In-Chat Social Message Aggregation for Shorter Search Paths

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing social platforms require users to leave the current chat window and navigate to a separate search interface to view messages from a specific user, leading to a long search path and poor viewing efficiency.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that allows users to aggregate and display social messages from a target object within the same interface by performing a preset operation, such as dragging a chat head to a preset region, enabling quick viewing without leaving the original interface.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users leave the current chat window to search for messages in a separate search interface, then complete message search functionality is provided, but the search path becomes long and viewing efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemessage viewing efficiencyVSAvoidsearch path length
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the message search functionality with the existing chat interface by allowing users to drag and drop chat heads directly within the chat window. This integrates the search function into the current interface context, eliminating the need to navigate to a separate search interface and thereby reducing the search path length while maintaining complete message search functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent enables preliminary action by allowing users to drag and drop chat heads to preset regions before actually viewing the messages. This preliminary positioning action organizes the interface state in advance, making the subsequent message viewing more efficient and reducing the overall time needed to access specific messages.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If users navigate to a separate search interface to view messages, then comprehensive search capabilities are achieved, but the operation becomes more complex and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemessage viewing speedVSAvoidinterface navigation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the message viewing function with the chat interface by enabling direct drag-and-drop operation of chat heads within the chat window. This integration eliminates the need to switch to a separate search interface, simplifying the navigation process while increasing message viewing speed through direct access within the current context.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the chat head into an independent draggable element that can be manipulated within the chat interface. This segmentation allows the chat head to be treated as a standalone interactive unit, enabling precise positioning and message access without requiring complex interface navigation to separate search pages.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS12457188B2Interaction data processing method and apparatus, program product, computer device, and medium
Publication Date: 2025.10.28 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD
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AI summary

An interaction data processing method performed by an object device includes displaying a social interface, receiving a preset operation performed on a target social object among the at least one social object, and aggregating and displaying one or more social messages transmitted by the target social object in the social interface.