Real-Time AI Template Section Selection to Reduce Navigation Complexity

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current template systems are inflexible and overly complex, often requiring users to navigate through extensive selections and adapt templates manually, leading to inefficiency and user frustration.

Innovation Solution

An AI-driven system that analyzes electronic content items to dynamically suggest relevant template subsections from multiple templates, reducing complexity by presenting only those subsections predicted to be relevant, using a language model trained on document templates.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If comprehensive templates covering multiple use cases are provided, then template versatility is improved, but user navigation complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetemplate versatilityVSAvoiduser navigation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments comprehensive templates into multiple subsections that can be independently selected and combined. Instead of presenting users with complete templates as a monolithic choice, the system divides templates into manageable sections (e.g., cover pages, body sections, conclusion) that can be selectively assembled based on user needs, reducing navigation complexity while maintaining versatility

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an AI-based intermediary system that acts as a mediator between the comprehensive template library and the user. This intermediary analyzes user requests, identifies relevant template sections, and presents them in a simplified manner, reducing the cognitive load on users while preserving access to comprehensive template options

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Quantity of substance

If complete templates are added all at once, then template completeness is improved, but user time and effort to adapt increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetemplate completenessVSAvoiduser adaptation time
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and presents only the necessary template sections relevant to the user's specific needs rather than forcing complete templates onto users. The AI system identifies which template sections are most relevant based on the user's content creation context and presents only those, allowing users to quickly adapt without wading through unnecessary template sections

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies partial action by providing only the essential template sections needed for the user's current task rather than the complete template set. This selective provision reduces the time and effort required for adaptation while still maintaining sufficient completeness for the user's specific use case

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple template sections from different templates are combined, then user flexibility is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser flexibilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a universal template section library that can be combined in multiple ways to serve different user needs. Template sections are designed with universal compatibility, allowing them to be mixed and matched across different templates and use cases. The AI system manages this universality by intelligently selecting compatible sections, reducing the apparent system complexity while enabling high user flexibility

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

Data Source

PatentUS12373640B2Real-time artificial intelligence powered dynamic selection of template sections for adaptive content creation
Publication Date: 2025.07.29 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC
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AI summary

A data processing system implements and iterative process for dynamically creating a template including receiving a request for a template suggestion for an electronic content item for an application on a client device. The request includes an identifier of the application and textual content from the first electronic content item. The system further implements providing the identifier of the first application and the textual content to a language model to obtain a template suggestion, the language model being trained to analyze the identifier of the application and the textual content and to output the template suggestion, the template suggestion comprising a template identifier and a first subsection identifier identifying a first subsection of the first template predicted to be relevant to the user for creating the electronic content item, sending the template suggestion to the client device, and causing the client device to present the template suggestion in the application.