SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING AND PRESENTING NARRATIVE CONTENT
First Claim
2. An apparatus for automated natural language generation, comprising:
- a statistics analysis module, the statistics analysis module for receiving statistics for a real-world event and analyzing the statistics by running one or more algorithms on at least the statistics to determine one or more particular items of interest related to the real-world event;
a processor to be operatively coupled to a memory and to the statistics analysis module, for executing content generation steps comprising;
receiving an instruction to define a content portion based on the real-world event;
receiving, from the statistics analysis module, a determined item of interest related to the real-world event;
selecting, based at least in part on the determined item of interest, a narrative tone type;
selecting, based at least in part on the determined item of interest, a narrative template that includes a set of phrases;
selecting, based on the narrative tone type, a phrase variation from a set of phrase variations associated with a first phrase from the set of phrases to define a first selected phrase;
selecting, based on the narrative tone type, a phrase variation from a set of phrase variations associated with a second phrase from the set of phrases to define a second selected phrase;
sending a signal indicative of the narrative content portion that includes the first selected phrase and the second selected phrase; and
sending a signal to an output device for outputting the narrative content portion.
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Abstract
In some embodiments, a non-transitory processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions that when executed cause a processor to select a narrative content template based at least in part on a predetermined content type associated with a real-world and/or virtual event. The code further represents instructions that when executed cause the processor to select a narrative tone type. The code further represents instructions that when executed cause the processor to, for each phrase included in an ordered set of phrases associated with the narrative content template, select, based at least in part on the narrative tone type, a phrase variation from a set of phrase variations associated with that phrase, and define, based on the selected phrase variation and at least one datum from a set of data, a narrative content portion associated with the real-world event. The code further represents instructions that when executed cause the processor to output, at a display, the narrative content portion.
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2. An apparatus for automated natural language generation, comprising:
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a statistics analysis module, the statistics analysis module for receiving statistics for a real-world event and analyzing the statistics by running one or more algorithms on at least the statistics to determine one or more particular items of interest related to the real-world event; a processor to be operatively coupled to a memory and to the statistics analysis module, for executing content generation steps comprising; receiving an instruction to define a content portion based on the real-world event; receiving, from the statistics analysis module, a determined item of interest related to the real-world event; selecting, based at least in part on the determined item of interest, a narrative tone type; selecting, based at least in part on the determined item of interest, a narrative template that includes a set of phrases; selecting, based on the narrative tone type, a phrase variation from a set of phrase variations associated with a first phrase from the set of phrases to define a first selected phrase; selecting, based on the narrative tone type, a phrase variation from a set of phrase variations associated with a second phrase from the set of phrases to define a second selected phrase; sending a signal indicative of the narrative content portion that includes the first selected phrase and the second selected phrase; and sending a signal to an output device for outputting the narrative content portion. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4)
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8. A method for providing automated natural language generation, comprising:
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receiving a digital input representing a real-world event; receiving an instruction to define a narrative content portion based on the real-world event; receiving, from a database, a plurality of data associated with the event, including statistics for the real-world event; running one or more algorithms on at least the received statistics to determine one or more particular items of interest related to the real-world event; selecting, based at least in part on the determined item of interest, a narrative tone type; selecting, based at least in part on the determined item of interest, a narrative content template including a plurality of variable identifiers; defining the narrative content portion based at least in part on a combination of; a text portion of the narrative content template, the text portion being based on the narrative tone type; and for each variable identifier from the plurality of variable identifiers, a datum from the plurality of data associated with that variable identifier; and sending a signal such that the narrative content portion is synthesized as output on an output device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions that when executed cause a processor to:
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receive an event identifier (ID) associated with a real-world event; receive a first participant ID associated with the event ID; receive a statistic value associated with the first participant ID; analyze the statistic in relation to statistics obtained from a statistics database to identify a statistical item of interest; determine a narrative tone; define, based on a content template, a content portion including; a name of a first participant associated with the first participant ID; the statistical item of interest; and text associated with the event, the text based at least in part on a plurality of text elements associated with the content template, each text element from the plurality of text elements being associated with the narrative tone; and send the content portion to a physical output device for presentation. - View Dependent Claims (1, 5, 6, 7, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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17-1. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 15, wherein sending the content portion to a physical device comprises sending the content portion to a voice synthesizer for conversion to voice data for audible presentation.
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