System and related method for digital attitude mapping

• US 8,312,029 B2
• Filed: 05/28/2010
• Issued: 11/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Peter Snell
• Original Assignee: Peter Snell
• Inventors: Snell, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly, Cheyne
• Application Number:
  US12/790,124
• Publication Number:
  US 20100306251A1
• Time in Patent Office: 900 Days
• Field of Search: 707/755, 715/255, 704/4, 704/7, 704/251
• US Class Current: 707/755
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/284 Lexical analysis, e.g. tokenisation or collocates
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/30 Semantic analysis

Abstract

A system and related method for the electronic processing of text onto a two-dimensional coordinate system to analyze the attitudinal mindset associated with the text. The system provides a report of the results of the analysis. The system and related method may also be employed to generate text based on a desired attitudinal mindset to impart. The system includes a computer system embodying functions that enable a user to analyze the text. The system includes one or more functions to parse attitudinal words and functional words and associate two-dimensional coordinates with the attitudinal words. The system further includes one or more functions for mapping the associated two-dimensional coordinates to show the geographic locations of each attitudinal word of the text in relation to each other attitudinal word of the text. The system delaminates attitudinal words into attitudinal equivalence and category and enables the generation of a report of the mindset associated with the analyzed text.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of processing text to analyze the underlying attitudinal mindset associated with that text, the computer-implemented method using a computer system having (i) a plurality of computer-implemented functions, (ii) one or more databases, and (iii) a processor, the computer-implemented method comprising the steps of:

a) executing a word parsing function and a word filtering function of the computer system that

(i) parses words of the text into functional words and attitudinal words; and

(ii) stores the parsed attitudinal words of the text in the one or more databases;

b) executing a word analysis function of the computer system that;

(i) compares the parsed attitudinal words with registered attitudinal words preloaded in the one or more databases;

(ii) associates two-dimensional Cartesian coordinates with each of the attitudinal words of the text as a result of the comparison;

(iii) stores the associated two-dimensional Cartesian coordinates for the attitudinal words of the text in the one or more databases; and

(iv) converts the Cartesian coordinates associated with the registered attitudinal words into polar coordinates;

c) executing a mapping function of the computer system using the polar coordinates that creates a map showing geographic locations of one or more attitudinal words of the text in relation to one or more other attitudinal words of the text, wherein collocated mapping points of two or more attitudinal words constitute attitudinal equivalence of those two or more attitudinal words; and

d) executing an output selection function of the computer system that enables the user to display a map of chronologically connected points of the attitudinal words of the text and to compute the average distance between sequential attitudinal words as a percentage of quadrant width.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising the step of executing an output selection function of the computer system that enables a user to select from a menu of multivariate distributions of the attitudinal words map.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 wherein the multivariate distributions are selected from the group consisting of quadrant demographics, hemisphere demographics, major triangle demographics, frequency, and intensity.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising the step of executing a report generation function of the computer system that creates a report interpretive of the text based on the map created by the mapping function.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the registered attitudinal words of the one or more databases comprise substantially all attitudinal words.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 wherein the attitudinal words of the one or more databases are assigned two-dimensional coordinate values.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 wherein the coordinate values are assigned based on expectations of change and perception of control.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 wherein the registered attitudinal words of the one or more databases are provided associated Cartesian coordinate values.