Claims:WE CLAIM:

1. A method for creating a presentation, the method comprising:
gathering, by a presentation creating device, presentation requirements and configuration settings associated with the presentation requirements from a user;
identifying, by the presentation creating device, a plurality of existing slides satisfying the presentation requirements and the configuration settings gathered from the user;
computing, by the presentation creating device, confidence scores for each of the plurality of existing slides across a plurality of categories associated with the presentation requirements gathered from the user;
determining, by the presentation creating device, an overall confidence score for each of the plurality of existing slides using: the confidence scores computed for each existing slide across the plurality of categories, weights associated with each of the plurality of categories, and a dynamicity index, when associated with an existing slide;
removing, by the presentation creating device, at least one of the plurality of existing slides, wherein the overall confidence score for the at least one of the plurality of existing slide is below a final threshold confidence score;
displaying, on a display, a list of remaining existing slides from the plurality of existing slides to the user in decreasing order of the overall confidence score computed for each of the remaining existing slides, wherein the list of remaining existing slides is obtained after removal of the at least one of the plurality of existing slides;
receiving, by the presentation creating device, user modification of the list of remaining existing slides by the user, wherein the user modification comprises at least one of: selecting at least one new existing slide for inclusion in the list or de-selecting at least one of the remaining existing slides for exclusion from the list; and
altering, by the presentation creating device, dynamicity index of at least one of: the at least one new existing slide or the at least one remaining existing slide in response to receiving the user modification.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the presentation requirements comprise at least one of a sample presentation, search strings indicating presentation content, audience type preference, technical or non-technical nature of content, source of data used to create existing presentations, roles of existing presentation creators, or relevance of presenter notes.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the plurality of categories comprises a category associated with each of audience type preference, technical or non-technical nature of content, source of data used to create existing presentations, roles of existing presentation creators, or presenter notes.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the presentation requirements and the configuration settings are gathered via a Graphical User Interface (GUI) comprising predefined fields configured to receive the presentation requirements and the configuration settings.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration settings associated with the presentation requirements comprise at least one of a previously stored configuration setting, mapping of user defined roles to system defined roles, a plurality of audience types, association of one of the plurality of audience types with at least one section within the presentation, maximum and minimum number of slides associated with each section of the presentation, percentage of technical and non-technical content associated with each section of the presentation, or type of source associated with each section of the presentation.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising removing an existing slide from the plurality of existing slides, wherein confidence score computed across one of the plurality of categories for the existing slide fails to satisfy an associated threshold confidence score.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the list comprises displaying a plurality of sub-lists within the list, wherein one sub-list is displayed for each section of the presentation, each sub-list comprises at least one of the remaining existing slides displayed in decreasing order of overall confidence score for an associated section of the presentation.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein a dynamicity index of an existing slide is representative of user confidence in relevance of the existing slide for creating the presentation and altering of the dynamicity index of the existing slide comprises one of decreasing or increasing the dynamicity index in response to receiving the user modification.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein altering comprises:
determining a degree of altering a dynamicity index of an existing slide based on a role associated with the user modifying the list of remaining existing slides, wherein the degree of altering increases with increase in the role associated with the user and decreases with decrease in the role associated with the user.
10. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying a modified list of remaining existing slides to the user in response to receiving the user modification of the list of remaining existing slides for user confirmation.
11. The method of claim 1 further comprising storing data associated with creating the presentation in a database.
12. A presentation creating system comprising:
at least one processors; and
a computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
gathering presentation requirements and configuration settings associated with the presentation requirements from a user;
identifying a plurality of existing slides satisfying the presentation requirements and the configuration settings gathered from the user;
computing confidence scores for each of the plurality of existing slides across a plurality of categories associated with the presentation requirements gathered from the user;
determining an overall confidence score for each of the plurality of existing slides using: the confidence scores computed for each existing slide across the plurality of categories, weights associated with each of the plurality of categories, and a dynamicity index, when associated with an existing slide;
removing at least one of the plurality of existing slides, wherein the overall confidence score for the at least one of the plurality of existing slide is below a final threshold confidence score;
displaying a list of remaining existing slides from the plurality of existing slides to the user in decreasing order of the overall confidence score computed for each of the remaining existing slides, wherein the list of remaining existing slides is obtained after removal of the at least one of the plurality of existing slides;
receiving user modification of the list of remaining existing slides by the user, wherein the user modification comprises at least one of: selecting at least one new existing slide for inclusion in the list or de-selecting at least one of the remaining existing slides for exclusion from the list; and
altering dynamicity index of at least one of: the at least one new existing slide or the at least one remaining existing slide in response to receiving the user modification.
13. The presentation creating system of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise removing an existing slide from the plurality of existing slides, wherein confidence score computed across one of the plurality of categories for the existing slide fails to satisfy an associated threshold confidence score.
14. The presentation creating system of claim 12, wherein the operation of displaying the list comprises the operation of displaying a plurality of sub-lists within the list, wherein one sub-list is displayed for each section of the presentation, each sub-list comprises at least one of the remaining existing slides displayed in decreasing order of overall confidence score for an associated section of the presentation.
15. The presentation creating system of claim 12, wherein the operation of altering comprises the operation of determining a degree of altering a dynamicity index of an existing slide based on a role associated with the user modifying the list of remaining existing slides, wherein the degree of altering increases with increase in the role associated with the user and decreases with decrease in the role associated with the user.
16. The presentation creating system of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise displaying a modified list of remaining existing slides to the user in response to receiving the user modification of the list of remaining existing slides for user confirmation.
17. The presentation creating system of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise storing data associated with creating the presentation in a database.
18. The presentation creating system of claim 12, wherein the plurality of categories comprises a category associated with each of audience type preference, technical or non-technical nature of content, source of data used to create existing presentations, roles of existing presentation creators, or presenter notes.
19. The presentation creating system of claim 12, wherein the configuration settings associated with the presentation requirements comprise at least one of a previously stored configuration setting, mapping of user defined roles to system defined roles, a plurality of audience types, association of one of the plurality of audience types with at least one section within the presentation, maximum and minimum number of slides associated with each section of the presentation, percentage of technical and non-technical content associated with each section of the presentation, or type of source associated with each section of the presentation.

Dated this 30th day of September, 2016

Swetha SN
Of K&S Partners
Agent for the Applicant
, Description:TECHNICAL FIELD
This disclosure relates generally to creating presentations and more particularly to methods and systems for creating new presentations using existing presentations.