Instant Messaging Interface Preview Area for Simultaneous Editing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing instant messaging software does not allow simultaneous messaging and editing, requiring users to switch between messaging and editing modes, which complicates communication and reduces usability.
Innovation Solution
An instant messaging method and system that enables editing within the messaging interface by adding a preview area for message content objects, allowing users to adjust attributes through touch operations, and synchronizing edits across connected devices, with modes for editing and viewing to facilitate collaborative editing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If editing function is added to instant messaging interface, then usability is enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the messaging interface and editing interface into a single integrated instant messaging interface. The preview area is embedded within the messaging interface, allowing users to perform both messaging and editing operations in the same interface without switching between separate applications or modes, thereby enhancing usability while managing complexity through integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The instant messaging interface is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as a messaging platform and an editing platform. The preview area enables the interface to handle multiple operations (messaging, editing, viewing) simultaneously, making the interface universal and reducing the need for separate dedicated interfaces for each function.
2Adaptability or versatility
If preview area is added for editing, then editing capability is enabled, but interface area increases
Solution Approach 1:
The interface is segmented into distinct functional areas: the messaging area for text communication and the preview area for editing operations. This segmentation allows the preview area to be added without completely redesigning the entire interface, enabling editing capability while maintaining the original messaging functionality and controlling the overall interface area growth.
Solution Approach 2:
The preview area is integrated into the messaging interface in a way that utilizes vertical or horizontal space efficiently, potentially overlapping or adjacent to the messaging area. This dimensional integration allows the preview area to be added without proportionally increasing the overall interface area, as it shares space with the existing messaging components.
3Ease of operation
If touch operation receiving is implemented, then ease of operation is improved, but processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The touch operation receiving mechanism is designed to automatically detect and interpret user interactions with the preview area. The system self-services by converting touch operations into appropriate editing commands without requiring complex manual configuration or interpretation, thereby improving ease of operation while managing processing complexity through automated operation translation.
Data Source
AI summary
An instant messaging method and system, and an electronic apparatus are provided. An instant messaging interface is activated in the electronic apparatus. A preview area is added to the instant messaging interface after the instant messaging interface triggers an edit mode. After one of message contents in the instant messaging interface is determined to be selected as an edited target, a message content object corresponding to the selected edited target is displayed in the preview area of the instant messaging interface. A touch operation corresponding to the edited target is received in the instant messaging interface, and attribute data is generated based the touch operation. The message content object corresponding to the selected edited target is adjusted in the preview area based on the attribute data.