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US 8,429,519 B2Granted
Presentation generator
AssigneeAccenture Global Services Limited
InventorsMichael T. Parks, Steven B. Petchon
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AssigneeAccenture Global Services Limited
InventorsMichael T. Parks, Steven B. Petchon
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A presentation generator may access one or more data sources structured into data fields. The user may create or modify a template by inserting one or more tags corresponding to data fields in the template. The template may also have one or more processing instructions for indicating the data sources and how the data sources should be queried. The processing instructions may also indicate how the data is to be grouped across various slides, pages, sections, etc. The generator may build the presentation based on the template, its tags, and its processing instructions. The resulting presentation may be accessed by a user-friendly application, such as a word processor, slide program, spreadsheet, report viewer, or other application. The user may update part or all of the presentation using information on the queries and data sources embedded in the presentation itself.
A method for generating a presentation file, within an application running on a computing device, from a data source, the data source comprising a plurality of data records structured into a plurality of data fields, the method comprising:
A computing device encoded with a computer program having a set of code segments for generating a presentation file, within an application running on the computing device, from a data source, the data source comprising a plurality of data records structured into a plurality of data fields, comprising:
The computing device from of 11, wherein the processing instruction automatically re-queries the data source based on the smart tag to update the presentation output file.
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