Instant Messaging Voice Forwarding with Ownership Verification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current instant messaging applications do not efficiently support the forwarding of voice information, requiring users to go through complex operations, which reduces forwarding efficiency and may compromise user privacy.

Innovation Solution

A method that allows users to select voice information and a receiving user for forwarding, where the system determines if the voice information is inputted by the sending user, enabling automatic forwarding while preventing the sharing of voice information from other users, thus balancing privacy protection and user convenience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users want to forward voice information, they need to go through complicated operations (collect voice information first, then add and send in chat window), then forwarding can be completed, but the operation process is cumbersome and forwarding efficiency is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevoice forwarding operationVSAvoidforwarding efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the voice forwarding function into distinct operational phases: voice collection phase and forwarding phase. During voice collection, the system captures voice information and stores it temporarily. During forwarding, the system retrieves the collected voice and sends it to the target user. This segmentation allows the system to optimize each phase independently, reducing overall operational complexity and improving forwarding efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements preliminary action by collecting and storing voice information before the actual forwarding operation. The system pre-processes the voice data, validates it, and prepares it for transmission. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for users to manually collect voice information at the moment of forwarding, significantly simplifying the user操作流程 and improving efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If instant messaging applications do not support direct forwarding of voice information due to privacy concerns, then user privacy is protected, but users cannot efficiently share voice information with others

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprivacy protectionVSAvoidvoice information sharing efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by implementing different permission levels for different voice information. The system identifies whether voice information was originally recorded by the user themselves or by others, and applies different forwarding rules accordingly. Users can forward their own recorded voice information freely, while voice information recorded by others requires explicit permission. This localized differentiation protects privacy while enabling efficient sharing of user-owned voice data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms to verify ownership and permission status of voice information before allowing forwarding. The system checks metadata associated with the voice data to determine if the user has permission to forward it. This feedback loop ensures privacy protection by preventing unauthorized forwarding while allowing efficient sharing when proper permissions are established.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11115357B2Method, a device and a storage medium of forwarding voice information in instant messaging
Publication Date: 2021.09.07 SHANGHAI ZHANGMEN TECH
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AI summary

Disclosed herein are a method, a device and a storage medium of forwarding voice information in instant messaging. The method comprises: acquiring voice information to be forwarded and a receiving user which are selected by a sending user; if it is determined that the voice information to be forwarded is voice information inputted by the sending user, forwarding the voice information to be forwarded to the receiving user. The forwarding efficiency can be increased by applying the technical solution of the present invention.