Automated Document Association via Preliminary Content Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing electronic document processing methods require users to perform repetitive operations like copying, pasting, and associating content, which hinders efficiency and user experience, especially when managing permissions and sharing documents.

Innovation Solution

An electronic document processing method and apparatus that determines target content within a first document and creates a second document associated with the first document based on that content, allowing for direct creation and sharing without the need for manual association, and provides permission management and sharing functionalities within the same interface.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If users manually copy, paste, and associate content between documents, then document association can be established, but user efficiency deteriorates and operation complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedocument creation efficiencyVSAvoidoperation simplicity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically determines target content from the first document before the user completes the creation operation. By performing the content determination action in advance (when the user hovers or initiates creation), the system eliminates the need for users to manually copy and paste content, thereby improving efficiency while keeping operations simple.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically identifies and extracts target content from the first document without requiring user intervention. The association between documents is established automatically based on the determined target content, allowing the system to serve itself rather than requiring manual user operations for content copying and associating.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Loss of time

If manual copy-paste operations are used to create associated documents, then document content can be transferred, but time consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetime for document creationVSAvoiddocument processing speed

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of timeVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs content determination and extraction in advance before the user finalizes document creation. This preliminary action reduces the time required during the actual document creation process, as the target content is already identified and prepared for association.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system skips the manual copy-paste steps entirely by directly determining and associating target content through automated processes. This allows the user to rush through the document creation process more quickly by simply initiating the creation operation rather than performing multiple manual steps.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #21Skipping (Rushing through)

3Ease of operation

If repetitive copy-paste-associate operations are required, then document association is achieved, but user experience deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser experienceVSAvoidprocess complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges the content determination, content extraction, and document association operations into a single automated process. Instead of requiring separate copy, paste, and associate operations, the system combines these functions and executes them automatically when the user initiates document creation, thereby simplifying the user experience while reducing process complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs all necessary operations (determining target content, extracting content, establishing associations) automatically without requiring user intervention at each step. This self-service approach eliminates repetitive manual operations and improves user experience by reducing the perceived complexity of the process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS12093639B2Fast creation of a second document associated with a first document

Publication Date: 2024.09.17 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD

AI summary

Provided in the present disclosure are an electronic document processing method and apparatus, a terminal, and a storage medium. The electronic document processing method comprises: in a current display interface, in response to a document content determination operation, determining target content from the document content of a first document (S11); and, in the current display interface, in response to a document creation operation, creating a second document having an association relationship with the first document (S12), wherein the second document is associated with the first document on the basis of the target content. The method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can rapidly generate a second document having an association relationship with the content in a first document, so that there is no need for the user to repeatedly perform copy and paste and association operations, thereby greatly improving the usage experience of the user.