Starting with a dictionary including concepts and chains, a subset of the chains is selected as intentional stance basis chains (ISBCs). Concepts in the dictionary are chosen and mapped to state vectors using the ISBCs. The state vectors are assembled into a template, and an action and threshold distance...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US7286977?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7286977 - Intentional-stance characterization of a general content stream or repository
