Writing style

Abstract

A computer implemented method and system is disclosed herein for constructing reports, comprising the steps of providing the information of interest of a user and generating the writing style of a user. The step of generating the writing style further comprises the steps of generating a prose style and report pattern style, generating the rendering style of a user, and applying the writing style to the information of interest to provide the constructed report. The method of deriving the prose style comprises the steps of deriving preferred equivalent name set entry sets, preferred equivalent pattern specification sets; and embellishment patterns

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The foregoing summary, as well as the following detailed description of embodiments, is better understood when read in conjunction with the appended drawings. For the purpose of illustrating the invention, there is shown in the drawings exemplary constructions of the invention; however, the invention is not limited to the specific methods and instrumentalities disclosed.

FIG. 1 illustrates the structure of a report.

FIG. 2 illustrates an overview of the method for constructing reports.

FIG. 3 illustrates the creation and application of the report pattern.

FIG. 4 illustrates the creation and application of the prose style.

FIG. 5 illustrates the creation and application of the report rendering style.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method of constructing reports from an information of interest of a user, wherein said information of interest is derived from a plurality of information sources, comprising the steps of: extracting said information of interest of a user from the plurality of information sources;generating the writing style of a user, wherein said writing style further comprises a prose style and report pattern style; andapplying the writing style and said rendering style to the information of interest to construct said reports.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the information of interest is generated by applying a reading style of a user to said plurality of information sources.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the method of constructing the report, further comprises the step of generating the rendering style of the report.

4. A computer implemented method of creating a prose style of a user, for the purpose of applying said prose style to an information of interest in a given context, comprising the steps of: providing equivalent name sets;deriving preferred equivalent name set entries from said equivalent name sets for said given context;providing equivalent pattern specification sets; andderiving a preferred pattern specification set from said equivalent pattern specification sets for the given context.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 4, wherein said equivalent name set is captured in the process of capturing the reading style of the user.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 4, wherein the equivalent name set entries are mapped and identified for semantic items that are contained in the information of interest.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 4, wherein the preferred pattern set further comprises embellishments that are words or phrases that the author characteristically uses to describes a subject, object or verb, and wherein said embellishments are selected from the equivalent name sets depending on the context of the information of interest.

8. A computer implemented method of creating report patterns, further comprising the steps of: defining report sections that are arranged in a predetermined information sequence;defining a fixed sequence of said report sections, wherein in a fixed sequence an hierarchy can be traversed only in one path; andderiving a computed sequence of said report sections based on discrete semantic items or on a sequence graph traversal, wherein said computed sequence is captured based on the users observation of the information of interest.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 8, wherein said traversal is based on hierarchy.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 8, wherein said traversal is based on a defined enumeration of semantic items.

11. The computer implemented method of claim 8, wherein the report section comprises one or more section components, wherein each section component may optionally one or more of a section header, chart graph descriptors and paragraph descriptors.