Apparatus and method for creating literary macramés
First Claim
1. A method for producing an electronic literary macramé
- of texts from a literary work, comprising the steps of;
breaking the literary work down into scene text files and reference text files;
establishing a set of reference hypertext files derived from the reference text files;
establishing multiple sequences of reading for scenes;
establishing a set of scene hypertext files by linking among scene text files of the literary work and linking the scene hypertext files to the reference hypertext files;
converting the work into browser-compatible form;
incorporating supplementary hypertext links in each scene hypertext file;
incorporating special presentation features in one or more scene hypertext files;
linking the reference hypertext files back to the scene hypertext files of the work, and linking the reference hypertext files among and within themselves;
suppressing the conventional marking of browser links;
defining and using background, muted supporting windows to display reference hypertext files; and
generating a collection of interlinked browser-ready files comprising the literary macramé
wherein the step of establishing multiple sequences of reading for scenes further comprises the steps of;
presenting the author with a means for selecting sequencing criteria for creating each sequence of scenes;
compiling the author'"'"'s selections of criteria for creating each sequence of scenes into a sequence of identified scenes;
creating multiple sequences of identified scenes to create interwoven sequences of narrative.
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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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42 Claims
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1. A method for producing an electronic literary macramé
- of texts from a literary work, comprising the steps of;
breaking the literary work down into scene text files and reference text files; establishing a set of reference hypertext files derived from the reference text files; establishing multiple sequences of reading for scenes; establishing a set of scene hypertext files by linking among scene text files of the literary work and linking the scene hypertext files to the reference hypertext files; converting the work into browser-compatible form; incorporating supplementary hypertext links in each scene hypertext file; incorporating special presentation features in one or more scene hypertext files; linking the reference hypertext files back to the scene hypertext files of the work, and linking the reference hypertext files among and within themselves; suppressing the conventional marking of browser links; defining and using background, muted supporting windows to display reference hypertext files; and generating a collection of interlinked browser-ready files comprising the literary macramé
wherein the step of establishing multiple sequences of reading for scenes further comprises the steps of;presenting the author with a means for selecting sequencing criteria for creating each sequence of scenes; compiling the author'"'"'s selections of criteria for creating each sequence of scenes into a sequence of identified scenes; creating multiple sequences of identified scenes to create interwoven sequences of narrative. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- of texts from a literary work, comprising the steps of;
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2. A method for producing an electronic literary macramé
- of texts from a literary work, comprising the steps of;
breaking the literary work down into scene text files and reference text files; establishing a set of reference hypertext files derived from the reference text files; establishing a set of scene hypertext files by linking among scene text files of the literary work and by linking the scene hypertext files to the reference hypertext files; linking the reference hypertext files back to the scene hypertext files of the work and linking the reference hypertext files among and within themselves; selecting a point of view (POV) spreadsheet comprising locale, and interval of time defining each scene in the literary work; creating a scene text file for each scene in the literary work; creating a scene characteristics table associating each scene text file with a title, a date and time, and a list of the characters in, and other focal aspects of, the scene; writing the scene characteristics table into the scene text file; copying the scene characteristics table from the scene text file to the POV spreadsheet.
- of texts from a literary work, comprising the steps of;
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3. A method for producing an electronic literary macramé
- of texts from a literary work, comprising the steps of;
breaking the literary work down into scene text files and reference text files; establishing a set of reference hypertext files derived from the reference text files; establishing a set of scene hypertext files by linking among scene text files of the literary work and by linking the scene hypertext files to the reference hypertext files; linking the reference hypertext files back to the scene hypertext files of the work and linking the reference hypertext files among and within themselves; collecting author'"'"'s terms of unique, innovative, or specialized usage in the literary work; creating one or more text glossaries of said author'"'"'s terms; creating expository texts concerning the author'"'"'s terms and contents of the literary work; incorporating hypertext anchors to author'"'"'s terms in said text glossaries and expository texts; constructing a list of said hypertext anchors.
- of texts from a literary work, comprising the steps of;
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4. A method for producing an electronic literary macramé
- of texts from a literary work, comprising the steps of;
breaking the literary work down into scene text files and reference text files; establishing a set of reference hypertext files derived from the reference text files; establishing a set of scene hypertext files by linking among scene text files of the literary work and by linking the scene hypertext files to the reference hypertext files; linking the reference hypertext files back to the scene hypertext files of the work and linking the reference hypertext files among and within themselves; constructing an augmented term link list containing the author'"'"'s term, the name of the anchor to which it will link, the form of the author'"'"'s term to be displayed where the link is placed, the name of the file in which the anchor resides, the area in which the reference will be displayed, and any formatting information needed for the reference display modifying the augmented term link list to eliminate unwanted references, change file names, or adjust other values and entries; executing a generating program script of the invention to create a link installation script containing file modification editing instructions for inserting hypertext links wherever text references to items in the term link list appear; applying the link installation script to each scene text file; applying the link installation script to each reference file. - View Dependent Claims (5)
- of texts from a literary work, comprising the steps of;
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21. An apparatus for producing an electronic literary macramé
- of texts from a literary work, comprising;
a computer, input means for the computer; display means for the computer; information storage and retrieval means for holding data and instructions for the computer; a repository for information connected to the computer; a set of files residing in the repository for information; a database program or spreadsheet program operating within the computer; a database supported by the database program or spreadsheet program for holding information concerning the characteristics of one or more scenes presented in the literary work; a set of processing control files residing in the repository for information, for linking the scenes of the literary work; a set of scene text files residing in the repository for information and containing the literary work; a set of reference text files residing in the repository for information and containing information supportive of the literary work; a set of link records residing in the repository for information and containing link information interconnecting the contents of the scene text files and reference text files; a set of utility programs and scripts operating within the computer for converting the set of scene text files into a set of scene hypertext files linking among scene text files of the literary work and linking to reference hypertext files and for converting the set of reference text files to reference hypertext files derived from the reference text files and linked among themselves and linked to the scene hypertext; a browser program operating within the computer for displaying interlinked hypertext files; and a set of display processing programs operating within the computer for adapting the presentation of interlinked hypertext files, wherein the database contains one or more data elements comprising attributes of each scene of a story and wherein the one or more data elements comprise for each scene; a scene title; a scene locale; a scene designator or identifier; the point of view from which the scene is rendered; the date and time of the scene within the narrative text; the copyright year of the writing of the scene; one or more keywords characterizing the scene; a designator of the chapter in which the scene appears; a designator of the section of the chapter in which the scene appears; the source file from which the scene text file is taken; the style of presentation required for the scene text; and the location or window of presentation required for the scene text file. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. An apparatus for constructing a literary macramé
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scene narrative text; and an array or list of identified attributes characterizing said scene narrative text; a single hypertext link displayed prominently for reader selection to display to the reader the next scene in a narrative in a first sequence of reading; a single hypertext link displayed prominently for reader selection to display to the reader the previous scene in a narrative in a first sequence of reading; and one or more hypertext links displayed only when selected by a pointing device, for reader selection to display to the reader a next scene in a narrative in an alternative sequence of reading; a scene title identified as such; a scene locale identified as such; a scene designator or identifier, identified as such; the point of view from which the scene is rendered, identified as such; the date and time of the scene within the narrative text, identified as such; the copyright year of the writing of the scene, identified as such; one or more keywords characterizing the scene, identified as such; and a format of presentation for links from the scene to other scenes, identified as such.
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42. An apparatus for constructing a literary macramé
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scene narrative text; and an array or list of identified attributes characterizing said scene narrative text; a single hypertext link displayed prominently for reader selection to display to the reader the next scene in a narrative in a first sequence of reading; a single hypertext link displayed prominently for reader selection to display to the reader the previous scene in a narrative in a first sequence of reading; and one or more hypertext links displayed only when selected by a pointing device, for reader selection to display to the reader a next scene in a narrative in an alternative sequence of reading; a designator of the chapter in which the scene appears, identified as such; a designator of the section of the chapter in which the scene appears, identified as such; the source file from which the scene text file is taken, identified as such; the style of presentation required for the scene text, identified as such; and the location or window of presentation required for the scene text file, identified as such.
- , comprising a scene text file further comprising;
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