JP5893045B2 - Schematic representation of the relationship between the referenced object and the story - Google Patents

Description

  Books, movies, audio books, and other forms of stories often include a wide range of characters, themes, themes, events, etc. within their descriptions. Readers, viewers, listeners, or other consumers of these descriptions are identified for a variety of reasons, including one or more of the characters, themes, themes, and / or events referenced in the descriptions You can watch the narrative or story. Two or more stories may have a common reference. For example, each of the two stories may be set to the same era and location, include the same historical or fictional characters, and / or be related to similar subjects. Typically, readers, viewers, or other consumers who watch a particular story quickly view similar stories based on the viewpoint of the story they watched, such as a particular character, age, place, or subject. It is impossible to search or grasp.

  Many of the foregoing aspects and attendant advantages will be more readily appreciated as the same is better understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings. Let's go.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram depicting an exemplary operating environment in which a user of a computing device may view a graphical representation of the relationship between a story and a referenced object. Describes the general architecture of a story server for displaying a graphical representation of the relationship between a story and a reference object. FIG. 6 is an illustrative user interface generated by a story server that displays a graphical representation of a storyline with an indicator that indicates the strength of the association between a point in time in the storyline and a reference object of interest. FIG. 4 is an illustrative user interface generated by a story server that displays a graphical representation of a storyline, with an indicator that indicates the strength of association between a point in time in the storyline and two interested reference objects. FIG. 4 is an illustrative user interface generated by a story server that displays a graphical story map representation for a set of stories and allows a user to assign relative weights to different interest reference objects for display in the graphical representation. An illustrative user interface generated by a story server that displays a graphical representation for a set of stories, where the indicator for each story graphically indicates the strength of the relationship between the story and the referenced object of interest. . An illustrative user interface generated by a story server that allows a user to create a custom signature by selecting a story of interest to the user, where the custom signature is a graphical representation of one or more stories by the story server. It may be used to generate a representation. An illustrative user interface generated by a story server that allows a user to create a custom signature by selecting an interest reference object for the user and / or selecting a portion of a story of interest to the user. .

  In general, when described, aspects of the disclosure relate to diagrammatically representing a relationship between one or more stories and one or more references of interest to a user. For example, aspects of the present disclosure present a graphical representation of several stories for display, and the indicator for each presented story is between the story and one or more interest references for the user. Including the relative strength color or other indication of relevance. Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to presenting a graphical representation of several points in a story for display, where each point in the story includes one point in the story and one or more interests to the user. Includes the color or other indication of the relative strength of the association with the reference object. For example, a point in time in a story may be associated with a reference object if the reference object is referenced in or related to the content of the story at a given time. A reference object can be anything that is generally referred to by a story, such as a place, object, real person, fictional character, concept, subject, event, time, and / or visual or mental image. Good.

  In some embodiments, a graphical representation as disclosed herein may be considered a “heat map” or “story map” corresponding to a story or set of stories. The indicator of color or pattern or expression displayed within a given part is, for example, the relative strength of the association between one or more interest references and the story represented by the given indicator. The determination may be made based on this. A story map or other graphical representation allows the user to select a directive from the representation to view additional information related to the story (or point in time) represented by the given directive As may be presented for display. Thus, the graphical representation as disclosed herein provides the user with a visual overview of the relative strength of the relationship between the various stories and the referenced object of interest for one or more users. You may browse. The user may then search deeper for the story of interest. Other graphical representations discussed herein include, for example, visualizing the relative strength of the relationship between a reference object of interest for one or more users and individual time points within a given story. You may also browse the general overview.

  As used herein, a “story” generally refers to any description, such as a description of the action, occurrence, and / or process of an event, regardless of chronological order or any other type of sequence. You may point. A story may be fiction, non-fiction, or a mixture of both. A story or description may be embodied in several media such as text, audio, images, and / or video. A given embodiment of a story may be referred to herein as a “version” of the story. For example, a given story may be embodied in one or more book versions, one or more movie versions, one or more audio book versions, one or more poetry versions, and the like. These different versions of a particular story may differ in the details of the media and / or the description itself. A “story” may also be referred to herein as a “work”.

  FIG. 1 depicts an exemplary operating environment in which a user of a computing device may view a graphical representation of the relationship between a story and a reference object. The depicted environment includes a computing device 102 and a story server 120 that are communicatively connected by a network 108 such as the Internet. Those skilled in the art will recognize that computing device 102 includes, but is not limited to, laptops, personal computers, tablets, personal digital assistants (PDAs), hybrid PDAs / cell phones, mobile phones, e-book readers, digital media players, and the like. It will be appreciated that any of a number of computing devices capable of communicating over a network may be included. In some embodiments, the story server 120 may provide front-end communication with various user devices such as the computing device 102 via the network 108. The front-end communication provided by the story server 120 is possibly a text that is organized as a user interface using hypertext transfer or other protocols in response to information queries received from various user devices. And / or schema generation.

  The story server 120, described in more detail below, may be connected to or in communication with the story data store 112. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the story data store 112 may be local to the story server 120, remote to the story server 120, and / or the network-based service itself. Will understand. One skilled in the art will appreciate that the network 108 may be any wired network, wireless network, or a combination thereof. In addition, the network 108 may be a personal area network, a local area network, a wide area network, a cable network, a satellite network, a mobile phone network, etc., or a combination thereof. Protocols and components for communicating over the Internet or any of the other aforementioned types of communication networks are well known to those skilled in the art of computer communications and therefore need to be described in greater detail herein. Absent.

  System 100 is depicted in FIG. 1 to operate in a distributed computing environment comprising several computer systems that are interconnected using one or more computer networks. The system 100 may also operate in a computer system having fewer or more components than those illustrated in FIG. Accordingly, the depiction of the system 100 in FIG. 1 should be taken as illustrative rather than limiting to the present disclosure. For example, system 100 is a peer-to-peer network for implementing various web service components (including but not limited to virtual utility computing services, known as “cloud computing services”) and at least some of the processes. A configuration may be implemented.

  Although not illustrated in FIG. 1, in some embodiments the environment may also include a retail server that facilitates electronic browsing and purchasing goods and services using various user devices, such as computing device 102. Good. For example, a retail server may obtain information about available goods and services (or “items”) from one or more data stores (not shown), as is done in conventional electronic commerce systems. Good. An item may include a version of a story that is available for purchase, such as a book, audio book, movie, and the like. In other embodiments, the story server 120 may access item data from the story data store 112 and / or any other data source inside or outside the system 100.

  FIG. 2 depicts the general architecture of the story server 120 for displaying a graphical representation of the relationship between stories and referenced objects. The general architecture of the story server 120 depicted in FIG. 2 includes an array of computer hardware and software components that can be used to implement aspects of the present disclosure. One skilled in the art will appreciate that the story server 120 may include more (or fewer) components than those shown in FIG. However, not all of these generally conventional components need to be shown in order to provide a feasible disclosure. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the story server 120 includes a network interface 206, a processing unit 204, an input / output device interface 220, an optional display 202, an optional input device 224, and a computer readable media drive 207, which are May all communicate with each other via a communication bus. Network interface 206 may provide a connection to one or more networks or computing systems. The processing unit 204 may thus receive information and instructions from other computing systems or services over the network. The processing unit 204 may also communicate to and from the memory 210 and further provide output information for the optional display 202 via the input / output device interface 220. The input / output device interface 220 may also receive input from an optional input device 224 such as a keyboard, mouse, digital pen, touch screen, or the like.

  Memory 210 contains computer program instructions that are executed by processing unit 204 to implement one or more embodiments. Memory 210 generally includes RAM, ROM, and / or other persistent non-temporary memory. Memory 210 may store an operating system 214 that provides computer program instructions by processing unit 204 in the general management and operation of story server 120. Memory 210 may further include computer program instructions and other information for implementing aspects of the present disclosure. For example, in one embodiment, the memory 210 may be a user interface (and / or therefor) for display on a computing device, eg, via a navigation interface such as a web browser installed on the computing device. A user interface module 212 that generates instructions). In addition, memory 210 may include or communicate with auxiliary story data store 112. The data stored in the story data store 112 includes information associated with the story and its various versions (title, publisher, year of publication, etc.), story content (book text, audio book audio, digital copy of the movie). Etc.) and / or reference objects associated with the story.

  In addition to the user interface module 212, the memory 210 may include a story module 216 that may be executed by the processing unit 204. In one embodiment, the story module 216 implements various aspects of the present disclosure, for example, on the number of associations between a story and one or more interest reference objects for the user, as described further below. Based on this, the score for the story is determined, the graphical indicator is determined, and the relationship between the story and the reference object is represented. Although the story module 216 is shown in FIG. 2 as part of the story server 120, in other embodiments, all or part of the story module is part of a user's computing device, such as the computing device 102. There may be. For example, in certain embodiments of the present disclosure, computing device 102 operates similarly to components illustrated as part of story server 120, including user interface modules, story modules, processing units, computer readable media drives, and the like. Several components may be included. In such embodiments, computing device 102 may communicate with story data storage, such as story data storage 112.

  FIG. 3 is an illustrative user interface generated by the story server 120 that displays a graphical representation of the storyline 310 with an indicator that indicates the strength of the association between the point in time in the storyline and the interest reference object 304. 300. The user interface 300 includes information 320 associated with the reference object referenced by the story at the time 316 of the graphical representation of the story line 310. As shown, the user interface 300 is displayed via a browser operation on a computing device such as the computing device 102 utilized by the user. As illustrated, the user interface 300 includes story version information 302 for the story “Hamlet”. The story version information 302 includes an electronic book version by Classic Publishers, an audio book version by ABC Publishers, and a movie version by XYZ Pictures. Story version information 302 additionally includes other available versions, including 12 other electronic book versions, 4 other audio book versions, 3 other movie versions, and 8 other types of versions. Contains a list of numbers. The user may select a list of available versions in order to be presented with one or more additional user interfaces that include identification information for additional versions that are not displayed in the user interface 300.

  The user interface 300 includes an interest reference target option 304 and indicates that the user has selected the reference target “King Claudius”, which is the reference target type “fictional person”. As described above, the reference object may be of various types such as a place, an object, a real person, a fictional character, a concept, a subject, an event, and an era. The user may, for example, view a graphical representation of the location and / or frequency that the user is interested in the King Claudius character, and the character is referenced in or otherwise associated with the Hamlet story The reference object “King Claudius” may be selected as desired. As shown in the display key or display spectrum 306, the display spectrum for the storyline representation 310 in FIG. 3 consists of three potential states: white, first pattern, and second pattern. The three potential states are shown as patterns for illustration purposes only, and may represent colors according to some embodiments. For example, the three potential states may be white, light blue, and dark blue (from left to right). Alternatively, the display spectrum shown in the display key 306 includes a continuous spectrum from one color to a second color (such as white to blue) so that a number of individual colors or color intensities can be displayed. It may be a color gradient. As used herein, the relative intensity of a color may refer broadly to, for example, the lightness, saturation, shading, and / or amount of a given color, depending on the embodiment. As discussed below, the relative strength of the association between a point in time in a story and a given reference object includes an indicator (eg, an indicator, including a color or pattern from a given display spectrum 306. 312) is graphically displayed in the graphical representation 310 of the storyline. The lower the strength of relevance is represented by the color or pattern shown further to the left in the display spectrum 306, and the higher the strength of relevance is represented by the color or pattern shown further to the right in the display spectrum 306. .

  The illustrative user interface 300 also includes additional reference target options 308 from which the user can be represented schematically in the storyline representation 310, as discussed below with reference to FIG. You may select the above additional reference object. It will be appreciated that various reference object types other than those listed in the reference object option 308 (including events, places, real people, fictional people, subject matter, and time) may be presented. I will. For example, one or more style reference target types that refer to the style of the content of the story may be included. The style may be determined in some embodiments based on the presence of classical language, use of profane words, and / or other indicators of a given style. Some reference object types may be specific to the format of a given version of a story. For example, the reference type of “cinematic style” is related to the movie version of the story but may not be related to the book version of the story. In some embodiments, a storyline representation, such as storyline representation 310, may correspond to a single version of the story, while in other embodiments, multiple versions, including versions in different formats, are supported. May be.

  A schematic representation of a storyline, such as the schematic storyline representation 310, may generally be considered to represent a story or a version of a story as a set of points in the order of description, each point corresponding to It may be displayed together with an indicator. The order of the narrative of a point in time relative to another point in time may be based on the order in which the two points of time appear in the narrative, which may or may not correspond to the chronological order of events described at a given point in the narrative May be. For example, a given story may describe the behavior of an adult character at the first time of the narrative and then describe the childhood growth events of that character at a later time during the narrative. . In that case, the storyline representation may include an indicator for the first time point prior to the indicator for the second time point, not the chronological order in which the events occurred in the character's life (the time point is being described). In the order they appear in). In some embodiments, an alternative or additional representation of a story or a version of a story may represent the time of description in chronological order (not shown in FIG. 3). A “time point” corresponding to a given indicator may be defined at different levels of specialities such as words, paragraphs, pages, sentences, passages, paragraphs, coordinates, actions, scenes, beats, chapters, frames, time, etc. Well, it may depend on the format of the original work. In some embodiments, the user may specify the level of specificity (eg, word level, paragraph level, chapter level, etc.) represented by each indicator. In some embodiments, the user can adjust the level of specificity to a greater or lesser extent to display details or to “scale” a specific portion of the storyline representation. (Not shown in FIG. 3).

  The storyline graphical representation 310 may include a number of indicators, such as indicators 312, 314, and 316, each corresponding to a point in the Hamlet story. Each indicator, such as indicators 312, 314, and 316, is a color or pattern that represents the relative strength of the association between the reference object "King Claudius" and the point in time in the story that corresponds to the given indicator. including. As will be discussed below, the relative strength of the relationship between a point in time in the story and the reference object King Claudius is determined by the story server 120 in part in the reference object data stored in the story data store 112. The determination may be made based on this. The reference target data stored in the story data storage 112 may include a relationship between the reference target and the story (or a point in time in the story). The relevance of referenced objects stored in the story data store 112 is described in the related co-pending and co-pending US patent application Ser. No. 12 / 881,021 “SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSOCIATING” filed on September 13, 2010. It may be determined in various ways, such as the systems and methods disclosed in STORIES WITH RELATED REFERENTS (incorporated herein by reference in its entirety).

  As shown in the storyline representation 310, the indicator 312 is colored white (or the color corresponding to the leftmost part of the display spectrum 306), and the Hamlet story is referred to at a corresponding point in the story. It may represent not referring to King Claudius. For example, the indicator 312 may correspond to a certain point in the Hamlet story, at which point the character King Claudius is not present in the scene, in which the character King Claudius is described. Not. The indicator 314 includes a color corresponding to the middle of the display spectrum 306 (for example, light blue may be used). The indicator 314 may correspond to a certain point in the Hamlet story, for example, at that point, the character King Claudius is briefly discussed or stated but is not present in the scene. Finally, the indicator 316 includes a color corresponding to the rightmost side of the display spectrum 306 (for example, it may be dark blue). The indicator 316 may correspond to a point in the Hamlet story, for example, at which point the character King Claudius is speaking or otherwise at the center of the story content.

  The story server 120 generally indicates the indicator 312 based on the relative strength of the relationship between the point in time of the story represented by the indicator and the reference object of interest to the user (in this case, the reference object King Claudius). The color, pattern, or other graphical indication for each indicator, such as 314 and 316, may be determined. In some embodiments, the strength of relevance may be read from the story data store 112. For example, the strength of the relationship between a point in time and a given reference object can be the result of the user showing the relationship and its strength, or the result of automatic analysis of some version of text or other content in the story, It may be stored in the data store 112. In other embodiments, the story server 120 may determine the strength of the association between a point in the story and a reference object of interest by determining a score for the point in time in the story.

  The score for a given point in the story may be determined in some embodiments based on the number of relevances that the given point in the story relates to the subject of interest for the user. . For example, if a “time point” in the story line 310 corresponds to a page with content in the e-book version of the story, the story server 120 may indicate that the character King Claudius is referenced by the content of that page or otherwise. Similarly, the score for that point in time may be determined by determining the number of times associated with it. In some embodiments, the story server 120 determines a score for each point in the story, and then optionally the color or pattern on the far right of the display spectrum 306 is the highest score determined by the story server 120. The score may be normalized so as to correspond to. For example, in embodiments where a score is calculated for each point in the story, the color of the indicator 312 is such that the story server has a relatively low or zero score for the point in time corresponding to the indicator 312. May be selected by the story server 120. The color of the indicator 316 may be selected by the story server 120 as a result of the story server determining a relatively high score for the time corresponding to the indicator 316.

  Each time point or indicator shown in the storyline representation 310 may be associated with reference object information, as is the reference object information 320 associated with the time point corresponding to the indicator 316. Reference object information 320 corresponds to a reference object “King Claudius”, which is a fictitious person, and includes a selectable text “can be selected by the user to view the user interface including additional information about the reference object King Claudius. "Viewing" King Claudius "page". The reference object information 320 additionally includes a list of points in the specific version of Hamlet where the reference object “King Claudius” is associated or “tagged” by the user identified by the user name “user 123”. . As illustrated in the user interface 300, the user can select a “browse text” option to view a portion of the electronic book content, such as text and / or image data corresponding to a point in the story in the indicator 316. 322 may be selected. For example, selection of the “view text” option 322 may be read from the story data store 112 that the story server 120 includes, for display, an implicit or explicit reference to a character named “King Claudius”. Generating one or more user interfaces that include a portion of the book content. Similarly, selection of the “view” option 324 may cause the user to read a narrated audio of Hamlet's story that references a character named “King Claudius” that may be read from the story data store 112 or another data store. A part of the recording may be viewed.

  In some embodiments, the user may be associated with a given time point, even if initially selected by the user, as only a subset of the referenced objects are represented graphically in the storyline representation 310. In order to browse the reference object information regarding the reference object, an indicator at a given time point in the story line 310 may be selected. For example, even if the indicator 312 indicates that the reference object King Claudius is not associated with a corresponding point in time in the story, the user can provide information about other reference objects associated with the corresponding point in time in the story. An indicator 312 may be selected for browsing.

  FIG. 4 illustrates a story server 120 that displays a graphical representation of a storyline 420 with an indicator that indicates the strength of the association between a point in time in the storyline and two interest reference objects, reference objects 402 and 404. An exemplary user interface 400 that is generated. The user interface 400 displays the additional reference object in the user interface 300 of FIG. 3, for example, when the user selects the additional reference object option “fictional person” included in the option 308 of the user interface 300. May be presented to the user after selection to be added to the graphical representation 310 to be played. As illustrated in the user interface 400, the user selects a second reference object of interest in addition to the previously selected reference object King Claudius. The second interest reference object “Rosencrantz” is also the reference object type “fictional person”. The user may select an additional (third) interest reference object by selecting the reference object option 406.

  As shown in the user interface 400, the display spectrum 408 corresponding to the reference object King Claudius has the same color as the display spectrum 306 described above with reference to FIG. Thus, the display spectrum 408 may be considered a white to dark blue spectrum, for example, such that the spectrum increases blue intensity from left to right. The display spectrum 410 corresponding to the reference object Rosencrantz may be considered to be a white to dark red spectrum, for example, such that the spectrum increases the intensity of red from left to right. Overlap spectrum 412 represents a color or pattern indicating the association of the indicator with both reference object King Claudius 402 and reference object Rosenrantz 404. For example, the overlapping spectrum may contain a purple variable intensity, such that the overlapping spectrum 412 increases the purple intensity from left to right (in blue corresponding to the reference object King Claudius and in the reference object Rosencrantz). Corresponding red color combinations). As will be appreciated, different colors, patterns, or other graphical indications may alternatively be used in place of display spectrum 408, display spectrum 410, and / or overlapping spectrum 412.

  The storyline representation 420 includes a number of indicators, some of which include the same color or pattern previously displayed at the corresponding point in the storyline 310 of FIG. For example, the indicator 432 is represented as dark blue corresponding to the rightmost side of the display spectrum 408, and the corresponding time point in the Hamlet story has a relatively strong relationship with the reference object King Claudius 402, but the reference object It may indicate that it is not associated with Rosencrantz 404 (because red is not included in indicator 432). The indicator 424, in contrast, is represented as a dark red color corresponding to the far right of the display spectrum 410, and the corresponding point in Hamlet's story has a relatively strong association with the reference object Rosencrantz. It may indicate that the target is not associated with the King Claudius. The indicator 422, represented as an intermediate color in the display spectrum 410, indicates that the corresponding point in Hamlet's story has some relevance to the reference object Rosencrantz but not to the reference object King Claudius. Also good.

  The indicator in the storyline representation 420 that corresponds to the point in time associated with both the reference object King Claudius 402 and the reference object Rosencrantz 404 includes a color from the overlapping spectrum 412 (or purple intensity). For example, the indicator 426 represented as the color (or light purple) on the left side of the display spectrum 412 indicates that the corresponding time point in the Hamlet story has some relevance with both the reference subject King Claudius and the reference subject Rosencrantz. You may show having. The indicator 428 represented as the color on the right side of the display spectrum 412 (dark purple) may indicate that the corresponding point in the Hamlet story has a strong association with both the reference object King Claudius and the reference object Rosencrantz. .

  In some embodiments, each indicator corresponding to a point in time associated with more than one reference object, rather than an overlapping spectrum, such as overlapping spectrum 412, may include a combination of colors associated with each reference object. . For example, the story server 120 determines a relatively low score for the reference object King Claudius 402 at a given time and determines a relatively high score for the reference object Rosenrantz 404 at the same time. The indicator at that time may also be represented by a color combination consisting of a relatively low intensity blue (corresponding to the reference object King Claudius) and a relatively high intensity red (corresponding to the reference object Rosencrantz). Good. In other embodiments, the color of the indicator representing a combination of two or more reference objects is selected from overlapping spectra, such as overlapping spectrum 412 based on a single combined score for two or more reference objects. May be. In some embodiments, the story server may consider proximity criteria when determining the combined score. For example, the story server may consider the number of words, pages, passages, or other content parts that separate the relevance of the first reference object and the relevance of the second reference object.

  FIG. 5 displays a graphical story map representation 514 (or “heat map” representation of a set of stories) for a set of stories, and for the display in the schematic representation, the user may see different relative weights for reference. An exemplary user interface 500 generated by the story server 120 for assignment to an object. The graphical story map representation 514 generally includes indicators, each representing a story, each indicator schematically indicating the strength of the association between a given story and a reference object of interest to the user. . The set of stories represented in the story map may correspond to a catalog of stories whose reference target information is available in the story data store 112 in some embodiments. As shown in the version information 502, the graphical story map representation 514 includes stories that are available in either a paperback book version or an audio book version. The user may select the text “Add Other Type” in the version information 502 to display an additional indicator in the representation 514 to select another format or version type. As illustrated, the user selects two interest reference objects, reference objects 504 and 506. Reference object 504 “Vampires” is a subject reference object type. The reference object 506 “20th Century” is a time reference object type. The user may have selected reference objects 504 and 506, for example, because they are interested in stories associated with both the vampire and the 20th century era. The user may select other interest reference objects that are displayed in the representation 514 by selecting additional reference object options 524.

  The user may optionally select a weight for each interest reference object. As indicated by weighting 508, the user inputs a relative weighting of “10” for reference target vampire 504. As indicated by weight 510, the user enters a relative weight of “5” for the reference object 20th century 506. Since the weighting 508 (“10”) is higher than the weighting 510 (“5”), the individual weighting may indicate that the user is more interested in the reference target vampire 504 than the reference target 20th century 506. As will be described later, the story server 120 may consider the weight assigned to each reference object when calculating the score.

  The user may select a display option from the display options 512. In the exemplary user interface 500, the user selects an option to display a separate color for each reference object. Thus, the reference object vampire 504 is represented by a different color (as illustrated by the display spectrum 516) than the reference object 20th century 506 (as illustrated by the display spectrum 518). Alternatively, the user may choose to display a single color variable intensity based on the combined score for both reference objects, in which case a single display spectrum is used in the story map representation. May be. As illustrated in user interface 500, display spectra 516, 518, and 520 are represented by similar patterns to display spectra 408, 410, and 412 (respectively) in user interface 400 of FIG. 4 described above. Thus, the display spectrum 516 (corresponding to the reference object vampire 504) may represent a blue variable intensity, and the display spectrum 518 (corresponding to the reference object 20th century 506) may represent a red variable intensity. , The display spectrum 520 (corresponding to the overlap of both the reference subject vampire and the 20th century combination) may represent a purple variable intensity. Alternatively, as described above, various other colors, patterns, and / or other graphical indications may be substituted for any of the three display spectra.

  3 and 4, the storyline representation described above includes an indicator that corresponds to a point in time in the story, whereas the story map representation 514 in FIG. 5 includes an indicator that corresponds to the story itself. Each indicator displayed in expression 514, such as indicator 530, corresponds to a story or a version of a story. The color or pattern of each indicator may be determined based on the strength of the association between the story represented by the indicator and the reference object of interest to the user. For example, the indicator 530 that is light purple may represent a story that includes one or more associations with the reference object vampire 504 and one or more associations with the reference object 20th century 506. In some embodiments, the user may select the indicator 530, for example, to view more information about the story represented by the indicator 530.

  In some embodiments, when the user chooses to display a separate color for each reference object (as shown in the illustrative user interface 500), the story server 120 may determine the story and the first interest reference object. (In this example, the first score for each story is determined based on the number of associations with the reference target vampire 504, and then the story and the second reference object of interest (in this example, A second score for each story may be determined based on the number of associations with the reference object 20th century 506). If a relative weight is assigned to any interest reference object, the story server may multiply the weight assigned to the reference object by the number of relevances that the reference object is associated with a given story, etc. Weighting may be taken into account when determining the score. As described above, in some embodiments, the story data store 112 may include an indication of the relative strength of individual associations between the referenced subject and the story (or a point in time in the story). The story server may consider the relative strength of each relationship in addition to the number of relationships when determining the score. When the user chooses to display a combined score or a single color for two or more reference objects, story server 120 determines a separate score for each reference object and then combines the scores and combines scores May be determined. Alternatively, the story server 120 considers the relative weight assigned to the reference object, and for each story, a single combination score based on the total number of associations between any of the reference objects of interest and the story. May be determined.

  In some embodiments, as the story server 120 determines a score for each story, the story server may sort the stories based on the score. For example, as illustrated in representation 514, story server 120 places the story with the highest combined score (or the maximum strength of association between the story and the interest reference object for the user) in the lower left of representation 514. . More specifically, in the illustrated representation 514, the story with the highest combined score for both the reference target vampire and the reference target 20th century is displayed in the left corner (dark purple). In general, the more the indicator indicating a story is displayed to the left in the representation 514, the higher the score of the story for the reference target 20th century (and the greater the intensity of red). In general, the lower the indicator that represents the story is displayed in the representation 514, the higher the score of the story for the reference target vampire (and the greater the intensity of blue). As will be appreciated, the story server 120 displays stories and corresponding indicators in a variety of ways, including ascending score, descending score, version format or type, alphabetical order by story title or author name, story genre, etc. You may sort. Further, the position in the indicator representation 514 representing the story may be based on a score representing the strength of the association between one or more reference objects and the story, but the relative strength of the color is directly It does not have to match the position of the indicator in the expression. For example, the color intensity change of the indicator from left to right in the story map representation may not be linear.

  FIG. 5 illustrates one example of a schematic story map representation 514, but the story server 120 may generate the story map representation in various forms for display. For example, a directive is represented by a directive centered in a circle with the story with the highest combination score, and a story with a relatively high score for the first reference object in the left portion of the circle. The story represented by the placed indicator and with a relatively high score relative to the second reference object is arranged in a circle, as represented by the indicator placed in the right part of the circle. Also good. In other embodiments, a three-dimensional representation may be presented. For example, if the user selects three interest reference objects, the relative position of each indicator in the simulated three-dimensional space is such that the position of the indicator relative to the x-axis is the story for the first interest reference object. The indicator position relative to the y-axis is based on the story score relative to the second interest reference object, and the indicator position relative to the z-axis is based on the story score relative to the third interest reference object. , Based on the strength of the relationship between the story represented by the indicator and each interest reference object.

  In some embodiments, the subset of indicators may be clustered or “bubbled” so that stories with similarity scores are grouped together. For example, a size cluster may be indicated as a “bubble”, and the size of each bubble is proportional to the number of stories in the cluster. Stories that are not members of a cluster may be placed between bubbles. Alternatively, cluster membership may be indicated by the relative three-dimensional location of the indicator, such that the indicator representing the story that is a member of the cluster has the same height or depth in three-dimensional space. In other embodiments, stories may be sorted and displayed as a graphical representation of books on a shelf in a virtual library, with wing walls or passages graphically representing a cluster of stories with similar scores. Also good.

  FIG. 6 is an illustrative user interface 600 generated by the story server 120 that displays a graphical representation 602 for a set of stories, where the indicator for each story is an association between the story and the interest reference object. The strength of the sex is shown schematically. The user interface 600 may be presented to the user after the user selects the indicator 530 in the user interface 500, for example. As illustrated, representation 602 provides a more detailed or “enlarged” representation 602 of the portion of representation 514 surrounding indicator 530. As illustrated in the user interface 600, the indicators 604, 606, 608, and 610 each include information identifying a story corresponding to a given indicator. For example, the indicator 610 (which may correspond to the same story as the indicator 530 in the user interface 500) corresponds to a story titled “Night School” by the author Jane Jones. In some embodiments, additional or alternative identification information or other data may be displayed for each story, such as an image of a book cover, a picture from a movie, a related excerpt or portion of a story version. As illustrated, indicators 604, 606, 608, and 610 each include a boundary that is a color selected from one of the color spectra illustrated in key 630. The color of each indicator may be determined by story server 120, similar to that described above with reference to the indicator illustrated in FIG. The user may select scroll option 612 to display additional indicators in a given direction of representation 602.

  The user may select a reduction option 622 or an enlargement option 620 of the user interface 600 to display a story map representation that includes either more or less indicators than what is currently displayed in the representation 602, respectively. Also good. In some embodiments, the user may have the story server 120 correspond to individual time points in one or more stories for display, similar to the storyline representation described above with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. You may choose to expand to a level that can present a story map representation, including indicators.

  FIG. 7 is an illustrative user interface 700 generated by the story server 120 that causes the user to create a custom signature by selecting a story of interest to the user, where the custom signature is It may be used to generate a graphical representation of one or more stories. For example, a custom signature may be a convenient mechanism that allows the user to select a number of interest reference objects for the user, with optional weights associated with each reference object. Alternatively, a custom signature for the user may be determined by the story server 120 without the user explicitly selecting each interest reference object for the user. As indicated by the text 702, the user interface 700 is presented to the user “Joe Roberts” to create personalization or custom signatures. Custom signatures include books from the user's wish list, which can be a list of one or more book versions of the story that indicate that the user is interested in purchasing. The user selects a relative list weight of “5”, indicated by weight 704, for stories included in the wish list. The user may select option 706 to change the stories on the wish list and / or any individual weight associated with each story on the list. Custom signatures also include books purchased by the user, which may be a list of one or more book versions of stories that the story server 120 has determined that the user has purchased. The purchase history list may be determined, for example, based on purchase history information associated with the user and stored in one or more data stores. The user selects a relative list weight of “10” indicated by weight 708 for stories included in the purchase history list. The user can select options 710 to change stories on the purchase history list and / or change any individual weight associated with each story on the list for the purpose of the user's custom signature. May be selected.

  As illustrated in the user interface 700, custom signatures have also been added two individually, which the user can select specifically for the purpose of including those books within the user's custom signature. Includes books “Moby Dick” and “Romeo and Juliet”. The user selects a relative weight of “20” indicated by weight 712 for the list of individually added books. As will be described later with reference to FIG. 8, the user may select an option 716 to select a portion or specific interest reference object from within the individually added books.

  The user may select the story map generation option 718 to request that the story server 120 generate a story map representation based on the user's custom signature. The user may optionally filter the story or story version represented in the generated story map representation by selecting filter option 720. The story map representation may be generated in the same way as described above (see FIGS. 5 and 6, etc.), but the interest reference object for purposes of determining the score and selecting the indicator is the user's custom signature. The determination may be made by the story server 120 based on the story included in the story. For example, the story server 120 may determine a set of reference objects with a relatively large number of relevances in the story of interest to the user, considering the relative weight assigned to each story or list of stories. Good. The story server may then determine a score and indicator for the story map representation of the catalog of stories based on the determined set of reference objects. For example, if the user's custom signature includes several stories that are strongly associated with the subject reference object “Vampires”, the story server will allow the reference target vampire to be displayed without the user explicitly selecting the reference target vampire. It may be determined that it is an interest reference object for the user.

  FIG. 8 is generated by the story server 120 that allows the user to create a custom signature by selecting an interest reference object for the user and / or by selecting a portion of the story of interest for the user. An exemplary user interface 800. The user interface 800 may be presented to the user, for example, as a result of the user selecting an option 716 of the user interface 700 illustrated in FIG. The user may select an option 716 to select a part or a specific interest reference object from within the individually added book “Romeo and Juliet”. The reference object list 802 illustrated in the user interface 800 is a list of reference objects associated with the “Romeo and Juliet” story. The user may select a reference object of interest for the user and assign a weight to each reference object. For example, the age reference object “16th Century” has a selection 804 that indicates that it will be considered by the story server 120 as an interest reference object for the purpose of the user's custom signature. The reference object 16th century is assigned a weight of “5”, as indicated by weight 806. In some embodiments, the story server 120 indicates that the user indicates that the given reference object is not of interest, or until the user changes the weight assigned to the reference object, or until then. For the purposes of custom signatures, the default may be to weight all referenced objects in the story of interest equally.

  The exemplary user interface 800 also includes a selectable text portion 808 that includes content from a version of the “Romeo and Juliet” story, such as an electronic book version. The user may scroll through the text by selecting a scroll option 810. The user may select or highlight a portion of the content displayed in the text portion 808 to indicate that the user is interested in or liked a given portion of the story. In some embodiments, the story server 120 may then determine one or more reference objects associated with the selected portion based on the reference object relevance data stored in the story data store 112. Good. The story server may then consider the reference object determined as the interest reference object for the user for the purpose of the user's custom signature. When the user selects a portion, the user may optionally be prompted to assign a weight to the selected portion (not shown). In other embodiments, the user may be able to select a portion of the story in a manner other than through the display of story content. For example, a user may select a chapter, scene, or other predetermined portion of content as part of his interest.

  As discussed throughout this disclosure, the method described above may cause a user to search for a story based on the user's interest reference object. In some embodiments, for example, a user reads a book that was viewed because of some character, a period, and / or some other reference subject discussed within the story narrative. possible. Aspects of the present disclosure may then cause a user to view a graphical representation of a set of stories, which causes the user to search for other stories associated with the user's interest reference object.

  It should be understood that not all objectives or advantages may be achieved in accordance with any particular embodiment described herein. Thus, for example, one of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that certain embodiments or groups of advantages taught herein may not necessarily achieve other objects or advantages, as certain embodiments may be taught or suggested herein. It will be appreciated that it may be configured to operate to achieve or optimize.

  All of the processes described herein may be embodied in and through software code modules executed by one or more general purpose computers or processors. The code modules may be stored in any type of computer readable medium or other computer storage device. Some or all of the methods may alternatively be embodied in special computer hardware. In addition, the components referenced herein may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or a combination thereof.

  In particular, conditional languages such as “can”, “could”, “might”, or “may” generally refer to certain features, elements, and / or unless specifically stated otherwise. While including steps, other embodiments are understood in context to be used to convey not. Accordingly, such conditional languages generally require features, elements, and / or steps in some way for one or more embodiments, or for one or more embodiments to be user input. Or imply including logic to determine whether these features, elements, and / or steps are included, or are performed in any particular embodiment, with or without prompting. It is not intended.

  Any process description, element, or block in the flowcharts described herein and / or depicted in the accompanying figures is potentially a 1 for implementing specific logical functions or elements in the process. It should be understood as representing a module, segment, or portion of code that includes one or more executable file instructions. Alternative implementations are included within the scope of the embodiments described herein, and the elements or functions are substantially in parallel, depending on the functionality involved, as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, or It may be deleted, performed out of order with what is shown, or discussed, such as in reverse order.

  It should be emphasized that many variations and modifications may be made to the above-described embodiments, the elements of which are understood as being within other acceptable examples. All such modifications and variations are intended to be included herein within the scope of this disclosure, including but not limited to the following supplementary notes.

1. A system for graphically representing one or more referenced objects associated with multiple stories,
A data store that stores data associated with a plurality of stories, wherein the data associated with each story comprises reference object data that identifies one or more reference objects associated with the story. When,
Communicate with data storage,
A user selection of a first interest reference object for the user and a second interest reference object for the user is received, wherein the first reference object and the second reference object are an event, a character, an object, a subject, Comprising at least one of time, place and person,
For each of the plurality of stories, a first score for the story is determined, wherein the first score is at least in part a number of associations between the story and the first interest reference for the user. Based on
For each of the plurality of stories, a second score for the story is determined, wherein the second score is at least partially related to the number of associations between the story and the second interest reference for the user. Based on
A first processing component that operates such that a first score and a second score for each of a plurality of stories are determined based at least in part on reference target data stored in a data store. When,
Operates to generate a graphical representation of a subset of multiple stories for display,
Each of the subsets of the plurality of stories is represented by one of the directives, and the directive associated with each story is a first for the story and the user. Schematic illustration of the strength of the association between both the interest reference object and the second interest reference object for the user, the strength of the association based at least in part on the first score and the second score A second processing component to be determined;
Performing a computing device;
A system comprising:

2. The first color represents the first interest reference object for the user, the second color represents the second interest reference object for the user, and for each of the plurality of indicators, the story and the first The system of claim 1, wherein the strength of association between the second and the second reference object of interest is schematically indicated by a combination of the first color and the second color.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the relative intensity of the first color in the combination corresponds to the first score, and the relative intensity of the second color in the combination corresponds to the second score.

4). A system for graphically representing one or more referenced objects associated with multiple stories,
A data store that stores data associated with a plurality of stories, wherein the data associated with each story comprises reference object data that identifies one or more reference objects associated with the story. When,
A computing device in communication with data storage,
For each of a plurality of stories, determine a score for the story based at least in part on the number of associations between the story and one or more interest references, and the story and one or more interest references The number of associations with the object is derived from the reference object data stored in the data store,
For display, generate a graphical representation of a subset of a plurality of stories, the graphical representation comprising a plurality of directives, each directive of the plurality of directives being a subset of stories and one or more interest references Graphically illustrates the strength of the relationship with the subject, the strength of the relationship being determined based at least in part on the score for the story;
A computing device that operates as
A system comprising:

5. The system of claim 4, wherein each indicator comprises a color.

6). The system of claim 5 wherein the strength of the association between the story and the one or more interest reference objects is indicated by the relative strength of the color.

7). Note that the strength of association between a story and one or more interest reference objects is indicated by a color combination, the color combination comprising a color associated with each interest reference object associated with the story. 4. The system according to 4.

8. The system of clause 4, wherein the one or more interest reference objects are selected by the user.

9. The system of clause 4, wherein the one or more interest reference objects are determined based at least in part on the one or more stories selected by the user.

The system of claim 4, wherein the 10.1 or more interest reference objects are determined based at least in part on a portion of the content selected by the user.

11. The system of claim 4, wherein the score for each of the plurality of stories is determined based at least in part on a weight associated with at least one of the one or more interest reference objects.

12 The system of claim 4, wherein each interest reference object comprises at least one of an event, a character, an object, a subject, a time, a location, and a person.

13. Two or more directives of the plurality of directives are represented as clusters in the schematic representation, and the two or more directives are scores for a story corresponding at least in part to each of the two or more directives. The system of claim 4, represented as a cluster based on a comparison of

14 A computer-implemented method for graphically representing one or more referenced objects associated with multiple stories,
When implemented by one or more computing devices configured with specific executable file instructions,
Determining, for each of the plurality of stories, a score for the story based at least in part on one or more associations between the story and the one or more interest references;
Generating a graphical representation of a subset of a plurality of stories for display, the graphical representation comprising a plurality of directives, each directive of the directives being one with a story of the subset; Diagrammatically showing the strength of relevance between these interest references, the strength of relevance being determined based at least in part on the score for the story;
A method comprising:

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein the score for each of the plurality of stories is determined based at least in part on the number of associations between the story and the one or more interest reference objects.

16. The computer-implemented method according to appendix 14, wherein each indicator has a color.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 16 wherein the strength of the association between the story and the one or more interest reference objects is indicated by the relative strength of the color.

18. Note that the strength of association between a story and one or more interest reference objects is indicated by a color combination, the color combination comprising a color associated with each interest reference object associated with the story. 14. The computer-implemented method according to 14.

19. 15. The computer-implemented method of appendix 14, wherein each interest reference object comprises at least one of an event, a character, an object, a subject, a time, a location, and a person.

20. 15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein the score for each of the plurality of stories is determined based at least in part on a weight associated with at least one of the one or more interest reference objects.

21. 15. The computer-implemented method of clause 14, wherein a subset of the plurality of stories in the graphical representation is determined based at least in part on a magnified display level selected by the user.

22. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer-executable component, the computer-executable component comprising:
Display a graphical representation of the relationship between an interest reference object and multiple stories, the graphical representation comprising multiple indicators, each directive of the multiple directives being one of the multiple stories Schematic representation of the strength of the relationship between a story and one or more interest reference objects, the strength of the relationship being at least partly related to the relationship between the story and one or more interest reference objects. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising user interface components that are determined based on a number.

23. The non-transitory of claim 22, wherein the position of each indicator in the graphical representation is determined based at least in part on the strength of the association between the story and the one or more interest reference objects. Computer readable medium.

24. 24. The non-transitory computer readable medium of clause 22, wherein the strength of relevance is schematically illustrated by the relative strength of the colors.

25. The non-transitory computer readable medium of clause 22, wherein the strength of relevance is determined based at least in part on a weight associated with each interest reference object.

26. Note that the strength of association between a story and one or more interest reference objects is indicated by a color combination, the color combination comprising a color associated with each interest reference object associated with the story. 23. A non-transitory computer readable medium according to 22.

27. The non-transitory computer readable medium of appendix 22, wherein the one or more interest reference objects are selected by a user.

28. 24. The non-transitory computer readable medium of appendix 22, wherein the graphical representation comprises three dimensions.

29. The non-transitory computer readable medium of appendix 28, wherein the location of the indicator within each of the three dimensions corresponds to the strength of the association between the story and one of the one or more interest reference objects. .

The non-transitory computer-readable medium of clause 22, wherein the one or more interest reference objects are determined based at least in part on one or more stories selected by the user.

31. A system for graphically representing one or more reference objects associated with a story,
Data storage for storing data associated with one or more stories, wherein the data associated with each story comprises reference object data identifying one or more reference objects associated with the story; Data storage,
Communicate with data storage,
A user selection of a first interest reference object for the user and a second interest reference object for the user is received, wherein the first reference object and the second reference object are an event, a character, an object, a subject, Comprising at least one of time, place and person,
For each of a plurality of time points in the story, a first score for the time point in the story is determined, the first score at least in part being a first interest reference for the time point in the story and the user Based on the number of associations between and
For each of a plurality of points in the story, a second score for the point in time of the story is determined, the second score at least in part being a second point of interest for the point in time of the story and the user Based on the number of associations between and
A first score and a second score for each of a plurality of points in time in the story are determined, at least in part, based on reference target data stored in the data store; Processing components;
Operates to generate a graphical representation of the story for display,
A plurality of indicators are provided, and each of the time points in the story is represented by one of the indicators, and the indicator associated with each time point in the story includes the time points in the story and the user Graphically illustrates the strength of the association between both the first interest reference object for the user and the second interest reference object for the user, the strength of the association being at least in part, the first score and the first A second processing component that is determined based on a score of 2;
Performing a computing device;
A system comprising:

32. The first color represents the first interest reference object for the user, the second color represents the second interest reference object for the user, and for each of the indicators, a point in time in the story 32. The system of clause 31, wherein the strength of association between the first and second reference object of interest is schematically indicated by a combination of the first color and the second color.

33. The system of claim 32, wherein the relative intensity of the first color in the combination corresponds to the first score and the relative intensity of the second color in the combination corresponds to the second score.

34. A system for graphically representing one or more reference objects associated with a story,
Data storage for storing data associated with one or more stories, wherein the data associated with each story comprises reference object data identifying one or more reference objects associated with the story; Data storage,
A computing device in communication with data storage,
For each of the time points in the story, determine a score for the time point in the story based at least in part on the number of associations between the time point in the story and one or more interest references. The number of associations between a point in time in the story and one or more reference objects of interest are derived from the reference object data stored in the data store;
For display, a graphical representation of the story is generated, the graphical representation comprising a plurality of indicators, each indicator of the plurality of directives being associated with a point in time in the story and one or more references of interest. Diagrammatically showing the strength of the relationship between, wherein the strength of the relationship is determined based at least in part on a score for a point in time in the story;
A computing device that operates as
A system comprising:

35. 36. The system of clause 34, wherein each indicator comprises a color.

36. 36. The system of clause 35, wherein the strength of association between a point in the story and one or more interest reference objects is indicated by the relative strength of the color.

37. The strength of the association between a point in the story and one or more interest reference objects is indicated by a color combination, and the color combination is associated with each interest reference object associated with a point in the story. 35. The system of clause 34, comprising a different color.

38. 35. The system of clause 34, wherein the association between a point in time in the story and an interest reference object comprises an interest reference object referenced in the content of the story at the point in time of the story.

39. The system of claim 38, wherein the content of the story comprises at least one of text data, audio data, image data, and video data.

40. 36. The system of clause 34, wherein the story is associated with one or more story versions.

41. 41. The system of appendix 40, wherein each story version comprises one of a book, an audio book, an electronic book, and a movie.

42. The system of clause 34, wherein the one or more interest reference objects are selected by a user.

43. 35. The system of clause 34, wherein the score for each of a plurality of time points in the story is determined based at least in part on a weight associated with at least one of the one or more interest reference objects.

44. The system of claim 34, wherein each interest reference object comprises at least one of an event, a character, an object, a subject, a time, a location, and a person.

45. A computer-implemented method for graphically representing one or more reference objects associated with a story, comprising:
When implemented by one or more computing devices configured with specific executable file instructions,
For each of the time points in the story, a score for the time point in the story is based at least in part on one or more associations between the time point in the story and the one or more interest references. Judging,
Generating a graphical representation of a story for display, the graphical representation comprising a plurality of indicators, each indicator of the plurality of indicators being a point in time in the story and one or more interests Diagrammatically showing the strength of the relationship with the reference object, the strength of the relationship being determined based at least in part on a score for a point in time in the story;
A method comprising:

46. 46. The computer-implemented method of claim 45, wherein the score for each time point in the story is determined based at least in part on the number of associations between the time point in the story and the one or more interest reference objects. .

47. 46. A computer-implemented method according to appendix 45, wherein each indicator comprises a color.

48. 48. The computer-implemented method of claim 47, wherein the strength of association between a point in the story and one or more interest reference objects is indicated by the relative strength of the color.

49. The strength of the association between a point in the story and one or more interest reference objects is indicated by a color combination, and the color combination is associated with each interest reference object associated with a point in the story. 46. The computer-implemented method according to appendix 45, comprising the above colors.

50. 46. The computer-implemented method of appendix 45, further comprising displaying a portion of story content corresponding to a point in the story in response to a user selection of the indicator.

51. 51. The computer-implemented method of appendix 50, wherein the content comprises at least one of text data, audio data, image data, and video data.

52. 52. The computer-implemented method according to appendix 51, wherein the displayed portion of the story content refers to at least one reference object of one or more interest reference objects.

53. 46. The computer-implemented method of appendix 45, wherein each interest reference object comprises at least one of an event, a character, an object, a subject, a time, a location, and a person.

54. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer-executable component, the computer-executable component comprising:
Display a graphical representation of the association between one or more interest reference objects and multiple points in the story, the graphical representation comprising a plurality of indicators, wherein each indicator of the plurality of indicators is: Schematic representation of the strength of association between a point in the story and one or more interest reference objects, the strength of the association being at least in part from the time in the story and one or more interest reference objects A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising user interface components that are determined based on the number of associations between the two.

55. The non-transitory computer-readable component of clause 54, wherein the computer-executable component is further for displaying a portion of the content of the story corresponding to a point in time in the story in response to a user selection of the indicator. Medium.

56. 56. The non-transitory computer readable medium of appendix 55, wherein the content comprises at least one of text data, audio data, image data, and video data.

57. 55. The non-transitory computer readable medium of clause 54, wherein the strength of relevance is indicated schematically by the relative strength of the color.

58. 55. The non-transitory computer readable medium of clause 54, wherein the strength of relevance is determined based at least in part on a weight associated with each interest reference object.

59. The strength of the association between a point in the story and one or more interest reference objects is indicated by a color combination, and the color combination is associated with each interest reference object associated with a point in the story. 55. A non-transitory computer readable medium according to clause 54, comprising any color.

60. 55. The non-transitory computer readable medium of clause 54, wherein the reference object of interest is selected by a user.

Claims (15)

A system for graphically representing one or more reference objects associated with a plurality of stories, the system comprising:
A data store for storing data associated with a plurality of stories, wherein the data associated with each story comprises reference target data for identifying one or more reference targets associated with the story; ,
A computing device in communication with the data store;
With
The computing device, for each of the plurality of stories, at least in part, based on the number of times one or more interest reference object that is referenced by at least a portion of the contents of the story, the score for the story operates to determine the number of times the previous SL one or more interest referenced is referenced, at least partially derived from said reference target data stored in said data storage,
The computing device is operative to generate a graphical representation of the subset of the plurality of stories for display, the graphical representation comprising a plurality of indicators, each indication of the plurality of indicators The child graphically indicates the strength of the association between the subset of stories and the one or more references of interest, the strength of the association being determined based at least in part on a score for the story To be
system. Each indicator has a color,
The system of claim 1. The strength of association between the story and the one or more interest reference objects is indicated by (i) the relative strength of the color, or (ii) a combination of colors;
The color combination comprises a color associated with each interest reference object associated with the story.
The system according to claim 2. The one or more interest reference objects are at least in part for (i) one or more stories selected by the user, (ii) a portion of content selected by the user, or (iii) selection by the user. Based on
The system of claim 1. Each interest reference target includes events, Target material, subject, time, location, and at least one of a person,
The system of claim 1. Two or more indicators of the plurality of indicators are represented as clusters in the graphical representation;
The two or more directives are represented as a cluster based at least in part on a comparison of scores for the story corresponding to each of the two or more directives.
The system of claim 1. A computer-implemented method for graphically representing one or more reference objects associated with a plurality of stories, the method comprising:
One or more computing devices configured with specific executable file instructions are
For each of the plurality of stories, at least in part, based on the number of times one or more interest reference object that is referenced by at least a portion of the contents of the story, and determining a score for the story,
Generating a graphical representation of a subset of the plurality of stories for display;
It was carried out,
The graphical representation comprises a plurality of indicators, each indicator of the plurality of indicators graphically indicating the strength of the association between the subset of stories and the one or more references of interest. The strength of the relevance is determined based at least in part on the score for the story.
Method. The score for each of the plurality of stories is at least in part: (i) a number of associations between the story and the one or more interest reference objects; or (ii) the one or more interest references. Determined based on a weight associated with at least one of the subjects;
The computer-implemented method according to claim 7. A subset of the plurality of stories in the graphical representation is determined based at least in part on an enlarged display level selected by a user;
The computer-implemented method according to claim 7. A system for graphically representing one or more referenced objects associated with a story, the system comprising:
Data storage for storing data associated with one or more stories, wherein the data associated with each story comprises reference object data identifying one or more reference objects associated with the story Memory,
A computing device in communication with the data store;
With
The computing device, for each of a plurality of time points in the story, at least in part, based on the number of times one or more interest reference object that is referenced by at least a portion of the contents of the story, the story operates to determine a score for the time in the number of times the previous SL one or more interest referenced is referenced, at least partially derived from said reference target data stored in said data storage,
The computing device is operative to generate a graphical representation of the story for display, the graphical representation comprising a plurality of indicators, each indicator of the plurality of indicators being Schematic representation of the strength of association between a point in time in the story and the one or more references of interest, wherein the strength of association is determined based at least in part on a score for the point in time in the story To be
system. Each indicator has a color,
The system according to claim 10. The strength of the association between the point in time in the story and the one or more interest reference objects is indicated by (i) the relative strength of the color, or (ii) a combination of colors;
The color combination comprises a color associated with each interest reference object associated with a point in time in the story.
The system of claim 11. An association between a point in time in the story and an interest reference object comprises the interest reference object referenced in the content of the story at the point in time of the story.
The system according to claim 10. The story is associated with one or more versions of the story;
The system according to claim 10. Each story version comprises one of books, audio books, e-books, and movies.
The system according to claim 14.