Task Participant Adding in Session Interfaces

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing instant messaging software lacks an efficient method for users to quickly add all members of a session as task participants when creating a task.

Innovation Solution

A task participant adding method and apparatus that displays a task creation interface with a task participant adding option, allowing users to select a session members select-all option to add all session members as task participants.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users manually add task participants one by one, then each participant can be individually selected, but the operation time and complexity increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of adding participantsVSAvoidtime to add participants

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple individual participant selection operations into a single collective action. By providing a 'select all' option that merges the selection of all session members into one operation, the system reduces the number of steps from individual manual selections to a single bulk action, directly addressing the time loss and operational complexity issues

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The system pre-configures the 'select all' option to automatically include all session members as potential participants. This preliminary setup eliminates the need for users to manually review and select each member individually, significantly reducing the time and effort required while maintaining the ability to customize participant selection

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If a select-all option is provided, then adding all participants becomes efficient, but the interface complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvespeed of adding participantsVSAvoidinterface complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The 'select all' option serves multiple functions: it selects all session members as participants, provides a quick way to add all members to a task, and maintains consistency with the existing session member selection mechanism. This multi-functionality increases productivity without proportionally increasing interface complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses a simplified copy of the existing session member selection interface. The 'select all' option replicates the functionality of individual member selection but applies it universally to all members at once, achieving high productivity while keeping the interface design simple and consistent with existing patterns

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS20250131348A1Task participant adding method and apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium

Publication Date: 2025.04.24 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD

AI summary

A task participant adding method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method comprises: in response to an operation of creating a task in a session, displaying a task creation interface in a session interface, the task creation interface comprising a task participant adding option; in response to a selection operation performed with respect to the task participant adding option, displaying a session member select-all option; and in response to a selection operation performed with respect to the session member select-all option, adding all members of the session as participants of the task, and displaying the session member select-all option as selected