WO2017034575A1 - Customized compilation creation with common content elements - Google Patents

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WO2017034575A1
WO2017034575A1 PCT/US2015/047194 US2015047194W WO2017034575A1 WO 2017034575 A1 WO2017034575 A1 WO 2017034575A1 US 2015047194 W US2015047194 W US 2015047194W WO 2017034575 A1 WO2017034575 A1 WO 2017034575A1
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Lei Liu
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  • a customized compilation may provide different content elements to different users. For example, a customized compilation may be used in a formal education environment to provide individualized curriculum. In addition, a customized compilation may be used in a career training or other learning environments to focus on a particular learning interest or style of a user. Customized compilations may also be valuable for marketing material such that the content may be tailored to a target recipient.
  • Figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a computing system to create a customized compilation with common content elements.
  • Figure 2 is an example of a flow chart representing a layout including common and customized content element nodes.
  • Figure 2 is a flow chart illustrating an example of a method to create a customized compilation with common content elements.
  • Figure 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a customized content compilation with common content elements.
  • Figure 4 is a flow chart illustrating an example of a method to create a customized compilation with common content elements.
  • Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of creating an additional content segment for customized content elements with a compilation.
  • a processor creates multiple versions of a compilation such that the same content segment in different versions includes some common content l elements and some customized content elements. For example, a processor may select content layouts for multiple versions of a compilation such that common content associated with the multiple versions is associated with the same content segment for each of the multiple versions, and the same content segment also includes different customized content for each of the multiple versions. The processor may output the multiple versions of the compilations with the selected content layouts.
  • the processor may create the layouts using a layout template structure, such as a tree, where nodes are associated with common and customized content type.
  • a processor may select the particular content to associate with the common content nodes, and the processor may select different customized content to associate with the customized content nodes.
  • the customized content may be selected based on an association with the common content, such as based on topic or a user profile information.
  • the customized content may be selected based on size or other information indicating whether the customized content would complement the common content in the layout.
  • a portion of the content may be associated with a content segment, such as a grouping, page, or chapter such that the same common content is associated with the same content segment across multiple versions.
  • the processor may create the layout structure and layout the content elements in order according to the layout structure nodes.
  • the nodes may be grouped into content segments in the layout structure or after being laid out in the compilation.
  • Creating multiple versions of a compilation including both common and customized content may be useful where a group of users coordinate among content segments.
  • the common content may include content selected manually by an educator, and the customized content may include content automatically selected for a particular user or group.
  • a content segment may be associated with an identifier, such as a page number.
  • an educator may be able to direct students to a page number that includes common content for the students to share in a discussion while the students have different customized images or other supplementary content to assist in learning.
  • a layout system that differentiates between common and customized content may allow additional content to be easily added without causing discrepancies between content segments of different versions.
  • content segments with a subset of common content may allow for high priority content to be included in multiple versions, such as marketing material with the same high value core content on multiple publications and additional extra differentiated content on the different versions to appeal to different types of audiences.
  • Figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a computing system to create a customized compilation with common content elements.
  • the computing system 100 may create multiple versions of a compilation such that corresponding content segments in the multiple versions have the same common content elements and different customized content elements.
  • the computing system 100 includes a processor 101 , a machine readable storage medium 102, and a storage 107.
  • the storage 107 may store information about content elements that may be selected for a compilation.
  • the storage 107 may be any suitable storage accessible by the processor 101 and may communicate with the processor 101 directly or via a network.
  • the storage 107 may include common content element information 108 and customized content element information 109.
  • the content elements may be any suitable type of content, such as images, text, or video.
  • the content elements may correspond to a video frame, an image or set of images, a page, chapter, or any other division of content.
  • the content elements may include multiple types of content, such as an element including an image and text and a link to a video.
  • the common content element information 108 may include information about content elements to be included as common elements in multiple versions of a compilation.
  • the common content element information is associated with a topic or other information used by the processor 101 to select the common content element for a layout.
  • the common content element information 108 may include aesthetic information associated with the content elements, such as size or color.
  • the customized content element information 109 may include information about content elements to be included in a subset of compilation versions.
  • the customized content element information 09 may include aesthetic information, such as size and color, related to determining whether the particular customized content element will complement a layout of common content elements.
  • the customized content element information 109 may include information about a level of similarity or difference to the common content element information.
  • the storage 107 may store linkage information between customized content elements and common content elements and/or level of topic or other similarity.
  • the storage 107 may store information about the degree to which a customized content element provides additional diverging information from the common content elements.
  • the common content elements and customized content element information is stored with priority or other information, and the processor selects from the storage which common content elements to associate with common content areas or nodes of a layout.
  • the processor 101 may be a central processing unit (CPU), a semiconductor- based microprocessor, or any other device suitable for retrieval and execution of instructions.
  • the processor 101 may include one or more integrated circuits (ICs) or other electronic circuits that comprise a plurality of electronic components for performing the functionality described below. The functionality described below may be performed by multiple processors.
  • ICs integrated circuits
  • the processor 101 may communicate with the machine-readable storage medium 102.
  • the machine-readable storage medium 102 may be any suitable machine readable medium, such as an electronic, magnetic, optical, or other physical storage device that stores executable instructions or other data (e.g., a hard disk drive, random access memory, flash memory, etc.).
  • the machine-readable storage medium 102 may be, for example, a computer readable non-transitory medium.
  • the machine-readable storage medium 102 may include content segment common content element selection instructions 103, first compilation version customized content element selection instructions 104, second compilation version customized content element selection instructions 105, and first and second compilation versions output instructions 106.
  • the content segment common content element selection instructions 103 may include instructions to select a common content element from the common content element information 108 to associate with a content segment of a compilation.
  • the common content element may be included in the same content segment in multiple versions of the compilation.
  • the instructions include instructions to create a layout related node to be implemented by a layout engine.
  • the common content elements may be included in a layout tree in a particular order such that a layout engine may parse the content nodes into content segments based on the order.
  • the content elements may be associated with a content segment in any suitable manner.
  • a particular number of content elements may be associated with a content segment and/or a content segment may be associated with a particular threshold amount or size of content elements.
  • a list of content elements is created, and the processor then divides the content elements into content segments.
  • the content segments include the same set of common content elements in multiple versions of the compilation.
  • the content segment may be related to a page, chapter, study unit, knowledge point, and/or learning concept.
  • the first compilation version customized content element selection instructions 104 may include instructions to select a first customized content element from the customized content element information 109 to associate with the content segment for a first version of the compilation.
  • the first version may include a set of common content elements common to multiple versions of the compilation and a set of customized content elements unique to the particular version.
  • the common content elements may be associated with the same content segment for multiple versions.
  • a content node in a layout list may be marked for customized content, and there may be instructions to select the particular customized content for the particular version, such as based on information related to stored content and/or a profile related to characteristics used for content selection.
  • the second compilation version customized content element selection instructions 105 may include instructions to select a second customized content element from the storage to associate with the content segment for a second version of the compilation.
  • the first compilation may include a customized image in the content segment
  • the second compilation may include a customized video in the content segment.
  • the instructions may include instructions to determine instances where there is additional customized content that is above a threshold for a content segment such that a customized compilation version includes a customized content segment in addition to the content segments that include the same content elements as other versions.
  • the processor may select a third customized content element to associate with a separate content segment and a second content segment associated with the common content elements.
  • the first and second compilation versions output instructions 106 may include instructions to output information related to the first and second version of the compilation.
  • the information about the compilations may be stored, transmitted, or displayed.
  • the processor performs post processing on the compilation after the content elements are associated with content segments, such as by adjusting the compilation layouts, such as to alter the position of white space.
  • the compilation versions may be created and distributed, such as printed and provided to users or digital created and transmitted to a user device.
  • FIG. 2 is an example of a flow chart representing a layout 200 including common and customized content element nodes.
  • the layout 200 may include a flow chart of an ordered list of content nodes.
  • the content nodes may be associated with content elements.
  • the layout 200 is divided into two content segments, content segment 204 and content segment 206.
  • a layout engine may select the content node types and the associated content elements and place them in an order.
  • Each content segment may include a set of content nodes.
  • the content segment 204 includes content nodes 201-203, two of which are reserved for common content elements and one of which is reserved for a customized content element.
  • the content segment 206 includes one content node including content associated with a common content element.
  • the layout engine may determine the layout based on information associated with the compilation, such as based on user provided information about content to associate together or based on automatically determined content clustering information.
  • a customized content node may represent a place in the layout where customized content may be inserted. For example, a first version may include a customized content element and a second element may not include additional content in the particular content segment.
  • the layout engine may divide the content nodes into content segments before or after associating the specific content elements with the content nodes. For example, the layout engine may segment the content differently based on the size of the specific customized content elements selected for a particular customized content node such that the content segment includes fewer common content elements in some instances to accommodate larger customized content elements on some versions.
  • the layout engine may create a compilation by placing the content elements associated with the nodes in the compilation in order.
  • the layout engine selects the content elements based on the content nodes and adjusts the specific layout based on an aesthetic layout model.
  • an aesthetic layout model may be adapted to include a layout score for different customized content element alternatives for a content segment for different versions of a compilation.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a customized content compilation with common content elements.
  • a processor may generate layouts for multiple versions of a compilation. The layouts may be generated by selecting a combination of common and customized content elements for a content segment.
  • Block 300 shows a content list that includes content elements designated to be common content elements and other content elements associated with a particular user or user type. For example, common content elements 1 -3 are to be included in the same content segment for multiple versions of the compilation.
  • the processor may select customized content to fill remaining space associated with a content segment. For example, for User A, content elements 6- 0 may be selected, and for User B content elements 6-8 may be selected.
  • the content elements may be unique for each user group or have some overlapping customized content.
  • the customized content elements may be associated with a content segment and/or group of common content elements.
  • the common content elements may be associated with a topic
  • the customized content elements may be associated with the topic.
  • Blocks 301-303 show three different compilation versions of a content segment associated with a page number 1.
  • Block 301 is related to a Version A of a compilation customized for User A
  • block 302 is related to a Version B of the compilation customized for User B
  • block 303 is related to a Version C of the compilation customized for User C.
  • Each of the three versions includes common content elements 1-3, and each of the three versions includes additional customized content elements.
  • Figure 4 is a flow chart illustrating an example of a method to create a customized compilation with common content elements.
  • the resulting compilations may be similar to the compilation versions shown in Figure 3 where the different versions include the same common content elements in a segment and different customized content elements in the segment.
  • the processor may associate a navigational identifier with the content segments, such as a chapter number or page number.
  • the same content segment in multiple compilation versions may have the same page number and the same set of common content elements, but with different customized content elements on the same page.
  • the method may be implemented, for example, by the processor 101 in Figure 1.
  • a processor determines a compilation layout template that associates content elements with content segments of the compilation.
  • the compilation may be any suitable compilation, such as a printed or digital book, video, brochure, or other type of compilation.
  • the compilation may be related to, for example, education, training, or marketing.
  • the content segments may be any suitable content segments, such as pages, chapters, video segments, or other segments.
  • the content elements may be any suitable content type, such as video, image, or text, and may be in any suitable elemental division, such as a paragraph, group of images, or video segment.
  • the processor may determine a layout sequence that includes different types of content elements and associates particular content elements with the content types of the layout.
  • the processor may receive a list of specific content, access a list of content from a storage, and/or select content based on a set of stored target characteristics.
  • the content elements may be associated manually and/or automatically, such as based on user feedback or based on an automatic clustering method.
  • the processor may determine a number and/or size of customized content elements to associate with the common content elements.
  • a processor determines the common content elements to associate with a content segment and fills the remaining space in the content segment with customized content elements.
  • the processor may determine the amount of common content elements to associate with a content segment based on an analysis of the size of the potential customized content elements to be associated with the content segment. For example, the processor may determine a layout for each of a set of customized versions of the compilation and select the maximum number of common content elements associated with the largest set of customized content elements.
  • the processor may determine whether to add a common content element to the content segment or to start a new content segment to include the common content element based on whether space remains in the customized version with the largest amount of customized content associated with the particular content segment.
  • a processor creates customized versions of the compilation layout by adding additional content elements to the content layout template. For example, the processor may select customized content elements to associate with a customized content node in a layout. The process may access information about associated content in a storage and/or determine the customized content element based on characteristics associated with target content, such as a type, size, or topic. A customized content node may be associated with an amount of space or content, and the processor may select customized content to associate with the customized content node in the layout.
  • the processor may create the customized versions of the compilation using an aesthetic layout model, such as by associating a score with potential layouts associated with a content segment. For example, the model may be a probabilistic document model.
  • the processor may reflow a content segment once the common and customized content elements have been associated with the content segment. For example, the processor may change the white space between content elements and/or rearrange content elements.
  • the processor determines a number of customized versions of the compilation layout to create based on a budget associated with customization. For example, the number of customized compilation versions may increase storage, content management, and compilation printing costs.
  • the processor may weigh the costs compared to the benefit of greater customization granularity. For example, a compilation version customized to each individual user may result in better learning outcomes, but a compilation version customized such that users are divided into five groups to receive one of five customized versions may result in learning outcomes above a threshold along with costs outcomes below a threshold.
  • the processor determines total cost as a function of the number of users n, level of granularity g, and cost per compilation version c. For example, where there is a customized compilation version for each user n, the processor may determine the total cost as n(n * g * c n*g ). On the opposite end of the spectrum, where there is a single compilation version for the users n, the processor may determine the total cost as n*c. Similarly, the compilation total storage costs may be represented as n(n*g*s) where s is the storage cost associated with a version of the compilation.
  • the storage and printing costs may be constant for multiple versions of a compilation or may vary based on the individual compilation versions, such as where a compilation version with more additional content segments may be costlier to print, or a compilation version with more image content segments may be costlier to store.
  • the function may be represented as g ⁇ ⁇ log c - ⁇ — ⁇ ).
  • the processor may iteratively optimize the function until convergence or the difference of value g between two consecutive iterations is below a threshold.
  • the processor adapts the method based on the compilation type, such as by determining cost based on storage, transmission, and compilation content management for a digital compilation.
  • the processor selects additional content elements to be placed on additional content segments in a customized version of the compilation layout.
  • the processor may create a customized content segment such that the entire content segment is customized for the particular version of the compilation.
  • the content segment may be associated with a navigation identifier that differentiates the content segment from content segments including common and customized content elements.
  • page numbers may be sequentially associated with content segments including common and customized content, and a different set of page numbers may be associated with content segments including customized content.
  • the processor may determine to create the customized content segment based on the size, priority, and other information associated with the potential customized content elements for a particular content segment.
  • the processor may determine cases to insert the additional content segment based on the delta of the size of the customized content associated with different versions.
  • the delta may be determined at the layout or rendering stage and may be based on a threshold and/or percentage delta difference across multiple compilation versions.
  • the additional content may be placed as an additional content segment at any position in the compilation, such as next to another related content segment or in an appendix content segment.
  • Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of creating an additional content segment for customized content elements with a compilation.
  • compilation version A includes 3 content segments that are identified by navigation identifiers.
  • Blocks 500 and 502 include both customized and common content elements.
  • block 500 includes common content element 1 and customized content element 6.
  • Block 501 represents a content segment including exclusively customized content elements.
  • the content segment represented by block 501 may be customized to the compilation version A such that other versions do not include the content segment.
  • the content segments may be associated with navigation identifiers such that content segments in blocks 500 and 502 include navigational identifiers, such as page numbers, that are the same as the navigational identifiers in other versions, for example, to allow an educator to lead the class to a particular content segment.
  • the content segment represented by block 501 may include a navigational identifier customized to the version A, such as the page number A-1.
  • a processor outputs information related to the customized versions of the compilation layout.
  • the processor may store, transmit, or display information about the customized versions of the compilation layout.
  • the processor creates compilations based on the compilation layouts, such as where a different compilation with a different compilation layout is provided to different users.

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Abstract

Examples disclosed herein relate to creating a customized compilation with common content elements. A processor may select content layouts for multiple versions of a compilation such that common content associated with the multiple versions is associated with the same content segment for each of the multiple versions and the same content segment includes different customized content for each of the multiple versions. The processor may output the multiple versions of the compilations with the selected content layouts.

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CUSTOMIZED COMPILATION CREATION WITH COMMON CONTENT ELEMENTS
BACKGROUND
[0001] A customized compilation may provide different content elements to different users. For example, a customized compilation may be used in a formal education environment to provide individualized curriculum. In addition, a customized compilation may be used in a career training or other learning environments to focus on a particular learning interest or style of a user. Customized compilations may also be valuable for marketing material such that the content may be tailored to a target recipient.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0002] The drawings describe example embodiments. The following detailed description references the drawings, wherein:
[0003] Figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a computing system to create a customized compilation with common content elements.
[0004] Figure 2 is an example of a flow chart representing a layout including common and customized content element nodes.
[0005] Figure 2 is a flow chart illustrating an example of a method to create a customized compilation with common content elements.
[0006] Figure 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a customized content compilation with common content elements.
[0007] Figure 4 is a flow chart illustrating an example of a method to create a customized compilation with common content elements.
[0008] Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of creating an additional content segment for customized content elements with a compilation.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0009] In one implementation, a processor creates multiple versions of a compilation such that the same content segment in different versions includes some common content l elements and some customized content elements. For example, a processor may select content layouts for multiple versions of a compilation such that common content associated with the multiple versions is associated with the same content segment for each of the multiple versions, and the same content segment also includes different customized content for each of the multiple versions. The processor may output the multiple versions of the compilations with the selected content layouts.
[0010] The processor may create the layouts using a layout template structure, such as a tree, where nodes are associated with common and customized content type. A processor may select the particular content to associate with the common content nodes, and the processor may select different customized content to associate with the customized content nodes. The customized content may be selected based on an association with the common content, such as based on topic or a user profile information. The customized content may be selected based on size or other information indicating whether the customized content would complement the common content in the layout. A portion of the content may be associated with a content segment, such as a grouping, page, or chapter such that the same common content is associated with the same content segment across multiple versions. For example, the processor may create the layout structure and layout the content elements in order according to the layout structure nodes. The nodes may be grouped into content segments in the layout structure or after being laid out in the compilation.
[0011] Creating multiple versions of a compilation including both common and customized content may be useful where a group of users coordinate among content segments. For example, the common content may include content selected manually by an educator, and the customized content may include content automatically selected for a particular user or group. A content segment may be associated with an identifier, such as a page number. For example, an educator may be able to direct students to a page number that includes common content for the students to share in a discussion while the students have different customized images or other supplementary content to assist in learning. A layout system that differentiates between common and customized content may allow additional content to be easily added without causing discrepancies between content segments of different versions. Furthermore, content segments with a subset of common content may allow for high priority content to be included in multiple versions, such as marketing material with the same high value core content on multiple publications and additional extra differentiated content on the different versions to appeal to different types of audiences.
[0012] Figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a computing system to create a customized compilation with common content elements. For example, the computing system 100 may create multiple versions of a compilation such that corresponding content segments in the multiple versions have the same common content elements and different customized content elements. The computing system 100 includes a processor 101 , a machine readable storage medium 102, and a storage 107.
[0013] The storage 107 may store information about content elements that may be selected for a compilation. The storage 107 may be any suitable storage accessible by the processor 101 and may communicate with the processor 101 directly or via a network. The storage 107 may include common content element information 108 and customized content element information 109. The content elements may be any suitable type of content, such as images, text, or video. The content elements may correspond to a video frame, an image or set of images, a page, chapter, or any other division of content. The content elements may include multiple types of content, such as an element including an image and text and a link to a video.
[0014] The common content element information 108 may include information about content elements to be included as common elements in multiple versions of a compilation. In one implementation, the common content element information is associated with a topic or other information used by the processor 101 to select the common content element for a layout. The common content element information 108 may include aesthetic information associated with the content elements, such as size or color.
[0015] The customized content element information 109 may include information about content elements to be included in a subset of compilation versions. The customized content element information 09 may include aesthetic information, such as size and color, related to determining whether the particular customized content element will complement a layout of common content elements. The customized content element information 109 may include information about a level of similarity or difference to the common content element information. For example, the storage 107 may store linkage information between customized content elements and common content elements and/or level of topic or other similarity. The storage 107 may store information about the degree to which a customized content element provides additional diverging information from the common content elements.
[0016] In one implementation, the common content elements and customized content element information is stored with priority or other information, and the processor selects from the storage which common content elements to associate with common content areas or nodes of a layout.
[0017] The processor 101 may be a central processing unit (CPU), a semiconductor- based microprocessor, or any other device suitable for retrieval and execution of instructions. As an alternative or in addition to fetching, decoding, and executing instructions, the processor 101 may include one or more integrated circuits (ICs) or other electronic circuits that comprise a plurality of electronic components for performing the functionality described below. The functionality described below may be performed by multiple processors.
[0018] The processor 101 may communicate with the machine-readable storage medium 102. The machine-readable storage medium 102 may be any suitable machine readable medium, such as an electronic, magnetic, optical, or other physical storage device that stores executable instructions or other data (e.g., a hard disk drive, random access memory, flash memory, etc.). The machine-readable storage medium 102 may be, for example, a computer readable non-transitory medium. The machine-readable storage medium 102 may include content segment common content element selection instructions 103, first compilation version customized content element selection instructions 104, second compilation version customized content element selection instructions 105, and first and second compilation versions output instructions 106.
[0019] The content segment common content element selection instructions 103 may include instructions to select a common content element from the common content element information 108 to associate with a content segment of a compilation. For example, the common content element may be included in the same content segment in multiple versions of the compilation. In one implementation, the instructions include instructions to create a layout related node to be implemented by a layout engine. The common content elements may be included in a layout tree in a particular order such that a layout engine may parse the content nodes into content segments based on the order.
[0020] The content elements may be associated with a content segment in any suitable manner. A particular number of content elements may be associated with a content segment and/or a content segment may be associated with a particular threshold amount or size of content elements. In one implementation, a list of content elements is created, and the processor then divides the content elements into content segments. The content segments include the same set of common content elements in multiple versions of the compilation. The content segment may be related to a page, chapter, study unit, knowledge point, and/or learning concept.
[0021] The first compilation version customized content element selection instructions 104 may include instructions to select a first customized content element from the customized content element information 109 to associate with the content segment for a first version of the compilation. For example, the first version may include a set of common content elements common to multiple versions of the compilation and a set of customized content elements unique to the particular version. The common content elements may be associated with the same content segment for multiple versions. A content node in a layout list may be marked for customized content, and there may be instructions to select the particular customized content for the particular version, such as based on information related to stored content and/or a profile related to characteristics used for content selection.
[0022] The second compilation version customized content element selection instructions 105 may include instructions to select a second customized content element from the storage to associate with the content segment for a second version of the compilation. For example, the first compilation may include a customized image in the content segment, and the second compilation may include a customized video in the content segment. [0023] In one implementation, the instructions may include instructions to determine instances where there is additional customized content that is above a threshold for a content segment such that a customized compilation version includes a customized content segment in addition to the content segments that include the same content elements as other versions. For example, for the second compilation version, the processor may select a third customized content element to associate with a separate content segment and a second content segment associated with the common content elements.
[0024] The first and second compilation versions output instructions 106 may include instructions to output information related to the first and second version of the compilation. For example, the information about the compilations may be stored, transmitted, or displayed. In one implementation, the processor performs post processing on the compilation after the content elements are associated with content segments, such as by adjusting the compilation layouts, such as to alter the position of white space. The compilation versions may be created and distributed, such as printed and provided to users or digital created and transmitted to a user device.
[0025] Figure 2 is an example of a flow chart representing a layout 200 including common and customized content element nodes. For example the layout 200 may include a flow chart of an ordered list of content nodes. The content nodes may be associated with content elements. The layout 200 is divided into two content segments, content segment 204 and content segment 206. A layout engine may select the content node types and the associated content elements and place them in an order. Each content segment may include a set of content nodes. For example, the content segment 204 includes content nodes 201-203, two of which are reserved for common content elements and one of which is reserved for a customized content element. The content segment 206 includes one content node including content associated with a common content element. The layout engine may determine the layout based on information associated with the compilation, such as based on user provided information about content to associate together or based on automatically determined content clustering information. A customized content node may represent a place in the layout where customized content may be inserted. For example, a first version may include a customized content element and a second element may not include additional content in the particular content segment.
[0026] The layout engine, such as a layout engine implemented by the processor 101 , may divide the content nodes into content segments before or after associating the specific content elements with the content nodes. For example, the layout engine may segment the content differently based on the size of the specific customized content elements selected for a particular customized content node such that the content segment includes fewer common content elements in some instances to accommodate larger customized content elements on some versions. The layout engine may create a compilation by placing the content elements associated with the nodes in the compilation in order. In one implementation, the layout engine selects the content elements based on the content nodes and adjusts the specific layout based on an aesthetic layout model. For example, an aesthetic layout model may be adapted to include a layout score for different customized content element alternatives for a content segment for different versions of a compilation.
[0027] Figure 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a customized content compilation with common content elements. For example, a processor may generate layouts for multiple versions of a compilation. The layouts may be generated by selecting a combination of common and customized content elements for a content segment. Block 300 shows a content list that includes content elements designated to be common content elements and other content elements associated with a particular user or user type. For example, common content elements 1 -3 are to be included in the same content segment for multiple versions of the compilation. The processor may select customized content to fill remaining space associated with a content segment. For example, for User A, content elements 6- 0 may be selected, and for User B content elements 6-8 may be selected. The content elements may be unique for each user group or have some overlapping customized content. The customized content elements may be associated with a content segment and/or group of common content elements. For example, the common content elements may be associated with a topic, and the customized content elements may be associated with the topic. There may be a storage to store a list of content elements associated with User A and information about a topic associated with each of the content elements.
[0028] Blocks 301-303 show three different compilation versions of a content segment associated with a page number 1. Block 301 is related to a Version A of a compilation customized for User A, block 302 is related to a Version B of the compilation customized for User B, and block 303 is related to a Version C of the compilation customized for User C. Each of the three versions includes common content elements 1-3, and each of the three versions includes additional customized content elements.
[0029] Figure 4 is a flow chart illustrating an example of a method to create a customized compilation with common content elements. For example, the resulting compilations may be similar to the compilation versions shown in Figure 3 where the different versions include the same common content elements in a segment and different customized content elements in the segment. The processor may associate a navigational identifier with the content segments, such as a chapter number or page number. For example, the same content segment in multiple compilation versions may have the same page number and the same set of common content elements, but with different customized content elements on the same page. The method may be implemented, for example, by the processor 101 in Figure 1.
[0030] Beginning at 400, a processor determines a compilation layout template that associates content elements with content segments of the compilation. The compilation may be any suitable compilation, such as a printed or digital book, video, brochure, or other type of compilation. The compilation may be related to, for example, education, training, or marketing. The content segments may be any suitable content segments, such as pages, chapters, video segments, or other segments. The content elements may be any suitable content type, such as video, image, or text, and may be in any suitable elemental division, such as a paragraph, group of images, or video segment.
[0031] The processor may determine a layout sequence that includes different types of content elements and associates particular content elements with the content types of the layout. The processor may receive a list of specific content, access a list of content from a storage, and/or select content based on a set of stored target characteristics. The content elements may be associated manually and/or automatically, such as based on user feedback or based on an automatic clustering method.
[0032] The processor may determine a number and/or size of customized content elements to associate with the common content elements. In one implementation, a processor determines the common content elements to associate with a content segment and fills the remaining space in the content segment with customized content elements. The processor may determine the amount of common content elements to associate with a content segment based on an analysis of the size of the potential customized content elements to be associated with the content segment. For example, the processor may determine a layout for each of a set of customized versions of the compilation and select the maximum number of common content elements associated with the largest set of customized content elements. The processor may determine whether to add a common content element to the content segment or to start a new content segment to include the common content element based on whether space remains in the customized version with the largest amount of customized content associated with the particular content segment.
[0033] Continuing to 401 , a processor creates customized versions of the compilation layout by adding additional content elements to the content layout template. For example, the processor may select customized content elements to associate with a customized content node in a layout. The process may access information about associated content in a storage and/or determine the customized content element based on characteristics associated with target content, such as a type, size, or topic. A customized content node may be associated with an amount of space or content, and the processor may select customized content to associate with the customized content node in the layout. The processor may create the customized versions of the compilation using an aesthetic layout model, such as by associating a score with potential layouts associated with a content segment. For example, the model may be a probabilistic document model. The processor may reflow a content segment once the common and customized content elements have been associated with the content segment. For example, the processor may change the white space between content elements and/or rearrange content elements.
[0034] In one implementation, the processor determines a number of customized versions of the compilation layout to create based on a budget associated with customization. For example, the number of customized compilation versions may increase storage, content management, and compilation printing costs. The processor may weigh the costs compared to the benefit of greater customization granularity. For example, a compilation version customized to each individual user may result in better learning outcomes, but a compilation version customized such that users are divided into five groups to receive one of five customized versions may result in learning outcomes above a threshold along with costs outcomes below a threshold.
[0035] In one implementation, the processor determines total cost as a function of the number of users n, level of granularity g, and cost per compilation version c. For example, where there is a customized compilation version for each user n, the processor may determine the total cost as n(n * g * cn*g). On the opposite end of the spectrum, where there is a single compilation version for the users n, the processor may determine the total cost as n*c. Similarly, the compilation total storage costs may be represented as n(n*g*s) where s is the storage cost associated with a version of the compilation. The storage and printing costs may be constant for multiple versions of a compilation or may vary based on the individual compilation versions, such as where a compilation version with more additional content segments may be costlier to print, or a compilation version with more image content segments may be costlier to store. The processor may determine the function of the storage and printing costs in relation to level of granularity by optimizing the function f(c, s, g) = n(n * g * cn*g) + n(n * g * s)≤ compilation budget b. The function may be represented as g≤ ^ logc -^—^). The processor may iteratively optimize the function until convergence or the difference of value g between two consecutive iterations is below a threshold. In one implementation, the processor adapts the method based on the compilation type, such as by determining cost based on storage, transmission, and compilation content management for a digital compilation.
[0036] In one implementation, the processor selects additional content elements to be placed on additional content segments in a customized version of the compilation layout. For example, the processor may create a customized content segment such that the entire content segment is customized for the particular version of the compilation. The content segment may be associated with a navigation identifier that differentiates the content segment from content segments including common and customized content elements. As an example, page numbers may be sequentially associated with content segments including common and customized content, and a different set of page numbers may be associated with content segments including customized content. The processor may determine to create the customized content segment based on the size, priority, and other information associated with the potential customized content elements for a particular content segment. The processor may determine cases to insert the additional content segment based on the delta of the size of the customized content associated with different versions. The delta may be determined at the layout or rendering stage and may be based on a threshold and/or percentage delta difference across multiple compilation versions. The additional content may be placed as an additional content segment at any position in the compilation, such as next to another related content segment or in an appendix content segment.
[0037] Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of creating an additional content segment for customized content elements with a compilation. For example, compilation version A includes 3 content segments that are identified by navigation identifiers. Blocks 500 and 502 include both customized and common content elements. For example, block 500 includes common content element 1 and customized content element 6. Block 501 represents a content segment including exclusively customized content elements. The content segment represented by block 501 may be customized to the compilation version A such that other versions do not include the content segment. The content segments may be associated with navigation identifiers such that content segments in blocks 500 and 502 include navigational identifiers, such as page numbers, that are the same as the navigational identifiers in other versions, for example, to allow an educator to lead the class to a particular content segment. The content segment represented by block 501 may include a navigational identifier customized to the version A, such as the page number A-1.
[0038] Referring back to Figure 4 and continuing to 401 , a processor outputs information related to the customized versions of the compilation layout. For example, the processor may store, transmit, or display information about the customized versions of the compilation layout. In one implementation, the processor creates compilations based on the compilation layouts, such as where a different compilation with a different compilation layout is provided to different users.

Claims

1. A computing system, comprising:
a storage to store:
information related to common content elements; and
information related to customized content elements; and
a processor to:
select a common content element from the storage to associate with a content segment of a compilation;
select a first customized content element from the storage to associate with the content segment for a first version of the compilation;
select a second customized content element from the storage to associate with the content segment for a second version of the compilation; and
output information related to the first and second version of the compilation.
2. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further to determine a cost associated with a customized compilation based on at least one of: content management cost, compilation printing cost, compilation transmission cost, and compilation storage cost.
3. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further to determine a number of the common content elements to associate with the content segment based on customized content elements associated with the content segment of the first and second versions of the compilation.
4. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further to select a third customized content element from the storage to associate with a separate content segment between the content segment and a second content segment associated with the common content elements.
5. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further to adjust the layout of the content segment of the first version based on the content elements associated with the content segment.
6. A method, comprising:
determining, by a processor, a compilation layout template that associates common content elements with content segments of the compilation;
creating customized versions of the compilation layout by adding additional content elements to the content layout template; and
outputting information related to the customized versions of the compilation layout.
7. The method of claim 6, further comprising determining a number of customized versions of the compilation based on at least one of printing cost, storage cost, content management cost, and target budget information.
8. The method of claim 6, wherein determining the compilation layout template associated with one of the content segment comprises:
selecting a content element;
determining the amount of remaining space on the content segment after including the selected content element and size of the additional content elements to be associated with the content element; and
determining whether to include the content element on the content segment or to start a new content segment based on the amount of remaining space.
9. The method of claim 6, further comprising selecting an additional content
element to be placed on a customized content segment in a customized version of the compilation layout.
10. The method of claim 6, wherein the same page numbers of the customized versions of the compilation layout include the same common content elements.
11.The method of claim 6, further comprising adjusting the layout of a customized version of the compilation based on the content elements associated with the customized version.
12. The method of claim 6, wherein creating the customized versions of the
compilation comprises creating the customized versions of the compilation based on an aesthetic layout model score associated with each of the customized versions of the compilation.
13. A machine-readable non-transitory storage medium comprising instructions
executable by a processor to:
select content layouts for multiple versions of a compilation,
wherein common content elements associated with the multiple versions is associated with the same content segment for each of the multiple versions, and
wherein the same content segment includes different customized content elements for each of the multiple versions; and
output the multiple versions of the compilations with the selected content layouts.
14. The machine-readable non-transitory storage medium of claim 13, further
comprising instructions to select the content layouts based on the space for the differentiated content across the multiple versions on the same content segment.
15. The machine-readable non-transitory storage medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions to select the content layouts comprises instructions to select the content layouts based on layout scores.
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