Method for analyzing, deconstructing, reconstructing, and repurposing rhetorical content

A computer-readable storage medium in a content management system, comprising computer instructions for:

• retrieving at least one of a first plurality of records, each comprising content;
• determining a rhetorical purpose for the content of each record by comparing the content with contextual information;
• associating at least one rhetorical topic library with the content of each record according to the content's determined rhetorical purpose;
• parsing the content of each record into a combination of one or more rhetorical and structural elements by utilizing the at least one rhetorical topic library associated with said content;
• and
• storing the rhetorical elements each with an identifiable functional attribute for association with a portion of the at least one rhetorical topic library.

A content management system, comprising:

• a controller for managing a database comprising contextual information, programmed to:
• retrieve at least one of a first plurality of records, each comprising content;
• determine a rhetorical purpose for the content of each record by comparing the content with the contextual information;
• retrieve rhetorical libraries based at least in part on the determined rhetorical purpose for the content of each record;
• identify patterns between the rhetorical libraries and the content of each record;
• and
• deconstruct the content into one or more rhetorical topics according to the patterns identified.

A method in a content management system for deconstructing multimedia content, comprising:

• retrieving from a first plurality of records one or more records each comprising multimedia content;
• determining a rhetorical purpose for the multimedia content of each record by comparing the content with contextual information;
• identifying rhetorical and structural libraries associated with each determined rhetorical purpose;
• identifying similarities between the rhetorical and structural libraries and the multimedia content in each record;
• and
• parsing the multimedia content of each record into one or more rhetorical and structural elements according to the similarities identified.