System for allowing a person to experience systems of mythology

• US 5,734,795 A
• Filed: 05/15/1995
• Issued: 03/31/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mccagie B. Rogers
• Original Assignee: Mccagie B. Rogers
• Inventors: Rogers, McCagie B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Moore, David K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Smith, Jeffrey S.
• Application Number:
  US08/441,374
• Time in Patent Office: 1,051 Days
• Field of Search: 395/10, 395/12, 395/50
• US Class Current: 706/45
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00

Abstract

A system for allowing a person to experience systems of mythology. It includes an existential analyzer module (EAM), for assessing a portion of a person'"'"'s meaningful experiential world. The EAM generates an existential descripter (EXD) data structure describing the assessments. A facilitator module (FAM) utilizes the assessment from the EXD data structure for determining at least one appropriate enactment. The FAM generates at least one enactment descripter (END) data structure describing the enactment chosen from the FAM. An enactor module (ENM) utilizes information from the EXD data structure and from the END data structure to generate a mythic virtual reality that incorporates the chosen enactment.

Claims

1. A computer-based system for allowing a person to experience systems of mythology within virtual reality environments generated by the computer system, comprising:

a) an existential analyzer module (EAM), for assessing a portion of a person'"'"'s meaningful experiential world, said EAM generating an existential descripter (EXD) data structure describing said assessments, said EAM comprising a computer program executed by the computer system and residing on a direct access storage device (DASD) or in internal memory, said EXD data structure residing on a direct access storage device (DASD) or in internal memory, with said EAM creating and accessing said EXD data structure;

b) a facilitator module (FAM) for utilizing said assessment from said EXD data structure for determining at least one appropriate enactment, said FAM generating at least one enactment descripter (END) data structure describing said at least one enactment, said FAM comprising a computer program executed by the computer system and residing on a direct access storage device (DASD) or in internal memory, said END data structure residing on a direct access storage device (DASD) or in internal memory, with said FAM creating and accessing said END data structure; and

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c) an enactor module (ENM) for utilizing information from said EXD data structure and from said at least one END data structure to generate a mythic virtual reality that incorporates said chosen at least one enactment, said ENM comprising a computer program executed by the computer system and residing on a direct access storage device (DASD) or in internal memory.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said EAM, FAM and ENM comprise a computer-based system.

3. The system of claim 1, further including:

an operating system; and

an executive module (EXM) in communication with said operating system so as to provide an internal control interface between said operating system and said EAM, FAM and ENM, said EXM providing scheduling and resources management services.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein said EXM, comprises:

a multimedia primitive operations manager (EXMPOM) for providing a basic set of operations needed to manage user multimedia interfaces;

a mythic generation primitive operations manager (EXMGPOM) for providing a basic set of operations needed to encode enactment descriptions for said FAM, decode enactment descriptions for said ENM, and determine and suggest enactment entities and events that are consistent with the depth system in force for a mythic virtual reality being generated by said ENM.

a virtual reality primitive operations manager (EXVRPOM) for providing a basic set of operations needed to manage user virtual reality interfaces; and

an executive primitive operations manager (EXEPOM) for providing a basic set of operations needed to drive operating system executive services.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein said EAM, comprises:

an existential analyzer expert system (EAES) for providing said assessment of said portion of a person'"'"'s meaningful experiential world.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein said EAM, further comprises:

an existential analyzer multimedia environment manager (EAMEM) in communication with said EXMPOM for providing an EAM portion of a user multimedia interface between the user and said EAES; and

an existential analyzer executive communicator (EAEC) in communication with said EPOM for providing a control interface between said EAM and said operating system.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein said FAM, comprises:

a facilitator module expert system (FAES) for providing said determination of said at least one appropriate enactment.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein said FAM, further comprises:

a multimedia environment manager (FAMEM) in communication with said EXMPOM for providing an FAM portion of said user multimedia interface;

a facilitator module executive communicator (FAEC) in communication with said EXEPOM for providing a control interface between said FAM and said operating system; and

a facilitator module myth-oriented encoder (FAEMOE) in communication with said EXMGPOM for encoding a script for each enactment determined by said FAM.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein said ENM, comprises:

an enactor module expert system (ENES) for providing said utilization of information from said EXD data structure and from said END data structure.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein said ENM, further comprises:

an enactor module virtual reality environment manager (ENVREM) in communication with said EXVRPOM for providing said virtual reality interface;

an enactor module executive communicator (ENEC) in communication with said EPOM for providing a control interface between said ENM and said operating system; and

an enactor module myth-oriented decoder (ENEMOD) in communication with said EXMGPOM for interpreting a previously encoded script for each enactment.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein said EAM assesses mythic life patterns in the person'"'"'s history, interactively using comparative mythology and existential analysis.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein said EAM assesses the person'"'"'s texture of experience, interactively applying existential analysis and expressive arts therapies.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein said FAM utilizes said assessment to generate at least one enactment script for describing the form and content of said at least one enactment, said enactment script being a portion of said END.

14. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of generic existential descripter (EXD-GEN) data structures describing canonical personal world descriptions for use in generating said EXD data structure; and

a plurality of generic enactment descripter (END-GEN) data structures describing canonical mythic world descriptions for use in generating said at least one END data structure.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein said ENM generates at least one enactment actualizer (ENA) data structure, each being associated with a corresponding END data structure, each ENA data structure describing significant aspects of the real-time enactment of said corresponding END data structure.

16. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

a plurality of generic enactment actualizer (ENA-GEN) data structures describing canonical enactment actualizations for use in generating said ENA data structures.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein said EAM and said FAM utilize information from said plurality of said ENA data structures for generating said EXD data structure and said at least one END data structure.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein said EAM utilizes information from said at least one END data structure for generating said EXD data structure.

19. A computer-based system for determining awareness of new mythic patterns within virtual reality environments generated by the computer system, comprising:

a plurality of computer-based subsystems for allowing persons to experience systems of mythology, each such subsystem comprising;

a) an existential analyzer module (EAM), for assessing a portion of a person'"'"'s meaningful experiential world, said EAM generating an existential descripter (EXD) data structure describing said assessments, said EAM comprising a computer program executed by the computer system and residing on a direct access storage device (DASD) or in internal memory, said EXD data structure residing on a direct access storage device (DASD) or in internal memory, with said EAM creating and accessing said EXD data structure;

b) a facilitator module (FAM) for utilizing said assessment from said EXD data structure for determining at least one appropriate enactment, said FAM generating at least one enactment descripter (END) data structure describing said at least one enactment chosen from said FAM, said FAM comprising a computer program executed by the computer system and residing on a direct access storage device (DASD) or in internal memory, said END data structure residing on a direct access storage device (DASD) or in internal memory, with said FAM creating and accessing said END data structure; and

, c) an enactor module (ENM) for utilizing information from said EXD data structure and from said at least one END data structure to generate a mythic virtual reality that incorporates said chosen at least one enactment, said ENM comprising a computer program executed by the computer system and residing on a direct access storage device (DASD) or in internal memory;

intelligence means within each said subsystem for detecting and reporting new mythic patterns arising as aspects of mythic exploration by participants via interaction with a subsystem; and

networked data communication means between said plurality of subsystems for allowing each such subsystem to report to desired remaining subsystems information about said detected new mythic patterns, and to receive such reports from desired remaining subsystems.