Transforming data into consumable content

• US 9,208,216 B2
• Filed: 03/06/2015
• Issued: 12/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Michelstein, Jennifer P, Lee, David Benjamin, Freier, Nathaniel George, Morris, Katrika, Pratley, Christopher Hugh, Brewer, Brett David, Faulkner, Sarah, Hollasch, Steven Richard, Tumanov, Ilya
• Primary Examiner(s): CHEN, ALAN S
• Application Number:
  US14/640,446
• Publication Number:
  US 20150178376A1
• Time in Patent Office: 277 Days
• Field of Search: 706/47, 705/1.1, 715/700
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/23 Updating
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/288 Entity relationship models
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• 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 40/131 Fragmentation of text files, e.g. creating reusable text-blocks; Linking to fragments, e.g. using XInclude; Namespaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/151 Transformation

Abstract

Concepts and technologies are described herein for transforming data into consumable content. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a computing device can execute a transformation engine for transforming data into the consumable content. The computing device can be configured to analyze the data to identify relationships within data elements or other portions of the data. The computing device also can determine a visualization model to apply to the data and to choose a world based upon the determined visualization model. The computing device can obtain rules associated with the selected or chosen world, and can apply the rules to the data to generate the output. In some embodiments, the computing device can be configured to obtain and apply feedback to the output.

Claims

1. A computer comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the processor, the computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to

obtain, at a computing device, data comprising a plurality of data elements,

analyze the data to identify relationships between the plurality of data elements,

determine a world defining a visualization model to apply to the plurality of data elements based, at least partially, upon the relationships,

obtain rules for applying the data to the world, and

apply the rules to the data to generate output comprising the at least one of the plurality of data elements arranged according to the world.

2. The computer of claim 1, wherein the computer-readable storage medium has further computer-executable instructions stored thereupon to:

present the output at a display device associated with the computing device; and

obtain feedback from a user of the computing device.

3. The computer of claim 2, wherein the computer-readable storage medium has further computer-executable instructions stored thereupon to:

determine if the output is to be modified based, at least partially, upon the feedback; and

in response to determining that the output is to be modified, modify the output in accordance with the feedback.

4. The computer of claim 3, wherein the feedback comprises an indication that an aspect of the output is liked by the user.

5. The computer of claim 3, wherein the feedback comprises an indication that an aspect of the output is disliked by the user, and wherein the aspect comprises at least one of an emphasis, a grouping, or an order of data within the output.

6. The computer of claim 1, wherein determine the world comprises:

determine at least one variation to apply to the plurality of data elements for differentiating the output;

determine the visualization model based upon the variation and the relationships; and

select the world based, at least partially, upon the visualization model and the relationships.

7. The computer of claim 1, wherein the computing device is configured to execute a transformation engine, and wherein the transformation engine comprises a decomposition and understanding module, a variation module, a world chooser module, a design rules module, and an authoring module.

8. The computer of claim 1, wherein the data comprises a presentation document, and wherein the output comprises a further presentation document.

9. A computer comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the processor, the computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to

analyze data to identify relationships between a plurality of data elements in the data,

determine a world defining a visualization model to apply to the plurality of data elements based, at least partially, upon the relationships, the world comprising instructions for visualizing the data elements in two-dimensional or three-dimensional visualizations,

obtain a rule for applying the data to the world, and

apply the rule to the data to generate output comprising the plurality of data elements arranged according to the world.

10. The computer of claim 9, wherein the computer-readable storage medium has further computer-executable instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine the world by:

determining at least one variation to apply to at least one of the plurality of data elements to differentiate the output;

determining the visualization model based upon the variation and the relationships; and

selecting the world based, at least partially, upon the visualization model and the relationships.

11. The computer of claim 9, wherein the computer-readable storage medium has further computer-executable instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

present the output at a display device associated with the computer; and

obtain feedback from a user of the computer.

12. The computer of claim 11, wherein the feedback comprises an indication that an aspect of the output is liked.

13. The computer of claim 11, wherein the feedback comprises an indication that an aspect of the output is disliked.

14. The computer of claim 9, wherein the computer executes a transformation engine comprising

a decomposition and understanding module configured to determine the relationships,

a variation module for determining variations to the data elements, and

a world chooser module for determining the world.

15. The computer of claim 9, wherein the computer-readable storage medium has further computer-executable instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

present the output at a display device associated with the computer;

obtain feedback from a user of the computer;

determine, if the output is to be modified based, at least partially, upon the feedback; and

in response to determining that the output is to be modified, modify the input in accordance with the feedback.

16. The computer of claim 15, wherein the computer executes a transformation engine comprising

a decomposition and understanding module configured to determine discrete sub-content, relationships, and emphasis,

a variation module for determining variations to the data elements,

a world chooser module for determining the world, and

an authoring module for obtaining the feedback and determining if the output is to be modified.

17. The computer of claim 16, wherein the data comprises a presentation document, and wherein the output comprises a further presentation document.

18. The computer of claim 9, wherein the relationships comprise a hierarchy between the plurality of data elements.

19. A computer comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the processor, the computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to

obtain data comprising a plurality of data elements,

analyze the data to identify relationships between the plurality of data elements,

determine a world defining a visualization model to apply to the plurality of data elements based, at least partially, upon the relationships,

obtain rules for applying the data to the world,

apply the rules to the data to generate output comprising the plurality of data elements arranged according to the rules,

present the output at a display device,

obtain feedback comprising at least one of

an indication that an aspect of the output is liked, or an

indication that the aspect of the output is disliked,

determine that the output is to be modified based, at least partially, upon the feedback, and

in response to determining that the output is to be modified, modify the output in accordance with the feedback.

20. The computer of claim 19, wherein the computer executes a transformation engine comprising

a decomposition and understanding module configured to determine the relationships,

a variation module for determining variations to the data elements,

a world chooser module for determining the world, and

an authoring module for obtaining the feedback and determining if the output is to be modified.