Online Document Comment Display for Relevant Comment Focus

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Solution Overview

Problem

In online document conferencing scenarios, the challenge is that when multiple comments are present, it is difficult for users to quickly and accurately identify the comment being explained due to all comments being displayed in full, leading to confusion and reduced user experience.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that allows a first comment to be displayed in a first area of an online document in response to a user's operation, and upon a second user's trigger operation on a comment mode control, determines and displays a reduced number of relevant comments, such as the second comments, based on sequence or time identifiers, improving focus on the comment being discussed.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If all comments are displayed in full in the current interface, then users can view all available comments, but it becomes difficult to quickly and accurately identify the comment being explained, leading to confusion and reduced user experience

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevisibility of all commentsVSAvoidease of identifying relevant comment
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and highlights only the relevant comment being explained by the presenter from the full set of comments. The comment management system identifies the current comment being discussed and extracts it for special display treatment, separating it visually from other comments through highlighting, bounding boxes, or other visual indicators, thereby making it easy for users to identify the relevant comment without being overwhelmed by all comments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies different visual qualities to different comments based on their relevance. The currently explained comment receives special visual treatment (highlighting, color changes, borders) while other comments maintain normal display. This local differentiation of visual quality allows users to quickly distinguish the relevant comment from others in the interface.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Quantity of substance

If multiple comments are displayed simultaneously in the first area, then users can see all comments, but the clutter increases and user experience deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of comments displayedVSAvoidvisual clutter
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the necessary comment information for current presentation needs. Instead of displaying all comments equally, the comment management system determines which comment is currently being explained and extracts that specific comment for prominent display, removing or minimizing the visual presence of other comments to reduce clutter.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The comment display is dynamic rather than static. The system automatically updates which comment is highlighted based on the presenter's current explanation state. As the presenter moves between comments, the visual highlighting dynamically shifts to reflect the current relevant comment, adapting to the changing presentation context without requiring manual user adjustment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS12602535B2Comment display method and apparatus of a document, and device and medium
Publication Date: 2026.04.14 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The embodiments of the disclosure relates to a comment display method, apparatus, equipment and medium of a document, wherein the method comprises: in response to a comment operation of a first user on an online document, displaying a first comment(s) in a first area of the online document; in response to a trigger operation of a second user on a comment mode control in the online document, determining at least one second comment to be displayed from the first comment(s); and displaying the at least one second comment in the first area of the online document.