Automated Slide Storage for Custom Presentation Sequences

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing methods for storing slides to match custom show information in presentation files are inefficient, requiring users to perform numerous operations, which leads to low efficiency and poor user experience.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that receive a save-as instruction for target custom show information, acquire property information of a second presentation file, and extract slide data based on the show sequence to store the selected slides in the second presentation file, allowing users to input a single instruction to obtain a presentation file matching the custom show information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If users manually copy slide data or delete redundant slides to store slides matching custom show information, then the presentation file can be stored, but the user needs to perform numerous operations resulting in low efficiency

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveslide storage efficiencyVSAvoiduser operations complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically identifies and extracts slide data corresponding to custom show information without requiring user intervention. The processor autonomously performs the operations of copying slide data, deleting redundant slides, and storing the resulting presentation file, thereby resolving the contradiction by making the system serve itself rather than requiring extensive user operations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system pre-processes the presentation file by identifying slides matching custom show information before the user initiates the save operation. The processor prepares the filtered slide data in advance, so when the user requests to save, the system can immediately store the correct presentation file without requiring the user to manually perform multiple operations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Manufacturing precision

If users manually copy slide data corresponding to custom show information to a new presentation file, then the correct slides are stored in the correct sequence, but the process requires many operations reducing efficiency

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveslide data accuracyVSAvoidslide storage efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system replaces the manual mechanical process of copying and pasting slide data with an automated computational process. The processor electronically identifies, extracts, and transfers slide data corresponding to custom show information directly to a new presentation file, maintaining 100% accuracy in slide selection and sequencing while eliminating the time-consuming manual operations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates an automated copy of the relevant slide data from the original presentation file. The processor identifies slides matching custom show information and generates a new presentation file containing only those slides in the correct sequence, replacing the manual copy operation with an automated digital copying process that maintains precision while improving efficiency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Loss of substance

If users delete redundant slides from the presentation file to store only necessary slides, then the presentation file is optimized, but the process requires many operations and time

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveredundant slide removalVSAvoidtime for deleting slides
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of substanceVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system autonomously identifies and removes redundant slides without user intervention. The processor compares the original presentation file against custom show information, automatically deletes slides not matching the custom show requirements, and retains only the necessary slides, thereby eliminating the time-consuming manual deletion process while achieving complete removal of redundant content

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs the deletion of redundant slides in advance before the user requests to save the presentation file. The processor pre-processes the file by removing unnecessary slides based on custom show information, so when the save operation is initiated, the file is already optimized and ready for immediate storage without requiring the user to spend time on manual deletion operations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11928147B2Slide storage method and apparatus
Publication Date: 2024.03.12 BEIJING KINGSOFT OFFICE SOFTWARE INC
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AI summary

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus of storing slides related to the field of computer technology. The method comprises: the electronic device receives a save-as instruction for target custom show information generated in a first presentation file, wherein the target custom show information includes slides selected from the first presentation file and a show sequence of the selected slides; acquires, based on the save-as instruction, property information of a second presentation file; extracts, based on the property information and following the show sequence of the slides of the target custom show information, the slide data corresponding to the slides selected from the first presentation file, and stores them in the second presentation file.