Visual Design Object Models for Template Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of electronic visual design tools face difficulties in selecting suitable templates due to the large number of available options, despite search, filter, and gallery view tools, as they struggle to envision how templates will appear with personalized modifications.
Innovation Solution
A content replacement system that uses synchronized client- and server-side visual design object models, representing visual objects with keyed attributes and associated values, allowing users to select and replace visual objects across multiple design templates, updating images on an electronic display to reflect the chosen objects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a large number of visual design templates are provided, then template selection variety is improved, but user difficulty in finding and visualizing suitable templates increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically generating personalized preview images that show templates with user-selected visual objects already integrated. This eliminates the need for users to manually edit multiple templates to see how their content would appear, as the system has already prepared customized previews showing the user's actual visual objects placed within template layouts.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates simplified copies or representations of templates with user-specific content pre-integrated. Instead of requiring users to work with raw templates or manually insert their visual objects, the system generates copy-preview images that replicate the final appearance, allowing users to evaluate templates efficiently before committing to a selection.
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual template customization is required before selection, then design personalization is improved, but time and effort required for template selection increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs the customization action preliminarily and automatically by generating preview images that already incorporate user-selected visual objects into template designs. This eliminates the need for users to spend time manually customizing each template before evaluation, as the personalization work has been done in advance by the system.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides self-service by automatically performing the customization task that would otherwise require user effort. Users simply select their visual objects, and the system autonomously generates personalized template previews, eliminating the need for users to manually edit templates or repeatedly adjust designs to see potential outcomes.
3Area of stationary object
If low-resolution thumbnail images are used for template display, then screen space efficiency is improved, but ability to visualize personalized design outcomes deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from displaying templates in traditional two-dimensional thumbnail format to presenting personalized preview images that maintain the two-dimensional display format but fundamentally change the content dimension. Instead of showing generic low-resolution template screenshots, the system generates previews that incorporate user-specific visual objects, transforming the informational content while maintaining screen space efficiency.
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AI summary
A content replacement system and method for simultaneously updating a plurality of images of visual designs on an electronic display of an electronic device using synchronized client- and server-side visual design object models by representing visual objects in visual designs using a keyed attribute and associated attribute value comprising a visual object specification.