Content file suggestions

• US 10,534,748 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2016
• Issued: 01/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Maloney, Christopher Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Cam Linh T
• Application Number:
  US15/081,270
• Publication Number:
  US 20170139930A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,390 Days
• Field of Search: 707728, 707741
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/116 Details of conversion of file system types or formats
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/16 File or folder operations, e.g. details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/131 Fragmentation of text files, e.g. creating reusable text-blocks; Linking to fragments, e.g. using XInclude; Namespaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]

Abstract

Systems, components, devices, and methods for generating suggestions for content files are provided. A non-limiting example is a method for generating suggestions for arranging content. The method includes the step of receiving a content file from a client, the content file including a content region and a content element. The method also includes the step of analyzing the content file to select a blueprint for the content region. The method further includes the step of generating a suggestion for arranging the content region based on the selected blueprint. Additionally, the method includes the step of transmitting the suggestion to the client.

Claims

1. A system for generating suggestions for arranging content, the system comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory, operatively connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the at least processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method for generating suggestions for arranging content, the method comprising;

receiving a content file from a computing device, the content file including a content region and a content element to be arranged in the content region;

analyzing the content file to select a blueprint for the content region;

generating a suggestion for arranging the content element in the content region based on the selected blueprint; and

causing the suggestion to be transmitted the computing device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the method further comprises generating instructions to transform the content region according to the generated suggestion; and

causing the suggestion to be transmitted to the computing device comprises causing the instructions to be transmitted to the computing device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein causing the suggestion to be transmitted to the computing device comprises causing at least a portion of an updated content file to be transmitted to the computing device, the updated content file including the content region arranged according to the generated suggestion.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein analyzing the content file to select a blueprint for the content region comprises:

identifying at least one blueprint that is compatible with the content file; and

selecting a blueprint from the at least one identified blueprint based on characteristics of the content region.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein identifying at least one blueprint that is compatible with the content file comprises identifying blueprints that are compatible with a theme of the content file.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein selecting a blueprint from the at least one identified blueprint based on characteristics of the content region comprises:

classifying the content element to determine a content type; and

selecting a blueprint that is compatible with the determined content type.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein selecting a blueprint from the at least one identified blueprint based on characteristics of the content region comprises:

identifying a salient region of the content element, wherein the salient region comprises a portion of the content element that appears to be important;

determining at least one characteristic of the identified salient region, including at least one of the height, the width, and the aspect ratio of the salient region; and

selecting a blueprint that is compatible with the at least one determined characteristic of the salient region.

8. The system of claim 4, wherein selecting a blueprint from the at least one identified blueprint based on characteristics of the content region comprises:

determining if the content element is croppable;

when determined that the content element is croppable, selecting a blueprint that is compatible with cropped dimensions of the content element; and

when determined that the content element is not croppable, selecting a blueprint that is compatible with the original dimensions of the content element.

9. The system of claim 4, wherein selecting a blueprint from the at least one identified blueprint based on characteristics of the content region comprises:

determining a number of content elements in the content region; and

selecting a blueprint that includes a number of content element placeholders that is at least equal to the number of content elements in the content region.

10. A method for generating suggestions for arranging content, the method comprising:

receiving a content file from a computing device, the content file including a content region and a content element for arrangement in the content region;

analyzing the content file to select at least one blueprint from a blueprint file for the content region;

generating at least one suggestion for arranging the content element in the content region based on the at least one selected blueprint; and

causing the at least one suggestion to be transmitted to the computing device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one blueprint file is formatted according to the same file format as the content file.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one blueprint file is formatted according to a presentation file format.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one blueprint file includes a content region, wherein the content region includes at least one content element placeholder and at least one tag that defines characteristics of the at least one blueprint.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least one content element placeholder is a shape in the content region and the at least one tag comprises textual data stored in an alternate text field of the shape, wherein the at least one tag defines characteristics of the content element placeholder.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least one tag comprises textual data stored in a notes field of the content region and defines characteristics of the content region.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least one tag includes at least one of a tag indicating to crop an content element to fit a content element placeholder, a tag indicating to replace a content element placeholder with a content element, and a tag indicating the position of a focus region within a content element placeholder.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein:

the at least one suggestion comprises a plurality of suggestions;

the method further comprises calculating scores for the plurality of suggestions, wherein the scores correspond to a predicted suitability of the suggestion for the content region; and

at least some of the plurality of suggestions are transmitted to the computing device in an order based on the calculated scores.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

receiving, from the computing device, suggestion selection information that indicates which suggestion was selected by a user;

recording the suggestion selection information; and

using the suggestion selection information in generating and scoring suggestions.

19. A system for generating suggestions for arranging content, the system comprising:

at least one processor;

a communication device operatively connected to the at least one processor; and

memory, operatively connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the at least processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method for generating suggestions for arranging content, the method comprising;

receiving, over a network using the communication device, a content file from a computing device, the content file including a content region and a content element for the content region, the content element to be arranged in the content region;

identifying at least one blueprint that is compatible with a theme of the content file;

selecting a blueprint from the at least one identified blueprint based on characteristics of the content region;

generating at least one suggestion for arranging the content region based on the at least one selected blueprint;

generating at least one set of instructions to transform the content region according to the at least one generated suggestion; and

transmitting, over the network using the communication device, the at least one set of instructions to the computing device.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein selecting a blueprint from the at least one identified blueprint based on characteristics of the content region comprises:

classifying the content element to determine a content type;

identifying a salient region of the content element, wherein the salient region comprises a portion of the content element that appears to be important;

determining at least one characteristic of the identified salient region, including at least one of the height, the width, and the aspect ratio of the salient region;

determining if the content element is croppable; and

selecting a blueprint based on the determined content type, the determined at least one characteristic of the salient region, and whether the content element is croppable.