Message Client Record Segmentation for Spam Reduction

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

Existing message transmission and posting services lack secure communication between users, fail to display message positions within related packages, and do not allow users to manage their posted articles effectively.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for transmitting and receiving messages between certified users, utilizing a message client, application server, and user database to generate and store records that include message positions, allowing users to display and manage messages within related packages, with authority over posted content.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If mail service is used to transmit long text with attachments, then message transmission capability is improved, but security against spam and viruses deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemessage transmission capabilityVSAvoidsecurity against spam and viruses

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a message server as an intermediary between users, which manages message transmission and stores messages in a database. The server verifies user authentication and controls message delivery, preventing direct unsanitized communication between users. This mediator structure enables secure message transmission while filtering out spam and viruses through server-side validation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If messages are displayed in order of sending dates, then simple display is maintained, but message relevance and organization deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedisplay simplicityVSAvoidmessage relevance

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments messages into distinct categories using reference fields (e.g., 'inbox', 'sent', 'drafts') and organizes them by date within each category. This segmentation allows the system to maintain simple chronological display within segments while providing clear organizational structure across segments, improving message relevance without complicating the display interface.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements dynamic sorting capabilities that allow users to change message display order from chronological to custom sorting based on reference fields. The system can dynamically reorganize messages based on user selection, providing both simple default display and advanced organization options as needed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Reliability

If bulletin board service is used to share contents, then security against spam is improved, but user authority over posted content deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesecurity against spamVSAvoiduser authority over content

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements local quality by creating user-specific message storage spaces (inbox, sent, drafts) where each user has exclusive authority over their own messages. The database structure allows users to access and manage only their authenticated messages, providing both secure spam filtering through server validation and full user control over their personal content.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

4Quantity of substance

If all user contents are displayed together, then comprehensive display is achieved, but ease of finding specific user articles deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedisplay comprehensivenessVSAvoidease of finding specific content

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments all user contents into distinct user-specific categories (inbox, sent, drafts) stored in separate database records. Each user's messages are isolated in their own record set, allowing comprehensive display of all content while enabling easy filtering and search by user through the reference field structure, improving findability without reducing comprehensiveness.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS7818381B2System for sending, receiving and displaying message, method for sending, receiving and displaying message and computer readable storage medium storing program for that method

Publication Date: 2010.10.19 NHN CORP

AI summary

Disclosed are a system for transmitting, receiving, and posting messages, a method thereof, and a computer readable recording medium for recording a program for realizing the method in a computer. When a service subscriber generates a message and transmits the message, a first record and a second record are generated based on the transmitted message, the generated first and second messages are respectively stored and then transmitted to user terminals of an addresser and an addressee, and the user terminals display the transmitted message contents together with previously transmitted related message contents based on record fields. In this instance, the addressee is restricted to be a service subscriber. Therefore, the relationship between the transmitted message and the received message is easily detected, the addresser and the addressee conveniently manage the first and second records respectively, and the service is safe from spam mail or viruses since the messages are transmitted and received only between service subscribers.