Entity Word Popup for Work Communication Efficiency

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Solution Overview

Problem

New members in work communication often struggle to understand entity words like abbreviations and professional terms, leading to inefficiencies as they need to repeatedly search for their meanings and locate associated services.

Innovation Solution

An information processing method and apparatus that, upon a user interacting with a target entity word, provides information including the word's meaning and associated communication groups or contact persons, allowing for quick access and communication.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If entity words like abbreviations and professional terms are used in work communication, then communication efficiency is improved for experienced users, but new members or personnel in other fields cannot understand these entity words and need to repeatedly search for their meanings

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication efficiencyVSAvoidunderstandability for new members
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a popup window as an intermediary element that displays the meaning of entity words when users hover over or click on them. This mediator provides contextual information without disrupting the normal communication flow, allowing experienced users to maintain efficiency while helping new members understand specialized terminology.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by providing explanations only for specific entity words that users interact with, rather than providing comprehensive documentation for all terms. The explanation is delivered locally at the point of interaction through a popup window positioned near the entity word, allowing users to access information on-demand without being overwhelmed by unnecessary details.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Ease of operation

If new members search for the meanings of entity words, then they can understand the terms, but this repeated searching leads to time loss and reduces overall communication efficiency

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveunderstanding of entity wordsVSAvoidtime spent on repeated searches
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary action by pre-loading and storing meaning information for entity words in the system. When users interact with an entity word, the corresponding explanation is immediately retrieved and displayed in a popup window, eliminating the need for users to leave the communication interface and search for definitions externally. This preliminary preparation of information significantly reduces the time required to understand entity words.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Loss of information

If comprehensive information about entity words is provided, then users can fully understand the terms and associated services, but this increases information complexity and makes the interface more cumbersome

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompleteness of entity word informationVSAvoidinterface complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the essential meaning information of entity words and presents it in a focused popup window format. Rather than displaying comprehensive documentation, the system extracts and displays only the most relevant information needed for understanding the entity word in context. This extraction approach maintains information completeness while avoiding interface clutter and complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements dynamics by making the information display adaptive and on-demand. The popup window appears only when users interact with entity words, and the information displayed can be dynamically adjusted based on user preferences and context. This dynamic approach allows comprehensive information to be available when needed while keeping the interface clean and simple during normal communication.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS12217005B2Information processing method and apparatus, terminal, and storage medium for obtaining and displaying information on a target entity word representing a project, a product, or a task in a work communication
Publication Date: 2025.02.04 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides an information processing method and apparatus, a terminal, and a storage medium. The information processing method, comprising: in response to a first operation event for a target entity word representing a project, a product, or a task in a work communication in displayed content, acquiring target entity word information associated with the target entity word, wherein the target entity word information comprises first information and second information, the first information comprising the meaning of the target entity word, and the second information comprising a communication identifier of a communication group or contact associated with the target entity word; and displaying the target entity word information. According to the present disclosure, the meaning of the target entity word is displayed, and the communication group or contact associated with the target entity word is displayed, such that the user can quickly define the group or contact associated with the target entity word.