Messaging Recipient Update via Body Indicators
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing messaging systems fail to effectively notify recipients of changes in the recipient list when a reply message is sent, leading to unnecessary clutter and redundant messages due to the lack of clear indication of added or removed recipients.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a method where indicators such as tokens (+ or -) are included in the message body to explicitly mention additions or removals of recipients, ensuring that changes are reflected prominently without requiring the recipient's messaging application to analyze the addressees of the previous message.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the messaging system automatically selects all participants from the previous message as recipients for a reply message, then the completeness of recipient information is improved, but the message body becomes cluttered with redundant recipient notifications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the necessary recipient change information (additions or removals) from the complete recipient list and places it in the message body, rather than including all recipient notifications. This selective extraction maintains information completeness while eliminating redundant clutter in the message body.
Solution Approach 2:
The recipient notification is segmented into two parts: the essential change information (who was added or removed) is placed in the message body, while the complete recipient list management is handled separately by the messaging system's automatic recipient selection feature. This segmentation allows the message body to remain clean while preserving recipient information integrity.
2Reliability
If the messaging system includes all recipients in the reply message by default, then the reliability of message delivery is improved, but the complexity of managing recipient lists increases
Solution Approach 1:
The messaging system automatically manages the recipient list by detecting recipient changes from the message body indicators and self-adjusting the recipient set without requiring manual user intervention. This self-service approach maintains reliable message delivery while reducing the complexity of recipient list management for the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback from the message body (indicators of recipient changes) to automatically adjust the recipient list for the reply message. This feedback mechanism ensures that the recipient list remains accurate and complete while simplifying the management process, as the system autonomously handles updates based on the indicated changes.
3Measurement precision
If the messaging application analyzes the addressees of the previous message to determine recipient changes, then the accuracy of recipient update detection is improved, but the processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The user indicates recipient changes in advance by including indicators in the message body before sending the reply. This preliminary action allows the system to detect and process recipient changes without requiring complex post-hoc analysis of the previous message's addressees, thereby maintaining high accuracy while reducing processing time and computational resources.
Data Source
AI summary
A method, device and system are provided for automated updating of message recipients designated for a reply message based on a declaration or notification in a body of the message. Once a reply message is initiated at a first device and an initial recipient set defined for the reply message based on the participants of a previous message of the thread, a declaration or instruction may be inserted in the message body identifying a change to be made to the initial recipient set. In response to a trigger detected at the device, any such declarations are identified and a determination is made whether the current recipient set is consistent with them. If not, changes are made to the current recipient set to render it consistent.