US Patent 10496741 Dynamic intermediate templates for richly formatted output

Disclosed embodiments include a method for generating a formatted output document using a dynamic templating process. The method can include retrieving a layout object including layout information via a user interface, extracting the layout information from the layout object, receiving a user request for the formatted output document, dynamically generating a template for the formatted output document based on the layout information extracted from the layout object, generating the formatted output document by inserting data into the template, and outputting the formatted output document in response to the user request.