SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN INTERACTIVE STORYTELLING GAME

• US 20100092930A1
• Filed: 10/15/2008
• Published: 04/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alan Aldworth, Martin Fletcher, William Kuchera
• Original Assignee: Alan Aldworth, Martin Fletcher, William Kuchera
• Inventors: Fletcher, Martin, Aldworth, Alan, Kuchera, William
• Application Number:
  US12/252,290
• Publication Number:
  US 20100092930A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/178
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 17/00 Teaching reading teaching lip-reading G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/22 Games, e.g. card games
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/062 Combinations of audio and printed presentations, e.g. magnetically striped cards, talking books, magnetic tapes with printed texts thereon

Abstract

The interactive storytelling game of the present invention includes a contextual story that includes at least one key story concept, a blank story scene, and a scene palette that includes at least one story object that is associated with the key story concept. The story object is adapted to be applied to the blank story scene to form a user-generated scene. A validation engine compares the user-generated scene with the contextual description.

Claims

11. A method for facilitating children reading comprehension through an interactive storytelling game, comprising the steps:

presenting a contextual story that includes at least one key story concept;

providing a blank story scene;

providing a scene palette that includes at least one story object associated with the at least one key story concept;

facilitating the creation of a user-generated scene wherein the at least one story object can be applied to the blank story scene; and

comparing the user-generated scene to the contextual story.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the step of providing a blank story scene includes providing a blank story scene with hotspots that detect a story object.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the step of comparing the user generated scene to the contextual is implemented in a computer program.

14. The method of claim 11 further comprising the step removing the contextual story from view prior to providing a blank story scene.

15. The method of claim 11 further comprising the step providing a meta-cognitive hint for the user.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the step of providing a meta-cognitive hint occurs before the step of providing a contextual story.

17. The method of claim 11 wherein the step of facilitating the creation of a user-generated scene further comprises facilitating the addition of a story object to the blank story scene to form the user-generated scene.

19. The method of claim 11 wherein the step of facilitating the creation of a user-generated scene further includes facilitating the change of the blank story scene.

18-1. The method of claim 18 wherein the step of facilitating the creation of a user-generated scene further includes facilitating the removal, rearrangement, and modification of a story object.

20. An interactive storytelling game to facilitate children reading comprehension comprising:

means for providing a contextual story that includes at least one key story concept;

means for providing a blank story scene and a scene palette that includes at least one story object that is associated with the at least one key story concept; and

means for comparing a user-generated scene with the contextual description.