Apparatus and method for creating literary macrames
First Claim
1. An electronic device for displaying an electronic literary macrame, comprising:
- a processor, a display configured to display a plurality of windows, and a display interface configured to communicate with the processor and the display;
information storage means including;
at least one scene hypertext file including;
at least one scene narrative text; and
a plurality of reference points;
at least one reference hypertext file including a plurality of reference points;
a browser application program configured to interpret the scene and reference hypertext files and display each hypertext file in a respective window on the display; and
wherein each hypertext file is configured to, when interpreted by the browser program application, provide a plurality of links to at least one of the scene hypertext file reference points and reference hypertext file reference points.
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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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20 Claims
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1. An electronic device for displaying an electronic literary macrame, comprising:
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a processor, a display configured to display a plurality of windows, and a display interface configured to communicate with the processor and the display; information storage means including; at least one scene hypertext file including; at least one scene narrative text; and a plurality of reference points; at least one reference hypertext file including a plurality of reference points; a browser application program configured to interpret the scene and reference hypertext files and display each hypertext file in a respective window on the display; and wherein each hypertext file is configured to, when interpreted by the browser program application, provide a plurality of links to at least one of the scene hypertext file reference points and reference hypertext file reference points. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for presenting an electronic literary macramé
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a computing device including input means and display means; and information storage means for holding data and instructions for the computer including; a plurality of scene text files including narrative text for at least one scene and at least one scene attribute for each scene; a plurality of reference text files; at least one database for holding information concerning the characteristics of one or more scenes; a plurality of processing control files for linking the scenes and providing a plurality of interlinked hypertext files; and a browser program operating within the computer for displaying the plurality interlinked hypertext files. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for producing an electronic literary macramé
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providing one or more scene text files and one or more reference text files; creating, from the scene text files and the reference text files, at least one scene hypertext file and at least one reference hypertext file; establishing at least one scene sequence and a plurality of links in the at least one scene hypertext file to a least one reference point corresponding to the scene sequence; establishing a plurality of links in the at least one scene hypertext file to at least one reference point in the at least one reference hypertext file; - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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