Message Display Spacing by Reception Time Interval
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users participating in chat rooms struggle to intuitively understand the time intervals between exchanged messages, as existing display methods do not effectively convey the timing of message exchanges.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for displaying messages on terminals, where messages are received, stored with their reception times, and displayed at intervals based on the time differences between them, allowing users to intuitively recognize the time intervals between message exchanges.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If messages are displayed sequentially in transmission order, then users can understand which messages were transmitted and in what order, but users cannot intuitively understand the time intervals at which messages were exchanged
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the one-dimensional sequential message display into a two-dimensional display where the vertical position represents message order and the horizontal spacing represents time intervals. By mapping time information onto the horizontal dimension, users can intuitively perceive both the sequence and timing of messages without losing order information.
2Loss of information
If response messages are displayed below source messages using transmission and reception times, then response-message correspondence is improved, but the overall message display becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the display of response messages with source messages by positioning them adjacent to each other horizontally, connected by a line. This combines the correspondence information display with the sequential message flow, eliminating the need for separate threading structures while maintaining clear response-message relationships.
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AI summary
A display method is a display method of displaying a message on a terminal, and includes receiving a message from another terminal different from the terminal, associating the message and a time at which the message is received to store the message and the time in a storage unit, and displaying a first message stored in the storage unit and a second message different from the first message at an interval based on a difference between a first time associated with the first message and a second time associated with the second message.