[TAG] Google patent

[Jimmy O'Regan]

Google have patented their 'Suggest a better translation' feature.

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=1&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&S1=20080195372.PGNR.&OS=dn/20080195372&RS=DN/20080195372

"one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can
be embodied in a method that includes a method for first receiving an
indication of when a user-manipulable cursor is positioned in
proximity to a first presentation of first text in a graphical user
interface (GUI), the first text being in a first language"

or, in other words, use 'onMouseOver' to display the original text.
That's patentable?

Most of the rest of the details described are automatic techniques for
determining how useful the submitted translation is.