Instant Message Contact Addition via Group Audio Video Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current instant messenger technologies lack an intuitive method for users to add unknown contacts, relying solely on limited text information, which hampers the process of forming connections with strangers and results in a low success rate of converting unknown users into contacts.
Innovation Solution
A method, apparatus, and system that allow users to add instant message contacts by receiving a group joining request, acquiring and transmitting audio and/or video information of other users based on a group identifier, enabling users to visually and audibly assess potential contacts before making a decision.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users add unknown contacts through text information only, then the operation is simple, but the user trust and contact success rate are low
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically acquiring and preparing audio and video information of the target contact before the user initiates the add contact operation. This preliminary preparation of multimedia data allows users to assess the contact's authenticity and build trust before making the connection, thereby improving contact success rate while maintaining operational simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary mechanism that automatically retrieves and transmits audio-video information from the target contact's profile to the user's device. This intermediary process bridges the trust gap between unknown users by providing verifiable identity information without requiring direct interaction or complex user actions.
2Reliability
If audio and video information is transmitted to users, then user trust and contact success rate improve, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically acquiring audio and video information from the target contact's existing profile data without requiring manual intervention. The system autonomously handles the retrieval, formatting, and transmission of multimedia information, reducing the need for complex user-side processing and maintaining relatively simple system architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The system merges the contact addition function with automatic audio-video information retrieval into a single integrated process. By combining these functions, the system avoids the need for separate complex modules for information acquisition, verification, and transmission, thereby reducing overall system complexity while still providing enhanced trust verification.
3Device complexity
If only text information is used for contact addition, then the system is simple, but the reality feeling and connection quality are weak
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the information parameters provided to users during contact addition by incorporating audio and video data alongside text information. This parameter expansion enriches the contact assessment process, allowing users to evaluate potential connections more comprehensively and create more authentic connections while maintaining reasonable system complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
There are provided a method, apparatus, system and computer readable storage medium of adding an instant message contact. The method includes: receiving a joining-in request for a group from a client where a user locates, the joining-in request comprising a group identifier; acquiring audio and/or video information of other user in the group, based on the group identifier; and transmitting the audio and/or video information of the other user to the client where the user locates, for adding by the client where the user locates the instant message contact based on the audio and/or video information of the other user. Thereby, the mutual trust between unknown users is improved, and the success ratio of adding an unknown user as a contact and the ratio of turning into a contact from an unknown user are increased.