Patents Assigned to Computer Poet Corporation
  • Method and apparatus for generating text
    Patent number: 4712174
    Abstract: A computer based system for generating text from a predetermined data base, in either prose or poetic form, in response to a plurality of input data provided by an operator in an interactive mode of operation with the computer. The preferred embodiment disclosed produces limerick style poetry in response to name, gender, geographic place of residence, primary and secondary traits and the number of syllables in certain input data items, and includes poetic material related to each of these data input items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1987
    Assignee: Computer Poet Corporation
    Inventor: Jackson D. Minkler, II