Collaborative Task Views for Scattered Progress Tracking

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems require employees to manually transfer and summarize work objectives into individual files, leading to inefficiencies in task progress viewing and review.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus for collectively viewing and collaboratively editing task information across different users, allowing permission-based access and interaction to enhance task progress visibility and summary efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If users manually transfer work objectives into individual files for summary and progress update, then each user can maintain their own task records, but the process becomes tedious and greatly affects work efficiency

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvework efficiencyVSAvoidtime spent on manual transfer and summary
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges scattered task information from multiple users into a unified task management system. Instead of each user maintaining separate files, the system consolidates all task data, descriptions, and progress updates in a centralized platform accessible to all team members, eliminating redundant manual transfer operations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a task management system as an intermediary between users and their task records. This system automatically collects, stores, and synchronizes task information across all users, replacing the manual file transfer process with automated data aggregation and sharing mechanisms

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of information

If users are required to incorporate personal summary into the summary report of the entire team, then comprehensive team reporting is achieved, but the process becomes rather tedious

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompleteness of team summary reportVSAvoidcomplexity of summary process
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent enables automatic generation of team summary reports by having the system self-compile information from individual user task data. Each user's task progress and descriptions are automatically aggregated into the team report without requiring manual compilation, reducing the complexity of the summary process while maintaining comprehensive information coverage

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements preliminary organization of task information at the individual user level within the system. By structuring and storing task data, descriptions, and progress updates in a standardized format beforehand, the system prepares all necessary information in advance for automatic report generation, eliminating the need for tedious manual summarization later

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Ease of operation

If task information is scattered across different users' files, then each user can track their own progress, but collective viewing of task progress becomes difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveindividual task trackingVSAvoidcollective task progress visibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a universal task management platform that serves multiple functions simultaneously: individual task tracking, collective progress viewing, and team summary generation. The system allows users to monitor their own tasks while providing centralized access to all task information, making the system adaptable to both individual and collective information needs

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20260023460A1Task processing method and apparatus, device and medium
Publication Date: 2026.01.22 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for processing a task, device and medium. The method comprises: obtaining target information created by a first user; displaying, based on the target information, at least one of the target information in a first page view and displaying target description information corresponding to the at least one of the target information; wherein the target description information is created by a user having permission to target information. Accordingly, the relevant information of the task scatteringly reported by different users may be collectively viewed based on the related page view, which promotes the efficiency for viewing the task progress and provides technical support for task review and summary.