Dynamic Slide Content Generation for Visual Presentations

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current visual presentation programs, such as PowerPoint, rely on static pre-generated templates that lack context, requiring users to manually add content and modify templates extensively, leading to inefficiency.

Innovation Solution

A visual presentation service dynamically generates electronic documents tailored to users by processing queries, retrieving content from multiple data service providers, and evaluating user signal data to suggest and integrate relevant content, themes, and layouts, reducing user effort and enhancing presentation quality.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If static pre-generated templates are used, then template availability is improved, but user effort and time consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetemplate availabilityVSAvoiduser effort and time consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-generating multiple template variations with different layouts, themes, and content arrangements. These templates are prepared in advance and stored for quick retrieval, eliminating the need for users to manually create templates from scratch while providing diverse options for selection

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically selects and adapts templates based on real-time analysis of user input, document content, and contextual signals. Instead of using fixed static templates, the system adjusts template selection and customization automatically, reducing user effort while maintaining high adaptability to different document types and purposes

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If manual content addition is required, then content customization is improved, but productivity decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent customizationVSAvoiddocument creation efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-service by automatically analyzing the user's input data, extracting key information, and populating template content fields without manual intervention. The system autonomously generates headings, summaries, and body text based on the provided signals, while still allowing users to customize content when needed

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary content generation and organization before user review. It pre-processes input data to create draft content, structures information hierarchically, and prepares content suggestions in advance, allowing users to review and customize rather than create from scratch

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If extensive template modification is needed, then content relevance is improved, but ease of operation worsens

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent relevanceVSAvoiduser operation simplicity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts template selection and content population based on real-time analysis of user input and contextual signals. It automatically modifies template elements to match the document's purpose, audience, and content type, achieving high content relevance without requiring users to manually modify templates

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs self-service template customization by automatically analyzing the document content and adjusting template elements such as headings, layouts, and styling to match the content's nature and purpose, eliminating the need for users to extensively modify templates while maintaining high content relevance

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

4Device complexity

If context is not provided in templates, then template simplicity is improved, but information completeness worsens

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetemplate simplicityVSAvoidcontent context
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of user input signals and contextual data before template selection and content population. It pre-extracts key information, identifies document type and purpose, and prepares contextual metadata in advance, ensuring that relevant context is captured and applied without complicating the template structure

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10733372B2Dynamic content generation
Publication Date: 2020.08.04 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC
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AI summary

Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure describe electronic document generation, where an electronic document of an application/service may be dynamically generated in a manner that is tailored specifically for a user. A query may be received that comprises a topic for generation of a slide-based visual presentation. The query is processed. In some examples, slide content suggestions may be generated and presented to a user based on the query processing. Content for a processed query may be retrieved by a plurality of data service providers that are connected with the visual presentation service via a distributed network. An electronic document may be generated for the slide-based visual presentation. The electronic document is specifically tailored for a user and dynamically generated based on one or more of: the processing of the query, the retrieved content, a selection of one or more slide content suggestions and an evaluation of signal data associated with the user.