FR2951294A1 - Method for automatic processing of digital data related to child in telecommunication network, involves formatting text and figures for obtaining illustrated story, and publishing story via Internet network - Google Patents

Abstract

The method involves assigning selection weight to filtered textual digital data based on words and phrases of a text. The textual digital data is selected based on the result of a comparison between the assigned weight and predefined selection threshold. Figures are associated with the selected textual digital data based on the words of the text via a data memory (18) of a processing server (14). The text and the figures are formatted according to criteria of predefined formats for obtaining an illustrated story. The story is published via an Internet network (10). An independent claim is also included for a booklet comprising traces arranged on corners of sheets.

Description

Method of automatic processing of digital data intended for children and server implementing such a method

The present invention relates to a method of automatically processing digital data for children. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for filtering, selecting and enriching digital data for children. The present invention also relates to a server implementing such a method of treatment.

An object of the invention is to provide, from raw digital text data for children, enhanced stories to facilitate understanding to children. Another object of the invention is to automate the tasks related to the selection and enrichment of textual digital data to make them fun and fun for children. Today, there is a real need to provide children, via the Internet, with stories with a visual effect similar to those of children's illustrated books and at a lower cost. The invention is precisely intended to meet this need. For this, the invention proposes a method of automatic processing of digital data for children. The main purpose of the invention is to make it possible to filter, select and enrich, by an illustration or others, the raw digital data received. The operation of the process of the invention is as follows. In a first step, a user transmits to a processing server a story for children via the Internet. The server filters the received story in order to reject all texts that are not suitable for children. Then, this filtered story is selected based on the words and phrases present in said story. When the story is selected, the server performs a search for illustrations to associate with the words and expressions present in said story. Then, a layout of the illustrations extracted from the database and the story is done according to predefined layout criteria.

The invention thus makes it possible to automatically provide, from raw stories, stories adapted to children and adequately illustrated. The subject of the invention is therefore a method for automatically processing digital data intended for children via a server of a telecommunication network comprising the following steps: receiving textual digital data intended for children via an Internet network; publication of textual digital data via the Internet, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: application of a filter to the received textual digital data, filtering criteria previously defined of the filter are configured so as to delete all data textual numerics unsuitable for children, - allocation of a selection weight to the filtered textual data as a function of the words and expressions of said text, - selection of textual data according to the result of a comparison between the weight assigned and a threshold of predefined selection, - association of an illustration with numerical data selected text based on the words of said text, via a data memory 20 of the server, - layout of the text and illustration according to predefined layout criteria to output an illustrated story, - publication of the story illustrated via the Internet. The invention also includes any of the following features: the filter is a logical operator attached to a set of words or expressions; the allocation of the weight comprises the following steps: scanning of the textual data in order to detect words or expressions each associated with a predefined numerical coefficient via the data memory, the weight attributed corresponds to the result of the sum or of the average of the numerical coefficients of the detected words or expressions, 35 - before the association of an illustration with the selected textual digital data, a grammar checker and spelling errors are applied to said data; the association of an illustration with the selected textual digital data comprises the following steps: determining for each paragraph the textual data of a keyword having a highest rank, said rank corresponding to the number of iteration of said word in said paragraph, - assigning to each paragraph a theme according to the keyword determined via the data memory, - assigning each paragraph an illustration according to the theme assigned via the data memory; the layout of the text data comprises the following step: for each paragraph, two display windows are generated, one for placing the paragraph and another for placing the associated illustration, the dimensions of each window, the display being determined by the layout criteria of the paper size on which the illustrated story will be printed, the printing style and the dimensions of the paragraph and the associated illustration; when the received digital data are multimedia files, then they are transcode in one or more formats to guarantee the portability of said multimedia files; when the digital data received are drawings, then the lines are accentuated, the colors are enhanced, and the drawing is transformed into a 3D or relief drawing; an access profile is assigned to each authenticated user of the Internet network by assigning him rights to read and / or modify the digital data of the server; the publication includes a step of transmitting the server to the users of the digital data, via push technology or via RSS technology; The invention also relates to a booklet characterized in that it comprises a set of sheets, on each of these sheets is printed a story illustrated through the method of processing digital data for children via a server, according to the preceding claims, each sheet has printed cutting lines, the lines being placed in the corners of the sheet, so as to form the booklet when intersecting cutouts of two sheets placed back-to-back. The invention also relates to a server characterized in that it comprises means capable of implementing a method of automatic processing of digital data for children according to any one of the preceding characteristics. The invention will be better understood on reading the description which follows and on examining the figures which accompany it. These are presented for illustrative purposes only but not limited to the invention. The figures show: FIG. 1: a schematic representation of a client / server architecture provided with improved means of the invention. 2: a functional diagram of the structure of a platform according to one embodiment of the invention. Figure 1 shows a schematic representation of a client / server architecture provided with the improved means of the invention. In the description, the term "child" refers to an individual whose age range is between zero and fourteen years. By "server" 14 is meant an application implemented by a device connected to an Internet network. The device implementing the processing server 14 of the invention is of the computer type, whether of a domestic, professional or hardened type in order to obtain a high quality of service. Said device conventionally comprises a microprocessor 15, a program memory 17 and a data memory 18 connected by a communication bus 16. The server 14 is able to process requests reaching it in the form of messages formatted according to a protocol via the network 10. The server 14 is therefore also able to produce response messages to requests received via the network 10. Classical examples are servers: - "Web", that is to say servers operating under the HTTP protocol (hypertext transfer protocol, for hypertext transfer protocol), - mail, that is to say servers operating according to protocols of the POP, SMTP, IMAP type ... - "streaming", that is to say of video broadcasting allowing the diffusion of animated multimedia programs in real time through a telematic network, - application, that is to say for example a "web" said dynamic server 5 capable of performing advanced processing in response to requests received, this list is of course not exhaustive. By "client" 11-13 is meant an application implemented by a device connected to the network 10. The device implementing the client is 10 of the type personal computer, mobile phone, personal assistant and more generally any device capable of connect to a network 10 Internet. Such a device conventionally comprises a microprocessor and a program memory (not shown) comprising instruction codes corresponding to the implementation of the "client" application. The 15 best-known customers are Internet browsers and email clients that connect to "web" servers and mail servers, respectively. In a more general way, we call "Client" any application capable of communicating with a server. In practice, the client and the server are confused with the devices that implement these applications. Thus in the description, when speaking of an action performed by the client or the server, this is in fact carried out by a microprocessor of a device comprising a program memory in which corresponding instruction codes are recorded. to the client or server. The execution of these instruction codes corresponds to the implementation of the client or the server. The program memory 17 is divided into several zones, each zone corresponding to a function or mode of operation of the program of the server 14. A zone 19 comprises instruction codes for receiving, from the 21-28 client stations, digital data. textual, visual and / or sound type. Said digital data is stored in the data memory 18 by the instruction codes of the zone 19. A zone 20 includes instruction codes for filtering the received textual digital data according to a filter for specifying criteria for selecting or rejecting said data. . Said filter may be a logical operator attached to a first list of words or expressions, used to eliminate from the data memory 18 the recorded text having elements that meet defined conditions. A zone 21 includes instruction codes for determining a weight to be assigned to the received textual digital data, via a second list of words or expressions each associated with a numerical coefficient expressing their relative importance with respect to the children. The weight is the result of a mathematical operation which can be in particular a sum or an average of the numerical coefficients associated with the words or expressions contained in the text. Preferably, this mathematical operation can be a logical or algebraic combination of the numerical coefficients.

A field 22 includes instruction codes for comparing the weight assigned to the text with a predefined selection threshold. Field 23 includes instructional codes for activating grammar proofing software and spelling errors. This type of software, relatively known in the state of the art, scans the text to detect grammatical problems and / or misspellings. The instruction codes of the zone 22 are also configured to automatically validate the correction proposals suggested by said software. In a variant, this validation step of the proposed corrections is performed by a server administrator 14.

A field 24 includes instruction codes for assigning a theme to each paragraph of the textual digital data. To do this, the instruction codes of the zone 24 scan each paragraph and assign as output a rank to each word of said paragraph. This rank is the number of times said word is repeated in said paragraph. Depending on the ranks of the highest word or words, the instruction codes determine the theme to be assigned via a third list of themes. A field 25 includes instruction codes for associating an illustration of the data memory 18 with each paragraph, depending on the assigned themes. This illustration is preferably a pictorial or graphic representation. In one embodiment, when the theme is the same for several successive paragraphs, then only one illustration is associated with these paragraphs. An area 26 includes instruction codes for automatically executing a layout of the output text by the instruction codes of area 23 and associated illustrations. This layout makes it possible to assemble the paragraphs with the associated illustrations in different display windows, in order to prepare an impression. Based on predefined layout criteria, instruction codes output the display windows where paragraphs and artwork will be placed. These layout criteria are pre-defined by the network administrator. These criteria can be, among other things, the size of the paper on which the story will be printed, the printing style, the dimensions of the paragraph and the associated illustration. The print style includes two-sided printing, book mode, notepad mode, or booklet mode. This list is of course not exhaustive. In one variant, some of the elements of the layout criteria may be defined by the reader of the story. In this case, the layout is finalized only during printing.

In a preferred embodiment, the illustration is placed next to the paragraph with which it is associated. The display window of the illustration is placed below the display window of the associated paragraph, when the dimensions of said paragraph do not allow a side-by-side placement.

In a variant, during the layout, the assigned theme is inserted as a title at the beginning of said paragraph. A zone 27 includes instruction codes for processing the digital visual and / or sound data, such as videos, drawings or animations, received by the instruction codes of the zone 19.

A zone 28 includes instruction codes for putting online, via the network 10, the data outputted by the instruction codes of the layout zone 26 and the processing zone 27. The representation of the data memory 18 is only an illustration of implementation of components and data recording. The data memory 18 generally comprises several databases 30-34. In practice, the databases 30-34 of the data memory 18 are unified or distributed according to constraints of size and / or speed of the desired treatments. The data base 18 of the data memory 18 includes the first list of forbidden words or expressions. The database 30 is, for example, structured into a table. For example, in each row of the table, a word or phrase is saved. The data base 31 of the data memory 18 includes the second list of words or expressions. The database 31 is, for example, structured into a table. For example, each line of the table corresponds to a word or an expression, each column of the table corresponds to information about that word or expression. Thus the data base 31 comprises a column 31a corresponding to a word or an expression and a column 31b corresponding to the associated numerical coefficient. The numerical coefficients are calculated, for example by simulation, according to the frequency of appearance of words or expressions in a set of stories intended for children. For example in 50 stories of children, the word "prince" or "princess" appeared 30 times, so it will be attributed to these words the numerical coefficient of 60%.

In a preferred embodiment, the words and phrases of the second list are determined based on an age range of the children. Indeed, the words and expression adapted for children from zero to three years are not the same for children from six to nine years. The data base 32 of the data memory 18 includes the third list of themes. The database 32 is, for example, structured in a table. For example, each line of the table corresponds to a theme, each column of the table corresponds to information on this theme. Thus the data base 32 comprises a column 32a corresponding to a theme and columns 32i to 32n each corresponding to a keyword. The knowledge of a key word makes it possible to extract from the table of the data base 32 the corresponding theme. The data base 34 of the memory 18 includes the illustrations. The database 34 is, for example, structured into a table. For example, each line of the table corresponds to a theme, each column of the table corresponds to information on this theme. Thus the data base 34 has a column 34a corresponding to a theme and a column 32b corresponding to an illustration. The knowledge of a theme makes it possible to extract from the table of the data base 34 the corresponding illustration.

Figure 2 shows an illustration of steps corresponding to an implementation of the method according to the invention. Figure 2 shows a preliminary step 100 in which the server 14 is in standby mode. The server 14 will come out of this standby state only when it receives digital data in a step 101. The server 14 preferably stores in a temporary memory 33 the digital data received. In a variant, the received data are recorded in the data memory 18. The server 14 then determines the nature of the digital data received. When the data received, at a step 102, are stories, i.e. a juxtaposition of words, then the server 14 activates the filtering at a step 103. As soon as one of the words or expressions of the base 30 of data is detected on the text, the server 14 removes said text from the temporary memory 33. This filtering makes it possible to filter all stories with content not intended for children. This filter is thus intended to control the stories that will be made available to children. Filtering will scan the story to search for a set of predefined words. As soon as a previously defined word is detected in the story, this story will be automatically deleted and an error message is sent to the story sender. This error message may be of the type "story not appropriate for children". In a next step 104, the server 14 determines a weight to be attributed to the filtered history. The server 14 will scan the story to search for a set of words or phrases contained in the database 31 of the second list. In one embodiment, as soon as a word or expression of the second list is detected, the server 14 increments a counter by the value of the numerical coefficient associated with this word or expression. At the end of the scan, the server 14 assigns as weight of the history the value displayed by the counter or an average.

At a next step 105, the server 14 compares the weight assigned to the story with a predefined selection threshold S. When the weight is below the threshold S then the history is deleted, at a step 106, from the temporary memory 33 and a rejection message is prepared and transmitted, at a step 107, to the transmitter of the story. This message can be of the "history not selected" type. Otherwise, the story is selected at a step 108. At a next step 109, the server 14 activates the grammar and spelling error correction software.

In a next step 110, the server 14 analyzes the story to determine the beginning and the end of each paragraph. Then, the server 14 scans each paragraph to calculate the number of times each word of said paragraph is repeated. This number is then assigned by the server as the word's rank. The server 14 selects for each paragraph of the story the word having the highest rank. The server 14 then determines a theme to be assigned to each paragraph according to the word chosen for this paragraph via the data base 32 of the third list. In a variant, a validation step 111 may be inserted between the correction step 109 and the theme assignment step 110. This step 111 is shown in dotted line in FIG. 2. The server 14 generates and transmits a corrected history validation request to a server administrator. At a step 112, the server 14 traverses the database 34 of illustrations to extract an illustration according to the selected theme. When the theme associated with the paragraph is not recorded in the illustration database 34, then an illustration request is prepared and sent to illustrators. This request includes a field indicating the address (email, IP) of the illustrator, a field with the theme to be illustrated and another field indicating the time set to provide the illustration. At a step 114, the server 14 is in the listening phase of an illustration of said theme transmitted by an illustrator. This listening phase is triggered by the server 14 by launching a countdown timer whose duration can be from a few hours to a few days. The outcome of the listening phase can be obtained, either when the countdown timer reaches zero, or when the server 14 receives an illustration of said theme. When the countdown timer reaches zero and no illustration is received, then said paragraph will be devoid of illustration, at a step 115. Thus, no illustration will be associated with this paragraph. The server 14 executes a step 116, when: - an illustration is extracted from the data base 34 in step 112, - the illustration is received from an illustrator in step 114, or - no illustration is associated with this paragraph at step 115.

In step 116, the server 14 executes an automatic layout of the paragraphs of the story with the illustrations associated with them. Step 116 provides an illustrated, corrected and child-friendly story. At a step 117, the server 14 makes available to the customers 11-13 the illustrated story via the network 10.

In a variant, an intermediate step 118 may be inserted before the on-line step 116. This step 118 is shown in dashed lines in FIG. 2. The server 14 generates and transmits a validation request for the illustrated history to a server administrator before it is published.

When the digital data received, in a step 120 are in particular video or audio multimedia files or drawings, then the server 14 processes them in a step 121. When the data are multimedia, video or audio files the server 14 transcode them according to one or more formats to guarantee their portability. In one example, videos can be transcoded in flash format (.swf or .slv). When the data are drawings, then the server 14 performs the following steps in particular: - accentuation of the lines, - enhancement of the colors, - transformation of the drawing into a relief drawing or 3D. After the processing of these data, the server 14 develops and transmits, in a step 122, a request for validation of said digital data to the server administrator. At a step 123, the server 14 is in the process of listening to a response to the request of the administrator. This listening phase is triggered by the server 14 by launching a countdown timer whose duration can be from a few hours to a few days. The outcome of the listening phase can be obtained either when the countdown timer reaches zero or when the server 14 receives a response.

When the countdown timer reaches zero and no response is received, then the server 14 can develop and transmit an alert signal to the administrator. This alert signal can be emitted in the form of an email, an activation of a visual or audible alarm installed on the interface of the administrator, etc. In one example, this warning signal can be transmitted three times at predefined intervals. If no response is received from the administrator, then the server 14 may issue a rejection message to the issuer of said digital data. In a variant, the server 14 transmits the rejection message to the transmitter of said digital data as soon as the countdown timer reaches zero.

When the server 14 receives a validation response from the administrator, then the digital data is put online at a step 117. In one embodiment, the server 14 includes instruction codes for assigning an access profile to the authenticated users. The access profile of a user is a specification in the form of parameters, the type of access of this user to the files and documents of the server 14. The authentication of the network 10 is preferably carried out according to a authentication by username and / or password. In this case, a database is created in which data intervening in the authentication of the users by the network 10 are stored. In this database, each identifier / address of a user is associated with an identifier and / or by password. This database can be installed in the server 14. It can also be external to the server 14. In this case, the server 14 produces authentication forms and sends them to an interface of the client's client station. In order to reduce the number of authentication requests per user once, the server may include a cache memory. This cache memory can store, for a given user, its authentication data from its first authentication validated by the server. At each new request transmission from the user to the server 14, the latter extracts the authentication data corresponding to this user directly from the cache memory. This does not require the user to authenticate each time he sends a request to the server 14. In one embodiment, the server 14 can transmit via the network 10 digital data uploaded to posts 11-13 of users. This transmission can be done via push technology. The transmission of data via this push technology allows the server 14 to provide the user or "push" towards him, directly and automatically, the information programmed according to his access rights. In a variant, the data transmission from the server 14 to the 11-13 clients is done via RSS technology. RSS refers to a family of XML (eXtended Markup Language) formats used for syndication of Web content (World Wide Web). The syndication is the fact of making available to the users, in a standardized and contractual way, all or part of the content of the data memory 18 of the server 14 according to their access rights. In one embodiment, making the illustrated stories available to customers 11-13 via the network 10 enables them to print the selected illustrated story in the form of a small A5 booklet. The step 116 of layout of the story illustrated before printing provides for this, that the printing is done on a sheet 130 in A4 format. The sheet in A4 format has after impression of the illustrated history of 131 lines cut. Each cut line 131 (shown in Figure 3 in dashed lines) appears in a triangle formed by the points A, B, C at each corner of the sheet. The triangle ABC is rectangle in A and isosceles, with the distances AB and AC of the same length. The cut line 131 starts at a point M corresponding to half of the hypotenuse BC and ends at point B. In a preferred embodiment, the cut line 131 has a length comprised in an interval having a lower value. 1,5cm and a value greater than 2,5cm. A production phase of the booklet from the printing of the pages of the illustrated story comprises the following steps: a cut is made along line 131, starting from point B to arrive at point M. This cutting being performed at each corner of the printed sheet 130. An assembly of printed sheets is carried out by back-to-back two sheets 130. The non-printed sides of the sheets 130 are placed one against the other, then one intertwines the triangles ABM between them previously cut at the line 131. The assembly of two sheets is done respecting the logic of the pages. - The 130 sheets assembled, are in a final step folded to form a small booklet of illustrated stories.

Claims (1)

CLAIMS1 ù A method for automatic processing of digital data intended for children via a server of a telecommunications network comprising the following steps: - reception of textual digital data for children via an Internet network, - publication of digital text data via the Internet network, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: - application of a filter to the received textual digital data, filtering criteria previously defined of the filter are configured so as to delete any textual digital data unsuitable for children, - attribution from a selection weight to the textual data filtered according to the words and expressions of said text, - selection of textual data according to the result of a comparison between the weight assigned and a predefined selection threshold, - association of an illustration to textual numeric data according to the words of said text, via a data memory of the server, - layout of the text and illustration according to predefined layout criteria to output an illustrated story, - publication of the story illustrated via the Internet. 2 - The method of claim 1, characterized in that the filter is a logical operator attached to a set of words or expressions. 3 - Process according to one of claims 1 to 2, characterized in that the allocation of the weight comprises the following steps: - scanning text data to detect words or expressions each associated with a predefined numerical coefficient via the data memory, - the weight assigned corresponds to the result of the sum or average of the numerical coefficients of the words or expressions detected, 4 - Method according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that before the association of an illustration to the selected textual digital data, a grammar and spelling checker is applied to said data. 5 - The method according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the association of an illustration with the digital textual data. the following steps: - determination for each paragraph of the textual data of a keyword with the highest rank, ledi t rank corresponding to the number of iteration of said word in said paragraph, - allocation to each paragraph of a theme according to the key word determined via the data memory, - allocation to each paragraph of an illustration according to the theme assigned via the data memory. 6. Process according to claim 5, characterized in that the layout of the text data comprises the following step: for each paragraph, two display windows are generated, one for placing said paragraph and another for placing therein the associated illustration, the dimensions of each display window being determined according to the layout criteria that are the format of the paper on which the illustrated story will be printed, the printing style and the dimensions of the paragraph and the associated illustration. 7. Process according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that: when the digital data received are multimedia files, then they are transcodeed according to one or more formats to guarantee the portability of said multimedia files, when the The received digital data are drawings, so the lines are accented, the colors are enhanced, and the drawing is transformed into a 3D or 3D drawing. 8. Process according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that an access profile is assigned to each authenticated user of the Internet network by assigning him rights to read and / or modify the digital data of the server. . 9 - Process according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the publication comprises a step of transmitting the server to the users of the digital data, via push technology or via the RSS10 technology - booklet characterized in that it comprises a set of sheets (130), on each of these sheets (130) is printed an illustrated story via the method of processing digital data for children via a server, according to the preceding claims, each sheet has cut lines (131) printed, the lines (131) being placed in the corners of the sheet, so as to form the booklet at the intersection of the cuts of two sheets back-to-back. 11 - Server characterized in that it comprises means able to implement a method of automatic processing of digital data for children according to any one of claims 1 to 9.