Group Conversation Interface With Social Circle Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication technologies face challenges in facilitating efficient group conversations among select groups of users, particularly in differentiating active participants and organizing conversations within a graphical user interface.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of social circles and a graphical user interface that allows users to categorize contacts, differentiate active participants in group conversations, and display profile information, enabling easier organization and participation in group conversations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a graphical user interface displays all participants in a group conversation, then complete information is provided, but the interface becomes cluttered and difficult to organize
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments participants into different visual groups based on their activity status. Active participants are visually separated from inactive participants through distinct display arrangements, allowing the interface to present complete participant information while maintaining clear organization and reducing visual clutter.
2Ease of operation
If the interface differentiates all participants equally, then simplicity is maintained, but active participants cannot be easily identified
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by giving active participants distinct visual characteristics compared to inactive participants. The interface modifies specific visual properties (such as positioning, highlighting, or grouping) for active participants while maintaining a consistent display style for inactive participants, enabling easy identification of activity status without overwhelming the user with multiple differentiation methods.
3Loss of information
If profile information is always displayed for all participants, then complete contact information is available, but the interface becomes cluttered
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic profile information display where the amount and type of profile information shown changes based on participant activity status. Active participants may receive more prominent or detailed profile information display, while inactive participants are displayed with minimal information. This dynamic adaptation allows complete profile information to be available when needed while maintaining a clean interface during normal conversation flow.
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AI summary
A system and machine-implemented method for presenting a group conversation on an electronic device of a user, via displaying, on a graphical user interface of the electronic device, a group of contacts with which the user can communicate, the group of contacts comprising one or more individual contacts and one or more social circles which define a preset collection of contacts associated with one another; receiving user input via the graphical user interface, the user input specifying a selection of participants from the group of contacts for a group conversation, wherein the group conversation provides for sharing communication messages among the participants; and presenting a conversation window on the graphical user interface based on the received user input, wherein the conversation window displays a collection of contact icons with each contact icon respectively corresponding to one of the selected participants of the group conversation, and a conversation thread with the shared communication messages.