SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING STORIES IN TIME AND SPACE AND FOR ANALYSIS OF STORY PATTERNS IN AN INTEGRATED VISUAL REPRESENTATION ON A USER INTERFACE (STORIES)

摘要

A system for generating a story framework from a plurality of data elements of a spatial domain coupled to a temporal domain. The story framework includes a plurality of visual story elements including storage for storing the plurality of data elements of the domains for use in generating the plurality of visual story elements. The system also includes a pattern template stored in the storage and configured for identifying a data subset of the plurality of dat a elements as a data pattern, such that the data pattern is used in creating a respective story element of the plurality of visual story elements. A pattern module is configured for applying the patte rn template to the plurality of data elements to identify the data pattern. A representation module is configured for assigning a semantic representation to the identified data pattern, such tha t the data pattern and the semantic representation are used to generate the respective visual story element. The story element can be assigned to a thread category. A story generation module is configured for associating the respective visual story element to the story framework suitable for presentation on a display for subsequent analysis by a user.