Online Document Contact Insertion for Faster Information Sharing

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Solution Overview

Problem

The operation of adding user or group contacts to a document is complex and inefficient in existing online document systems, leading to low information dissemination efficiency.

Innovation Solution

An information insertion method and apparatus that allows for inserting contacts into an online document through a contact insertion operation, displaying them in the document, and providing a communication portal for instant messaging, using a computer device with a processor and memory to execute the method.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If user contact information is edited in document content and document sharing users manually add contacts by copying, then contact information can be provided in the document, but the operation becomes complex and information dissemination efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperation complexityVSAvoidinformation dissemination efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the document editing function with the contact management function by integrating contact insertion capabilities directly into the document editing interface. When users edit a document, they can directly insert contact information of other users into the document content through a unified interface, eliminating the need to separately manage contacts outside the document. This integration simplifies the operation process and improves information dissemination efficiency within the organizational context.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an organizational context as an intermediary layer between document editing and contact management. The system uses the organizational structure (departments, teams, projects) as a mediator to automatically resolve contact information. When users insert contact information within the organizational context, the system automatically retrieves and inserts the correct contact details, serving as an intermediary that simplifies the interaction between document editing and contact management.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of time

If contact information is manually added through copying user accounts, then contacts can be provided in the document, but the operation process becomes complex and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetime for adding contactsVSAvoidoperation simplicity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary action by pre-establishing the organizational context and contact relationships before document editing begins. The system pre-loads user profiles, contact information, and organizational structures into the editing environment. When users need to insert contact information during document editing, the system has already prepared the necessary data, allowing for rapid insertion without manual copying or searching, thus reducing the time and complexity of adding contacts.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS12387033B2Information insertion method and apparatus, device, medium, and computer program product
Publication Date: 2025.08.12 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD
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AI summary

An information insertion method performed by a computer device relates to the field of information processing. The method includes: displaying an editing interface corresponding to an online document; receiving a contact insertion operation in the editing interface; in response to the contact insertion operation, inserting a contact corresponding to a first account into the online document; and displaying the contact corresponding to the first account in the online document, the contact corresponding to the first account providing a communication portal for instant messaging with the first account through the online document.