System and method for determining and controlling the impact of text
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1. A computer program comprising:
- a vocabulary database comprising machine readable data corresponding to a plurality of vocabulary words and a lexical impact value respectively corresponding to each vocabulary word;
comparison instructions comprising machine readable instructions for comparing a plurality of text words of a piece of text to the vocabulary database to determine a lexical impact value for each text word that corresponds to a vocabulary word; and
output instructions comprising machine readable instructions for outputting the lexical impact value of the text words that correspond to vocabulary words as output data;
wherein the lexical impact value for each text word is determined without resort to a denotative meaning of the text word.
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Abstract
A computer program that indicates lexical impact of various words and phrases in a text, measures the overall lexical impact of the text, and suggests alternatives for various words and phrases of the text. The computer program may include a ranked thesaurus for listing alternative words and phrases (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, related), along with an indication of their relative lexical impacts. The thesaurus may alternatively rank words and phrases according to other ranking systems.
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1. A computer program comprising:
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a vocabulary database comprising machine readable data corresponding to a plurality of vocabulary words and a lexical impact value respectively corresponding to each vocabulary word;
comparison instructions comprising machine readable instructions for comparing a plurality of text words of a piece of text to the vocabulary database to determine a lexical impact value for each text word that corresponds to a vocabulary word; and
output instructions comprising machine readable instructions for outputting the lexical impact value of the text words that correspond to vocabulary words as output data;
wherein the lexical impact value for each text word is determined without resort to a denotative meaning of the text word. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer program comprising:
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a vocabulary database comprising machine readable data corresponding to a plurality of vocabulary words and a lexical impact value respectively corresponding to each vocabulary word;
comparison instructions comprising machine readable instructions for comparing a plurality of text words of a piece of text to the vocabulary database to determine a lexical impact value for each text word that corresponds to a vocabulary word;
output instructions comprising machine readable instructions for outputting the lexical impact value of the text words that correspond to vocabulary words as output data; and
display instructions comprising machine readable instructions for receiving the output data and for generating a visual display, perceivable by the author, indicative of the lexical impact values of the text words. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program comprising:
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a thesaurus database comprising machine readable data corresponding to thesaurus groupings and rankings for each of each thesaurus grouping, with respect to a ranking spectrum;
input instructions comprising machine readable instructions for receiving a requested text portion;
retrieval instructions comprising machine readable instructions for retrieving a thesaurus grouping corresponding to the requested text portion; and
output instructions comprising machine readable instructions for outputting the thesaurus grouping and its respective corresponding rankings. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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