Information Flow List Reminder Persistence via Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

In communication clients, users face difficulties in retrieving reminders after they are viewed, leading to a poor user experience due to the transient nature of reminder displays.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that fixly and preferentially display information items related to events in an information flow list, ensuring that reminders are consistently visible and easily accessible without being pushed away by other items, even after being viewed.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If reminders are displayed in the information flow list, then users can receive event notifications, but the reminders disappear after being viewed making them difficult to retrieve

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereminder accessibilityVSAvoidreminder availability
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-positions reminder information items in the information flow list before events occur. By establishing this preliminary display structure, reminders remain accessible and retrievable even after being viewed, as they are pre-placed in a persistent location rather than appearing transiently.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The reminder information items maintain continuous visibility in the information flow list without disappearing after viewing. This continuous presence ensures that reminder information remains useful and accessible over time, eliminating the transient nature that causes information loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

2Ease of operation

If information items are displayed in the information flow list, then users can view event details, but other items may push reminders away reducing visibility

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereminder visibilityVSAvoidinformation flow management
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the information flow list into distinct sections, isolating reminder information items from other content. This segmentation prevents other items from pushing reminders away, maintaining consistent visibility and ease of access while managing the complexity of information flow through structured organization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Loss of time

If users need to retrieve viewed reminders, then they can access event information again, but they must repeatedly switch between interfaces

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereminder retrieval timeVSAvoidinterface switching
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges reminder functionality directly into the information flow list interface. By combining reminder display with the main information flow, users can access and retrieve reminders without switching between separate interfaces, reducing time loss and improving operational ease.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS20240380627A1Method, apparatus, electronic device and storage medium for processing information
Publication Date: 2024.11.14 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides a method, an apparatus, an electronic device and a storage medium for processing information. In response to a first predetermined event related to a first object, a first information item related to the first object is fixedly and preferentially displayed in an information flow list of a current user; displaying information related to the first predetermined event in the first information item, wherein the information flow list is used for displaying an information item, and the information item comprises a session item and/or a message item. According to the method of the present disclosure, a first information item is fixedly and preferentially displayed in an information flow list, and thus the experience of reminding a user can be improved.