Live-Streaming Message Interaction With Source-Based Visual Display

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing technologies face challenges in efficiently managing information interaction across different applications and client types, leading to inefficiencies in message management and display.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that display a viewing interface for a target session, obtain messages from multiple applications, and apply distinct display styles based on the sending means, allowing users to differentiate and manage messages from various sources effectively.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If messages from multiple applications are aggregated in a single viewing interface, then information interaction efficiency is improved, but message source differentiation becomes difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation interaction efficiencyVSAvoidmessage source identification
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by assigning different display styles to messages based on their source application. Each message from a different application receives a distinct visual treatment (different colors, icons, or formatting), allowing the unified interface to maintain source differentiation through localized visual properties while aggregating all messages in one place.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes color changes as a specific implementation of visual differentiation. Messages from different applications are displayed with different colors or color schemes, enabling users to quickly identify the source of each message at a glance while viewing them in a consolidated interface, thus resolving the contradiction between aggregation and source identification.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #32Color changes

2Loss of information

If distinct display styles are applied to messages from different applications, then message source differentiation is improved, but interface complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemessage source identificationVSAvoidinterface complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent manages interface complexity by applying local quality principles - only the necessary visual elements (color, icon, or format) are modified for differentiation, while the overall interface structure, layout, and interaction patterns remain consistent and simple. This localized modification approach adds minimal complexity while achieving effective source identification.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

By using color changes as the primary differentiation mechanism, the patent maintains interface simplicity. Color is a visual attribute that can be changed without adding structural complexity, allowing the interface to differentiate message sources through aesthetic modifications rather than complex structural changes, thus minimizing the increase in interface complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #32Color changes

3Ease of operation

If all messages are displayed in a unified interface, then information accessibility is improved, but message management efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation accessibilityVSAvoidmessage management efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent resolves this contradiction by applying local quality through visual markers that enable quick scanning and identification. Users can access all messages in one unified interface while the differentiated display styles (colors, icons) allow them to rapidly locate and manage messages from specific applications, thus maintaining both accessibility and management efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

Color changes serve as visual cues that improve message management efficiency within the unified interface. Users can quickly identify messages from particular applications through color coding, enabling efficient filtering, searching, and management of messages across multiple applications without needing to switch between separate interfaces.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #32Color changes

Data Source

PatentUS20250337708A1Method, apparatus, device, and storage medium for message interaction
Publication Date: 2025.10.30 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

According to embodiments of the disclosure, a method, an apparatus, a device and a storage medium for message interaction are provided. The method includes: displaying a group of visual elements in a live streaming interface of a live streaming room, the group of visual elements corresponding to a group of users participating in an interactive activity of the live streaming room; and during the interactive activity, based on interactive information about the group of users within a first period of the process, adjusting display positions of the group of visual elements in the live streaming interface to represent an association between the interactive information about the group of users in the first period. Embodiments of the disclosure may effectively improve the efficiency of information interaction based on different applications or based on different types of clients.