Instant Messaging Schedule Notification via Dedicated Area

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing instant messaging applications require users to manually enter a chat room and perform multiple actions to register and manage schedules, which is inconvenient and time-consuming.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that utilize an instant messaging application to provide schedule notifications by obtaining a schedule message based on registered schedule information, determining a notification date and time, and displaying the schedule message in a dedicated notification area within the instant messaging application.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users manually enter chat room and register schedule through multiple actions, then schedule management function is provided, but operation convenience deteriorates and time consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveschedule registration convenienceVSAvoidtime for schedule management

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically generates schedule notifications by receiving schedule information from external devices and converting it into instant message format, eliminating the need for users to manually register schedules through multiple actions in chat rooms

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The instant messaging application is enhanced to provide both messaging functionality and automated schedule management functionality, allowing the same platform to handle multiple tasks without requiring separate manual registration processes

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Ease of operation

If users enter chat room and perform specific actions to check schedule, then schedule information is accessed, but operation complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveschedule checking convenienceVSAvoidoperation steps required

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The schedule notification function is extracted from the complex chat room environment and presented as a simplified, dedicated notification area within the instant messaging application, allowing users to check schedules without navigating through chat rooms or performing multiple actions

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

A dedicated schedule notification area acts as an intermediary interface between the user and the schedule management system, providing direct access to schedule information without requiring users to enter chat rooms or click through multiple links

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20250202857A1Method and system for providing schedule notification using instant messaging application

Publication Date: 2025.06.19 LINE PLUS

AI summary

A method for providing a schedule notification using an instant messaging application, the method being performed by one or more processors of a user terminal, includes obtaining a schedule message generated based on schedule information registered in a schedule application, determining a notification date and time based on the schedule message, and displaying the schedule message in a schedule notification area of the user terminal at a position in the instant message application corresponding to the determined notification date and time.