Text, images, and/or graphics of variable content documents should be organized and laid out by a template to provide effective and quality documents. The best such template depends upon the variable content interaction with the template for each individual document. To analyze the qualitative nature of the template in quantifiable terms, the each variable content document is measure using various quantifiable factors; such as, balance, uniformity, white space management, alignment, consistency, legibility, etc.; that impact a qualitative nature of a document. Such quantifiable factors are then used to quantize the aesthetics, ease of use, eye-catching ability, interest, communicability, comfort, and convenience of the document, thereby giving a designer a measure of the quality of the template in the variable content document context.

Claims

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›1.independentA method for automatically identifying an unacceptable variable content document within a set of variable content documents, comprising:n(a) generatin…+4

›2.↳ 1The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:n(f) fixing each variable content document identified as having an unacceptable quality to improv…d2

›3.↳ 1The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:n(f) modifying each variable content document identified as having an unacceptable quality;(g) me…d2

›4.↳ 1The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:n(f) generating a second set of variable content documents, one variable content document for eac…d2

›5.↳ 1The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:n(f) generating a second set of variable content documents, one variable content document for eac…d2

›6.independentA method for automatically identifying an unacceptable variable content document within a set of variable content documents, comprising:n(a) generatin…+4

›7.↳ 6The method as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:n(f) fixing each variable content document identified as having an unacceptable quality to improv…d2

›8.↳ 6The method as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:n(f) modifying each variable content document identified as having an unacceptable quality;(g) me…d2

›9.↳ 6The method as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:n(f) generating a second set of variable content documents, one variable content document for eac…d2

›10.↳ 6The method as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:n(f) generating a second set of variable content documents, one variable content document for eac…d2

›11.independentA method for automatically identifying an unacceptable template to be used in creating a set of variable content documents, comprising:n(a) generating…+7

›12.↳ 11The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:n(j) repeating the modification of the generated template and re-generation of the variable cont…d2+1

›13.↳ 11The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:n(j) using the modified template, when the re-generated variable content document has been deter…d2

›15.↳ 11The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:n(j) re-generating each variable content document identified as having acceptable quality using …d2+1

›17.↳ 11The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the variable content document is identified as having a worst unacceptable quality based upon the quantized…d2

›18.↳ 11The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the variable content document is identified as having a worst unacceptable quality based upon the quantized…d2

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IPC · International Patent Classification

Section G — Physics

G06F17/30

USPC · US Patent Classification

707/5

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related publication	US 20060155699 A1	13 Jul 2006

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