Emoticon Folder Interface for Faster Chat Selection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face difficulty in selecting appropriate emoticons during real-time chats due to the vast number of options provided by chat services, necessitating improved user interfaces and emoticon recommendation systems.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of an emoticon folder system on user terminals and servers that allows users to save and manage emoticons, perform text matching based on input text, and display relevant emoticons through keyword information, enabling efficient emoticon selection and management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the number of emoticons provided by chat services increases, then the variety and expressiveness of communication is improved, but users are having difficulty selecting appropriate emoticons during real-time chats

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveemoticon varietyVSAvoidemoticon selection convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the large collection of emoticons into multiple folders organized by categories or themes. Users can navigate through these segmented folders to find specific emoticons, making the overwhelming variety manageable and easier to select from during real-time chats.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-organizing emoticons into folders and pre-loading frequently used emoticons into the recent usage history. This preliminary organization reduces the cognitive load and time required for users to select appropriate emoticons during active conversation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If chat services provide various features to improve emoticon convenience and customization, then user experience is improved, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveemoticon usage convenienceVSAvoidinterface complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal folder structure that serves multiple functions: organizing emoticons by category, storing recently used emoticons, and providing a foundation for user-defined categories. This multi-functional approach improves convenience without proportionally increasing complexity, as the same structure handles multiple user needs.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides self-service features such as automatic recent usage tracking, where the system monitors and organizes emoticon usage without requiring manual user input. This reduces the operational burden on users while maintaining a relatively simple interface structure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20250392559A1Method, user terminal, and server for displaying emoticons

Publication Date: 2025.12.25 KAKAO CORP

AI summary

Proposed is a method for displaying an emoticon by a user terminal. The method may include identifying text information input into an input field of a chat room. The method may also include displaying, in response to the text information satisfying a predetermined criterion associated with keyword information corresponding to the emoticon folder, an interface for inputting at least one emoticon included in an emoticon folder in the chat room.