Messenger Platform Application Integration for Chatroom Information Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing instant messenger platforms do not provide a user interface to seamlessly integrate and use external applications within the chat environment, requiring users to switch between applications, which is inconvenient.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that allows users to register and execute desired applications within a messenger platform, enabling information sharing through a chatroom by providing a user interface for selecting and managing applications, including recommended and installed apps, and transmitting shared content as images or URLs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users switch between messenger and external applications to use desired functions, then application functionality is accessible, but user convenience and operational efficiency deteriorate due to frequent switching
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges external applications with the messenger platform by embedding application execution capability directly into the messenger interface. Users can select and execute external applications (e.g., games, video services) without leaving the messenger environment, combining communication and application usage into a single integrated platform.
Solution Approach 2:
The messenger platform is designed to perform multiple functions beyond traditional communication. It can execute various external applications, share information across different app contexts, and provide a unified interface for both messaging and application usage, making the platform universal and multi-functional.
2Productivity
If users leave the chat environment to use external applications, then application execution is enabled, but information sharing efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism within the messenger that facilitates information sharing between the chat environment and external applications. This mediator enables seamless transmission of information (e.g., game scores, video content) from applications back to the chatroom without requiring users to manually switch contexts, maintaining information flow efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a nested structure where external applications are executed within the messenger platform's interface framework. The application runs as a nested component within the parent messenger system, allowing users to access application functionality while remaining within the unified messenger environment, thus maintaining information sharing efficiency.
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AI summary
Provided is a method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable record medium for sharing information in a chatroom through a platform added to a messenger. An information sharing method includes registering at least one application to a platform of a user of a messenger based on a user input at the messenger installed on the computer system; executing an application selected by the user of the messenger from among applications registered to the platform in a chatroom of the messenger; and transmitting information shared by the application through the chatroom in response to receiving an information share request from the user during an execution of the selected application.