System And Method For Displaying Text

Abstract

A method for displaying text including the steps of providing a text, arranging the text into a plurality of word clusters, wherein at least one selected word cluster of the plurality of word clusters includes at least two lines of words and each line of words includes at least two words, and emphasizing at least one word in the selected word cluster.

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         22 . A method for displaying text comprising the steps of:
 providing a text, said text having a plurality of paragraphs each having a plurality of sentences comprised of a plurality of words;   arranging said text into a plurality of separated and centered word clusters with each word cluster having a plurality of lines and each line having a plurality of words, the plurality of separated and centered word clusters having (a) adjacent lines of each word cluster vertically spaced apart by a cluster line spacing that is substantially the same, (b) each pair of consecutive centered word clusters vertically aligned and spaced apart by a cluster spacing that is greater than the line spacing, and (c) each word of each one of the word clusters presented in a typeface having a serif with at least one word in the last line of at least one word cluster having a serif larger in size than a remainder of the words of said at least one word cluster; and   displaying said plurality of word clusters on an electronic display medium.   
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 22 , further comprising the step of identifying at least one content word in at least one word cluster and emphasizing the at least one content word by altering a typeface, changing a font, changing a font size, or changing a color of the at least one content word. 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 23 , further comprising the step of identifying at least one function word in the at least one word cluster and deemphasizing the at least one function word by lightening, narrowing, or decreasing a size of at least one of a typeface or a font of the at least one function word. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein the electronic display medium is configured to display a page at a time. 
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein a sized of the word clusters is determined based on a reading level complexity of the provided text. 
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 26 , wherein the reading level complexity is based on a complexity of words. 
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein a size of the word clusters is determined based on a reader of average skill. 
     
     
         29 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein a size of the word clusters is determined based on the word cluster being comprehended by a reader of average skill. 
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 29 , wherein a size of the word clusters is constrained by one of an estimate of reader apprehension span and a predetermined word cluster line length and word cluster line number limit. 
     
     
         31 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein a plurality of thought groups are identified in the provided text with each thought group comprising a corresponding one of the plurality of word clusters and each thought group comprised of a plurality of words linked by a commonality. 
     
     
         32 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the commonality linking the plurality of words comprising one of the word clusters comprises a name, a noun or verb which relies on a modifier for understanding, or a phrase, and wherein the end of the thought group of the one of the word clusters is defined by a comma, a colon, or a semicolon. 
     
     
         33 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the commonality linking the plurality of words comprising one of the word clusters comprises a name, a noun or verb which relies on a modifier for understanding, or a phrase, and wherein the end of the thought group of the one of the word clusters is defined by a period, question mark or exclamation point. 
     
     
         34 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein all of said words located in the last line of said at least one word cluster have a serif larger than the remainder of said words of said at least one word cluster. 
     
     
         35 . A method for displaying text comprising the steps of:
 providing a text comprised of a plurality of paragraphs each having a plurality of sentences with each sentence having a plurality of words;   arranging the provided text into a plurality of vertically centered and vertically aligned word clusters having a vertical cluster spacing between consecutive word clusters, each word cluster having a plurality of horizontally extending lines having a vertical line spacing between consecutive lines smaller than the vertical cluster spacing with each line having one or more words, and wherein at least one word in the last line of at least one word cluster has a serif larger than a remainder of the words of the at least one word cluster; and   displaying the plurality of word clusters on an electronic display medium.   
     
     
         36 . The method of  claim 35 , wherein each word cluster is formed of a thought group defined by a plurality of words linked by a commonality and constrained by an estimate of reader apprehension span. 
     
     
         38 . The method of  claim 36 , wherein the commonality linking the plurality of words comprising one of the word clusters comprises a name, a noun or verb which relies on a modifier for understanding, or a phrase, and wherein the end of the thought group of the one of the word clusters is defined by a comma, a colon, or a semicolon. 
     
     
         39 . The method of  claim 36 , wherein the commonality linking the plurality of words comprising one of the word clusters comprises a name, a noun or verb which relies on a modifier for understanding, or a phrase, and wherein the end of the thought group of the one of the word clusters is defined by a period, question mark or exclamation point. 
     
     
         40 . The method of  claim 35 , the further step of determining a size of the plurality of word clusters based on a reading level complexity and during the arranging step, arranging the provided text into the plurality of word clusters based on the determined word cluster size. 
     
     
         41 . The method of  claim 35 , wherein all of said words in the last line of the at least one word cluster have the larger serif. 
     
     
         42 . A method for displaying text comprising the steps of:
 providing a text comprised of a plurality of paragraphs each having a plurality of sentences with each sentence having a plurality of words;   arranging the provided text into a plurality of vertically centered and vertically aligned word clusters having a vertical cluster spacing between consecutive word clusters, each word cluster having a plurality of horizontally extending lines having a vertical line spacing between consecutive lines smaller than the vertical cluster spacing between consecutive word clusters with each line having a plurality of words, and each word of each one of the word clusters is presented in a typeface having a serif with at least one of the words in the last line of at least one of the word clusters having a serif larger than a remainder of the words of the at least one word cluster; and   displaying the plurality of word clusters on an electronic display medium.