, translatability checking means, and information acquiring means are stored in a computer-readable recording medium in the form of a computer program, and are read and executed by the computer. The above processing is performed. Here, the computer-readable recording medium refers to a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a magnetic hard disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like. In addition, this computer program is distributed to a computer via a communication line,
The computer that has received the distribution may execute the program.

As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments, and a design or the like may be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. included. For example, in the above embodiment,
Although the translation is permitted when the check file exists, the translation may be permitted when the check file does not exist, and the translation may not be permitted when the check file exists. Alternatively, whether or not translation is permitted may be written in the check file in advance, and whether to permit translation may be determined according to the content.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, the translation availability check means acquires the translation permission information indicating whether or not the translation of the translation target information is permitted, and the translation permission information is permitted. Only in this case, the translation means translates the information to be translated, so that only the information permitted to be translated can be translated, and the translation of the information not permitted can be restricted. As a result, it is possible to avoid the problem of infringement of copyright and various rights adjacent thereto.

Further, according to the present invention, whether or not translation is permitted is determined based on whether or not a check file having a predetermined name is located in a directory in which information to be translated is located or in a directory above the directory. Like that. Normally, the server that publishes information on the Internet has security settings so that only the publishing person can write to it, so the above check file is placed there or already placed by others. Check files cannot be deleted. Therefore, by making a determination based on the file, it is possible to confirm that the user has permitted the permission.

If one check file is placed in a directory, it is valid for all files in that directory and all files in directories under the check file. It is very easy to manage as compared with the method of embedding the translatability information into the URL.

In addition, U which can be translated using a database
There is a way to manage the RL, but this method makes it difficult to guarantee the authenticity of the permission.
The method according to the present invention is superior because the management is costly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a translation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of each unit of the translation system according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Translation means 2 Translation possibility check means 3 Information acquisition means 10 Translation system

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] May 23, 2002 (2005.2.
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[Procedure amendment 1]

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[Claims]

2. The name of the information to be translated is a uniform resource locator, and the translatability checking means determines that a file having a predetermined name exists in a directory indicated by the uniform resource locator or a directory higher than the directory. translation system according to claim 1, characterized in that depending on whether, to determine if a whether those translations of the translated information is permitted.

3. Based on the name of the specified translated information, whether or not these translation of the translated information is permitted, predetermined check on the basis of the information received from the outside via the communication network Check file existence
And translation capability check process of determining by the bell, the translation capability check process based on the result, the translation process of performing the translation of the case obtained the translated information only the target information translation is permitted translated A translation control method comprising:

Wherein the name of the translated information is Uniform Resource Locator, the in translation capability check process, the file with the given name in the directory of level directory or the directory indicated by the uniform resource locator 4. The translation control method according to claim 3 , wherein it is determined whether or not the translation of the translation target information is permitted based on whether or not the translation target information exists.

5. A computer program for causing a computer to execute a process of translating only permitted translation target information, wherein the translation of the translation target information is permitted based on the name of the designated translation target information. whether it is, based on the information received from the outside via the communication network
By checking for the existence of the specified check file
And causing the computer to execute, based on the result of the translation availability check process, a translation process for translating the acquired translation information only when the translation of the translation object information is permitted. Computer program.

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[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a translation system according to the present invention comprises: an information acquisition unit for acquiring information from the outside via a communication network; A predetermined check is performed to determine whether the translation of the translation target information is permitted.
Check the existence of the security file via the information acquisition means.
By translating the translatability check means to determine by the above, and passing the name of the specified translation target information to the translatability check means, it is received from the translation permission check means whether or not the translation of the translation target information is permitted, And a translation unit for translating the translation target information acquired through the information acquisition unit only when permitted.

[Procedure amendment 3]

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[Correction method] Change

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Further, translational control method of the present invention, the receiving based on the name of the specified translated information, whether or not these translation of the translated information is permitted, from the outside via the communication network Based on the information
A translation availability check process that is determined by checking the existence of a check file; and, based on the result of the translation availability check process, the translation target acquired only when the translation of the translation target information is permitted. And a translation process for translating information.

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[Correction target item name] 0011

[Correction method] Change

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Further, the present invention is a computer program for causing a computer to execute a process of translating only permitted translation target information, wherein the translation of the translation target information is permitted based on the name of the designated translation target information. whether or not these are, predetermined check file based on information received from the outside via the communication network
And a translation process for performing translation of the translation target information obtained only when the translation of the translation target information is permitted based on a result of the translation availability check process. The gist of the present invention is a computer program that causes a computer to execute the above. In the present invention, the computer program
In the above, the name of the information to be translated is
It is a source locator, and
Is indicated by this uniform resource locator.
Directory or the directory above it
Whether a file with the specified name exists in the directory
The translation of the information to be translated is permitted by
It is characterized by determining whether or not there is.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An information acquiring means for acquiring information from the outside via a communication network, and indicating whether or not the translation of the translation target information is permitted based on a name of the designated translation target information. The translation permission information is obtained through the information obtaining means. The translation permission check means, and the name of the designated translation target information is passed to the translation permission check means. A translation system, comprising: translation means for receiving whether or not translation is permitted, and translating the translation target information acquired via the information acquisition means only when translation is permitted. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the translation availability check unit generates a name of the translation availability information based on the specified name, and acquires the translation availability information using the generated name. Item 2. The translation system according to Item 1. 3. The name of the translation target information is a uniform resource locator, and the translation availability check unit determines that a file having a predetermined name exists in a directory indicated by the uniform resource locator or a directory higher than the directory. 3. The translation system according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether or not the translation of the translation target information is permitted based on whether or not to perform the translation. 4. A translation permission / inhibition receiving a translation permission information indicating whether or not the translation of the translation target information is permitted based on a name of the designated translation target information via a communication network from outside. A translation step for translating the translation target information obtained only when the translation of the translation target information is permitted based on the result of the translation availability check process. Method. 5. The name of the information to be translated is a uniform resource locator. In the step of checking whether or not translation is possible, a file having a predetermined name is stored in a directory indicated by the uniform resource locator or a directory higher than the directory. The translation control method according to claim 4, wherein it is determined whether or not the translation of the translation target information is permitted based on whether or not the translation target information exists. 6. A computer program for causing a computer to execute a process of translating only permitted translation target information, wherein the translation of the translation target information is permitted based on the name of the designated translation target information. Translation permission information indicating whether or not the translation target information is received from outside via a communication network; and based on the result of the translation permission / inhibition check processing, only when the translation of the translation target information is permitted. A computer program for causing a computer to execute a translation process for translating the acquired information to be translated.