Topic-Based Message Display for Automatic Group Sharing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing electronic devices require multiple manual triggers to share real-time messages from groups with contacts, making the process cumbersome.

Innovation Solution

A message display method that allows users to input a label indicating a chat topic, creating a virtual group where real-time messages matching that topic are automatically synchronized and displayed, eliminating the need for repeated manual forwarding.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users manually copy and send real-time messages multiple times to share with contacts, then message sharing can be achieved, but the operation becomes cumbersome and inefficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemessage sharing operationVSAvoidtime for multiple triggers
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically monitors the group chat and sends messages to contacts without requiring manual triggers. The electronic device self-manages the message sharing process by detecting new messages and automatically forwarding them to subscribed contacts, eliminating the need for users to manually copy and send messages multiple times.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

Users pre-configure the message sharing function by selecting contacts and setting up automatic sharing rules before receiving messages. This preliminary setup allows the system to automatically handle future message sharing without requiring real-time manual intervention, thus saving time and reducing operational complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If the electronic device automatically monitors and forwards messages, then sharing efficiency improves, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemessage sharing efficiencyVSAvoidautomatic monitoring system
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The electronic device utilizes existing communication interfaces and message handling mechanisms to achieve automatic message forwarding. By leveraging the device's inherent capabilities for message reception and transmission, the system avoids adding complex dedicated hardware or software modules, thus maintaining simplicity while improving productivity.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces a message monitoring and forwarding mechanism that acts as an intermediary between the group chat and individual contacts. This intermediary layer automatically detects messages and routes them to subscribed contacts, simplifying the overall system architecture by using a centralized coordination mechanism rather than complex distributed processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentEP4287596B1Message display method and apparatus and electronic device
Publication Date: 2025.10.22 VIVO MOBILE COMM CO LTD
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AI summary

This application discloses a message display method and apparatus and an electronic device, which belong to the technical field of communications. The method includes: receiving a first input of a user for a first label of a first group and a first contact in a first contact list, the first label being used to indicate a real-time chat message belonging to a first chat topic; displaying a chat interface of a second group in response to the first input, the second group being a group created according to the first contact and the first label; and when a first chat message belonging to the first chat topic is received by the first group, updating and displaying the first chat message in the chat interface.