Automatic presentation of slide design suggestions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11010034-B2
Application number	US-201715850191-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2017
Priority date	Jun 24, 2013
Publication date	May 18, 2021
Grant date	May 18, 2021

Abstract

A method and system for organizing slides by analyzing content and offering alternative solutions for placing content on the slides in an effective and visually interesting organization is provided. The presentation application automatically generates alternative design suggestions for the provided content that effectively utilize the slide space pursuant to analytics performed on the content. Providing alternative design suggestions for organizing content on a slide assists in quickly and easily creating presentations that effectively utilize slide space.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method for automatically organizing content on a presentation slide using a presentation editor, comprising:
receiving a selection of first content within a selected content type;
displaying a presentation slide, wherein the presentation slide includes the first content;
in response to receiving the selection of the first content, determining a slide design suggestion, the slide design suggestion including a suggested size of the first content, a suggested location of the first content, and a suggested location of second content associated with the first content;
displaying the slide design suggestion;
receiving a selection of the slide design suggestion; and
displaying the presentation slide according to the selected slide design suggestion.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the slide design suggestion includes an alternative content to the first content.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the slide design suggestion comprises analyzing any one of content within the presentation slide, content within another slide within a slide deck, user preferences, a background image, or a rule associated with the selected content type.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the slide design suggestion includes an alternative content to the first content.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the slide design suggestion is displayed in a thumbnail image.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
automatically determining an area of interest in the first content; and
automatically cropping or resizing the first content to avoid obscuring the area of interest.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a selection of second content within the selected content type; and
displaying the presentation slide according to the selected slide design suggestion, wherein the presentation slide includes the first content and the second content.

8. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for automatically organizing content on a presentation slide using a presentation editor, the instructions when executed causing a computing device to perform operations, comprising:
receiving a selection of first content within a selected content type;
displaying a presentation slide, wherein the presentation slide includes the first content;
in response to receiving the selection of the first content, determining a plurality of slide design suggestions, each of the plurality of slide design suggestions including a suggested size of the first content, a suggested location of the first content, and a suggested location of second content associated with the first content;
displaying the plurality of slide design suggestions;
receiving a selection of one of the plurality of slide design suggestions; and
displaying the presentation slide according to the selected one of the plurality of slide design suggestions.

9. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of slide design suggestions includes an alternative content to the first content.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein determining the plurality of slide design suggestions further comprises analyzing any one of content within the presentation slide, content within another slide within a slide deck, user preferences, a background image, or a rule associated with the selected content type.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of slide design suggestions includes an alternative content to the selected content type.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of slide design suggestions are displayed as thumbnail images.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , further comprising instructions for:
automatically determining an area of interest in the first content; and
automatically cropping or resizing the first content to avoid obscuring the area of interest.

14. A computing system, comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing system to perform a method for automatically organizing content on a presentation slide using a presentation editor, comprising:
receiving a selection of first content within a selected content type;
displaying a presentation slide, wherein the presentation slide includes the first content;
in response to receiving the selection of the first content, determining a slide design suggestion, the slide design suggestion including a suggested size of the first content, a suggested location of the first content, and a suggested location of second content associated with the first content;
displaying the slide design suggestion;
receiving a selection of a slide design suggestion; and
displaying the presentation slide according to the selected slide design suggestion.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the slide design suggestion includes an alternative content to the first content.

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein determining the slide design suggestion comprises analyzing any one of content within the presentation slide, content within another slide within a slide deck, user preferences, a background image, or a rule associated with the selected content type.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the slide design suggestion includes an alternative content to the selected content type.

18. The system of claim 14 , wherein the slide design suggestion is displayed as a selectable thumbnail image.

19. The system of claim 14 , further comprising instructions for:
automatically determining an area of interest in the first content; and
automatically cropping or resizing the first content to avoid obscuring the area of interest.

20. The system of claim 14 , further comprising:
receiving a selection of second content within the selected content type; and
displaying the presentation slide according to the selected slide design suggestion, wherein the presentation slide includes the first content and the second content.

Assignees

• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Maloney Christopher
• Schilling John
• Chung Jonathan
• Kunz Andrew
• Pari-Monasch Sharena
• Ko Jonathan
• Onder Onur

Classifications

• H04N1/00183 Primary

  Photography assistance, e.g. displaying suggestions to the user · CPC title

• H04N1/00198

  Creation of a soft photo presentation, e.g. digital slide-show · CPC title

• H04N1/00196

  Creation of a photo-montage, e.g. photoalbum (H04N1/0019 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F3/04847 Primary

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title