Status Icon Input for Automatic Message Composition

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current electronic devices require users to manually enter and send text information to chat objects for status updates, making the process complex and time-consuming, especially when multiple devices need to be informed.

Innovation Solution

An information processing method and apparatus that displays an input box and status bar with status icons, allowing users to receive inputs on these icons to automatically display or send corresponding prompt information, reducing the need for manual text entry.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If manual text entry is used to send status information to chat objects, then the message content can be customized, but the operation complexity and time consumption increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemessage sending operationVSAvoidtime for manual text entry
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-prepares status information corresponding to different status icons (battery level, signal strength, network status, etc.) before the user needs to send a message. When the user selects a status icon, the corresponding pre-prepared status information is directly filled into the input box, eliminating the need for manual text entry and significantly reducing time consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically generates and fills status information based on the selected status icon without requiring manual intervention. The status bar displays real-time device status, and upon user selection, the system self-service completes the message composition by inserting the appropriate status information into the input box.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Adaptability or versatility

If status information is sent to multiple chat objects, then comprehensive notification is achieved, but the operational complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenotification coverageVSAvoidmessage sending process
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The status bar serves multiple functions: it displays device status information, allows user interaction to select status icons, and automatically generates messages for sending to chat objects. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate manual operations for each chat object, as the same status selection can be universally applied to multiple recipients.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system merges the status selection operation with the message sending operation. By combining these functions, the user can select a status icon once and have it automatically distributed to multiple chat objects, significantly reducing the number of operations required compared to sending individual messages to each object.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Productivity

If automated status information filling is implemented, then message sending speed improves, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemessage sending speedVSAvoidinput processing system
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments status information into distinct, predefined categories corresponding to different status icons (battery level, signal strength, network status, etc.). Each status icon represents a specific segment of device information. This segmentation allows the system to efficiently retrieve and fill the appropriate status information without complex processing, as each icon maps to a specific pre-formatted message template.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS12079444B2Information processing method and apparatus, and electronic device
Publication Date: 2024.09.03 VIVO MOBILE COMM CO LTD
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AI summary

An information processing method includes displaying an input box and a status bar, where the status bar includes at least one status icon; receiving a first input on a target status icon in the status bar; and in response to the first input, displaying target information in the input box or sending the target information, where the target information includes prompt information that corresponds to a state represented by the target status icon.