Content Sharing Panel for Multi-Object Selection and Messaging

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current content sharing processes in applications are cumbersome and inefficient, often requiring multiple steps and panel collapses, failing to meet diverse user sharing scenarios and resulting in a poor user experience.

Innovation Solution

A panel with selectable modes for sharing objects is introduced, allowing flexible selection and simultaneous message sending while maintaining panel presentation, supporting single and multi-selection modes for efficient content sharing.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If traditional content sharing process is used, then content can be shared with one object at a time, but the process is cumbersome and requires multiple steps including panel collapse

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesharing efficiencyVSAvoidoperational complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple sharing operations into a single panel that remains open and visible. Users can select multiple objects (friends, groups, contacts) from a list within the same panel without the panel collapsing after each selection, thereby merging what would traditionally be separate sharing steps into one continuous operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The panel is designed to dynamically adapt its state based on user interactions. It remains open and can display multiple selected objects simultaneously, allowing users to add or remove selections without the panel closing. This dynamic behavior enables efficient batch sharing operations while maintaining ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If panel collapses after selection, then simple sharing is achieved, but users cannot send messages or perform additional operations without reopening the panel

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperation flexibilityVSAvoidtime for additional operations
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The panel performs preliminary actions by pre-selecting multiple objects and keeping them selected in memory. Users can indicate their intent to share with multiple objects before finalizing the sharing action. This preliminary selection state allows users to subsequently send messages or perform other operations with all selected objects without needing to reopen the panel or reselect objects.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple selection modes are provided, then diverse sharing scenarios are supported, but selection detection complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesharing scenario coverageVSAvoidselection mode management
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements different selection modes (single selection, multi-selection, checkbox selection) that can be activated based on user needs. Each mode provides localized quality appropriate for different sharing scenarios: single selection for quick one-to-one sharing, multi-selection for batch operations, and checkbox selection for precise control over individual objects. The system manages this complexity through clear mode indicators and intuitive switching mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentEP4607327A1Content sharing method and apparatus, device, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.08.27 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The embodiments of the disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, devices and a storage medium for content sharing. The method includes: presenting a panel for sharing target content, the panel displaying a list of objects to which the target content can be shared; detecting a selection of an object in the list of objects based on an activated selection mode of a plurality of selection modes; in response to detecting a selection operation on at least one of the list of objects, sharing the target content to the at least one object; and providing a control for supporting sending a message to the at least one object while maintaining the presentation of the panel. In this way, the efficiency and flexibility of content sharing can be improved, diversified demands in a sharing scene are met, and user experience is improved.