Automatic presentation of slide design suggestions

• US 10,282,075 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2013
• Issued: 05/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Maloney, Christopher, Schilling, John, Chung, Jonathan, Kunz, Andrew, Pari-Monasch, Sharena, Ko, Jonathan, Onder, Onur
• Primary Examiner(s): Trapanese, William C
• Application Number:
  US13/925,114
• Publication Number:
  US 20140380171A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,143 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00183 Photography assistance, e.g. displaying suggestions to the user
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00196 Creation of a photo-montage, e.g. photoalbum H04N1/0019 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00198 Creation of a soft photo presentation, e.g. digital slide-show

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.

Claims

1. A method for automatically organizing content on a presentation slide using a presentation application program, the method comprising:

receiving a selection of first content;

displaying the presentation slide wherein the presentation slide includes the first content;

analyzing the first content to determine a plurality of slide design suggestions based on the analysis of the first content;

displaying the plurality of slide design suggestions, wherein the plurality of slide design suggestions include multiple different placement alternatives of the first content;

receiving a selection of one of the plurality of slide design suggestions; and

displaying the presentation slide according to the selected slide design suggestion.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein one of the plurality of slide design suggestions include an alternative content to the first content.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein analyzing the first content to determine a plurality of slide design suggestions 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 plurality of slide design suggestions include any one of:

a different size for the selected first content, a different location for the selected first content, an alternative content to the selected first content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of slide design suggestions are displayed in a thumbnail.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the presentation editor automatically determines an area of interest in the first content; and

the step of displaying the presentation slide according to the selected slide design suggestion includes 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 and second content.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for automatically organizing content on a presentation slide using a presentation application program, the instructions when executed causing a computing device to perform a method, comprising:

receiving a selection of first content;

displaying the presentation slide wherein the presentation slide includes the first content;

analyzing the first content to determine a plurality of slide design suggestions based on the analysis of the first content;

displaying the plurality of slide design suggestions, wherein the plurality of slide design suggestions include multiple different placement alternatives of the first content;

receiving a selection of one of the plurality of slide design suggestions; and

displaying the presentation slide according to the selected slide design suggestion.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein one of the plurality of slide design suggestions include an alternative content to the first content.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein analyzing the first content to determine a 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 non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the plurality of slide design suggestions include any one of:

a different size for the selected first content, a different location for the selected first content, an alternative content to the selected first content.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein each of the plurality of slide design suggestions are displayed in a thumbnail.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein:

the presentation editor automatically determines an area of interest in the first content; and

the step of displaying the presentation slide according to the selected slide design suggestion includes 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 application program, the method comprising;

receiving a selection of first content;

displaying the presentation slide wherein the presentation slide includes the first content;

analyzing the first content to determine a plurality of slide design suggestions based on the analysis of the first content;

displaying the plurality of slide design suggestions, wherein the plurality of slide design suggestions include multiple different placement alternatives of the first content;

receiving a selection of one of the plurality of slide design suggestions; and

displaying the presentation slide according to the selected slide design suggestion.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein one of the plurality of slide design suggestions include an alternative content to the first content.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein analyzing the first content to determine a plurality of slide design suggestions 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 plurality of slide design suggestions include any one of:

a different size for the selected first content, a different location for the selected first content, an alternative content to the selected first content.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein each of the plurality of slide design suggestions are displayed in a thumbnail.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein:

the presentation editor automatically determines an area of interest in the first content; and

the step of displaying the presentation slide according to the selected slide design suggestion includes 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 and second content.