Unified Team Appearance Display for Game Communication

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Solution Overview

Problem

In team cooperation games, players face challenges in clearly learning appearance information of fellow players, leading to increased communication costs and reduced group atmosphere, which hinders improved team cooperation skills.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus for displaying unified appearance information across all player slots within a game team by using a 'team soul card' function, which simplifies the display of team identity and appearance, reducing interactive and communication costs while enhancing the group atmosphere.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If players display individual appearance information in player slots, then each player's unique identity is preserved, but communication costs increase and group atmosphere deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveappearance information transmission efficiencyVSAvoidcommunication cost
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges individual appearance information into a unified team appearance representation. When a team is formed, the system combines appearance data from multiple players and displays a single unified appearance in the team player slot, eliminating the need for individual appearance displays and reducing communication overhead while maintaining team identity coherence.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The unified team appearance serves multiple functions simultaneously: it represents the entire team's identity, reduces communication costs, and can be customized to reflect team themes or strategies. This single appearance element replaces multiple individual appearance displays while providing enhanced functionality for team coordination and atmosphere building.

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

2Ease of operation

If unified appearance information is displayed for the team, then communication costs are reduced and group atmosphere is enhanced, but individual player appearance information is lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication efficiencyVSAvoidindividual appearance information
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by collecting and processing individual appearance information before team formation is finalized. The unified team appearance is generated in advance based on predefined rules or player selections, so that when the team is formed, the appearance information is already consolidated and ready for display, preventing information loss rather than recovering it.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If different appearance information is displayed for each player, then individual identity is maintained, but team cohesion and group atmosphere are reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveindividual player identity representationVSAvoidteam group atmosphere
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by differentiating the display treatment between individual players and the team as a whole. Individual players maintain their unique appearance characteristics in their respective slots, while the team player slot displays a specially designed unified appearance that emphasizes team cohesion. This localized differentiation allows both individual identity and team atmosphere to coexist harmoniously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS20240408487A1Team appearance changing method and apparatus, device, medium, and program product
Publication Date: 2024.12.12 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD
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AI summary

This application discloses a team appearance changing method performed by a computer device. The method includes: displaying a team exhibition interface, the team exhibition interface comprising a plurality of player slots corresponding to a plurality of players belonging to a game team; displaying appearance information of the plurality of players in the game team on the plurality of player slots, wherein different players have different appearance information; and in response to a first player using a first function, displaying unified appearance information related to the first function on the plurality of player slots in replacement of the different appearance information corresponding to the plurality of players in the game team. Based on the foregoing solution, after the first function is used, the unified appearance information is displayed on the player slot corresponding to each player, so that interactive behavior costs and communication costs of the unified appearance information are reduced.