Mobile Terminal Message Check Status Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile terminals face inconvenience in managing message check status across multiple user terminals, requiring repeated message transmissions and additional means for one-to-one communication when a terminal has not checked messages.
Innovation Solution
A mobile terminal with a display unit to show message check status and a controller to transmit check request messages, along with the ability to receive and display check acknowledgement messages, allowing users to select and manage message check requests and notifications efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If messages are repeatedly transmitted to ensure delivery to all terminals, then message delivery reliability is improved, but network traffic increases and message management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where the sending terminal receives check status information from the receiving terminal about whether the message has been read or checked. This feedback loop allows the system to track message delivery status without requiring repeated transmissions, thereby maintaining reliability while reducing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The receiving terminal automatically checks and reports message read status without requiring manual intervention from the user. The system self-manages the tracking of message delivery status through automated check requests and status reports, reducing the burden on users while ensuring reliable delivery tracking.
2Loss of information
If check request messages are transmitted to all terminals, then message check status tracking is improved, but network traffic and communication overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of transmitting check request messages to all terminals indiscriminately, the system selectively sends check requests only to terminals that are likely to have unread messages based on delivery status information. This partial action approach maintains effective tracking while reducing unnecessary network traffic and communication overhead.
3Reliability
If additional means are used for one-to-one message transmission, then message delivery to specific terminals is improved, but system complexity and operation difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The check request message system serves multiple functions: it tracks overall message delivery status, identifies specific terminals with unread messages, and enables targeted follow-up communications. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate one-to-one message transmission mechanisms, maintaining reliable delivery while simplifying user operation through a unified interface.
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal for transmitting and receiving messages and a control method thereof. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a display unit configured to display at least one message transmitted to and received from at least one user terminal and receive a touch input for selecting one of the at least one message; a controller configured to control the display unit that displays icons corresponding to the at least one user terminal, respectively, to distinguish whether or not the selected message has been checked for each of the at least one user terminal; and a wireless communication unit configured to transmit a check request message of the selected message to a user terminal corresponding to the selected one of the displayed icons.