Group Chat Mention Interface for Targeted User Notification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional Social Network Service (SNS) mention functions do not effectively handle content transmission and reception in groups with three or more users, lacking the ability to specifically designate and notify desired users within these groups.
Innovation Solution
A method for a terminal to display and manage user names, allowing users to select and designate recipients within a group, using a processor to transmit messages with specific information indicating the intended recipient, enabling targeted content delivery in multi-user groups.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional mention function is used in group chat, then message transmission is simple, but the ability to specifically designate and notify desired users is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the group chat interface into distinct functional areas: a group chat area for general messages and a mention area for specific user designations. This segmentation allows the system to maintain both the simplicity of group messaging and the precision of individual user notification by separating these two functions spatially and operationally within the same interface.
2Loss of information
If all user names are displayed in group chat, then user identification is complete, but content visibility and focus are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by displaying user names with differentiated visual properties based on their function. Mentioned user names are displayed with distinct styling (such as different colors or formatting) in the mention area compared to regular chat content, allowing users to quickly identify who is being addressed without obscuring the actual message content. This localized visual enhancement maintains content visibility while providing necessary user identification.
3Measurement precision
If mention function is added to group chat, then user designation precision is improved, but interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the mention function with the existing group chat interface by integrating the mention area directly into the chat display. Instead of creating a separate complex system for mentions, the invention combines both functions (group messaging and user designation) into a unified interface where mentioned users appear contextually within the chat flow, thereby reducing overall interface complexity while maintaining designation precision.
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AI summary
The display method executed by a terminal including setting a first user name of the first user on the terminal, displaying the first user name and a second user name of the second user in a display area of the terminal based on a first input on the terminal, deleting the displayed second user name from the display area of the terminal based on a second input constituting at least a portion of the set first user name being inputted into the terminal, the displayed second user name being different from the set first user name, based on a second input constituting a part of the first user name, displaying first information representing that a message is destined for the first user, based on a selection of the first user by the user of the terminal, and transmitting the message including the first information to the terminals may be provided.