Messaging App Notification Response System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of messaging applications must typically launch the application to respond to messages, which can be inconvenient and resource-intensive, especially when responding quickly is desired.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that allows users to respond to messages via notifications while the messaging application is executing in the background, using a notification system that includes suggested responses generated by the device or a server, enabling quick response transmission without launching the application to the foreground.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the messaging application is launched to respond to messages, then the user can interact with the application, but it consumes more power and increases latency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential response functionality from the full messaging application by implementing a notification system that allows users to send responses directly from the notification shade without launching the application. This separates the core response task from the complete application environment, reducing power consumption while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification system prepares response options in advance by displaying suggested responses directly in the notification. Users can select and send responses before the application would normally need to be launched, performing the essential action preliminarily and avoiding the energy cost of full application initialization.
2Ease of operation
If the messaging application is launched to respond to messages, then the user can send responses, but it increases latency
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-generating and displaying suggested responses in the notification before the user needs to respond. This eliminates the time required for application launch and initial loading, allowing users to send responses immediately by selecting from pre-prepared options.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts only the necessary response transmission functionality from the full application, bypassing the lengthy application launch sequence. By implementing a direct notification-to-response pathway, the system removes unnecessary intermediate steps and reduces response latency.
3Ease of operation
If the messaging application is relaunched to respond to messages, then the user can access the application, but it consumes additional resources
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential response functionality from the full messaging application by implementing a notification system that allows users to send responses directly from the notification shade without launching the application. This separates the core response task from the complete application environment, reducing power consumption while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification system provides self-service capabilities by enabling users to compose and send responses directly through the notification interface. This eliminates the need for the application to service the response request by being launched, reducing resource-intensive operations while maintaining full response functionality.
Data Source
AI summary
Techniques for transmitting a response in a messaging application via a notification can include receiving, at a computing device having one or more processors, an electronic message via a messaging application. The technique can also include outputting, at the computing device, a notification of the electronic message via a system level notification function when the messaging application is executing in a background of the computing device. The notification can include an identifier of a sender of the electronic message, at least a portion of the electronic message, and one or more suggested responses to the electronic message. The technique can further include receiving a selection of a particular response of the one or more suggested responses via the notification, and transmitting, via the messaging application, the particular response for sending to the sender of the electronic message while the messaging application is executing in the background of the computing device.