Dynamic Infographic Automation via Cloud Template Binding

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Solution Overview

Problem

Analysts face challenges in creating attractive and easily consumable summaries of complex analytics data, as existing methods require tedious manual processes to generate static reports, which are time-consuming and lack dynamic updates.

Innovation Solution

A cloud-based service that receives and maintains infographic templates, allowing users to create dynamic infographics that can be updated automatically with current data from various sources, enabling easy data integration and scheduling of updates for static contexts like PDFs or emails.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If manual report generation processes are used, then data can be summarized and presented, but the process is very tedious and time consuming

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvereport generation speedVSAvoidtime required for manual data manipulation

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining infographic templates with data source associations and update schedules. The cloud-based service pre-processes data according to these templates, generating infographics automatically without requiring manual intervention for each report iteration.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The infographic update system operates autonomously by automatically querying data sources, transforming data according to template definitions, and publishing updated infographics. The system serves itself by managing the complete workflow from data retrieval to visualization without human intervention.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Adaptability or versatility

If static custom built reports are created, then data can be presented in a customized format, but any iteration is manual and often nearly as time consuming as when generating the original report

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecustomization capability of reportsVSAvoiditeration speed of reports

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system transforms static reports into dynamic infographics that can be automatically updated. Templates define the structure and customization, while the cloud service dynamically retrieves and transforms data according to these templates, enabling both customization and rapid iteration.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates template-based copies of report structures that can be repeatedly instantiated and updated. Once a template is defined with its data sources and transformation rules, it can be copied and applied to generate multiple infographics efficiently without recreating the structure each time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

3Ease of operation

If data is pulled out into spreadsheets and manually manipulated, then data can be summarized, but the process is very tedious and time consuming

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata manipulation processVSAvoidtime required for data transformation

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system replaces manual mechanical data manipulation in spreadsheets with automated computational processes. The cloud-based service automatically queries data sources, transforms data according to template definitions, and generates infographics, substituting manual operations with automated computational workflows.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

4Reliability

If static reports are generated, then data can be presented, but the reports do not provide dynamic updates and require manual regeneration

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata freshnessVSAvoidsystem complexity for automatic updates

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The cloud-based service acts as an intermediary between data sources and infographic templates. It manages the complexity of automatic updates by handling data retrieval, transformation, and publication, while users interact with simple templates without needing to understand the underlying complex processes.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS10430482B2Customized and automated dynamic infographics

Publication Date: 2019.10.01 ADOBE INC

AI summary

In embodiments of customized and automated dynamic infographics, an infographic template is received at a cloud-based service from a computing device, where a user at the computing device creates the infographic template in a graphics application to display data obtained from data sources. The cloud-based service assigns an identifier to associate the infographic template and the data sources of the data, and posts the infographic template making it available for cloud-based access by other computing devices that request to display the posted infographic template. The cloud-based service can receive a request from one of the computing devices to update the displayed data, and then query the data sources for current data, where the query is based on the identifier that is associated with the posted infographic template. The cloud-based service can then transform the current data to generate updated data, and update the posted infographic template with the updated data.