Multimodal Unread Message Summarization for Faster Chat Navigation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing instant messaging systems require users to manually navigate through numerous interactive chat messages, including voice messages, which is time-consuming and inefficient, especially for extracting effective information.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that automatically acquires unread messages, identifies their contents, and generates summary information for text, image, and voice messages, allowing output in a dialog box, floating window, or voice playback, enabling quick access to message summaries.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If users manually navigate through chat messages to extract effective information, then users can read all messages in detail, but the time consumption increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveeffective information extractionVSAvoidmessage navigation time
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the core content from unread messages by generating summary information that captures essential details. The system identifies key elements from message contents and presents condensed summaries, allowing users to obtain effective information without reading entire message threads manually.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual message navigation with automated content identification and summary generation systems. AI algorithms automatically analyze message contents, extract key information, and generate summaries, substituting the mechanical process of manual reading with intelligent automated processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Loss of information

If the system provides detailed unread message contents, then users can access complete information, but the complexity of message processing increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemessage content completenessVSAvoidmessage processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments message processing into distinct functional modules: message acquisition, content identification, summary generation, and output presentation. Each module handles specific tasks independently, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining complete information processing capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent extracts only the essential summary information from complete message contents rather than processing and presenting all details. This extraction approach reduces processing complexity by focusing on key elements while still providing users with access to complete information when needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Loss of information

If the system processes all unread messages including voice messages, then comprehensive coverage is achieved, but the processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemessage coverageVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces time-consuming manual or traditional processing of diverse message types with automated AI-based content identification. The system uses voice recognition for voice messages, image recognition for images, and natural language processing for text, enabling comprehensive coverage of all message types through automated intelligent processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the processing parameters by applying different identification methods based on message types (voice, image, text) and generating summaries at appropriate levels of detail. This adaptive parameter adjustment enables efficient processing of heterogeneous message content while maintaining comprehensive coverage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP3751796B1Unread message processing method, apparatus and device
Publication Date: 2025.07.02 BEIJING XIAOMI INTELLIGENT TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

A message processing method includes: acquiring an unread message in the communication software; identifying contents of the unread message to obtain summary information of the unread message; and outputting the summary information.