# Patents research — Liran Tal

Co-invented work on bringing application context into software localization and testing.

Canonical: https://lirantal.com/research/patents

## Contextual-based localization based on manual testing

Translating an application is easier when the translator can see where a string appears. This invention uses the actions recorded during manual testing to reconstruct application screen states and pair the relevant text with screenshots.

I am named as a co-inventor alongside Elad Levi and Ran Bar Zik. The application was originally assigned to Hewlett-Packard. It reflects an earlier strand of my work: improving software engineering workflows by connecting tools to the context developers and testers already create.

## Publication record

The US application was published as US20160139914A1 on May 19, 2016, following a June 24, 2013 filing. Google Patents lists this application as abandoned. This is a published patent application.

The public records linked below include the application text, inventor credits, and publication history.

## At a glance

US publication

US20160139914A1

Filed

June 24, 2013

Published

May 19, 2016

Co-inventors

Elad Levi, Ran Bar Zik, Liran Tal

[Sources & attribution ↓](#sources)

## Sources & attribution

*   [Application, inventors & publication history · Google Patents ↗](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20160139914A1/en)
*   [Application text & inventor record · Justia ↗](https://patents.justia.com/patent/20160139914)