Terminal Message Hiding and Restoring via Virtual Screen Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face difficulties in intuitively managing and retrieving archived messages across multiple conversation partners due to the lack of distinction in message storage, leading to inefficiencies in message display and management on communication devices.

Innovation Solution

A terminal with an input unit, control unit, and display unit that allows users to hide and restore messages by receiving input signals to move messages between a main screen and a hidden screen, enabling intuitive message management and protection of user privacy.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If messages are archived in a single integrated storage box without distinction between conversation partners, then storage management is simplified, but message retrieval becomes time-consuming and inefficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemessage storage managementVSAvoidmessage retrieval time
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the integrated message storage box into multiple virtual folders organized by conversation partners. Each conversation partner has a dedicated folder where their messages are automatically categorized and stored. This segmentation allows users to quickly retrieve messages by navigating to specific conversation partner folders rather than searching through all archived messages, thus reducing retrieval time while maintaining simplified storage management through automatic categorization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Device complexity

If archived messages are stored without distinction between transmission/reception targets and data types, then storage structure is simplified, but message verification and selection become complex and repetitive

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestorage structureVSAvoidmessage verification and selection
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by creating distinct virtual folders with specific characteristics for different conversation partners. Each folder is locally optimized to contain only messages from or to that specific partner, allowing users to verify message contents, targets, and timing within a focused context. This eliminates the need to repeatedly filter and verify messages across a mixed storage structure, improving ease of operation while maintaining a simple overall storage architecture through automatic message routing to appropriate folders.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Quantity of substance

If a large history of messages is stored without organized categorization, then message history is preserved, but searching for specific messages requires considerable time

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemessage history volumeVSAvoidsearch time
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the large volume of message history into multiple virtual folders organized by conversation partners. This segmentation preserves the complete message history while enabling efficient searching by allowing users to navigate directly to relevant conversation partner folders. The automatic categorization into virtual folders eliminates the need to search through the entire message history, significantly reducing search time even when dealing with large volumes of archived messages.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20210240335A1Terminal and method for hiding and restoring message
Publication Date: 2021.08.05 PANTECH CORP
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AI summary

A terminal to hide a message includes an input unit to receive a signal to hide a message and a signal to restore a hidden message; a display unit to display the message and the hidden message; and a control unit to control display of the message. The terminal hides messages or applications on a separate screen. The separate screen may be a virtual screen or a different display screen. A hidden message may be displayed on the separate screen according to a conversation partner. A hidden message may be restored to a location in which the message would have originally been displayed. A portion of the stored message may be extracted and provided to an application of the terminal.