Story rewriting system

• US 20060112131A1
• Filed: 07/14/2005
• Published: 05/25/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Strike Friday Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Strike Friday Incorporated
• Inventors: Harrold, Donald R., Skinner, Andy
• Application Number:
  US11/181,680
• Publication Number:
  US 20060112131A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/157 using dictionaries or tables
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/247 Thesauruses; Synonyms

Abstract

A method of generating multiple related stories for an internet web site or web sites is disclosed. The method provides a computer having a display screen, a mouse, and internet access. Unique permutations of a story can be generated based on an input text that is displayed on the display screen. The computer can be provided with a thesaurus for locating synonyms for terms of the input text to be replaced. The thesaurus can be used to populate a check list with synonyms for a selected term of the input text. Some or all of the synonyms can be selected to populate an individual replacement database of chosen replacement terms. The input text can be rewritten in various permutations by substituting one or more terms from the personal database for a selected term of the story. Rewriting includes using the computer to supply one or more synonyms as a substitute word for the selected word.

Claims

1. A method of generating multiple related stories for an internet web site or web sites, comprising the steps of:

a) providing a computer having a display screen, a mouse, and internet access;

b) generating a story to provide an input text that is displayed on the display screen;

c) providing the computer with a thesaurus for locating synonyms for terms of the input text to be replaced;

d) using the thesaurus to populate a check list with synonyms for a selected term of the input text;

e) selecting some or all of the synonyms of step “

d”

to populate a personal database of chosen replacement terms;

f) rewriting the input text of step “

b”

by substituting one or more terms from the personal database of step “

e”

for a selected term of the story, wherein rewriting includes using the computer to supply one or more synonyms of step “

e”

as a substitute word for the selected word.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the check list generated in step “

a”

is provided with click boxes that enable a user to click on a selected synonym with a computer mouse when selecting the synonym in step “

e”

.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein in step “

d”

one or more synonyms are entered directly in the database by a user.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein in step “

f”

only some of the synonyms in the personal data base are supplied as synonym(s).

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the input text is rewritten with random term selected by a random word spin.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein in step “

f”

a word is selected by using the mouse to click on the word.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the personal database is displayed automatically on the computer display when the selected term is identified by using the mouse to click on the term.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein all of the synonyms and replacement terms in the personal database can be displayed on the computer display.

9. The method of claim 5 wherein a user can select a version or versions of the original input text that are rewritten using the random word spin.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein pictures, music, and video can be randomly replaced in any story of step “

a”

.

31. Computer software for performing the method of any prior claim.

32. Content generated by any of claims 1-30.

33. A web site containing the content of claim 32.

11. A method of generating multiple related stories, comprising the steps of:

a) providing a computer having a display screen;

b) providing an input story having a plurality of input items displayed on the display screen;

c) providing the computer with at least one database builder, the database builder including a population of items which can be selected by a user as replacement choices;

d) from the input story of step “

b”

, selecting at least one of the input items for replacement;

e) from the database builder of step “

c”

, selecting a first group of items from the database builder which can be used as replacement choices; and

f) rewriting the input story of step “

b”

by substituting for the selected at least one input item in step “

d”

with one or more items from the first group of items selected in step “

e”

as replacement choices.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising the steps of selecting from the input story of step “

b”

a plurality of input items for replacement, and selecting from the database builder of step “

e”

respectively selecting a plurality of groups of items which can be used as replacement choices respectively for various input items for replacement.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising the step of providing a thesaurus for locating synonyms of one or more input items selected for replacement selected in step “

d.”

14. The method of claim 13, wherein for at least one input item selected for replacement the thesaurus provides a list of possible synonyms and at least one synonym is selected for replacement.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein each synonym selected is added to the database builder population.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of choosing whether one or more selected synonyms are added to the database builder population.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising the step of entering at least one item to the population provided in step “

c”

.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising the step of entering at least one additional item beyond to the group of items selected in step “

e”

.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the first group of items selected in step “

e”

includes the at least one input item selected in step “

d.”

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the first group of items selected in step “

e”

omits the at least one input item selected in step “

d.”

21. The method of claim 20, wherein a generic indicator is added to the at least one input item selected in step “

d”

to indicate that omission should occur.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the generic indicator is a symbol.

23. The method of claim 11, wherein the database builder of step “

c”

is provided with click boxes that enable a user to click on one or more selected items with a computer mouse when selecting the first group of items in step “

e”

.

24. The method of claim 11, wherein in step “

e”

only some of the population of items from step “

c”

are selected as replacement choices.

25. The method of claim 11, wherein in step “

f”

the input story is rewritten with a random selection of the replacement choices from step “

e.”

26. The method of claim 11, wherein in step “

e”

a replacement choice selected by using the mouse to click on the replacement choice.

27. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one database builder is displayed automatically on the computer display when the selected at least one input item is identified by using a mouse to click on the selected at least one input item.

28. The method of claim 11, wherein all of the population of items from the database builder can be displayed on the computer display.

29. The method of claim 11, comprising the further step of using at least one of the versions of the rewritten story from step “

f”

as a new input story in step “

b”

.

30. The method of claim 11 wherein at least one database builder in step “

c”

includes pictures, music, or video in its population of items for replacement choices.

34. The invention(s) substantially as shown and/or described herein.