Cross-Application Message Quoting via Universal Association Interface
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing message quoting methods are limited to within the same application and do not support cross-application quoting scenarios, restricting the ability to quote messages from one application within another.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that allow users to associate and send quoted messages across different applications by displaying a screen with to-be-quoted messages and session objects, receiving user inputs to associate and send the quoted messages to target objects in other applications, enabling cross-application quoting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If message quoting is implemented within the same application, then message interaction is supported, but cross-application quoting is not enabled
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal quoting mechanism that can quote messages from multiple different applications through a single interface. The quoting system is designed to be application-agnostic, allowing users to quote messages from any supported application without needing separate quoting functionality for each application pair. This multi-functional design enables cross-application quoting while maintaining a unified, manageable system architecture.
2Ease of operation
If multiple to-be-quoted messages are displayed and associated with target objects, then flexible message quoting is enabled, but user input complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent displays multiple to-be-quoted messages in advance before the user performs the association operation. By presenting the available messages beforehand, the system allows users to select and associate messages with target objects in a streamlined process, rather than requiring users to navigate through multiple applications and locate messages manually. This preliminary display of options simplifies the quoting operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent separates the quoting process into distinct stages: first displaying multiple to-be-quoted messages, then allowing selection and association with target objects. This segmentation of the quoting workflow into discrete, manageable steps reduces the perceived complexity for users, as they can focus on one task at a time rather than managing the entire quoting process simultaneously.
Data Source
AI summary
This application discloses a message quoting method and an apparatus thereof, and pertains to the field of terminals. The method includes: displaying a first screen of a first application, where the first screen includes X first to-be-quoted messages and Y first session objects; receiving a first input from a user, where the first input is used to associate a target to-be-quoted message in the X first to-be-quoted messages with a target object in the Y first session objects, and the target to-be-quoted message includes a target session message in a second application; receiving a second input from the user, where the second input is used to instruct sending information to the target object; and sending target information to the target object according to the second input, where the target information includes at least one to-be-quoted message in the target to-be-quoted message; where both X and Y are positive integers.