SMS Content Summary Extraction for Long Message Browsing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current SMS message processing systems fail to efficiently provide a content summary for long messages, making it difficult for users to identify the main purpose of the message from the title, as only the first part is displayed due to limited browsing space.

Innovation Solution

A method and communication system that determines if an SMS message is long and includes specific key contents, providing a content summary along with the source address, and displaying the message content based on these key contents when the user browses the message.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If the SMS application interface displays only the first part of the SMS message in its title, then the browsing space is sufficient, but the user cannot efficiently identify the abstract of the SMS message

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemessage abstract identificationVSAvoidbrowsing space
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts key contents from the SMS message body and presents them as a content summary in the title area. This allows the most important information to be displayed without increasing the physical browsing space, while still providing efficient abstract identification for users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Productivity

If long SMS messages are segmented into multiple short messages for transmission, then the transmission length limit is satisfied, but the user experience is degraded due to limited browsing space

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemessage transmission capabilityVSAvoidmessage browsing efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary processing of the SMS message content by identifying and extracting key information before display. This preliminary action creates a content summary that enables users to quickly understand the message abstract without having to browse through the entire segmented message content, thereby improving browsing efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS9467829B2Method of processing an SMS message for providing a content summary and related communication system
Publication Date: 2016.10.11 ACER INC
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AI summary

When receiving an SMS message which has been handled as a long message, a receiving entity is configured to access one or multiple key contents in the content of the SMS message and provide a corresponding content summary of the SMS message. The source address of the SMS message and the content summary may simultaneously be displayed. When receiving a command to browse the SMS message, the receiving entity is configured to display the content of the SMS message according to the one or multiple key contents. Therefore, the user of the receiving entity can identify the abstract of the SMS message efficiency and the readability of the SMS message can be improved.