Contact-Specific Emotive Image Sharing for Relevant Expression Selection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current expression sharing methods in social software provide generic expressions, making it difficult for users to find expressions that meet their specific needs, thereby affecting communication effectiveness.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus for sharing emotive images that allows users to select and share emotive images from a target contact's library by initiating a sharing request and receiving authorization, adding the shared images to their own library for use.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If users search for expressions across the entire network or optimize creative ecology of expression stores, then the quantity of available expressions increases, but the relevance and precision of expressions meeting specific communication needs deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvequantity of expressionsVSAvoidprecision of expression relevance

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by transitioning from generic expression stores to contact-specific expression libraries. Each contact maintains their own expression library containing expressions relevant to their communication style and relationship context. The system retrieves expressions based on the specific contact identifier rather than searching globally, thereby improving relevance precision while maintaining adequate quantity through contact-specific curation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a contact identifier as an intermediary between the user and the expression library. The contact identifier mediates the selection process by filtering and organizing expressions according to the specific contact relationship. This intermediary structure enables precise expression matching without requiring users to search through entire networks, resolving the contradiction between quantity and precision.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If users manually search and select expressions from generic sources, then the ease of operation decreases, but the accuracy of expressing specific communication needs improves

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of expression selectionVSAvoidaccuracy of communication expression

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-organizing expressions into contact-specific libraries before the user needs to communicate. Expressions are pre-categorized and pre-selected based on the contact relationship, so when the user initiates communication, the system already has organized expression options ready. This eliminates manual searching while ensuring accuracy through pre-curated content matched to the specific contact.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs self-service by automatically retrieving and presenting expressions based on the selected contact identifier without requiring manual user search. The expression library self-organizes and self-presents relevant expressions according to the contact relationship, making both the operation easy and the selection accurate simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Device complexity

If the system provides generic expressions from expression stores, then the device complexity decreases, but the adaptability to specific friend relationships and communication scenarios deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecomplexity of expression systemVSAvoidadaptability to communication scenarios

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the unified expression store into separate contact-specific expression libraries. Each contact maintains their own segmented library, allowing the system to maintain relatively simple overall architecture while achieving high adaptability through the segmentation of expression resources according to contact relationships and communication scenarios.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS12572259B2Emotive image sharing

Publication Date: 2026.03.10 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD

AI summary

In a method for acquiring a shared emotive image, a plurality of candidate contact identifiers is displayed. A user selection of a target contact identifier from the plurality of candidate contact identifiers is received. At least one emotive image corresponding to the target contact identifier is displayed. The at least one emotive image is shared by a target contact of the target contact identifier. A user selection of the shared emotive image from the at least one emotive image corresponding to the target contact identifier is received. An emotive image acquisition request is sent to the target contact corresponding to the target contact identifier. The emotive image acquisition request identifies the shared emotive image for which authorization is requested. The shared emotive image is added to an emotive image library based on the authorization to use the shared emotive image being received.