Content File Suggestion System Using Blueprint Analysis

Solution Overview

Problem

Presentation editors lack a robust method for effectively organizing content on slides, making it challenging for users to envision alternative arrangements and efficiently use slide space, often requiring users to select new slide formats and re-add content, which can obscure existing content.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for generating suggestions on how to arrange content elements within a content file using blueprints, where the content editor receives a content file, analyzes it to select a suitable blueprint, generates suggestions, and transmits them to the client for application, allowing users to select and apply these suggestions to improve content organization.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If presentation editors provide only a few predefined slide layouts, then the device complexity is reduced, but the adaptability and ease of operation deteriorate as users cannot effectively organize content or envision alternative arrangements

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenumber of slide layoutsVSAvoidcontent organization flexibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically analyzes the content file and generates arrangement suggestions without requiring users to manually select layouts or reorganize content, enabling the system to serve itself in creating optimized slide arrangements

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary analysis of the content file to identify content elements and their relationships before generating arrangement suggestions, preparing the foundation for effective content organization in advance

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If users manually reorganize slide content by selecting new slide formats, then content organization flexibility improves, but the loss of time increases due to the need to re-add content

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent organization flexibilityVSAvoidtime to reorganize content

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of the content file to identify content elements and their relationships before generating arrangement suggestions, preparing the foundation for effective content organization in advance

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides feedback to users in the form of arrangement suggestions based on the analysis of their content file, allowing users to see potential improvements before applying them, thereby reducing trial-and-error time

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Ease of operation

If presentation editors overlay new content over existing slide content, then the ease of operation improves, but the loss of information occurs as existing content becomes blocked and difficult to fit new content into

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent addition simplicityVSAvoidexisting content visibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of the content file to identify content elements and their relationships before generating arrangement suggestions, preparing the foundation for effective content organization in advance

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies different arrangement strategies to different content elements based on their specific characteristics and relationships, optimizing the placement of each element rather than using a uniform overlay approach

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS11334519B2Content file suggestions

Publication Date: 2022.05.17 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC

AI summary

Systems, components, devices, and methods for generating suggestions for content files are provided. A non-limiting example is a method for generating suggestions for arranging content. The method includes the step of receiving a content file from a client, the content file including a content region and a content element. The method also includes the step of analyzing the content file to select a blueprint for the content region. The method further includes the step of generating a suggestion for arranging the content region based on the selected blueprint. Additionally, the method includes the step of transmitting the suggestion to the client.