System and method for concept development

• US 9,111,298 B2
• Filed: 03/08/2012
• Issued: 08/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nielsen Consumer LLC (Nielsen Holdings plc)
• Original Assignee: Affinnova, Inc. (RR Donnelley & Sons Company)
• Inventors: Lamoureux, Steven Howard, Pai, Mahesh, Al-Atraqchi, Waleed Mohammed Ali, Malek, Kamal Moussa, Municio, Angel Ismael, Blanchard, Jeremy David
• Primary Examiner(s): Wathen, Brian W
• Application Number:
  US13/415,732
• Publication Number:
  US 20120233037A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,258 Days
• Field of Search: 715/731, 715/730
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/189 Automatic justification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0276 Advertisement creation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/04 Manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/30 Computing systems specially adapted for manufacturing

Abstract

A framework is provided for building a visual representation of a product concept including a textual component and/or a graphical component. A first element within one of the textual component and the graphical components is designated as a first dynamic element. A second element within one of the textual component and the graphical component is designated as a second dynamic element. The first dynamic element is associated with a first variant list. The second dynamic element is associated with a second variant list. A constraint is associated between at least a first element variant and at least a second element variant. A selection of a first element variant from the first variant list and a second element variant from the second variant list are received. A first instantiation of the visual representation is generated including the first element variant and the second element variant based upon the constraint.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

providing, by a processor, a framework for building a visual representation of a product concept, the visual representation including one or more of a textual component or a graphical component;

receiving, by the processor, a designation of a first element within at least one of the textual component or the graphical component as a first dynamic element;

receiving, by the processor, a designation of a second element within at least one of the textual component or the graphical component as a second dynamic element;

associating, by the processor, the first dynamic element with a first variant list including first element variants;

associating, by the processor, the second dynamic element with a second variant list including second element variants;

associating a constraint between one of the first element variants and one of the second element variants;

in response to associating the constraint, updating the first variant list or the second variant list to include a constraint indicator;

receiving, by the processor, a selection of a first element variant from the first variant list;

receiving, by the processor, a selection of a second element variant from the second variant list; and

generating, by the processor, a first instantiation of the visual representation including the first element variant as the first dynamic element and the second element variant as the second dynamic element based upon the constraint.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the constraint includes a prohibitory constraint.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the constraint includes a permissive constraint.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the constraint is based on one of a business rule or a logical rule.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein generating the first instantiation of the visual representation includes generating an error based on the constraint.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 5, wherein the error includes an identification of a constraint violation.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 5, wherein the error includes a suggestion of an alternate second element variant.

8. A system comprising:

a processor to provide a framework for building a visual representation of a product concept, the visual representation including one or more of a textual component or a graphical component;

the processor to receive a designation of a first element within at least one of the textual component or the graphical component as a first dynamic element;

the processor to receive a designation of a second element within at least one of the textual component or the graphical component as a second dynamic element;

the processor to associate the first dynamic element with a first variant list including first element variants;

the processor to associate the second dynamic element with a second variant list including second element variants;

the processor to associate a constraint between one of the first element variants and one of the second element variants;

in response to the association of the constraint, the processor to update the first variant list or the second variant list to include a constraint indicator;

the processor to receive a selection of a first element variant from the first variant list;

the processor to receive a selection of a second element variant from the second variant list; and

the processor to generate a first instantiation of the visual representation including the first element variant as the first dynamic element and the second element variant as the second dynamic element based upon the constraint.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the constraint includes a prohibitory constraint.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the constraint includes a permissive constraint.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the constraint is based on one of a business rule or a logical rule.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor to generate the first instantiation of the visual representation includes more the processor configured to generate an error based on the constraint.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the error includes an identification of a constraint violation.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the error includes a suggestion of an alternate second element variant.

15. A computer program product residing on a non-transient computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

providing a framework for building a visual representation of a product concept, the visual representation including one or more of a textual component or a graphical component;

receiving a designation of a first element within at least one of the textual component or the graphical component as a first dynamic element;

receiving a designation of a second element within at least one of the textual component or the graphical component as a second dynamic element;

associating the first dynamic element with a first variant list including first element variants;

associating the second dynamic element with a second variant list including second element variants;

associating a constraint between one of the first element variants and one of the second element variants;

in response to associating the constraint, updating the first variant list or the second variant list to include a constraint indicator;

receiving a selection of a first element variant from the first variant list;

receiving a selection of a second element variant from the second variant list; and

generating a first instantiation of the visual representation including the first element variant as the first dynamic element and the second element variant as the second dynamic element based upon the constraint.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the constraint includes a prohibitory constraint.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the constraint includes a permissive constraint.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the constraint is based on one of a business rule and a logical rule.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein generating the first instantiation of the visual representation includes generating an error based on the constraint.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the error includes an identification of a constraint violation.

21. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the error includes a suggestion of an alternate second element variant.