CN109067639B

CN109067639B - Method for establishing communication group and joining communication group

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Publication number: CN109067639B
Application number: CN201810969400.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 何泾沙; 韩松; 朱娜斐; 张胜凡; 李文欣; 蔡方博; 穆鹏宇; 曹珊; 滕达; 邓万航
Original assignee: Beijing University of Technology
Current assignee: Beijing University of Technology
Priority date: 2018-08-23
Filing date: 2018-08-23
Publication date: 2021-02-26
Anticipated expiration: 2038-08-23
Also published as: CN109067639A

Abstract

The invention provides a method for establishing a communication group and joining the communication group, relating to the technical field of instant communication. The first aspect of the present invention provides a method for establishing a communication group, which is applied to a user client of an instant messaging system, wherein the user client is installed on a user terminal, and the method comprises: displaying a group building interface based on a group building request input by a user; receiving group establishing information input by a user on a group establishing interface, wherein the group establishing information comprises group survival time of a group to be established and physical space information of the group to be established; the physical space information corresponds to a physical address of the access network device; sending the group information to a server of an instant messaging system; so that the server binds the group lifetime and the physical address of the access network device to the established group; and receiving successful clustering information returned by the server, wherein the successful clustering information comprises the group identification of the established group. By setting the time and spatial range of existence of the communication group, a flexible and dynamic communication group can be formed.

Description

Method for establishing communication group and joining communication group

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of instant messaging, in particular to a method for establishing a communication group and joining the communication group.

Background

In the prior art, a group communication mode is a 'relationship group' established based on the relationship between users, the 'relationship group' gradually evolves into an inactive group or a 'zombie' group, and miscellaneous messages in the group bring inconvenience to the users and consume system resources of a group communication software background.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the above-mentioned deficiencies in the prior art, the present invention provides a method for establishing a communication group and joining a communication group, so as to solve the above-mentioned problems.

In order to solve the foregoing technical problem, a first aspect of an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for establishing a communication group, where the method is applied to a user client of an instant messaging system, where the user client is installed on a user terminal, and the method includes: displaying a group building interface based on a group building request input by a user; receiving the group building information input by the user on the group building interface, wherein the group building information comprises the group survival time of the group to be built and the physical space information of the group to be built; the physical space information corresponds to a physical address of the access network device; sending the group establishment information to a server of the instant messaging system; to cause the server to bind the group lifetime, the physical address of the access network device to the created group; and receiving successful clustering information returned by the server, wherein the successful clustering information comprises the group identification of the established group.

Optionally, after receiving the information of successful group establishment returned by the server, the method further includes: and displaying all communication groups established by the user through the user terminal.

Optionally, the method further includes: determining a first group in all the communication groups based on the selection operation of the user; sending a modification request to the server based on a modification instruction which is input by the user and aims at the first group, wherein the modification request carries a group identifier of the first group; receiving group information of the first group returned by the server, wherein the group information comprises the group survival time of the first group and the physical space information; sending the modification information aiming at the group survival time input by the user to the server; and receiving the modification result sent by the server.

Optionally, before receiving the information of success of the clustering returned by the server, the method further includes: receiving confirmation information sent by the server, wherein the confirmation information comprises whether the physical space information supports the establishment of a cross-physical space group; when the confirmation information represents that the physical space information supports the establishment of a cross-physical space group, displaying prompt information, wherein the prompt information is used for prompting the user whether the user needs to establish the cross-physical space group; when an instruction which is input by the user and determines that the physical space is required to be clustered is received, prompting the user to input other physical space information required to be clustered across the physical space; sending the other physical space information to the server; so that the server binds the physical address of the access network device corresponding to the other physical space information to the established group.

Optionally, the method further includes: when the user terminal accesses the Internet through first access network equipment, acquiring a physical address of the first access network equipment; sending the physical address of the first access network device to the server; receiving a binding result sent by the server, wherein the binding result is used for representing whether the physical address of the first access network equipment has bound physical space information or not; when the binding result represents the physical space information of which the physical address of the first access network equipment is not bound, receiving the bound physical space information input by the user; and sending the bound physical space information to the server, so that the server stores the corresponding relation between the physical address of the first access network device and the bound physical space information.

Optionally, when the binding result indicates that the physical address of the first access network device has bound physical space information, the method further includes: receiving a physical space information instruction which is input by the user and used for modifying the binding; and sending the modified bound physical space information to the server, so that the server stores the corresponding relation between the physical address of the first access network device and the modified bound physical space information.

Optionally, the method further includes: sending description information of physical space information bound to a physical address of the first access network device, which is input by the user, to the server, wherein the description information is used for describing whether the bound physical space information supports building of a cross-physical space-time group.

A second aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a method for joining a communication group, which is applied to a user client of an instant messaging system, where the user client is installed on a user terminal, and the user terminal accesses the internet through an access network device, and the method includes: sending the physical address of the access network equipment to a server of the instant messaging system; receiving all space-time groups which are sent by the server and matched with the physical address; and sending the group identification of the communication group which is determined to be joined by the user to the server.

A third aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a method for establishing a communication group, which is applied to a server of an instant messaging system, where the method includes: receiving group establishing information sent by a user client of the instant messaging system, wherein the group establishing information comprises group survival time of a group to be established and physical space information of the group to be established; creating a group according to the group establishment information, and distributing a group identifier for the group; and sending successful group establishment information to the user client, wherein the successful group establishment information comprises the group identification.

Optionally, after sending the successful group establishment message to the user client, the method further includes: receiving a modification request sent by the user client; sending group information of the first group to the user client, wherein the group information comprises the group survival time and the physical space information of the first group; receiving modification information aiming at the group survival time sent by the user client; modifying the group survival time according to the modification information; and sending the modification result to the user client.

Optionally, before the creating a group according to the clustering information, the method further includes: judging whether the physical space information supports the establishment of a cross-physical space group or not, and generating confirmation information, wherein the confirmation information is used for representing that the physical space information supports the establishment of the cross-physical space group; sending the confirmation information to the user client; receiving other physical space information which is sent by the user client and needs to be clustered across physical spaces; and binding the physical address of the access network equipment corresponding to the other physical space information to the group.

Optionally, the method further includes: receiving a physical address of first access network equipment sent by the user client; the user client is installed on a user terminal, and the user terminal accesses the Internet through the first access network equipment; determining whether the physical address of the first access network equipment has bound physical space information or not, and generating a binding result; the binding result is used for representing whether the physical address of the first access network equipment has bound physical space information or not; sending the binding result to the user client; when the binding result represents the physical space information of which the physical address of the first access network equipment is not bound, receiving the bound physical space information sent by the user client; and storing the corresponding relation between the physical address of the first access network equipment and the bound physical space information.

Optionally, when the binding result indicates that the physical address of the first access network device has bound physical space information, the method further includes: receiving the modified bound physical space information sent by the user client; and storing the corresponding relation between the physical address of the first access network equipment and the modified bound physical space information.

Optionally, the method further includes: receiving description information of physical space information bound to a physical address of the first access network device, wherein the description information is sent by the user client and is used for describing whether the bound physical space information supports the establishment of a cross-physical space-time group; and storing the corresponding relation between the description information and the bound physical space information.

A fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a method for joining a communication group, which is applied to a server of an instant messaging system, and the method includes: receiving a physical address of access network equipment sent by a user client of the instant messaging system; the user client is installed on a user terminal, and the user terminal accesses the Internet through the access network equipment; sending all communication groups matched with the physical address; and receiving a group identifier of the communication group sent by the user client, and adding a user corresponding to the user client into the communication group corresponding to the group identifier.

A fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a device for establishing a communication group, which is applied to a user client of an instant messaging system, where the user client is installed on a user terminal, and the device includes: the input module is used for receiving a group building request input by a user; the display module is used for displaying the clustering interface; the first receiving module is used for receiving the group establishment information input by the user on the group establishment interface, wherein the group establishment information comprises the group survival time of the established group and the physical space information of the established group; the physical space information corresponds to a physical address of the access network device; the first sending module is used for sending the group establishing information to a server of the instant messaging system; to cause the server to bind the group lifetime, the physical address of the access network device to the created group; the first receiving module is further configured to receive successful clustering information returned by the server, where the successful clustering information includes a group identifier of the created group.

A sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for joining a communication group, where the apparatus is applied to a user client of an instant messaging system, the user client is installed on a user terminal, and the user terminal accesses the internet through an access network device, and the apparatus includes: the second sending module is used for sending the physical address of the access network equipment to a server of the instant messaging system; the second receiving module is used for receiving all communication groups which are sent by the server and matched with the physical address; the second sending module is further configured to send the group identifier of the communication group that the user determines to join to the server.

A seventh aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a device for establishing a group, which is applied to a server of an instant messaging system, where the device includes: the first receiving device is used for receiving the group establishment information sent by a user client of the instant messaging system, wherein the group establishment information comprises the group survival time of the established group and the physical space information of the established group; the executing device is used for creating a group according to the clustering information and distributing a group identifier for the group; and the first sending device is used for sending successful group establishment information to the user client, wherein the successful group establishment information comprises the group identification.

An eighth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a device for joining a communication group, which is applied to a server of an instant messaging system, and the device includes: a second receiving device, configured to receive a physical address of the access network device sent by a user client of the instant messaging system; the user client is installed on a user terminal, and the user terminal accesses the Internet through the access network equipment; second sending means for sending all communication groups matching the physical address; the second receiving device is further configured to receive a group identifier of the communication group sent by the user client, and add an account corresponding to the user client to the group corresponding to the group identifier.

Compared with the prior art, the method for establishing and joining the communication group provided by the embodiment of the invention at least has the following beneficial effects: when the communication group is established, the user can select the survival time and the physical space information of the group in the group establishment interface of the user terminal so as to establish the group limited by the space range and the time range. By setting the time and spatial range of existence of the communication group, a flexible and dynamic communication group can be formed. For example, setting the lifetime of a group to be one day, that is, from the beginning of establishing the group, the group will be automatically disassembled after one day, and setting the physical space information of the group to be a company, so that only the user will join the group in the spatial range of the company, and will automatically exit the group after leaving the range of the company, thereby facilitating the group communication of the user, and meanwhile, not causing interference to the user, and also saving platform resources.

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings required to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below. It is appreciated that the following drawings depict only some embodiments of the invention and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope, for those skilled in the art will be able to derive additional related drawings therefrom without the benefit of the inventive faculty.

Fig. 1 is a structural diagram of an instant messaging system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart of a user client of a first method for establishing a communication group according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart of a user client of a second method for establishing a communication group according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart of a user client of a method for joining a communication group according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Icon: 100-a user terminal; 120-a user client; 200-access network equipment; 300-server.

Detailed Description

The technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely a few embodiments of the invention, and not all embodiments. The components of embodiments of the present invention generally described and illustrated in the figures herein may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.

Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments of the present invention without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like are used merely to distinguish one description from another, and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

Some embodiments of the invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments described below and the features of the embodiments can be combined with each other without conflict.

In the prior art, the group communication method is mainly a "relationship group" established based on the relationship between users, and unless a user actively deletes or exits a group, the group always exists in the group communication list of the user and the server database of the software platform. A large number of inactive groups or "zombie" groups and redundant messages within the groups affect the group communication experience of the user on the one hand and also consume system resources of the background of the group communication software on the other hand.

In view of the above problems, the present inventors have conducted extensive research and research to provide the following embodiments to solve the above problems. The embodiment of the invention provides a group communication mode, which is used for setting the existence time and the physical space of a communication group. By defining the time of existence and the physical space of the group communication, a flexible and dynamic communication group can be formed. For example, a temporary communication group is constructed in a one-time activity, and the communication group can automatically disappear after the activity is finished, so that the communication group does not need to be deleted manually.

Further, the embodiment of the present invention may dynamically define the spatial range of the communication group through a specific signal or a specific network connection manner. Specific signals include, but are not limited to: WiFi signals, UWB signals, bluetooth signals, and cellular data network base station signals, etc., can have a particular coverage area of the signal. The specific network connection mode may be a mode capable of determining a spatial range of the communication terminal according to specific information such as an MAC address or an IP address of a device such as a switch, a router, an ap (wireless Access point), and the like, which provide network connection with the communication terminal, an IP address of the communication terminal, and a GPS location.

In summary, the embodiment of the present invention can define a communication group from two dimensions of time and space, and can meet the requirement of a user for group communication at a specific time and in a specific space.

The following describes embodiments of the present invention in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments described below and the features of the embodiments can be combined with each other without conflict.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a block diagram of an instant messaging system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the communication group of the instant messaging system, the user terminal 100 is in communication connection with the access network device 200, and the access network device 200 is also in communication connection with the server 300. Thereby enabling the user terminal 100 to be communicatively connected to the server 300 through the access network device 200.

Alternatively, the user terminal 100 may be, but is not limited to, a smart phone, a Personal Computer (PC), a tablet PC, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a Mobile Internet Device (MID), and the like.

Optionally, the Access network device 200 includes an AP (Wireless Access Point) device.

It is understood that the access network device 200 may have one or more first access network devices.

To facilitate better understanding of the present solution by those skilled in the art, the following first describes the steps of the user terminal 100 on the administrator role side in the instant messaging system. The administrator role determines whether the user terminal 100 is in communication connection with the server 300 through the access network device 200 by using the user client 120, and also binds the physical address of the access network device 200 with the physical space information, that is, determines the coverage area of the access network device 200 in the physical space, and sends the coverage area to the server 300, and the server 300 stores the corresponding relationship between the physical address of the access network device 200 and the bound physical space information.

Specifically, by binding the physical address of the access network apparatus 200 with the physical space information, when the user connects to the access network apparatus 200 by using the user client 120 installed on the user terminal 100, it can be represented that the user is in the physical space.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a user client according to a first method for establishing a communication group according to an embodiment of the present invention. The user client 120 is installed to the user terminal 100, and the user terminal 100 can access the internet through the first access network device 200. The method comprises the following steps:

in step S210, the user logs in the user client 120 with the administrator identity, thereby taking the administrator role.

In step S215, the user terminal 100 determines whether it is communicatively connected to the first access network device.

In step S220, when the user terminal 100 determines that the user terminal itself is not in communication connection with the first access network device, the user terminal 120 is prompted to connect to the first access network device.

Step S225, when the user terminal 100 determines that it has established a communication connection with the first access network device, obtains a physical address of the first access network device, and sends the physical address of the first access network device to the server 300.

Optionally, the physical address of the first Access network device may be a MAC (Media Access Control) address of the AP device.

In step S230, the server 300 receives the physical address of the first access network device, and determines whether the physical address binds to the physical space information.

Step S235, when the server 300 determines that the physical address is not bound with the physical space information, the server sends a binding result to the user client 120, where the binding result is used to represent the physical space information that the physical address of the first access network device is not bound, so that the administrator role knows that the physical address is not bound with the physical space information, and can confirm or maintain the use condition of the first access network device corresponding to the physical address.

Step S240, the administrator role inputs the bound physical space information to the user client 120, the user client 120 receives the bound physical space information input by the administrator role, and sends the bound physical space information to the server 300, and the server 300 stores the corresponding relationship between the physical address of the first access network device and the bound physical space information.

Step S245, when the server 300 determines that the physical address has been bound with the physical space information, sending a binding result to the user client 120, where the binding result is used to represent that the physical address of the first access network device has the bound physical space information; and asks the user if the client 120 wants to modify the physical space information.

Optionally, the binding result is further used to represent physical space information specifically bound to the physical address of the first access network device. For example, the binding result indicates that the physical address of the first access network device is bound to a building.

Alternatively, the administrator role may choose not to modify the physical space information.

Step S250, when the server 300 determines that the physical address is bound with the physical space information, and the administrator role needs to modify the physical space information, the administrator role inputs the modified bound physical space information to the user client 120, the user client 120 sends the modified bound physical space information to the server 300, and the server 300 stores the corresponding relationship between the physical address of the first access network device and the modified bound physical space information.

Alternatively, the physical address of the first access network device may bind a single physical space information.

Optionally, the physical address of the first access network device may bind a plurality of pieces of physical space information.

Understandably, when the first access network device is an AP device, the MAC address of the AP device may implement a one-to-one binding relationship or a one-to-many binding relationship with the physical space information.

In step S255, the administrator role inputs description information to the user client 120, and the user client 120 transmits the description information to the server 300. The description information is used for describing physical space information bound by a physical address of the first access network equipment; the description information is also used to describe whether the bound physical space information supports establishing a cross-physical spatio-temporal group.

Alternatively, the description information may describe the coverage of the AP device signal.

Optionally, the description information may also be information describing a place where the AP device is placed.

Optionally, the administrator role may add new description information to the original description information through the user client 120.

Optionally, the administrator role may also delete or modify the error description information in the original description information through the user client 120.

Specifically, the user logs in the user client 120 of the user terminal 100 with the administrator identity, and establishes a communication connection with the AP device through the network setting of the user terminal 100, that is, the user terminal 100 connects to the WIFI turned on by the AP device. The user client 120 sends the MAC address of the AP device to the server 300 through the connected WIFI, and the server 300 feeds back information on whether the MAC address of the AP device is bound to a physical space to the user client 120, so that the administrator user knows whether the MAC address of the AP device is bound to a physical space.

The user may detect the coverage area of the AP device signal through the connection between the user terminal 100 and the AP device, so as to determine the binding relationship between the AP device and the physical space, which may be the binding relationship between one AP device and one physical space, or the binding relationship between one AP device and multiple physical spaces. The user client 120 sends the binding to the server 300 and the server 300 stores the binding. The administrator user through the user client 120 may add description information for the physical space information for other users to better understand and confirm the physical space information.

The administrator user can modify the bound physical space information and the corresponding description information through the user client 120, where the modification is understood in a broad sense and includes addition, modification, deletion, and the like. Understandably, an administrator user provides physical space information to the instant messaging system that can be selected by the user.

Next, the steps of the user terminal 100 on the originator role side in the instant messaging system will be described. Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a user client according to a second method for establishing a communication group according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 3 is applied to a user client 120 of an instant messaging system, the user client 120 is installed on a user terminal 100, and the user client 120 is communicatively connected with a server 300 of the same instant messaging system, and the method includes:

in step S310, the user client 120 receives the group request from the initiator role user, and displays a group interface.

Optionally, the user client 120 displays a clustering interface based on a clustering request input by the initiator role user.

Understandably, the user client 120 responds to the clustering operation input by the user of the initiator role and displays a corresponding clustering interface.

Understandably, the user client 120 may be an app (application) application.

Step S320, the initiator role user inputs the topic of the created group in the group creation interface.

Step S330, the initiator role user selects the group survival time of the established group in the group establishment interface.

Optionally, the group lifetime may include: and the one-time limited time period is used for establishing a one-time communication group in the set time period, and the one-time communication group is automatically dispersed when the set time period is exceeded.

Optionally, the group lifetime may further include: the plurality of valid time periods which can be circulated according to a certain rule can be a plurality of valid time periods which can be circulated according to a certain rule, such as days, weeks, months, years or other valid time periods which can be circulated according to a certain rule.

Optionally, the group lifetime may further include: a set of multiple single-use validity periods.

Optionally, the group lifetime may further include: a permanent effective time.

It can be understood that when the group lifetime is selected as the permanent valid time period by the initiator role user, the created communication group cannot limit the lifetime, and thus the communication group evolves to a communication group that limits the physical space range.

Step S340, the initiator role user selects the physical space information of the established group in the group establishment interface.

Optionally, the physical space information corresponds to a physical address of the access network device 200.

In step S350, the user client 120 sends the theme of the created group, the group lifetime of the created group, and the physical space information of the created group to the server 300.

Optionally, the user client 120 may also input a check code of the established group and send the check code to the server 300.

In step S360, the server 300 determines whether the physical space information supports the establishment of the inter-physical space group, and sends a confirmation message to the user client 120.

In step S370, the user client 120 receives the confirmation information sent by the server 300, where the confirmation information includes whether the physical space information supports establishing the cross-physical space group. When the confirmation information indicates that the physical space information supports the establishment of the cross-physical space group, the user client 120 displays a prompt message for prompting the user whether the cross-physical space group is required.

Step S380, when the user client 120 receives the instruction which is input by the initiator role user and determines that the physical space crossing clustering is needed, the user client 120 prompts the initiator role user to input other physical space information which needs the physical space crossing clustering; the user client 120 sends other physical space information to the server 300.

Step S390 is to create an empty group by the server 300, and bind the theme of the created group, the group lifetime of the created group, and the physical space information of the created group to the created group, so as to form a communication group that can be limited by the time dimension and the space dimension.

In step S395, the server 300 assigns a group identifier to the communication group, wherein the group identifier can distinguish the communication group from other communication groups of the instant communication system. The server 300 sends the successful group establishment information to the user client 120, wherein the successful group establishment information includes the group identifier, and the successful group establishment information indicates that the communication group establishment is completed. The user client 120 can receive the successful group establishment information and further obtain the group identifier, so that the initiator role user completes the operation of establishing the communication group. The group ID is a unique ID that the server 300 automatically assigns a group ID to the communication group as the communication group. The server 300 also records the subject of the communication group, the group generation time, the physical space information, and the like into a database.

Optionally, the group ID automatically assigned by the server 300 for the communication group is a dynamic group ID.

Optionally, when the server 300 determines that the communication group cannot be established based on the group establishment information, the server 300 sends feedback information to the user client 120, and the initiator role user needs to reselect and submit the group establishment information capable of establishing the communication group.

Optionally, after the user client 120 receives the successful clustering information sent by the server 300, the user client 120 displays all communication groups established by the user in the initiator role.

Optionally, when the user logs in to the user client 120, the user client 120 may display all communication groups created by the user.

Optionally, after the user client 120 displays all communication groups established by the initiator role user, the user client 120 determines a first group in all communication groups based on the selection operation of the initiator role user; based on a query instruction aiming at a first group input by an initiator role user, a user client 120 sends a query request to the server 300, wherein the query request carries a group identifier of the first group, and the server 300 receives and responds to the query request and sends group information of the first group to the user client 120; the user client 120 receives the group information of the first group returned by the server 300, and the group information may include group lifetime, physical space information, group member information, and the like of the first group.

Optionally, after the user client 120 displays all communication groups established by the initiator role user, the user client 120 determines a first group in all communication groups based on the selection operation of the initiator role user; based on a modification instruction aiming at a first group input by an initiator role user, a user client 120 sends a modification request to a server 300, wherein the modification request carries a group identifier of the first group; the server 300 receives and responds to the modification request, and sends group information of the first group to the user client 120; the user client 120 receives the group information of the first group returned by the server 300, and the group information may include group lifetime, physical space information, group member information, and the like of the first group. The user client 120 sends the modification information for the group lifetime, which is input by the initiator role user, to the server 300; the server 300 modifies the group lifetime according to the modification information and sends the modification result to the user client 120; the user client 120 receives the modification result transmitted from the server 300.

Optionally, after the user client 120 displays all communication groups established by the initiator role user, the user client 120 determines a first group in all communication groups based on the selection operation of the initiator role user; based on a deletion instruction for the first group input by the initiator role user, the user client 120 sends a deletion request to the server 300, where the deletion request carries the group identifier of the first group. The server 300 receives and responds to the deletion request, and deletes the information corresponding to the first group according to the group identifier of the first group; and the server 300 feeds back deletion success information to the user client 120.

Finally, the steps of the user terminal 100 on the participant role side in the instant messaging system are introduced. Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a ue joining a communication group according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 4 is applied to a user client 120 of an instant messaging system, the user client 120 is installed on a user terminal 100, and the user client 120 is communicatively connected with a server 300 of the same instant messaging system through an access network device 200, and the method includes:

in step S410, the participant role user logs in the user client 120, and specifically, the participant role user opens the user client 120 installed on the user terminal 100.

In step S420, the user terminal 100 determines whether to connect to the first access network device.

Step S430, when the user terminal 100 determines that the user terminal itself is not in communication connection with the first access network device, prompts the user client 120 to connect to the first access network device.

Step S440, when the user terminal 100 determines that it has established a communication connection with the first access network device, obtains a physical address of the first access network device, and sends the physical address of the first access network device to the server 300.

The server 300 inquires of a communication group established through the physical address at step S450.

In step S460, the server 300 determines whether a communication group established by the physical address exists.

In step S470, if no, the server 300 prompts the user client 120 that there is no communication group at the physical address.

In step S480, if yes, the server 300 sends all communication groups to the user client 120.

In step S490, the participant role user autonomously selects to join the communication group, and sends the group identifier of the communication group that the user determines to join to the server 300. Thereby enabling the participant user client 120 to opt-in to the communication group.

Optionally, the participant user may join multiple communication groups while the user client 120 to which the participant user is logged in is communicatively connected to the first access network device.

Optionally, the multiple communication groups that the participant users join are limited by both temporal and spatial extent.

Specifically, the user terminal 100 accesses the internet through the AP device, and the server 300 determines a "communication group" that the user terminal can enter according to address information of the AP device to which the user terminal 100 is connected. A communication group is in the life cycle of the usage time and the user client 120 may enter the communication group to participate in the communication activity of the group.

Alternatively, the user client 120 may appear at a particular location within a particular time frame to participate in the group communication.

Optionally, even if the communication group is in an area satisfying the spatial condition, when the communication group has no group lifetime, the communication group automatically "disappears", that is, the communication group is deleted, and the users in the communication group are dispersed. On the contrary, in the area satisfying the spatial condition, when the preset starting time comes, the communication group will automatically "appear", that is, the communication group is created, and the user can enter the communication group.

Understandably, the construction of a fine-grained spatial group can be realized through the users added in the communication group, and the spatial range of the communication group is further accurate.

Optionally, when the created and displayed communication group reaches the group lifetime, that is, when the life cycle of the communication group reaches the end, the communication group automatically disappears. The participant character user cannot see or continue to communicate in the communication group that has disappeared even when the user client 120 is able to connect to the communication group through WiFi.

Alternatively, the initiator role user and the administrator role user may be directed to a communication group, and information about the group in the database of the server 300 may be retained or deleted as needed or set.

Optionally, when the user carrying the ue 100 leaves the physical range defined by the communication group, the user cannot stay in the communication group even though the communication group is still in its lifetime, and thus the user cannot communicate in the communication group.

Optionally, when the user can connect to an AP device not belonging to the communication group through WiFi using the user client 120, even if the already joined communication group is still in the "alive" state, the communication group in the interface of the user client 120 is no longer displayed, and the user can no longer continue to participate in any communication activities in the communication group.

Optionally, the user may select to perform communication connection with the AP device of the original communication group, and if the original communication group is still in its lifetime, the user may return to the original communication group again.

Optionally, in the instant messaging system, the administrator role user may have the highest authority, that is, may manage the communication group established by the initiator role user and manage the content in the communication group, for example, when the initiator role user establishes an illegal communication group, the administrator role user may directly delete the illegal communication group.

A fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides an apparatus for establishing a communication group, which is applied to a user client 120 of an instant messaging system, where the user client 120 is installed on a user terminal 100, and the apparatus includes: the input module is used for receiving a group building request input by a user; the display module is used for displaying the clustering interface; the first receiving module is used for receiving the group establishment information input by the user on the group establishment interface, wherein the group establishment information comprises the group survival time of the established group and the physical space information of the established group; the physical space information corresponds to a physical address of the access network device 200; a first sending module, configured to send the group establishment information to a server 300 of the instant messaging system; to cause the server 300 to bind the group lifetime, the physical address of the access network device 200, to the created group; the first receiving module is further configured to receive successful group establishment information returned by the server 300, where the successful group establishment information includes the group identifier of the established group.

A sixth aspect of the present invention provides an apparatus for joining a communication group, where the apparatus is applied to a user client 120 of an instant messaging system, the user client 120 is installed on a user terminal 100, and the user terminal 100 accesses the internet through an access network device 200, and the apparatus includes: a second sending module, configured to send the physical address of the access network device 200 to the server 300 of the instant messaging system; a second receiving module, configured to receive all communication groups that are sent by the server 300 and match the physical address; the second sending module is further configured to send the group identifier of the communication group that the user determines to join to the server 300.

A seventh aspect of the present invention provides an apparatus for establishing a group, which is applied to a server 300 of an instant messaging system, the apparatus including: a first receiving device, configured to receive group establishment information sent by a user client 120 of the instant messaging system, where the group establishment information includes a group lifetime of a group to be established and physical space information of the group to be established; the executing device is used for creating a group according to the clustering information and distributing a group identifier for the group; a first sending device, configured to send a successful group establishment message to the user client 120, where the successful group establishment message includes the group identifier.

An eighth aspect of the embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for joining a communication group, which is applied to a server 300 of an instant messaging system, and the apparatus includes: second receiving means, configured to receive a physical address of the access network device 200 sent by the user client 120 of the instant messaging system; the user client 120 is installed on a user terminal 100, and the user terminal 100 accesses the internet through the access network device 200; second sending means for sending all communication groups matching the physical address; the second receiving device is further configured to receive a group identifier of the communication group sent by the user client 120, and add an account corresponding to the user client 120 to the group corresponding to the group identifier.

From the above description of the embodiments, it is clear to those skilled in the art that the present invention can be implemented by hardware, or by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention can be embodied in the form of a software product, which can be stored in a non-volatile storage medium (which can be a CD-ROM, a usb disk, a removable hard disk, etc.), and includes several instructions to make a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) execute the method described in the embodiments of the present invention.

In summary, the present invention provides a method for establishing a communication group and joining the communication group, wherein a user can input group establishment information on a group establishment interface of a user client 120 by establishing the communication group, and select the lifetime and physical space information of the group, thereby establishing the group subject to a space range and a time range. By setting the time and spatial range of existence of the communication group, a flexible and dynamic communication group can be formed.

Any time and space limited application scenario can also be satisfied, for example: the system comprises a special topic discussion related to a special area in a special time, attendance check-in during a meeting or an organizational activity, advertising and the like, wherein the advertising and the like are accurately put on time and place.

The communication group life cycle based on the time dimension can also be set as a set of a plurality of time periods, or repeated according to a certain rule to form a dynamic group which repeatedly appears and disappears, so that various requirements of group communication are met, and the application experience of a user is improved.

The communication group is restricted by both the time dimension information and the space dimension information, the user can obtain the information of the space-time group only in the set region and the set time period for the group by using the user client 120, and then participates in the communication activity of the group, and the space-time group automatically disappears in the group list displayed in the application scene interface of the user mobile terminal outside the group life cycle or when the user leaves the region covered by the group.

In the embodiments provided in the present invention, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus, system, and method may be implemented in other ways. The apparatus, system, and method embodiments described above are illustrative only, as the flowcharts and block diagrams in the figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems, methods and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present invention. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of code, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s).

It should also be noted that, in some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems which perform the specified functions or acts, or combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions.

In addition, the functional modules in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated together to form an independent part, or each module may exist separately, or two or more modules may be integrated to form an independent part. Alternatively, all or part of the implementation may be in software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When loaded and executed on a computer, cause the processes or functions described in accordance with the embodiments of the invention to occur, in whole or in part. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a network of computers, or other programmable device. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another, for example, from one website site, computer, server, or data center to another website site, computer, server, or data center via wired (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device, such as a server, a data center, etc., that incorporates one or more of the available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., floppy Disk, hard Disk, magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., DVD), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., Solid State Disk (SSD)), among others.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for establishing a communication group, wherein the method is applied to a user client of an instant messaging system, and the user client is installed on a user terminal, and the method comprises the following steps:

displaying a group building interface based on a group building request input by a user;

receiving the group building information input by the user on the group building interface, wherein the group building information comprises the group survival time of the group to be built and the physical space information of the group to be built; the physical space information corresponds to a physical address of the access network device;

sending the group establishment information to a server of the instant messaging system; to cause the server to bind the group lifetime, the physical address of the access network device to the created group;

receiving the successful information of group establishment returned by the server, wherein the successful information of group establishment comprises the group identification of the group establishment, and before receiving the successful information of group establishment returned by the server, the method further comprises the following steps:

receiving confirmation information sent by the server, wherein the confirmation information comprises whether the physical space information supports the establishment of a cross-physical space group;

when the confirmation information represents that the physical space information supports the establishment of a cross-physical space group, displaying prompt information, wherein the prompt information is used for prompting the user whether the user needs to establish the cross-physical space group;

when an instruction which is input by the user and determines that the physical space is required to be clustered is received, prompting the user to input other physical space information required to be clustered across the physical space;

sending the other physical space information needing to be clustered across the physical space to the server; so that the server binds the physical address of the access network device corresponding to the other physical space information to the established group.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein after said receiving the information of success of the group establishment returned by the server, the method further comprises:

and displaying all communication groups established by the user through the user terminal.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining a first group in all the communication groups based on the selection operation of the user;

sending a modification request to the server based on a modification instruction aiming at the group survival time of the first group and input by the user, wherein the modification request carries the group identification of the first group;

receiving group information of the first group returned by the server, wherein the group information comprises the group survival time of the first group and the physical space information;

sending the modification information aiming at the group survival time input by the user to the server;

and receiving the modification result sent by the server.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when the user terminal accesses the Internet through first access network equipment, acquiring a physical address of the first access network equipment;

sending the physical address of the first access network device to the server;

receiving a binding result sent by the server, wherein the binding result is used for representing whether the physical address of the first access network equipment has bound physical space information or not;

when the binding result represents the physical space information of which the physical address of the first access network equipment is not bound, receiving the bound physical space information input by the user;

and sending the bound physical space information to the server, so that the server stores the corresponding relation between the physical address of the first access network device and the bound physical space information.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein when the binding result indicates that the physical address of the first access network device has bound physical space information, the method further comprises:

receiving a physical space information instruction which is input by the user and used for modifying the binding;

and sending the modified bound physical space information to the server, so that the server stores the corresponding relation between the physical address of the first access network device and the modified bound physical space information.

6. The method according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the method further comprises:

sending description information of physical space information bound to a physical address of the first access network device, which is input by the user, to the server, wherein the description information is used for describing whether the bound physical space information supports building of a cross-physical space-time group.

7. A method for joining a communication group is applied to a user client of an instant messaging system, the user client is installed on a user terminal, and the user terminal accesses the Internet through an access network device, and the method comprises the following steps:

sending the physical address of the access network equipment to a server of the instant messaging system;

receiving all communication groups which are sent by the server and matched with the physical address;

sending a group identifier of a communication group which a user determines to join to the server, wherein the communication group is established by the following method:

sending the other physical space information needing to be clustered across the physical space to the server; so that the server binds the physical address of the access network equipment corresponding to the other physical space information to the established group;

and receiving successful clustering information returned by the server, wherein the successful clustering information comprises the group identification of the established group.

8. A method for establishing a communication group, which is applied to a server of an instant messaging system, the method comprising:

receiving group establishing information sent by a user client of the instant messaging system, wherein the group establishing information comprises group survival time of a group to be established and physical space information of the group to be established;

creating a group according to the group establishment information, and distributing a group identifier for the group;

sending a group success message to the user client, the group success message including the group identifier, wherein, before the group is created according to the group information, the method further comprises:

judging whether the physical space information supports the establishment of a cross-physical space group or not, and generating confirmation information, wherein the confirmation information is used for representing that the physical space information supports the establishment of the cross-physical space group;

sending the confirmation information to the user client;

receiving other physical space information which is sent by the user client and needs to be clustered across physical spaces;

and binding the physical address of the access network equipment corresponding to the other physical space information to the group.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein after the sending the group success message to the user client, the method further comprises:

receiving a modification request sent by the user client;

sending group information of a first group to the user client, wherein the group information comprises the group survival time and the physical space information of the first group;

receiving modification information aiming at the group survival time sent by the user client;

modifying the group survival time according to the modification information;

and sending the modification result to the user client.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving a physical address of first access network equipment sent by the user client; the user client is installed on a user terminal, and the user terminal accesses the Internet through the first access network equipment;

determining whether the physical address of the first access network equipment has bound physical space information or not, and generating a binding result; the binding result is used for representing whether the physical address of the first access network equipment has bound physical space information or not;

sending the binding result to the user client;

when the binding result represents the physical space information of which the physical address of the first access network equipment is not bound, receiving the bound physical space information sent by the user client;

and storing the corresponding relation between the physical address of the first access network equipment and the bound physical space information.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein when the binding result indicates that the physical address of the first access network device has bound physical space information, the method further comprises:

receiving the modified bound physical space information sent by the user client;

and storing the corresponding relation between the physical address of the first access network equipment and the modified bound physical space information.

12. The method according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the method further comprises:

receiving description information of physical space information bound to a physical address of the first access network device, wherein the description information is sent by the user client and is used for describing whether the bound physical space information supports the establishment of a cross-physical space-time group;

and storing the corresponding relation between the description information and the bound physical space information.

13. A method for joining a communication group, which is applied to a server of an instant messaging system, the method comprising:

receiving a physical address of access network equipment sent by a user client of the instant messaging system; the user client is installed on a user terminal, and the user terminal accesses the Internet through the access network equipment;

sending all communication groups matched with the physical address;

receiving a group identifier of a communication group sent by the user client, and adding a user corresponding to the user client into the communication group corresponding to the group identifier, wherein the communication group is established in the following way:

sending the confirmation information to the user client;

binding the physical addresses of the access network equipment corresponding to the other physical space information to the group;

and sending successful group establishment information to the user client, wherein the successful group establishment information comprises the group identification.

14. An apparatus for establishing a communication group, wherein the apparatus is applied to a user client of an instant messaging system, the user client is installed on a user terminal, and the apparatus comprises:

the input module is used for receiving a group building request input by a user;

the display module is used for displaying the clustering interface;

the first receiving module is used for receiving the group establishment information input by the user on the group establishment interface, wherein the group establishment information comprises the group survival time of the established group and the physical space information of the established group; the physical space information corresponds to a physical address of the access network device;

the first sending module is used for sending the group establishing information to a server of the instant messaging system; to cause the server to bind the group lifetime, the physical address of the access network device to the created group;

the first receiving module is further configured to receive successful group establishment information returned by the server, where the successful group establishment information includes a group identifier of the established group, and before the first receiving module receives the successful group establishment information returned by the server,

the first receiving module is further configured to receive confirmation information sent by the server, where the confirmation information includes whether the physical space information supports establishment of a cross-physical space group;

the display module is further configured to display a prompt message when the confirmation message indicates that the physical space information supports establishment of a cross-physical space group, where the prompt message is used to prompt the user whether the user needs to establish the cross-physical space group;

the first receiving module is further used for prompting the user to input other physical space information needing to be clustered across physical spaces when receiving an instruction which is input by the user and used for determining that the clustering across the physical spaces is needed;

the first sending module is further configured to send the information of the other physical spaces that need to be clustered across physical spaces to the server; so that the server binds the physical address of the access network device corresponding to the other physical space information to the established group.

15. An apparatus for joining a communication group, the apparatus being applied to a user client of an instant messaging system, the user client being installed on a user terminal, the user terminal accessing the internet through an access network device, the apparatus comprising:

the second sending module is used for sending the physical address of the access network equipment to a server of the instant messaging system;

the second receiving module is used for receiving all communication groups which are sent by the server and matched with the physical address;

the second sending module is further configured to send a group identifier of a communication group that a user determines to join to the server, where the communication group is established in the following manner:

16. An apparatus for establishing a group, the apparatus being applied to a server of an instant messaging system, the apparatus comprising:

the first receiving device is used for receiving the group establishment information sent by a user client of the instant messaging system, wherein the group establishment information comprises the group survival time of the established group and the physical space information of the established group;

the executing device is used for creating a group according to the clustering information and distributing a group identifier for the group;

a first sending device, configured to send successful group creation information to the user client, where the successful group creation information includes the group identifier, and before the executing device creates a group according to the successful group creation information,

the execution device is further configured to determine whether the physical space information supports establishment of a cross-physical space group, and generate confirmation information, where the confirmation information is used to represent that the physical space information supports establishment of the cross-physical space group;

the first sending device is further configured to send the confirmation information to the user client;

the first receiving device is also used for receiving other physical space information which is sent by the user client and needs to be clustered across physical spaces;

the executing device is further configured to bind the physical address of the access network device corresponding to the other physical space information to the group.

17. An apparatus for joining a communication group, which is applied to a server of an instant messaging system, the apparatus comprising:

a second receiving device, configured to receive a physical address of the access network device sent by a user client of the instant messaging system; the user client is installed on a user terminal, and the user terminal accesses the Internet through the access network equipment;

second sending means for sending all communication groups matching the physical address;

the second receiving device is further configured to receive a group identifier of a communication group sent by the user client, and add an account corresponding to the user client to a group corresponding to the group identifier, where the communication group is established in the following manner:

sending the confirmation information to the user client;