Instant Messaging Message Highlighting for Group Chat Retrieval

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Solution Overview

Problem

In group chat scenarios of instant messaging applications, users face difficulties in quickly locating relevant information amidst a large amount of unread messages, requiring sequential reading through numerous messages to find information related to them.

Innovation Solution

A method where key information from input messages is extracted, matched with user names in a communication list, and bound with a reminder message, allowing the receiver terminal to display the information and reminder messages, thereby facilitating quick identification of relevant messages.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If users sequentially read unread information in group chat to find relevant information, then all information can be read, but the time required increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation retrieval accuracyVSAvoidtime to find relevant information
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts key information from group chat messages using natural language processing to identify messages relevant to the current user. This extraction process separates important messages from the large volume of unread information, allowing users to directly access relevant content without sequentially reading all messages, thus resolving the contradiction between information retrieval accuracy and time consumption

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary component (the message processing system with NLP capabilities) that acts as a mediator between the user and the group chat messages. This intermediary automatically analyzes messages, identifies user-related content, and presents it in a prioritized manner, eliminating the need for users to manually search through all messages and significantly reducing search time while maintaining retrieval accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of information

If all group chat messages are displayed to users, then complete information is provided, but the complexity of information processing increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidinformation processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the large volume of group chat messages into different categories based on relevance to the user. The system divides messages into user-related and non-user-related segments, processing and presenting only the relevant portion to the user. This segmentation reduces the complexity of information processing while ensuring that no important information is lost, as the system maintains the ability to access complete message data when needed

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Productivity

If key information extraction and matching is implemented, then information retrieval speed improves, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation retrieval speedVSAvoidsystem processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a self-service mechanism where the system automatically performs key information extraction, matching, and message prioritization without requiring user intervention. The natural language processing system autonomously analyzes messages, identifies user-related content, and presents it in a prioritized format. This automation improves information retrieval speed significantly while the system complexity is managed through efficient algorithm design and processing optimization

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentEP3866410B1Message display method, apparatus, and device
Publication Date: 2022.09.28 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of electronic information technologies, and disclose a message display method, apparatus, and device, so as to enable a user to quickly obtain information related to the user, reducing a time taken by the terminal user to search a large amount of unread information for the information related to the terminal user. The method in the present invention includes: receiving first input information; extracting key information in the first input information, matching the key information and a user name, and determining a target user name; and binding the first input information and the target user name, and sending, to a receiver terminal, the first input information and the target user name that are bound, so that the receiver terminal displays a reminder message according to the target user name. The present invention is applicable to a scenario in which a user needs to quickly browse information.