Method, Apparatus, And Computer Program Product For User-Directed Reporting

An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

• convert received context information into a query to retrieve relevant data from a data repository, wherein the received context information defines a feature set;
• retrieve a data set from the data repository, wherein the data set comprises data corresponding to the query;
• generate a set of messages that describe at least one linguistically describable trend in the data set, wherein the set of messages is instantiated based at least in part on the data set;
• and
• generate a context-specific report about the feature set, wherein the context-specific report comprises one or more messages of the set of messages that are identified as to be hyperlinked.

A method for generating an interactive context-specific report, by a natural language generation system that is configured to execute on a processor, the method comprising:

• converting received context information into a query to retrieve relevant data from a data repository, wherein the received context information defines a feature set;
• retrieving a data set from the data repository, wherein the data set comprises data corresponding to the query;
• generating a set of messages that describe at least one linguistically describable trend in the data set, wherein the set of messages is instantiated based at least in part on the data set;
• and
• generating a context-specific report about the feature set, wherein the context-specific report comprises one or more messages of the set of messages that are identified as to be hyperlinked.

A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable non-transitory memory medium having program code instructions stored thereon, the program code instructions, when executed by an apparatus, causing the apparatus to:

• convert received context information into a query to retrieve relevant data from a data repository, wherein the received context information defines a feature set;
• retrieve a data set from the data repository, wherein the data set comprises data corresponding to the query;
• generate a set of messages that describe at least one linguistically describable trend in the data set, wherein the set of messages is instantiated based at least in part on the data set;
• and
• generate a context-specific report about the feature set, wherein the context-specific report comprises one or more messages of the set of messages that are identified as to be hyperlinked.