Microblog Client Location-Based Message Aggregation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing microblog clients lack efficient classification and aggregation strategies for displaying microblog messages, leading to increased memory occupation and reduced performance as the number of messages grows, with users seeking easier access to location-specific messages.

Innovation Solution

A microblog client and method that aggregate microblog messages based on location information, utilizing a hierarchical structure with a presentation layer, business logic layer, and data layer to minimize server load and optimize memory usage, allowing for flexible location-based message retrieval and display.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If microblog messages are displayed in chronological order without classification, then the information presentation is simple and easy to implement, but the memory occupation increases significantly and performance deteriorates as message quantity grows

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of implementationVSAvoidmemory occupation
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments microblog messages by geographic location, dividing the single chronological stream into multiple location-based streams. This segmentation allows the system to manage and display messages in organized groups rather than as one large unstructured set, reducing the memory burden on any single data structure while maintaining chronological order within each location group.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Loss of information

If all microblog messages are loaded and displayed, then users can access complete information, but memory occupation increases and application performance deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidmemory occupation
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by making the information presentation adaptive to user location. Instead of uniformly displaying all messages to all users, the system provides location-specific message streams where users receive comprehensive information relevant to their geographic context. This allows complete information availability for each user's local area while avoiding the memory burden of loading all global messages.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Quantity of substance

If microblog messages are aggregated by location with hierarchical structure, then memory usage is optimized and performance improves, but the device complexity and implementation difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvememory usageVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a geographic location dimension to the traditional chronological message display. By adding this spatial dimension, the system creates a two-dimensional message organization structure (time × location) that optimizes memory usage through selective loading. The hierarchical structure manages complexity by organizing messages into location-based containers, each with its own chronological stream, making the system more manageable despite the increased structural complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

4Ease of operation

If location-based message aggregation is implemented, then users can access location-specific messages efficiently, but the difficulty of detecting and measuring location data and implementing the feature increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser accessibilityVSAvoidimplementation difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements self-service by automatically obtaining the user's geographic location data without requiring manual input. The system uses device location services to automatically determine and apply the user's location for message filtering and display. This automation improves ease of operation for users while managing implementation complexity through reliance on established device capabilities rather than custom location detection systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentEP2618529B1System and method for microblog messages
Publication Date: 2021.08.18 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD
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AI summary

The application provides a microblog client, a method for aggregating a microblog message, and an Instant Messaging (IM) client. The microblog client includes: a message pulling module, which is to pull a microblog message from an external network server according to location information; a message pool, which is to store the microblog message pulled by the message pulling module; and a geography page service module, which is to generate one or more geography pages, and display the microblog message on a corresponding geography page, based on the location information corresponding to the microblog message pulled. By adopting the client and method provided by the application, microblog messages may be aggregated based on the location information. And users may be facilitated to obtain microblog messages.