Social Network Friend Addition Automation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional social network methods require users to manually enter verification information multiple times, making the friend addition process complicated and inefficient.

Innovation Solution

A method and device that automatically generate verification requests based on user identification information, including remark information and group associations, allowing users to add friends with fewer manual input steps by presenting recommended users and generating verification messages.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users manually enter verification information to add friends, then friend addition can be completed with confirmation, but the operation becomes complicated and response efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefriend addition operationVSAvoidresponse time
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically generates verification requests and fills verification information without requiring manual user input. The system serves itself by autonomously completing the friend addition process based on pre-stored user information, eliminating the need for users to manually enter text multiple times.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

User information including verification messages is pre-stored in the system database before the friend addition process begins. When a user initiates a friend request, the system retrieves and utilizes this pre-prepared information to automatically generate the verification request, avoiding the need for real-time manual input.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If users manually enter verification information multiple times, then friend addition can be confirmed, but operation convenience deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefriend addition confirmationVSAvoidoperation convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system autonomously generates and sends verification requests with pre-filled information. Users only need to initiate the friend request, and the system handles all subsequent steps including generating the verification message and sending it to the target user, eliminating repeated manual entry while maintaining confirmation reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system copies pre-stored user information and verification templates to automatically populate verification requests. Instead of requiring users to re-enter information each time, the system retrieves and uses stored data copies, ensuring consistency and reliability while improving convenience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Ease of operation

If automatic verification request generation is implemented, then operation convenience improves, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefriend addition processVSAvoidsystem structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements automatic verification request generation by having the server autonomously retrieve user information, generate verification messages, and send requests without requiring complex user interactions. The automation is achieved through straightforward server-side processes that query stored data and generate responses, keeping the system structure relatively simple despite the automated functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentEP2753026B1Method, apparatus and storage medium for adding friends in social network
Publication Date: 2019.07.24 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD
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AI summary

A method for adding a friend in social network is described. The method includes: obtaining a friend adding request corresponding to a first user identification, and obtaining a second user identification according to the friend adding request; obtaining a group where the first user identification and the second user identification are included, generating a verification request according to information corresponding to the first user identification, and then sending the verification request to a terminal corresponding to the second user identification; after obtaining a friend adding confirmation request corresponding to the second user identification, adding the second user identification to a friend list corresponding to the first user identification. Further, a device and a storage medium for adding a friend in social network are also disclosed. The method, device and storage medium for adding a friend in social network may improve the operation convenience during adding a friend.