Position-Linked Prompt Display for Virtual Interaction Scenes

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for displaying prompt information in virtual interaction scenes, such as games, suffer from low accuracy as players are not clearly identified, leading to confusion among participants.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device displays a messaging interface with message templates and, upon user operation, transmits instructions to another device to display prompt information at a specified position, associating the message content with the position to enhance accuracy.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Speed

If prompt information is displayed without position association, then communication speed is improved, but displaying accuracy deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication speedVSAvoiddisplaying accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent adds a spatial dimension to prompt information display by associating messages with specific positions in the virtual interaction scene. Instead of only temporal display, the system now uses position coordinates (x, y) to locate prompt information, transforming a one-dimensional display into a two-dimensional spatial display that resolves ambiguity about recipient identity

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

2Measurement precision

If position information is added to prompt display, then displaying accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplaying accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically determines the target player's position based on the prompt operation, without requiring manual input of position information. The electronic device itself performs the spatial calculation and coordinate determination, making the position association process self-service and minimizing additional complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent pre-establishes the mapping relationship between players and their positions in the virtual scene. When a prompt operation occurs, the system can directly retrieve the pre-stored position information without complex real-time calculations, reducing system complexity during operation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS12427414B2Method and apparatus for displaying prompt information, storage medium and electronic device
Publication Date: 2025.09.30 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD
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AI summary

A method for displaying prompt information is performed by an electronic device acting as a first electronic device participating in a virtual interaction scene, the method including: displaying a messaging interface, the messaging interface containing at least one piece of message template; and in response to a target operation on a target piece of message template of the at least one piece of message template, transmitting an instruction causing a second electronic device participating in the virtual interaction scene to display a target prompt information corresponding to the target piece of message template at a target position in the virtual interaction scene indicated by the target operation.