Self-Correcting Editing Workflows for Digital File Modification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional digital file editing systems fail to accurately reflect editing intent, leading to inefficient, inflexible, and inaccurate editing results that require significant user interactions and computer resources to correct.

Innovation Solution

A text-to-file editing system that uses language machine learning models to generate and self-correct editing workflows by generating a task plan, detecting and correcting errors, and executing API calls to modify digital files.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If conventional file editing systems are used, then basic editing functions are available, but editing accuracy and alignment with user intent deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveediting accuracyVSAvoiduser interactions required
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system employs self-correction mechanisms where the language model automatically identifies and corrects errors in generated workflows without requiring user intervention. The system validates its own outputs and iteratively improves workflow accuracy through automated feedback loops, reducing the need for manual corrections while maintaining high editing precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms by evaluating generated workflows against validation criteria and using the results to refine subsequent workflow generations. The self-correction process incorporates feedback from error detection to improve the accuracy of workflow generation, creating a continuous improvement cycle that enhances editing precision while minimizing user interactions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Adaptability or versatility

If conventional file editing systems are used, then editing operations can be performed, but system flexibility and adaptability deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem flexibilityVSAvoidsystem architecture
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses a universal language model that can handle multiple types of file editing tasks across different domains. The same core language model generates workflows for various editing operations, making the system highly adaptable to different editing needs while avoiding the complexity of maintaining separate specialized systems for each editing function.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The language model acts as an intermediary layer between user intent and specific editing operations. This mediator translates natural language requests into structured workflows, providing flexibility and adaptability without directly implementing complex editing logic, thereby reducing overall system complexity while maintaining versatility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Productivity

If conventional file editing systems are used, then editing tasks can be completed, but time efficiency and resource utilization deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetime efficiencyVSAvoidcorrection time
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary validation and self-correction of workflows before executing editing operations. By detecting and correcting potential errors in advance, the system prevents time-consuming manual corrections during or after workflow execution, significantly improving time efficiency by addressing issues proactively rather than reactively.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The automated self-correction mechanism eliminates the need for manual intervention to fix workflow errors, allowing the system to efficiently resolve issues without user time investment. This self-service approach to error correction dramatically reduces the time users would otherwise spend identifying and fixing problems in generated workflows.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20260044667A1Generating and self-correcting workflows for editing digital files using language machine learning models
Publication Date: 2026.02.12 ADOBE INC
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media that modify digital files in accordance with user requests. For instance, in some cases, the disclosed systems receive, from a client device, a user request for modifying a digital file. The disclosed systems generate, using a language machine learning model, a task plan having formatted code indicating one or more application programming interface calls to execute to modify the digital file. Further, the disclosed systems generate, via one or more code verifications on the formatted code, an error log that identifies one or more errors in the task plan. The disclosed systems generate, from the error log and using the language machine learning model, a corrected task plan that corrects the one or more errors. Additionally, the disclosed systems provide, for display, a modified digital file generated through execution of the corrected task plan.