Private Thread Segmentation in Chat Spaces

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing chat systems fail to efficiently manage private messages between users, particularly in large groups, making it difficult to customize and organize chat messages, such as private messages between selected communication systems and/or from quickly organizing chat messages between selected communication systems, particularly in large groups, making it difficult to customize and organize chat messages between selected communication systems, particularly in large groups, making it difficult to organize chat messages into specific issues within chat messages within chat messages, particularly in large groups, making it difficult to organize chat messages within chat messages, particularly in large groups, particularly in large groups, and in one-to-many chat systems, and in one-to-many chat systems, and in one-to-many chat systems, and in one-to-many systems, and in one-to-one chat systems, particularly in large groups, particularly in large groups, particularly in large chat systems, particularly in large groups, making it difficult to organize chat messages into specific subject-related threads.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for creating and organizing private chat messages within chat-based communication systems, allowing communication devices to generate a chat space with both public and private thread components, enabling users to exchange messages privately within selected threads, and manage chat messages in one-to-one, any-to-any, and one-to-many scenarios.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If chat systems connect more than a small number of communication systems, then communication coverage and connectivity are improved, but the ability to easily customize and organize private chat messages deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of connected communication systemsVSAvoidease of customizing and organizing private chat messages
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The chat system is segmented into public chat space and private thread components. Private threads are created as separate organizational units within the larger chat system, allowing users to divide communication into topic-specific or participant-specific segments. This segmentation enables efficient organization and customization of private messages even as the overall system scales to accommodate many communication systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Quantity of substance

If chat systems support large groups, then communication scope is improved, but the ability to quickly organize chat messages into specific subject-related threads deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegroup sizeVSAvoidspeed of organizing chat messages into threads
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by automatically generating thread structures and organizing messages based on predefined criteria or user preferences before messages need to be manually sorted. Thread templates and categorization rules are established in advance, enabling rapid message organization even in large groups without requiring real-time manual intervention.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If chat systems enable private messaging between selected users, then user privacy is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser privacyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Private threads are nested within the broader public chat space structure. Each private thread contains its own messaging subsystem while being contained within the larger chat system framework. This nesting approach allows the system to maintain privacy through layered architecture without proportionally increasing overall system complexity, as the private threading mechanism reuses existing infrastructure from the public chat system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Data Source

PatentEP3984168B1System and method of creating and organizing private chat messages
Publication Date: 2026.01.07 NEXTIVA INC
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AI summary

A system and method are disclosed for generating a chat space for two or more communication devices using a computer coupled with a database and comprising a processor and memory. The computer generates a chat space and transmits requests to join the chat space to the two or more communication devices. The computer stores in memory identification information for each of the two or more communication devices and one or more public chat messages transmitted between the two or more communication devices. The computer monitors for one or more requests, transmitted from one of the two or more communication devices to the computer, to generate a private thread. In response to one or more requests, the computer generates a private thread, and stores in the computer memory one or more private thread messages transmitted between two or more communication devices in the private thread.