Abstract: A generator sequence is defined and used for providing an enhanced user experience and increased user control. A generator sequence is established as a series of user inputs that trigger an output. User inputs to the generator system managing the generator sequence are employed to define a user performance value for a specific point, or position, in the generator sequence. The user performance value is then used to establish a new user point, or position, in the generator sequence. The user inputs and/or the new user generator sequence point are used to identify one or more feedback effects files and/or functions and one or more benefit effects files and/or functions for producing user output. A user can utilize the feedback effects and/or benefit effects to alter their inputs to control the generator sequence.

Abstract: Users are enabled to provide structured feedback in connection with interactive presentations by responding to a plurality of predefined questions in connection with a plurality of author predefined points. As each question is presented, the user responds and is then presented with a plurality of supporting statements. The user can either selectively access statement details for one of the supporting statements or accept the statements. A plurality of peer-user responses are presented for each of the questions and the user selects one or more of the peer-user responses as corresponding to the user's response. The responses and selections made by users are collected as user feedback data. A scoring system presents relative scores for the responses by the peer users based on the selections, thereby generating feedback useful to content authors in editing and updating their presentations. This approach for collecting user feedback data is also applicable to other applications.