“Resolving Infra-structural Problems in Chinese Information Exchange Using the Web”

“Resolving Infra-structural Problems in Chinese Information Exchange Using the Web”

Presented by: kanhan.com Limited

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The Tenth International World Wide Web Conference, Hong Kong

kanhan.com Limited

kanhan.com is the world’s leading provider of server-based language technologies for the Internet. kanhan’s technologies and solutions facilitate e-commerce and value-added services provided by web appliance manufacturers, telecom companies, ISPs, ICPs, and portals.

HanWEB Publishing Server is a patent technology in Hong Kong (HK Patent No. HK1024380, patent pending in USA, China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea)

Windows PCMac, Unix/Linux

Mobile PhoneWeb Phone, PDA

TV Set-top Box

Simplified

ChineseTraditional

Chinese Japanese Korean

Web Browser

CJK Language Software

Portals, E-Commerce Sites, Government Sites

Internetkanhan.com- INTERFACE- UNDERSTAND- FIND- COMMUNICATE- DISCUSS

Eliminatedby kanhan

Patent Technology: Internet Font Server

1. Two different character sets

- Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese

2. Viewing of non-standard Big 5 characters

- Name of places and people or Cantonese dialect

- e.g.

3. Viewing of Chinese Web content using different Internet access devices - Anywhere and Anytime

Major Barriers in Chinese Online Publishing

Plug-&-Play Solution

Traditional Chinese (TC)Readers

Simplified Chinese (SC)Readers

HanWEB Publishing Server 2.5

Web server for content in Traditional Chinese

Database Server

Real-Time andthird parties’ content

TC

TC

TC

TC

Application Server

TCTC

SC

Page analyzed to locate CJK text

Text translation if required

Web Page & font data sent to

end user

Font data preparedfor download

Web Pages downloaded

Web Page re-assembled

HanWEB Publishing Server 2.5

HanWEB Parser

HanFont Server

HanWEB Server

Translation Engines

HanWEB Composer

Original Traditional Chinese Website

Simplified ChineseWebsite

HanWEB Publishing Server 2.5

Character to Character Database

Vocabulary to Vocabulary Database

Rule-based & Database Driven Translation Engine

Without HanWEB Publishing Server

Traditional Chinese (TC)Readers Web server for content

in Traditional Chinese

DatabaseServer

Real-Time andthird parties’ content

TC

TC

TC

Application Server

TCTC

Simplified Chinese (SC)Readers Web server for content

in Simplified Chinese

DatabaseServer

SCC

TC

SC

Application Server

TCTC

Real-Time andthird parties’ content

SC

Internal Communications between different offices in the Greater China region

HanWEB Fanjian Translation Server for Intranet

HanWEB Document Server for Intranet

HTML documents conversion

HanWEB Fanjian Translation Server for Intranet

Read simplified Chinese email in Traditional Chinese

Received in Simplified Chinese Read in Traditional Chinese

HanWEB Fanjian Translation Server for Web-Based Email Communications

HanWEB UDC Chinese Font Server 2.5

CJK Font Server

HanWEB ComposerFont data prepared for download

• Converting all CJK text codes into unique URLs

• Characters downloaded from the server to browser in a graphic format 

• Caching of the Most-Frequently-Used Characters to improve performance

HanWEB CJK Font Server 2.5

PortalsE-Commerce WebsitesGovernment Websites

HanWEB PublishingServer 2.1

Wireless ISP

CJK font handling

News

Stocks

Email

General Information

News

Stocks

Email

General Information

Applications on Other Internet Devices