Electronic presentation repository and interface

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by an electronic presentation computing device, a search request for retrieving a set of electronic presentations;
• accessing, by the electronic presentation computing device, one or more electronic presentation repositories, in response to the search request;
• retrieving, by the electronic presentation computing device, and from the one or more electronic presentation repositories, a set of one or more electronic presentation documents responsive to the search request;
• accessing, by the electronic presentation computing device, a data store storing document usage statistics for each of the set of electronic presentation documents;
• determining, by the electronic presentation computing device, a cover slide for each of the set of electronic presentation documents, based at least on the document usage statistics for each of the set of electronic presentation documents;
• generating, by the electronic presentation computing device, a digital thumbnail image for each of the set of electronic presentation documents, based on the determined cover slide for each of the set of electronic presentation documents;
• and
• generating and providing, by the electronic presentation computing device, a search results interface in response to the search request, the search results interface including the generated digital thumbnail image for each of the set of electronic presentation documents.

A non-transitory computer-readable memory comprising a set of computer-executable instructions stored therein which, when executed by computer system comprising one or more processors, causes the computer system to:

• receive a search request for retrieving a set of electronic presentations;
• in response to the search request, access one or more electronic presentation repositories;
• retrieve, from the one or more electronic presentation repositories, a set of one or more electronic presentation documents responsive to the search request;
• access a data store storing document usage statistics for each of the set of electronic presentation documents;
• determine a cover slide for each of the set of electronic presentation documents, based at least on the document usage statistics for each of the set of electronic presentation documents;
• generate a digital thumbnail image for each of the set of electronic presentation documents, based on the determined cover slide for each of the set of electronic presentation documents;
• and
• generate and provide a search results interface in response to the search request, the search results interface including the generated digital thumbnail image for each of the set of electronic presentation documents.