TECHNOLOGIES FOR MANAGING DYNAMIC DESIGN TEMPLATES

• US 20200134007A1
• Filed: 10/26/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cimpress Schweiz GmbH (Cimpress Plc)
• Original Assignee: Cimpress Schweiz GmbH (Cimpress Plc)
• Inventors: Swider, Nicholas Richard, Hammond, Edward James, Kayastha, Christina
• Granted Patent: US 11,392,762 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5846 using extracted text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9038 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/40 Filling a planar surface by adding surface attributes, e.g. colour or texture
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]

Abstract

Systems and methods for automatically generating product designs according to search queries. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may present a set of default templates associated with one or more products. The electronic device may facilitate a search using inputted keywords, and identify a set of images and/or design elements according to the search. The electronic device may modify the set of default templates by incorporating various of the images and/or design elements. A user may select different functionalities associated with the modified templates, including selecting to place a product order.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of automatically generating designs for a product from a template, the method comprising:

displaying, in a user interface, a set of templates for the product, each of the set of templates having (i) a default image, and (ii) a set of default design elements;

receiving, by a computer processor via the user interface, at least one search term;

identifying, based on the at least one search term, an image and a set of design elements;

determining, by the computer processor, a dominant color of the image; and

modifying at least a portion of the set of templates displayed in the user interface by (i) replacing, in each of at least the portion of the set of templates, the default image with the image, (ii) replacing, in each of at least the portion of the set of templates, at least a portion of the set of default design elements with at least a portion of the set of design elements, and (iii) applying, in each of at least the portion of the set of templates, the dominant color of the image to at least one of the image and at least the portion of the set of design elements.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein identifying the image and the set of design elements comprises:

retrieving, from an image database based on the at least one search term, the image and the set of design elements.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein identifying the set of design elements comprises:

receiving, via the user interface, a set of inputs indicative of the set of design elements.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, in the user interface, the set of design elements; and

receiving, via the user interface, a selection for at least the portion of the set of design elements.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying textual content to add to each of the set of templates;

comparing a contrast level of the textual content to a contrast level of the image with the dominant color applied thereto;

based on the comparing, modifying the textual content; and

adding the textual content that was modified to each of at least the portion of the set of templates.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, via the user interface, textual content;

wherein the set of templates displayed in the user interface is further modified by adding the textual content to each of at least the portion of the set of templates.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the set of default design elements in each of at least the portion of the set of templates is not replaced with at least one of the set of design elements.

8. A system for automatically generating designs for a product from a template, comprising:

a user interface for displaying content;

a memory storing non-transitory computer executable instructions; and

a processor interfacing with the user interface and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute the non-transitory computer executable instructions to cause the processor to;

cause the user interface to display a set of templates for the product, each of the set of templates having (i) a default image, and (ii) a set of default design elements,

receive, via a user interface, at least one search term,

identify, based on the at least one search term, an image and a set of design elements,

determine a dominant color of the image, and

cause the user interface to modify at least a portion of the set of templates displayed in the user interface by (i) replacing, in each of at least the portion of the set of templates, the default image with the image, (ii) replacing, in each of at least the portion of the set of templates, at least a portion of the set of default design elements with at least a portion of the set of design elements, and (iii) applying, in each of at least the portion of the set of templates, the dominant color of the image to at least one of the image and at least the portion of the set of design elements.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein to identify the image and the set of design elements, the processor is configured to:

retrieve, from an image database based on the at least one search term, the image and the set of design elements.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein to identify the set of design elements, the processor is configured to:

receive, via the user interface, a set of inputs indicative of the set of design elements.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:

cause the user interface to display the set of design elements, and

receive, via the user interface, a selection for at least the portion of the set of design elements.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:

identify textual content to add to each of the set of templates,

compare a contrast level of the textual content to a contrast level of the image with the dominant color applied thereto,

based on the comparison, modify the textual content; and

add the textual content that was modified to each of at least the portion of the set of templates.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive, via the user interface, textual content, and

cause the user interface to further modify at least the portion of the set of templates displayed in the user interface by adding the textual content to each of at least the portion of the set of templates.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein at least one of the set of default design elements in each of at least the portion of the set of templates is not replaced with at least one of the set of design elements.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to store instructions, the instructions when executed by a processor causing the processor to perform operations comprising:

displaying, in a user interface, a set of templates for a product, each of the set of templates having (i) a default image, and (ii) a set of default design elements;

receiving, via the user interface, at least one search term;

identifying, based on the at least one search term, an image and a set of design elements;

determining a dominant color of the image; and

modifying at least a portion of the set of templates displayed in the user interface by (i) replacing, in each of at least the portion of the set of templates, the default image with the image, (ii) replacing, in each of at least the portion of the set of templates, at least a portion of the set of default design elements with at least a portion of the set of design elements, and (iii) applying, in each of at least the portion of the set of templates, the dominant color of the image to at least one of the image and at least the portion of the set of design elements.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein identifying the image and the set of design elements comprises:

retrieving, from an image database based on the at least one search term, the image and the set of design elements.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein identifying the set of design elements comprises:

receiving, via the user interface, a set of inputs indicative of the set of design elements.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

displaying, in the user interface, the set of design elements; and

receiving, via the user interface, a selection for at least the portion of the set of design elements.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

identifying textual content to add to each of the set of templates;

comparing a contrast level of the textual content to a contrast level of the image with the dominant color applied thereto;

based on the comparing, modifying the textual content; and

adding the textual content that was modified to each of at least the portion of the set of templates.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, via the user interface, textual content;

wherein at least the portion of the set of templates displayed in the user interface is further modified by adding the textual content to each of at least the portion of the set of templates.