Message Search Sub-Region Folding and Source Cutoff
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for searching and presenting message records on terminal devices are inefficient, as they often require exhaustive searches and do not effectively manage the display of messages from multiple sources, leading to slow result generation and cluttered interfaces.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that acquire and present target message information based on search instructions, utilizing a sub-region interface with switching controls to manage unfolded and folded states, and stop searches when a preset number of message sources are found, allowing for efficient display and reduced computational resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If exhaustive search is performed to find all message records, then completeness of search results is improved, but search time and computational resources are increased
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies partial action by stopping the search process when a preset number of message sources are found, rather than performing exhaustive search. This resolves the contradiction by providing sufficient search results without the full time cost of completeness, achieving a practical balance between reliability and time efficiency.
2Loss of information
If all message sources are displayed in the interface, then information completeness is improved, but interface organization and usability are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the message display into multiple sub-regions, each showing messages from different message sources. This resolves the contradiction by organizing information completeness into manageable segments, maintaining usability while preserving access to multiple message sources through structured subdivision of the interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic switching between unfolded and folded states for sub-regions, allowing users to adjust the display of different message sources. This resolves the contradiction by enabling flexible control over information visibility, maintaining interface organization while preserving access to complete information when needed.
3Loss of information
If sub-region area is increased to show more messages, then information visibility is improved, but interface space for other message sources is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes sub-region areas dynamic through unfolded and folded states, allowing flexible adjustment of display space. This resolves the contradiction by enabling the interface to adapt between showing detailed information in expanded sub-regions and maintaining space for multiple message sources through collapsed states, achieving both information visibility and space utilization.
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AI summary
Disclosed are a presenting method and apparatus, and an electronic device. The method includes: based on a search instruction for a message record, acquiring target message information, where the search instruction instructs the searching for a target message matching a target search term from the message record; and presenting the target message information in a sub-region of a first interface; where the first interface is provided with a switching control configured to switch an unfolded state and a folded state of at least one sub-region, target message information presented in each sub-region belongs to the same message source, target message information presented in different sub-regions belongs to different message sources, and a region area of the sub-region in the folded state is less than a region area of the sub-region in the unfolded state.