Apparatus and method for creating literary macrames
First Claim
1. A method for producing an electronic literary macramé
- of texts from a literary work, comprising the steps of;
breaking the literary work down into files;
establishing a set of reference hypertext files;
establishing hypertext links among scene text files of the literary work and reference hypertext files;
establishing multiple sequences of reading for scenes;
converting the work into browser-compatible form;
incorporating supplementary hypertext links in each scene hypertext file;
incorporating special presentation features in one or more scene hypertext files;
linking the reference hypertext files back to the scene hypertext files of the work;
suppressing the conventional marking of browser links;
defining and using background, muted supporting windows to display reference hypertext files; and
generating a collection of interlinked browser-ready files comprising the literary macramé
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Abstract
By the use of program scripts, databases, and other software elements, taking as input a set of text files making up a work of literature of substantial size, converting the files to an electronically-readable form, linking the files to each other to provide readers with a rich set of associations to be explored within the work, muting the presentation of the links in order to preserve the immersive character of the reading process, and simplifying the user browsing interface to limit distractions that vitiate the immersive reading experience. By the richness and simplicity of carefully-designed outputs, offering the author a new range of opportunities for engaging the reader, offering the publisher a new opportunity for succeeding in purveying electronic literature, and presenting the reader with an “electronic literary macramé”: a new class of work permitting a level of immersive reading practice obtainable only in the world of electronic text.
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46 Claims
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1. A method for producing an electronic literary macramé
- of texts from a literary work, comprising the steps of;
breaking the literary work down into files; establishing a set of reference hypertext files; establishing hypertext links among scene text files of the literary work and reference hypertext files; establishing multiple sequences of reading for scenes; converting the work into browser-compatible form; incorporating supplementary hypertext links in each scene hypertext file; incorporating special presentation features in one or more scene hypertext files; linking the reference hypertext files back to the scene hypertext files of the work; suppressing the conventional marking of browser links; defining and using background, muted supporting windows to display reference hypertext files; and generating a collection of interlinked browser-ready files comprising the literary macramé
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- of texts from a literary work, comprising the steps of;
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22. An apparatus for producing an electronic literary macramé
- of texts from a literary work, comprising;
a computer; input means for the computer; display means for the computer; information storage and retrieval means for holding data and instructions for the computer; a repository for information connected to the computer; a set of files residing in the repository for information; a database program or spreadsheet program operating within the computer; a database supported by the database program or spreadsheet program for holding information concerning the characteristics of one or more scenes presented in the literary work; a set of processing control files residing in the repository for information, for linking the scenes of the literary work; a set of scene text files residing in the repository for information and containing the literary work; a set of reference text files residing in the repository for information and containing information supportive of the literary work; a set of link records residing in the repository for information and containing link information interconnecting the contents of the scene text files and reference text files; a set of utility programs and scripts operating within the computer for converting the set of scene text files and reference text files to interlinked hypertext files; a browser program operating within the computer for displaying interlinked hypertext files; and a set of display processing programs operating within the computer for adapting the presentation of interlinked hypertext files. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
- of texts from a literary work, comprising;
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44. An apparatus for constructing a literary macramé
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scene narrative text; and an array or list of identified attributes characterizing said scene narrative text; a single hypertext link displayed prominently for reader selection to display to the reader the next scene in a narrative in a first sequence of reading; a single hypertext link displayed prominently for reader selection to display to the reader the previous scene in a narrative in a first sequence of reading; and one or more hypertext links displayed only when selected by a pointing device, for reader selection to display to the reader a next scene in a narrative in an alternative sequence of reading. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46)
- , comprising a scene text file further comprising;
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