Message Display Method Hiding Intermediate Messages
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Solution Overview
Problem
Smart mobile devices struggle to efficiently display a large number of messages due to screen size limitations, often prioritizing new messages over read ones, making it difficult for users to quickly return to previously read messages.
Innovation Solution
A message display method and apparatus that identifies and hides messages between new and older messages based on reception times, allowing the user to keep read messages adjacent to new ones by displaying identifiers like stacked lines or highlighted blocks, and moving these identifiers with gestures to reveal hidden messages.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If new messages are continuously loaded and displayed at the top of the screen, then the user can access the latest messages quickly, but read messages are pushed down and occupy excessive screen space
Solution Approach 1:
The message list is segmented into different regions: new messages are displayed at the top, read messages are collapsed into a compressed view below, and hidden messages are represented by identification marks. This segmentation allows the screen to efficiently display both new and read messages without one type occupying excessive space
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a vertical dimension for message collapse and expansion. Read messages can be collapsed vertically to reduce their screen footprint, and users can swipe upward to expand them back to full view. This dimensional transformation allows dynamic adjustment of space allocation between new and read messages
2Speed
If the user swipes up to return to the top of the message list, then the latest messages become accessible, but the user loses their position in the previously read messages
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism - a notification mark or indicator - that remains visible when users navigate to the top of the message list. This intermediary element serves as a visual cue reminding users of unread or recently read messages, allowing them to quickly return to their reading position without completely losing context
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically tracks and remembers the user's reading position through gesture detection. When users swipe up to view new messages, the system self-services by maintaining position information and providing quick-access mechanisms (such as swipe-down gestures) to return to the previous reading location without requiring manual navigation
3Speed
If all messages are loaded into memory at once, then the user can access any message instantly, but the smart mobile phone cannot handle the large data volume within a short time
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-loading and caching message data in the background as users scroll through the message list. This allows frequently accessed messages to be available instantly while avoiding the need to load all messages simultaneously, thus reducing overall loading time without sacrificing access speed to recent messages
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a nested data loading structure where messages are loaded in hierarchical batches - recently accessed messages are loaded first and kept in fast memory, while older messages are stored in secondary storage and loaded on-demand. This nested approach allows instant access to hot messages while minimizing the time and resources required to load the complete message history
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AI summary
Disclosed is a message display method. In the display method, a first message is received, a second message on a current display interface is detected and one or more messages between the first message and the second message are hidden. A message display apparatus and a terminal are also disclosed.