Emoticon Sending Method with Receiver Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional social applications lack mechanisms to prevent misinterpretation of emoticons in network communication, as users can freely send emoticons with specific meanings to unspecific recipients, leading to incorrect information transmission.
Innovation Solution
An emoticon sending method that obtains an emoticon identifier and corresponding allowed receiver identifiers based on the sender's identifier, comparing candidate receiver identifiers to ensure only authorized recipients receive the emoticon, thereby preventing misinterpretation by restricting emoticon usage based on predefined relationships.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users are allowed to freely select and send any emoticon to any recipient, then user freedom and ease of operation are improved, but information accuracy and communication reliability deteriorate due to misinterpretation risks
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-configures allowed receiver identifiers for each emoticon identifier before actual sending occurs. When an emoticon is selected, the system checks whether the candidate receiver is in the pre-configured allowed list, preventing misinterpretation before it can happen.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary verification mechanism between the sender and receiver. The system acts as a mediator that checks whether the candidate receiver identifier matches the pre-configured allowed receiver identifiers, controlling information flow without completely blocking communication.
2Reliability
If a verification mechanism is introduced to check allowed receivers before sending emoticons, then information accuracy is improved, but device complexity and operational steps increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-verification by automatically checking whether the candidate receiver identifier exists in the pre-configured allowed receiver identifiers list. This automated self-check reduces the need for complex manual verification processes and minimizes user burden.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the state parameter of the sending system from completely open to conditionally restricted by introducing the allowed receiver identifier list. This parameter change enables automated verification without requiring complex structural modifications to the basic sending mechanism.
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AI summary
An emoticon sending method, performed at a computer device, includes obtaining an emoticon identifier selected by a sender corresponding to a sender identifier; obtaining a corresponding allowed receiver identifier according to the sender identifier and the emoticon identifier; obtaining a candidate receiver identifier; comparing the candidate receiver identifier with the allowed receiver identifiers; and sending the selected emoticon identifier to the candidate receiver identifier, if the candidate receiver identifier is one of the allowed receiver identifiers.