Methods and systems for improving designs of electronic mail message templates

Abstract

A method for improving designs of electronic message templates based on identified variations includes importing, by a capture engine executing on a first computing device, an email template into an email client. The method includes rendering the email template in the email client. The method includes generating a screen shot of a portion of the rendered email template. The method includes comparing, by a comparison engine, the generated screen shot with an archived screen shot of the rendered portion. The method includes determining that a first level of variation between the generated screen shot and the archived screen shot exceeds a first threshold level of variation. The method includes transmitting, by an alert engine executed by the first computing device, to a second computing device, a notification of the first level of variation and a recommendation to modify the email template to minimize the first level of variation.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for monitoring for and identifying variations in user interface designs and making recommendations for improving designs of electronic message templates based on identified variations, the method comprising:
 importing, by a capture engine executing on a first computing device, an email template into an email client;   rendering, by the capture engine, the email template in the email client;   generating, by the capture engine, a screen shot of a portion of the rendered email template;   comparing, by a comparison engine executed by the first computing device, the generated screen shot with an archived screen shot of the rendered portion;   determining, by the comparison engine, that a first level of variation between the generated screen shot and the archived screen shot exceeds a first threshold level of variation;   transmitting, by an alert engine executed by the first computing device, to a second computing device, a notification of the first level of variation and a recommendation to modify the email template to minimize the first level of variation;   replacing, by the comparison engine, the archived screen shot of the rendered portion with the generated screen shot;   subsequent to replacing the archived screen shot with the generated screen shot, comparing, by the comparison engine, the replacement screen shot with a subsequently generated screen shot of the rendered portion of the email template rendered by the email client;   determining, by the comparison engine, that a second level of variation between the replacement screen shot and the subsequently generated screen shot exceeds the first threshold level of variation;   transmitting, by the alert engine, to the second computing device, a second notification of the second level of variation and a second recommendation to modify the email template to minimize the second level of variation; and   replacing, by the comparison engine, the replacement screen shot with the subsequently generated screen shot.