Instant Messaging Task Creation With Relation-Based Information Visibility

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Solution Overview

Problem

Instant messaging software poses risks of revealing work-related information to unintended recipients and lacks efficient mechanisms for creating and sharing to-do lists within teams, hindering collaboration.

Innovation Solution

An information processing method and apparatus that determines association relations between receivers and information sources, displaying relevant source information based on these relations, and facilitates task creation within instant messaging sessions using user input and predetermined structures.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If work group information is made accessible to all users, then team collaboration is improved, but information confidentiality is compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveteam collaborationVSAvoidinformation confidentiality
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by differentiating information access rights for different users within the work group. Instead of uniform access, the system assigns specific visibility permissions to different users based on their roles and relationships with task creators, allowing collaborative transparency for some users while maintaining confidentiality for others.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the parameter of information visibility by introducing an association relation parameter between receivers and information sources. This parameter dynamically controls whether a receiver can see source information based on predefined association rules, enabling flexible adjustment between confidentiality and collaboration needs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Loss of information

If to-do list creation is made transparent to all users, then team information sharing is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveteam information sharingVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements self-service by automatically determining and managing information association relations without requiring manual configuration. When a user creates a task, the system automatically establishes association relations with relevant work group members based on predefined rules, eliminating the need for complex manual permission settings while ensuring proper information sharing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies universality by creating a general association relation mechanism that serves multiple functions: it controls task visibility, manages information sharing, and defines collaboration permissions all through a single unified framework, reducing overall system complexity while achieving multiple collaboration goals.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Loss of information

If source information is displayed to all receivers, then information transparency is improved, but information security deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation transparencyVSAvoidinformation security
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system changes the visibility parameter of source information based on the association relation parameter between each receiver and the information source. This dynamic parameter adjustment ensures that information is transparent to authorized users while remaining secure from unauthorized access, resolving the contradiction between transparency and security.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The association relation acts as an intermediary mechanism that mediates between information sources and receivers. It controls the flow of information by determining whether source information should be displayed to each receiver, thereby maintaining both transparency for legitimate users and security against unauthorized access.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS12355711B2Information processing method and apparatus, and electronic device and storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.07.08 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The disclosure relates to the field of computer technology, in particular to an information processing method and apparatus, an electronic device and a storage medium. An information processing method provided by the disclosure includes: displaying an instant messaging session interface configured to display one or more instant messaging information; determining task information based on user input in response to a task creation triggering operation; determining a target session interface associated with the task creation triggering operation; and displaying a task interface in a predetermined form in the target session interface, wherein the task interface is obtained based on the task information and a predetermined information structure.