Chat Topic Forwarding With Related Reply Context

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Solution Overview

Problem

In communication clients, forwarding a topic message often results in the loss of related reply information, leading to inconsistency in the messages viewed by the forwarder and receiver, thereby causing an insufficient user experience.

Innovation Solution

An information processing method and apparatus that determines target topic messages and their related reply information in a first chat and forwards both to a second chat in response to an operation event, ensuring the receiver can view the related reply information along with the topic message.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If only the target topic message is forwarded to the second chat, then the forwarding operation is simple and quick, but the related reply information is lost causing inconsistency between what the forwarder and receiver view

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveforwarding operation simplicityVSAvoidrelated reply information
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the target topic message and its related reply information into a single forwarding unit. When a user forwards a topic message, the system automatically bundles the message content with all associated reply information (including reply content, reply timestamps, and reply user identifiers) so that both the forwarder and receiver view identical content, eliminating information loss while maintaining operational simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Loss of information

If the target topic message and all related reply information are forwarded together, then information completeness is improved, but the data transmission volume and processing complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemessage context completenessVSAvoidforwarding process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary organization of reply information before the forwarding operation. It pre-establishes the association between topic messages and their reply information, storing this relationship in advance. When forwarding is triggered, the system retrieves and bundles the pre-organized data structure, reducing real-time processing complexity while ensuring complete information transmission.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If the target topic message and related reply information are forwarded together, then communication consistency is improved, but the message structure becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication consistencyVSAvoidmessage structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the forwarded content into distinct structural components: the target topic message segment and the related reply information segment. Each segment has a defined format with specific fields (message content, timestamps, user identifiers). This structured segmentation ensures communication consistency while managing complexity through clear organizational boundaries and standardized data formats.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20260081884A1Information processing method and apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2026.03.19 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides an information processing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an information processing method, including: determining at least one target message in response to a first operation event for a message in a first chat, wherein the at least one target message includes a target topic message; wherein the target topic message is a message on which a topic is created in the first chat; and forwarding the at least one target message and related reply information of the target topic message to a second chat in response to a second operation event for the at least one target message.