Method and apparatus for interactive reports

A method for transforming raw input data expressed in a non-linguistic format into an output in a format that can be expressed linguistically, the method comprising:

• displaying, using the processing circuitry, an output report having one or more hyperlinks surrounding one or more words, wherein the one or more hyperlinks provide an indication that an interactive response is available;
• receiving, using the processing circuitry, an indication of a selection of a hyperlink of the one or more hyperlinks;
• determining, using the processing circuitry, a communicative goal for a sentence having the hyperlink and a current context of the reader;
• and
• displaying, using the processing circuitry, an interactive response.

An apparatus for transforming raw input data expressed in a non-linguistic format into an output in a format that can be expressed linguistically, the apparatus comprising processing circuitry and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processing circuitry, cause the apparatus to at least:

• identify one or more messages to be hyperlinked in an output report, wherein the one or more messages are data structures that are configured to linguistically describe at least a portion of raw input data;
• determine one or more interactive responses based on the one or more messages to be hyperlinked;
• determine one or more words in a phrase specification that are related to the one or more messages to be hyperlinked;
• and
• generate the output report, wherein the one or more words are hyperlinked in the output report such that when selected at least one of the one or more interactive responses is performed.