Patent ID: 7277883

Claim:
A method of processing an input word through a computer system having a non-volatile and volatile memory whereby to aid in the creative process of songwriting, comprising the steps of: i) providing the computer with a software program and a database in non-volatile memory containing collections of word definitions, word synonyms, word alliterations, phrases, and pop culture words contained in categories of pop culture words and phrases; (ii) entering the input word; (iii) without having to re-enter the input word, selecting for the word in the non-volatile computer database any of the following, all of which are available for selection: (a) exact rhymes of the input word, (b) words that are similar sounding to the input word but are not exact rhymes, (c) phrases that end with a word that contains a sound the same as or similar to the input word, and (d) sound-alike words contained in one or more of the foregoing collections that contain a sound the same as or similar to the input word, all divided into the at least the following groupings: rhymes, phrases, alliterations and pop-culture words and phrases; (iv) providing a syllable filter for rhymes, rhyme phrases, phrases, alliterations, and for data collected from pop-culture words, and sound-alike words, whereby the user can elect to make available for display only words and phrases having a selected number of syllables; (v) displaying only those words and phrases available for display that have been selected with respect to the entered word; and (vi) allowing a user of the computer to cull words and phrases from the displayed words and phrases for storage in non-volatile memory apart from the display by clicking on the desired words or phrases whereby to form a user collection of culled words and/or phrases that can be recalled as a collection in subsequent sessions of use.