Patent ID: 7810033

Claim:
A method for determining emotive tone in text, the method comprising: matching text in a text file with text entries in a control file database, wherein formatting attributes include textual and non-textual indicators; receiving a first set of emotive values associated with the matching text entries from the control file database; calculating an emotive score with the first set of emotive values; assigning the emotive score to the text file; displaying the emotive score of the text file; determining formatting attributes of the text by: associating a second set of emotive values stored in the control file database with the determined formatting attributes of the text; calculating an updated emotive score with the first set of emotive values and the second set of emotive values; updating the assigned emotive score of the text file; displaying the emotive score of the text file; highlighting the matching text and the determined formatting attributes of the text; receiving a first input from a user, wherein the first input includes selecting a highlighted text portion; displaying the emotive value associated with the selected highlighted text portion responsive to receiving the first input from the user; displaying a text replacement option associated with the selected highlighted text portion, wherein the associated text replacement option is stored in the control file database; replacing the selected highlighted text portion with the text replacement option responsive to receiving a second input from the user, wherein the second input includes selecting the text replacement option; displaying a second option, wherein the second option includes updating entries in the control file database associated with the selected highlighted text portion; and updating the entries in the control file database associated with the selected highlighted text portion responsive receiving a third input from the user, wherein the third input includes selecting the second option.