Announcement List Display for Instant Messaging Services
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional instant messaging services require users to enter specific chat rooms to check announcements, making it inconvenient to manage and view announcements from multiple chat rooms they belong to.
Innovation Solution
A computing device method that displays an announcement list at the top of the intro or chat screen, allowing users to view announcements from multiple chat rooms without entering them, with features like sorting by importance, comment creation, and notification settings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If users enter each chat room to check announcements, then they can view announcement content, but user operation time and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the announcement display function from the chat room interface and places it in the intro screen. Users can now view announcements from multiple chat rooms without entering each room, as the announcements are extracted and displayed in a consolidated list at the top of the intro screen.
Solution Approach 2:
The intro screen is enhanced to serve multiple functions: it not only displays the friend account list but also consolidates announcement viewing for multiple chat rooms. This multi-functional design allows users to access announcements from any chat room they belong to through a single interface.
2Loss of information
If users enter each chat room to check announcements, then they can view all announcements, but operation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The announcement list is extracted from individual chat room contexts and presented in the intro screen. Users can access announcements from multiple chat rooms through a single consolidated view, eliminating the need to navigate into each chat room separately.
Solution Approach 2:
The announcement list is segmented by chat room, with each announcement clearly labeled with its source chat room. This segmentation allows users to easily identify and access announcements from specific chat rooms while maintaining a unified overview in the intro screen.
3Loss of information
If announcements are displayed in chat rooms, then they are visible to participants, but users must be in the chat room to see them
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the announcement display functionality across multiple chat rooms into a single consolidated list in the intro screen. This combination allows users to view announcements from all chat rooms they belong to in one place, reducing the need to navigate between multiple interfaces.
Data Source
AI summary
An announcement display method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is performed by a computing device, and includes displaying an intro screen including a friend account list of a user account, and fixedly displaying an announcement list at the top of the intro screen, wherein the announcement list comprises an announcement of at least one chat room to which the user account belongs.