Language Weaver, founded in 2002 and based in Marina del Rey, California, develops automated language translation systems. The firm markets its statistical machine translation software (SMTS) products to organizations across the commercial and government sectors. Its systems allow end users to communicate and collaborate. The products support marketing communications, customer service, and other enterprise operations. Homeland security agencies can employ the systems in monitoring news stories and reviewing documents. Language Weaver's proprietary statistical learning technology allows the firm's applications to acquire additional languages and learn about new subject domains quickly. The company's systems reference existing enterprise data, supporting the optimization of translation processes. The programs integrate with data mining, optical character recognition (OCR), speech recognition, and other enterprise systems. An application programming interface (API) supports the integration of translation modules into Web pages and content management systems. Language Weaver also provides clients with software customization services. The company's products are available in Spanish/English, French/English, Arabic/English, Chinese/English, and other editions. The systems can be deployed on desktop computers and servers. The programs handle text, HTML, PDF, and eXtensible Markup Language (XML) documents. The systems can process 5,000 to 500,000 words per minute. Language Weaver's translation technology was developed by company founders Dr. Kevin Knight, Dr. Daniel Marcu, and William Wong of the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute (USC/ISI). The technology is licensed, under an exclusive agreement, from USC/ISI. Language Weaver has 50 patents pending on its systems.