Automated presentation of information using infographics
In one embodiment, a method for creating one or more infographics, comprising: receiving and storing data associated with an individual or an entity, in a format according to a schema that includes at least two properties associated with the individual or entity; reading at least a portion of the data; determining which of the at least two properties in the schema do not have corresponding read data associated with the individual or entity; based on that determination, selecting an infographic definition from among a plurality of infographic definitions defining the appearance of at least a portion of an infographic; generating one or more infographics based on (i) the at least a portion of the data and (ii) the selected infographic definition; and providing the one or more generated infographics to an output device.
1 . A method comprising:
receiving, by a presentation system server and from a client computing device, an infographic presentation request comprising an infographic definition identifier identifying an infographic definition having a corresponding persona, the corresponding persona comprising a reference to each data element in a set of data elements;
retrieving, by the presentation system server, the corresponding persona's set of data elements using the reference to each data element in the set of data elements;
selecting, by the presentation system server, based on the infographic presentation request, either a first template or a second template, the first and second templates specifying different infographic presentation layouts;
generating, by the presentation system server, an infographic presentation populated with a number of data elements from the corresponding persona's set of data elements in accordance with the selected template's infographic presentation layout; and
causing, by the presentation system server, the infographic presentation to be rendered at the client computing device.
2 . The method of claim 1 , the infographic definition is one of a number of infographic definitions, the corresponding persona referencing the set of data elements is a common persona shared by the number of infographic definitions, and the common persona comprises a set of data element identifiers for the set of data elements.
3 . The method of claim 2 , each infographic definition of the number of infographic definitions comprising a persona reference identifying the common persona.
4 . The method of claim 2 , retrieving the corresponding persona's set of data elements further comprising:
using, by the presentation system server, the set of data element identifiers to retrieve the set of data elements from a data store.
5 . The method of claim 1 , selecting either the first template or the second template further comprising:
selecting, by the presentation system server, either the first template or the second template based on the infographic definition identified in the infographic presentation request.
6 . The method of claim 1 , retrieving the corresponding persona's set of data elements further comprising:
causing, by the presentation system server, at least one prompt to be displayed at the client computing device; and
receiving, by the presentation system server, via the at least one prompt, the set of data elements from the client computing device.
7 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
storing, by the presentation system server, the set of data elements in a data store in accordance with a schema, each stored data element having a corresponding data element identifier.
8 . The method of claim 1 , retrieving the corresponding persona's set of data elements further comprising:
identifying, by the presentation system server, a data source; and
retrieving, by the presentation system server, the set of data elements from the data source.
9 . The method of claim 8 , identifying a data source further comprising:
causing, by the presentation system server, at least one prompt to be displayed at the client computing device; and
receiving, by the presentation system server, via the at least one prompt, information indicating the data source from the client computing device.
10 . The method of claim 9 , the information indicating the data source comprising information indicating a region of at least one web page.
11 . The method of claim 9 , the information indicating the data source comprising information indicating at least one uniform resource locator (URL).
12 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium tangibly encoded with computer-executable instructions that when executed by a processor associated with a computing device perform a method comprising:
receiving, from a client computing device, an infographic presentation request comprising an infographic definition identifier identifying an infographic definition having a corresponding persona, the corresponding persona comprising a reference to each data element in a set of data elements;
retrieving the corresponding persona's set of data elements using the reference to each data element in the set of data elements;
selecting, based on the infographic presentation request, either a first template or a second template, the first and second templates specifying different infographic presentation layouts;
generating an infographic presentation populated with a number of data elements from the corresponding persona's set of data elements in accordance with the selected template's infographic presentation layout; and
causing the infographic presentation to be rendered at the client computing device.
13 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , the infographic definition is one of a number of infographic definitions, the corresponding persona referencing the set of data elements is a common persona shared by the number of infographic definitions, and the common persona comprises a set of data element identifiers for the set of data elements.
14 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , each infographic definition of the number of infographic definitions comprising a persona reference identifying the common persona.
15 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , retrieving the corresponding persona's set of data elements further comprising:
using the set of data element identifiers to retrieve the set of data elements from a data store.
16 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , selecting either the first template or the second template further comprising:
selecting either the first template or the second template based on the infographic definition identified in the infographic presentation request.
17 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , retrieving the corresponding persona's set of data elements further comprising:
causing at least one prompt to be displayed at the client computing device; and
receiving, via the at least one prompt, the set of data elements from the client computing device.
18 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , retrieving the corresponding persona's set of data elements further comprising:
identifying a data source; and
retrieving the set of data elements from the data source.
19 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , identifying a data source further comprising:
causing at least one prompt to be displayed at the client computing device; and
receiving, via the at least one prompt, information indicating the data source from the client computing device.
20 . A computing device comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the program logic comprising:
receiving logic executed by the processor for receiving, from a client computing device, an infographic presentation request comprising an infographic definition identifier identifying an infographic definition having a corresponding persona, the corresponding persona comprising a reference to each data element in a set of data elements;
retrieving logic executed by the processor for retrieving the corresponding persona's set of data elements using the reference to each data element in the set of data elements;
selecting logic executed by the processor for selecting, based on the infographic presentation request, either a first template or a second template, the first and second templates specifying different infographic presentation layouts;
generating logic executed by the processor for generating an infographic presentation populated with a number of data elements from the corresponding persona's set of data elements in accordance with the selected template's infographic presentation layout; and
causing logic executed by the processor for causing the infographic presentation to be rendered at the client computing device.