Unified Interface for Slide Generation from Source Documents

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing process of creating a slide presentation is inefficient as it requires users to switch between multiple applications, leading to increased resource consumption and cognitive load, slowing down computing device performance.

Innovation Solution

A collaborative multi-content application that allows users to access and build slide presentations within a single user interface, enabling the creation, editing, and insertion of slides alongside source content without switching between applications.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If users switch between multiple applications to create slide presentations, then they can access specialized features of each application, but computing device performance deteriorates due to increased resource consumption and cognitive load

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccess to specialized featuresVSAvoidcomputing device performance

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines source content viewing and slide presentation creation into a single integrated application interface. The system allows users to view source documents and create slides simultaneously within the same application window, eliminating the need to switch between multiple applications while maintaining access to both source content and presentation tools.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The application provides multi-functionality by incorporating both document viewing capabilities and slide creation/editing capabilities within a single unified interface. Users can perform multiple tasks including viewing source content, creating slides, editing slide content, and managing presentations without leaving the application, thereby reducing resource overhead while maintaining versatility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If users switch between multiple applications for source content and slide presentations, then they can work with different file formats, but time consumption increases due to switching overhead

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefile format compatibilityVSAvoidtime consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-loading and displaying source content within the application interface before slide creation begins. Users can select and view source material that will be used for slide generation without needing to switch applications, thereby saving time while maintaining access to multiple file formats through the application's import capabilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple applications are opened simultaneously, then users can access different tools, but memory consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetool accessibilityVSAvoidmemory consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the functionality of separate applications into a single integrated application. By combining source content viewing, slide creation, and presentation tools within one application instance, the system reduces memory consumption while maintaining access to diverse tools and features through a unified interface.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

4Productivity

If users work in a single unified interface, then computing device performance improves, but the complexity of the interface increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecomputing device performanceVSAvoidinterface complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The unified interface is segmented into distinct functional areas including a source content viewing region and a slide creation/editing region. This segmentation allows the interface to handle multiple functions simultaneously while maintaining organizational clarity, reducing the perceived complexity for users while preserving the performance benefits of a single-application architecture.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS10936648B2Generating slide presentations using a collaborative multi-content application

Publication Date: 2021.03.02 GOOGLE LLC

AI summary

A method includes displaying, in a user interface on a user device, an electronic document including content, receiving a selection of a portion of the content, and responsive to the selection, modifying the user interface to include, in a first portion of the user interface, one or more slides generated based on the selected portion of the content while continuing to display the electronic document including the content in a second portion of the user interface. Another method may include displaying, in a user interface at a user device, a first electronic document, receiving, via the user interface, a request to view slides from a second electronic document, receiving, via the use interface, a selection of a slide to insert into the first electronic document, and responsive to the user selection of the slide, modifying the user interface to include the selected slide in the first electronic document.