Document Creation Interface with Data Collection Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing document creation processes are time-consuming and repetitive, as users often need to recreate similar documents from scratch, lacking efficient methods to leverage previous document creation data.

Innovation Solution

A method for document creation that presents a frame with grouped fields, retrieves and presents previous data entries in collections, allows user confirmation or denial of data portions, and compiles confirmed data into a prose output, reducing the need for manual reentry.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If users manually recreate documents from scratch, then document creation can be completed, but time consumption and effort increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedocument creation efficiencyVSAvoidtime required for document creation
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system stores previously entered data and document creation information in advance, making it available for future document creation tasks. When a user needs to create a new document, the system automatically retrieves and presents relevant historical data, eliminating the need to manually re-enter information that has already been provided before.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates copies of previously entered data and document structures, allowing users to reuse existing information in new documents. Instead of recreating content from scratch, users can select from copied historical data, significantly reducing the time and effort required for document creation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Reliability

If users review and confirm multiple portions of data from different collections, then data accuracy improves, but the number of interactions and interface complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata accuracyVSAvoidinterface complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system divides data into distinct collections and presents them in an organized manner, allowing users to review and confirm data from different collections separately. This segmentation enables systematic data verification while maintaining interface clarity through structured presentation of data groups.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides feedback mechanisms that allow users to confirm or deny data portions from different collections. Users can review presented data, provide confirmation or denial, and the system responds by compiling confirmed data or presenting alternative portions, enabling accurate data selection through iterative feedback loops.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Adaptability or versatility

If the system presents multiple collections of previous data, then data selection flexibility increases, but information processing time and system complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata selection flexibilityVSAvoiddata processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system creates a universal data collection structure that can store and manage multiple types of data from different sources and time periods. This multi-functional collection system allows flexible data selection across different collections while maintaining efficient processing through a standardized data management framework.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically retrieves, organizes, and presents relevant data from multiple collections based on the current document creation context, without requiring manual searching or filtering by the user. The system self-manages the complex task of processing and presenting multiple data collections, reducing the time burden on users while maintaining high data selection flexibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS12321694B2User interface and systems for document creation
Publication Date: 2025.06.03 ON TIME STAFFING INC
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AI summary

Various embodiments include a method for document creation. The method can include presenting a frame, presenting a first portion of a first collection of data, receiving a denial of the first portion of the first collection for the first group, presenting a first portion of a second collection of data for the first group, receiving a confirmation of the second collection for the first group, presenting a second portion of the first collection of data, receiving a confirmation or a denial of the second portion of the first collection for the second group, presenting a second portion of the second collection of data for the second group, after receiving a denial of the second portion of the first collection, receiving a confirmation of the second portion of the second collection for the second group, compiling confirmed portions of data into a prose output, and presenting the prose output.