News List Refreshing via Dynamic Time Thresholds
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional news clients sort news by publication time, limiting the ability to refresh and display high-quality news, as users cannot browse content published outside the set time frame, leading to missed valuable articles.
Innovation Solution
A method and device that allow for refreshing a news list by setting a time interval based on the last refreshed news, enabling the inclusion of news published within that interval, and allocating recommending times to each piece of news for chronological sorting and display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If news is sorted by publication time with fixed time granularity, then news chronological order is maintained, but users cannot access high-quality news published outside the current time frame
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the news list sorting flexible rather than fixed. The system dynamically adjusts the time range of news displayed based on the user's current time and a configurable time threshold, allowing the news list to adapt to different user needs and times of day, thus enabling access to high-quality news from different time periods while maintaining chronological order
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the time parameter from a fixed granularity to a configurable threshold. By introducing a time threshold parameter that can be set by users or adjusted by the system, the news list can include articles published within a flexible time range rather than being constrained to fixed time intervals, resolving the contradiction between chronological sorting and access to historical high-quality news
2Quantity of substance
If news list is refreshed only with newly published news in current time frame, then time order is preserved, but the quantity of refreshable news is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-configuring time thresholds and news selection criteria before the user needs to refresh. The system prepares the news list in advance by selecting high-quality news within the time threshold, so when the user performs a refresh operation, they immediately receive a comprehensive list of relevant news without needing to perform multiple manual refreshes, thus increasing the quantity of refreshable news while reducing time investment
3Loss of information
If news is artificially selected and recommended by algorithms, then news quality is improved, but users cannot perceive how much content has not been browsed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the concept of visual differentiation (analogous to color changes) by using time labels and visual indicators to show users the publication time of each news item and how much content remains unbrowsed. This allows users to perceive the coverage and status of news content while still benefiting from algorithmic selection and recommendation, resolving the contradiction between improved news quality and user perception of content coverage
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AI summary
Provided is a method and device for refreshing a news list, wherein the method includes: receiving a refreshing signal; reading a refreshing start time according to the received refreshing signal; reading at least one preset time threshold, the preset time threshold is used for defining, in combination with the refreshing start time, a time interval for refreshing a news list; acquiring a recommended news list according to the refreshing start time and the preset time threshold, the recommended news list including: at least one piece of news to be recommended, the publication time of the news to be recommended falls within the time interval; allocating a recommending time for each piece of news to be recommended in the recommended news list; and refreshing the news to be recommended in the recommended news list according to the recommending time, so as to generate a new recommended news list.