Method for analyzing, deconstructing, reconstructing, and repurposing rhetorical content

• US 7,577,639 B2
• Filed: 12/12/2005
• Issued: 08/18/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: [24]7.ai, Inc.
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Cobb, John Neil, Cobb, Lee Alan, Lee, Yeow Loong, Sebastian, Kristen Jane, Rege, Nabha V.
• Primary Examiner(s): LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE
• Application Number:
  US11/299,503
• Publication Number:
  US 20070136233A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,345 Days
• Field of Search: 707/1, 707/2, 707/3, 707/100, 707/102, 375/240.26, 709/224
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3344 using natural language analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/36 Creation of semantic tools, e.g. ontology or thesauri
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/367 Ontology
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99932 Access augmentation or optimizing

Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for analyzing, deconstructing, reconstructing, and repurposing rhetorical content. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a content management system (400) having a database (404), and a controller (402) for managing the database. The controller can be programmed to retrieve (702) at least one of a first plurality of records, each including content, retrieve (706) rhetorical libraries, identify (714) patterns between the rhetorical libraries and the content of each record, and deconstruct (718) the content into one or more rhetorical topics according to the patterns identified. Additional embodiments are disclosed for analyzing, deconstructing, reconstructing, and repurposing content.

Claims

1. A computer-readable storage medium in a content management system, comprising computer instructions for:

retrieving at least one of a first plurality of records, each comprising content;

receiving a user input of contextual information;

storing the contextual information;

determining a rhetorical purpose for the content of each record by comparing the content with the contextual information;

associating at least one rhetorical topic library with the content of each record according to the content'"'"'s determined rhetorical purpose;

parsing the content of each record into a combination of one or more rhetorical and structural elements by utilizing the at least one rhetorical topic library associated with said content; and

storing the rhetorical elements each with an identifiable functional attribute for association with a portion of the at least one rhetorical topic library.

2. The storage medium of claim 1, wherein the content comprises at least one among visual rhetoric, audible rhetoric, and tactile rhetoric, and wherein the at least one rhetorical library is a database independent of the first plurality of records.

3. The storage medium of claim 2, wherein visual rhetoric comprises at least one among still image rhetoric, moving image rhetoric, and written rhetoric, wherein the audible rhetoric comprises at least one among synthesized audible rhetoric, and human audible rhetoric, and wherein tactile rhetoric comprises rhetoric in Braille.

4. The storage medium of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more structural elements conform to one or more rules for conveying a coherent expression.

5. The storage medium of claim 4, wherein the one or more rules comprise at least one among rules for written rhetoric, rules for audible rhetoric, and rules for visual rhetoric.

6. The storage medium of claim 1, wherein the at least one rhetorical topic library corresponds to the identifiable functional attribute, and wherein the parsing of the content is performed without use of a previous version of the content.

7. The storage medium of claim 1, comprising computer instructions for identifying at least one pattern in the content of each record with at least one keyword corresponding to the at least one rhetorical topic library associated with said content.

8. The storage medium of claim 1, comprising computer instructions for:

identifying patterns between the content of each record and the at least one rhetorical topic library associated with said record; and

parsing the content of each record into a combination of one or more rhetorical and structural elements according to the patterns identified.

9. The storage medium of claim 8, comprising computer instructions for applying regression analysis to search for patterns between the content of each record and the at least one rhetorical topic library associated with said record.

10. The storage medium of claim 1, comprising computer instructions for synthesizing content having audible rhetoric for comparison with the at least one rhetorical topic library associated with said content.

11. The storage medium of claim 10, comprising computer instructions for:

synthesizing the audible rhetoric in each record into written rhetoric;

identifying patterns between the written rhetoric generated for each record and the at least one rhetorical topic library associated with said record; and

parsing the audible rhetoric into a combination of one or more audible rhetorical and structural elements according to the patterns identified.

12. The storage medium of claim 1, comprising computer instructions for synthesizing content having visual rhetoric for comparison with the at least one rhetorical topic library associated with said content.

13. The storage medium of claim 12, comprising computer instructions for:

synthesizing the visual rhetoric in each record into contextual rhetoric;

identifying patterns between the contextual rhetoric generated for each record and the at least one rhetorical topic library associated with said record; and

parsing the visual rhetoric into a combination of one or more visual rhetorical and structural elements according to the patterns identified.

14. The storage medium of claim 1, comprising computer instructions for storing into a second plurality of records the rhetorical elements and their corresponding functional attributes.

15. The storage medium of claim 14, comprising computer instructions for:

constructing according to a rhetorical purpose a new combination of one or more rhetorical and structural elements from the second plurality of records associated with the rhetorical topic library by the functional attributes; and

repurposing the new combination of one or more rhetorical and structural elements into at least one communication unit according to the rhetorical purpose.

16. The storage medium of claim 15, comprising computer instructions for processing the at least one communication unit in an interactive voice response system (IVR).

17. The storage medium of claim 15, wherein the at least one communication unit comprises a topic statement, one or more comment statements, and a point statement constructed from one or more rhetorical topics.

18. The storage medium of claim 14, comprising computer instructions for:

constructing according to a rhetorical purpose a new combination of one or more rhetorical and structural elements from the second plurality of records associated with the rhetorical topic library by the functional attributes;

repurposing the new combination of one or more rhetorical and structural elements into a plurality of communication units; and

combining the plurality of communication units into a schematic expression.

19. The storage medium of claim 15, comprising computer instructions for constructing from the at least one communication unit at least one among a proposal, an electronic brochure, a product description, and an advertisement in accordance with the rhetorical purpose.

20. A content management system, comprising:

a database comprising contextual information; and

a controller for managing the database, programmed to;

retrieve at least one of a first plurality of records, each comprising content;

determine a rhetorical purpose for the content of each record by comparing the content with the contextual information;

retrieve rhetorical libraries based at least in part on the determined rhetorical purpose for the content of each record;

identify patterns between the rhetorical libraries and the content of each record;

parse the at least one pattern of each record into the one or more rhetorical topics; and

deconstruct the content into one or more rhetorical topics according to the patterns identified.

21. The content management system of claim 20, wherein the controller is programmed to:

receive a user input of the contextual information;

identify at least one pattern in the content of each record with at least one keyword associated with each of the rhetorical libraries, wherein the rhetorical libraries comprise pre-existing rhetorical variable structures;

parse the one or more rhetorical topics of each record into a corresponding one or more rhetorical and structural elements, wherein the parsing of the at least one pattern or the one or more rhetorical topics is performed without use of a previous version of the content; and

store the one or more rhetorical elements of each record into a second plurality of records corresponding to reconstructed rhetorical content having functional attributes associated with the rhetorical libraries.

22. The content management system of claim 21, wherein the controller is programmed to:

construct a combination of one or more rhetorical topics from the second plurality of records and the rhetorical libraries associated therewith according to the functional attributes;

repurpose the combination of one or more rhetorical topics into a plurality of communication units; and

combine the plurality of communication units into a schematic expression having at least one among audio, visual, and tactile rhetoric, and wherein the identifying of the purpose for the content of each record is based at least in part on a user input of contextual information.

23. A method in a content management system for deconstructing multimedia content, comprising:

retrieving from a first plurality of records one or more records each comprising multimedia content;

obtaining contextual information;

determining a rhetorical purpose for the multimedia content of each record by comparing the content with the contextual information;

identifying rhetorical and structural libraries associated with each determined rhetorical purpose;

identifying similarities between the rhetorical and structural libraries and the multimedia content in each record;

parsing the multimedia content of each record into one or more rhetorical and structural elements according to the similarities identified; and

storing the one or more rhetorical elements of each record in a second plurality of records with functional attributes for association to the rhetorical and structural libraries.

24. The method of claim 23, comprising identifying a probability of success in deconstructing the multimedia content of each record into corresponding one or more rhetorical and structural elements;

and parsing the multimedia content without use of a previous version of the multimedia content.

25. The method of claim 23, comprising:

detecting dissimilarities between the rhetorical and structural libraries and the multimedia content; and

creating one or more new rhetorical and structural libraries that match the multimedia content.

26. The method of claim 23, comprising identifying anomalies in deconstructing the multimedia content of each record into corresponding one or more rhetorical and structural elements, wherein the identifying of the purpose for the multimedia content is based at least in part on a user input of contextual information.

27. The method of claim 23, comprising:

receiving from a draftsperson modifications to a portion of the one or more rhetorical elements stored in the second plurality of records;

learning from the modifications made by the draftsperson; and

adjusting one or more of the steps of retrieving, identifying the purpose, identifying the rhetorical and structural libraries, identifying the similarities, parsing the multimedia content, and storing of the one or more rhetorical elements based on the learning from the modifications.

28. The method of claim 23, comprising:

constructing a combination of one or more rhetorical and structural elements from the second plurality of records and the rhetorical and structural libraries according to the functional attributes associated therewith; and

repurposing the combination of one or more rhetorical topics into at schematic expression.