CN112822430B

CN112822430B - Conference group merging method and device

Info

Publication number: CN112822430B
Application number: CN202011597147.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 程翰
Original assignee: Shanghai Zhangmen Science and Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Zhangmen Science and Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-12-29
Filing date: 2020-12-29
Publication date: 2022-12-30
Anticipated expiration: 2040-12-29
Also published as: CN112822430A; WO2022142504A1

Abstract

The application aims to provide a method and equipment for merging conference groups, wherein the method comprises the following steps: responding to a merging request aiming at a plurality of conference groups, and establishing a target conference group, wherein the target conference group comprises at least one user in each conference group, so that first audio and video information input by each user in the target conference group is sent to other users except the user in the target conference group; and in response to the merge cancellation request aiming at the target conference group, deleting the target conference group so that the second audio and video information input by each user in each conference group is only sent to the user or other users except the user in the conference group. According to the method and the device, the user requirements can be quickly met by automatically creating the target conference group comprising at least one user in each conference group, the operation is simple and convenient, and a user does not need to manually establish a new conference group.

Description

Conference group merging method and device

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a technique for conference group merging.

Background

With the development of the era, the multi-person audio and video has wide application in the aspects of life, work, study and the like of people, for example, people can carry out video conference, games, teaching and the like by establishing or adding a conference group for the multi-person audio and video. In the prior art, if a user wants to merge two conference groups, the user needs to manually establish a new conference group, and notify other users in the two conference groups of identification information or links of the new conference group, and then the other users join the new conference group by themselves.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of the present application is to provide a method and apparatus for conference group merging.

According to an aspect of the present application, there is provided a method of conference group merging, the method comprising:

responding to a merging request aiming at a plurality of conference groups, and establishing a target conference group, wherein the target conference group comprises at least one user in each conference group, so that first audio and video information input by each user in the target conference group is sent to other users except the user in the target conference group;

and in response to the merging cancellation request aiming at the target conference group, deleting the target conference group so that the second audio and video information input by each user in each conference group is only sent to other users except the user in the conference group.

According to an aspect of the present application, there is provided a conference group merging network device, the device including:

a one-to-one module, configured to respond to a merge request for multiple conference groups, and create a target conference group, where the target conference group includes at least one user in each conference group, so that first audio/video information input by each user in the target conference group is sent to users other than the user in the target conference group;

and the second module is used for responding to the merging cancellation request aiming at the target conference group, and deleting the target conference group so that the second audio and video information input by each user in each conference group is only sent to other users except the user in the conference group.

According to an aspect of the present application, there is provided a conference group merging apparatus, wherein the apparatus includes:

a processor; and

a memory arranged to store computer executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:

and in response to the merge cancellation request aiming at the target conference group, deleting the target conference group so that the second audio and video information input by each user in each conference group is only sent to other users except the user in the conference group.

According to one aspect of the application, there is provided a computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:

According to another aspect of the application, there is provided a computer program product comprising a computer program which, when executed by a processor, performs the method of:

Compared with the prior art, the method and the device have the advantages that a target conference group can be created in response to the merging request aiming at a plurality of conference groups, the target conference group comprises at least one user in each conference group, so that the first audio and video information input by each user in the target conference group is sent to other users except the user in the target conference group, the target conference group can be deleted in response to the merging cancellation request aiming at the target conference group, the second audio and video information input by each user in each conference group is only sent to other users except the user or the user in the conference group, and therefore when the merging group requirements aiming at the conference groups exist for the users, the user requirements can be met quickly by automatically creating the target conference group comprising at least one user in each conference group, the operation is simple and convenient, and a new conference group does not need to be created manually by the users.

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Other features, objects and advantages of the present application will become more apparent upon reading of the following detailed description of non-limiting embodiments thereof, made with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 illustrates a flow diagram of a method for conference group merging according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 illustrates a diagram of a network device structure for conference group merging according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary system that can be used to implement the various embodiments described in this application.

The same or similar reference numbers in the drawings identify the same or similar elements.

Detailed Description

The present application is described in further detail below with reference to the attached figures.

In a typical configuration of the present application, the terminal, the device serving the network, and the trusted party each include one or more processors (e.g., central Processing Units (CPUs)), input/output interfaces, network interfaces, and memory.

The Memory may include forms of volatile Memory, random Access Memory (RAM), and/or non-volatile Memory in a computer-readable medium, such as Read Only Memory (ROM) or Flash Memory. Memory is an example of a computer-readable medium.

Computer-readable media, including both non-transitory and non-transitory, removable and non-removable media, may implement information storage by any method or technology. The information may be computer readable instructions, data structures, modules of a program, or other data. Examples of computer storage media include, but are not limited to, phase-Change Memory (PCM), programmable Random Access Memory (PRAM), static Random-Access Memory (SRAM), dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), other types of Random Access Memory (RAM), read Only Memory (ROM), electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), flash Memory or other Memory technology, compact Disc Read Only Memory (CD-ROM), digital Versatile Disc (DVD) or other optical storage, magnetic tape storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other non-transmission medium that can be used to store information that can be accessed by a computing device.

The device referred to in the present application includes, but is not limited to, a user equipment, a network device, or a device formed by integrating a user equipment and a network device through a network. The user equipment includes, but is not limited to, any mobile electronic product, such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, etc., capable of performing human-computer interaction with a user (e.g., human-computer interaction through a touch panel), and the mobile electronic product may employ any operating system, such as an Android operating system, an iOS operating system, etc. The network Device includes an electronic Device capable of automatically performing numerical calculation and information processing according to a preset or stored instruction, and the hardware includes, but is not limited to, a microprocessor, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Programmable Logic Device (PLD), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an embedded Device, and the like. The network device includes but is not limited to a computer, a network host, a single network server, a plurality of network server sets or a cloud of a plurality of servers; here, the Cloud is composed of a large number of computers or web servers based on Cloud Computing (Cloud Computing), which is a kind of distributed Computing, one virtual supercomputer consisting of a collection of loosely coupled computers. Including, but not limited to, the internet, a wide area network, a metropolitan area network, a local area network, a VPN network, a wireless Ad Hoc network (Ad Hoc network), etc. Preferably, the device may also be a program running on the user device, the network device, or a device formed by integrating the user device and the network device, the touch terminal, or the network device and the touch terminal through a network.

Of course, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the foregoing is by way of example only, and that other existing or future devices, which may be suitable for use in the present application, are also encompassed within the scope of the present application and are hereby incorporated by reference.

In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

Fig. 1 shows a flowchart of a method for conference group merging according to an embodiment of the present application, where the method includes step S11 and step S12. In step S11, in response to a merge request for multiple conference groups, a network device creates a target conference group, where the target conference group includes at least one user in each conference group, so that first audio/video information input by each user in the target conference group is sent to users other than the user in the target conference group; in step S12, in response to the merge cancellation request for the target conference group, the network device deletes the target conference group, so that the second audio/video information input by each user in each conference group is only sent to other users except the user in the conference group.

In step S11, in response to a merge request for multiple conference groups, a network device creates a target conference group, where the target conference group includes at least one user in each conference group, so that first audio/video information input by each user in the target conference group is sent to users other than the user in the target conference group. In some embodiments, the conference group refers to an audio group, a video group, or an audio-video group containing multiple people. In some embodiments, the merge request for the plurality of conference groups may be initiated by a creator of a conference group of the plurality of conference groups, or the merge request may be initiated by a user who is simultaneously in the plurality of conference groups. In some embodiments, the merge request includes identification information for the plurality of conference groups (e.g., conference group ID, conference group name, conference group link address, etc.). In some embodiments, the server directly creates a target conference group that does not exist actually according to the received merging request for multiple conference groups, where the target conference group includes all users in each conference group. In some embodiments, the server may send the merge request to the creator of each of the plurality of conference groups, add all users in a conference group to the target conference group if feedback information indicating agreement to merge the conference group is received from the creator of one of the conference groups, add all users in the conference group to the target conference group if no feedback information is received from the creator of one of the conference groups within a predetermined time range, or add none of the users in the conference group to the target conference group. In some embodiments, the server may send the merge request to all users in each of the plurality of conference groups, and each user confirms whether to approve merging the conference groups, and then adds all the users that confirm approval of merging the conference groups to the target conference group, and if the confirmation information returned by one of the users is not received within a predetermined time range, adds the user to the target conference group, or does not add the user to the target conference group. In some embodiments, the target conference group may be a virtual conference group that does not actually exist, after the target conference group is newly established, an association relationship is established between at least one user in each conference group and the target conference group, and the first audio/video information input by each user in the subsequent target conference group is sent to other users except the user in the target conference group, rather than only to other users except the user in the conference group where the user is located. In some embodiments, the target conference group may also be an actually existing conference group, and after the target conference group is created, at least one user in each conference group is removed from the conference group in which the user originally belongs and added to the target conference group. In some embodiments, the first audio-video information input by each user in the target conference group is directly sent to other users in the target conference group except the user, or sent to other users in the target conference group except the user via the server. In some embodiments, the server receives a plurality of first audio/video information input by a plurality of users in a target conference group at the same time, synthesizes, for each user in the target conference group, the target audio/video information corresponding to the user according to the plurality of first audio/video information, and sends the target audio/video information to the user.

In step S12, in response to the merge cancellation request for the target conference group, the network device deletes the target conference group, so that the second audio/video information input by each user in each conference group is only sent to other users except the user in the conference group. In some embodiments, the cancel merge request may be initiated by a creator of one of the target conference groups, or may be initiated by one of the users of the target conference group who is simultaneously in the plurality of conference groups, or may be initiated by any one of the users of the target conference group. In some embodiments, the server directly deletes the target conference group according to the received merge cancellation request for the target conference group, or the server sends the merge cancellation request to creators of each conference group in the target conference group, and deletes the target conference group if all or part of the creators of the conference group feed back agreement to cancel the merge (the timeout is not fed back and can be regarded as default agreement to cancel the merge or as default rejection to cancel the merge), or sends the merge cancellation request to all users in the target conference group, and deletes the target conference group if all or part of the users in the target conference group (the number is greater than the predetermined number threshold or as the number is greater than the predetermined proportion threshold) feed back agreement to cancel the merge (the timeout is not fed back and can be regarded as default agreement to cancel the merge or as default rejection to cancel the merge). In some embodiments, if the target conference group is an actually existing conference group, deleting the target conference group removes each user in the target conference group from the target conference group and rejoins the conference group in which the user originally exists. In some embodiments, if the target conference group is a virtual conference group that does not actually exist, deleting the target conference group deletes the association relationship between each user in the target conference group and the target conference group. In some embodiments, after the target conference group is deleted, the second audio/video information input by each user in each conference group is restored to the normal state before the target conference group is created, and is only sent to the user or other users in the conference group, but not sent to the users in other conference groups.

The method and the device can respond to the merging request aiming at a plurality of conference groups to newly establish a target conference group, wherein the target conference group comprises at least one user in each conference group, so that the first audio and video information input by each user in the target conference group is sent to other users except the user in the target conference group, and can respond to the merging cancellation request aiming at the target conference group to delete the target conference group, so that the second audio and video information input by each user in each conference group is only sent to the other users except the user or the user in the conference group, therefore, when the user has the merging group requirement aiming at the plurality of conference groups, the user requirement can be quickly met by automatically newly establishing the target conference group comprising at least one user in each conference group, the operation is simple and convenient, and a new conference group is not required to be manually established by the user.

In some embodiments, if the target conference group is a virtual conference group; wherein the method further comprises: and the network equipment receives first audio and video information input by each user in the target conference group and sends the first audio and video information to other users except the user in the target conference group. In some embodiments, if the target conference group is a virtual conference group, the first audio/video information input by each user in the target conference group is not directly sent to other users in the target conference group, but is sent to the server first, and then the server sends the first audio/video information to other users in the target conference group except the user, rather than only sending the first audio/video information to other users in the conference group where the user is located except the user.

In some embodiments, if the target conference group is a virtual conference group, the method further comprises: the network equipment receives a plurality of first audio and video information simultaneously input by a plurality of users in the target conference group, synthesizes and obtains target audio and video information corresponding to the users according to the plurality of first audio and video information for each user in the target conference group, and sends the target audio and video information to the user. In some embodiments, if the target conference group is a virtual conference group, the server receives a plurality of pieces of first audio/video information input by a plurality of users in the target conference group at the same time, and for each user in the target conference group, synthesizes all or part of the first audio/video information in the plurality of pieces of first audio/video information to obtain target audio/video information corresponding to the user, and sends the target audio/video information to the user. In some embodiments, different users may receive the same target audio-video information, or different users may receive different target audio-video information.

In some embodiments, the receiving multiple pieces of first audio/video information input by multiple users in the target conference group at the same time, for each user in the target conference group, synthesizing the multiple pieces of first audio/video information to obtain target audio/video information corresponding to the user, and sending the target audio/video information to the user includes: receiving a plurality of first audio and video information input by a plurality of users in the target conference group at the same time, and judging whether the plurality of first audio and video information comprises the target first audio and video information input by the user for each user in the target conference group; if not, synthesizing the plurality of first audio/video information to obtain target audio/video information corresponding to the user, and sending the target audio/video information to the user; if so, synthesizing other first audio/video information except the target first audio/video information in the plurality of first audio/video information to obtain target audio/video information corresponding to the user, and sending the target audio/video information to the user. In some embodiments, a plurality of first audio/video information input by a plurality of users in a target conference group is received at the same time, for each user in the target conference group, whether the plurality of first audio/video information includes the target first audio/video information input by the user is judged, if yes, other first audio/video information except the target first audio/video information in the plurality of first audio/video information is synthesized to obtain the target audio/video information corresponding to the user and sent to the user, and if not, the plurality of first audio/video information is directly synthesized to obtain the target audio/video information corresponding to the user and sent to the user.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: and the network equipment sends the user identification information corresponding to the plurality of users in the target conference group to each user in the target conference group so as to present the user identification information on a target conference group interface of each user. In some embodiments, the server may send user identification information (e.g., user name information, user ID information, user avatar information, user position information, department information of the user, etc.) corresponding to all users in the target conference group to each user in the target conference group. In some embodiments, for each user in the target conference group, the server may send user identification information corresponding to all other users in the target conference group except the user to the user.

In some embodiments, for each user in the target conference group, on the target conference group interface of the user, user identification information corresponding to other users of the user in different conference groups is presented in a first presentation manner, and user identification information corresponding to users of the user in the same conference group is presented in a second presentation manner, where the first presentation manner is different from the second presentation manner. In some embodiments, for each user in the target conference group, the user identification information corresponding to the user in the same conference group and the user identification information corresponding to other users in different conference groups of the user are respectively presented on the target conference group interface of the user through different presentation manners (e.g., different font colors, different font sizes, etc.). In some embodiments, the user identification information corresponding to other users in different conference groups of the user may be presented in a special presentation manner (e.g., highlighted or a predetermined border added to the avatar of the user). In some embodiments, special textual information or icon information may be displayed in a region that is current or near the display location of user identification information corresponding to other users with whom the user is in a different conference group to identify the other users as being in a different conference group from the user.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: and the network equipment receives first request information which is sent by a new user and used for requesting to join a first conference group in the plurality of conference groups, and the new user is newly added in the target conference group. In some embodiments, after a plurality of conference groups are merged, a new user requests to join the conference group through identification information (e.g., a conference group name, a conference group ID, and a link address of the conference group) of one of the conference groups, and the server may directly add the new user to the target conference group, or generate and send target conference group joining confirmation prompt information to the new user for prompting the new user to confirm whether to join the target conference group, and if the new user confirms to join the target conference group, add the new user to the target conference group, and if the new user refuses to join the target conference group, the new user may not be added to the target conference group, and if the new user is not confirmed after timeout, the new user may be added to the target conference group by default, or the new user may not be added to the target conference group by default. In some embodiments, if the target conference group is a virtual conference group, adding the new user to the target conference group establishes an association relationship between the new user and the target conference group, and if the target conference group is an actually existing conference group, adding the new user to the target conference group and adding the new user to the target conference group.

In some embodiments, if the target conference group is a virtual conference group; wherein the method further comprises: and the network equipment adds the new user to the first conference group. In some embodiments, if the target conference group is a virtual conference group, after a plurality of conference groups are merged, a new user requests to join the conference group through the identification information of one of the conference groups, and the server adds the new user to the conference group corresponding to the identification information in addition to adding the new user to the target conference group. In some embodiments, when the target conference group is deleted, the association relationship between the new user and the target conference group is deleted.

In some embodiments, if the target conference group is an actually existing conference group; wherein the method further comprises: and the network equipment adds the new user into the first conference group after the target conference group is deleted. In some embodiments, if the target conference group is an actually existing conference group, if the new user is a target conference group that is joined by requesting to join a first conference group of the plurality of conference groups, the new user is removed from the target conference group and joined to the first conference group after the target conference group is deleted.

In some embodiments, wherein the method further comprises: and the network equipment receives second request information which is sent by a new user and used for requesting to join the target conference group, and the new user is newly added in the target conference group. In some embodiments, the identification information of the target conference group includes, but is not limited to, name information, ID information, and link address information, where the name information of the target conference group may be input or specified by an initiator of the merge request for the plurality of conference groups, or may be determined by the server according to the name information of all or part of the plurality of conference groups, for example, the name information of conference group 1 is "group 1", the name information of conference group 2 is "group 2", and the name information of the corresponding target conference group may be "group 1+ group 2", and the ID information and the link address information of the target conference group may be determined by the server itself. In some embodiments, after the plurality of conference groups are merged, a new user requests to join the target conference group through the identification information of the target conference group, and the server adds the new user to the target conference group without adding the new user to any conference group of the plurality of conference groups. In some embodiments, a new user may join the target conference group directly, or may join the target conference group only after the initiator corresponding to the merge request for multiple conference groups passes the confirmation, or may join the target conference group only after the user in the target conference group that meets a predetermined number or a predetermined ratio passes the confirmation. In some embodiments, if the target conference group is a virtual conference group, the new user needs to be added into a temporary conference group, and then the association relationship between the new user and the target conference group is established, so as to add the new user to the target conference group.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: and after the target conference group is deleted, the network equipment determines a second conference group in the plurality of conference groups to which the new user is about to join, and joins the new user to the second conference group. In some embodiments, after the target conference group is canceled, and deleted, for a new user who requests to join the target conference group through the identification information of the target conference group, the server may determine a second conference group of the plurality of conference groups to which the new user intends to join, if the target conference group is an actually existing conference group, the server may remove the new user from the target conference group and join the new user to the second conference group after deleting the target conference group, if the target conference group is a virtual conference group, the server may delete the association relationship between the new user and the target conference group when deleting the target conference group, and remove the new user from the temporarily joined temporary conference group and join the new user to the second conference group.

In some embodiments, the determining a target conference group of the plurality of conference groups to which the new user is to join after the target conference group is deleted, the joining the new user to the target conference group, includes: after the target conference group is deleted, generating conference group selection information and sending the conference group selection information to the new user, wherein the conference group selection information comprises identification information of each conference group in the plurality of conference groups; receiving conference group selection feedback information returned by the new user based on the conference group selection information, wherein the conference group selection feedback information comprises identification information of a second conference group in the plurality of conference groups selected by the new user and to be joined; and adding the new user into the second conference group. In some embodiments, after the target conference group is cancelled and merged and deleted, for a new user requesting to join the target conference group through the identification information of the target conference group, generating conference group selection information and sending the conference group selection information to the new user, where the conference group selection information includes the identification information of each conference group in the plurality of conference groups, the new user selects one conference group in the plurality of conference groups as a second conference group to which the new user intends to join, and then joins the new user to the second conference group, and if the new user does not select any conference group in the plurality of conference groups or does not feed back when time out, the new user will not join any conference group in the plurality of conference groups.

In some embodiments, the determining a target conference group of the plurality of conference groups to which the new user is to join after the target conference group is deleted, the joining the new user to the target conference group, includes: after the target conference group is deleted, determining a second conference group in the plurality of conference groups to which the new user is about to join from the plurality of conference groups according to the association degree information between the new user and at least one user in each conference group in the plurality of conference groups, and joining the new user to the second conference group. In some embodiments, after the target conference group is cancelled and deleted, for a new user requesting to join the target conference group through the identification information of the target conference group, according to the association degree information between the new user and at least one user in each of the plurality of conference groups, the conference group with the highest association degree with the new user is determined as a second conference group in the plurality of conference groups to which the new user intends to join, and then the new user is joined to the second conference group, or a conference group with the highest association degree with the new user and with the association degree greater than or equal to a predetermined association degree threshold is determined as a second conference group in the plurality of conference groups to which the new user intends to join, and then the new user is joined to the second conference group, wherein the at least one user may be all users in the conference group or some users therein (for example, users who have spoken in the target conference group).

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: and the network equipment determines the association degree information between the new user and at least one user in each conference group according to the user related information of the new user and the user related information of at least one user in each conference group. In some embodiments, the association degree information between each user in each conference group and at least one user in the conference group may be obtained according to the association degree between the user-related information of the user in each conference group and the user-related information of the new user, wherein the user-related information includes, but is not limited to, user personal information, user portrait information, user historical behavior information, and the like. In some embodiments, for each conference group, a sum or an average of the degrees of association obtained based on each degree of association may be determined as the degree of association information between the new user and at least one user in the conference group according to the degree of association between each user in the conference group and the new user, or a highest degree of association obtained based on each degree of association may be determined as the degree of association information between the new user and at least one user in the conference group. For example, if the new user is the same as or similar to more than half of the roles of the users in the conference group, the conference group is determined as the target conference group in the plurality of conference groups to which the new user is about to join, for another example, if the new user is in the same department with more than half of the users in the conference group GroupB, the conference group GroupB is determined as a target conference group in the plurality of conference groups to which the new user intends to join.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: and the network equipment determines the association degree information between the new user and at least one user in each conference group according to the historical audio and video input information of the new user in the target conference group and the historical audio and video input information of at least one user in each conference group in the target conference group. In some embodiments, the association degree information between the new user and at least one user in each conference group may be obtained according to the association degree between the historical audio/video input information of the new user in the target conference group and the historical audio/video input information of at least one user in each conference group in the target conference group. In some embodiments, for each conference group, a sum or an average of the association degrees obtained based on each association degree may be determined as the association degree information between the new user and at least one user in the conference group according to the association degree between the historical audio input information of each user in the conference group and the historical audio input information of the new user, or a highest association degree obtained based on each association degree may be determined as the association degree information between the user and at least one user in the conference group. In some embodiments, the association degree information between the new user and at least one user in each conference group is determined according to all historical audio/video input information in the target conference group after the new user joins the target conference group (including all historical audio/video input information of the new user in the target conference group and historical audio/video input information of other users in the target conference group after the new user joins the target conference group). In some embodiments, the association degree information between the new user and at least one user in each conference group is determined according to historical audio/video input information of the new user in the target conference group and historical audio/video input information of at least one user in each conference group in a predetermined time range before the target conference group is deleted. In some embodiments, first keyword information corresponding to historical audio/video input information of a new user in a target conference group is obtained, for each conference group, second keyword information corresponding to historical audio/video input information of at least one user in the conference group in the target conference group is obtained, and then, according to a matching degree between the first keyword information and the second keyword information corresponding to each conference group, association degree information between the new user and at least one user in each conference group is determined.

In some embodiments, if the target conference group is a virtual conference group; wherein the method further comprises: the network equipment receives conference group switching request information sent by users in the target conference group, wherein the conference group switching request information comprises identification information of the switched conference group; and removing the user from the originally positioned conference group according to the identification information of the switched conference group, and adding the user into the switched conference group. In some embodiments, if the target conference group is a virtual conference group, each user in the target conference group may initiate conference group switching request information, and switch the user from the conference group where the user originally belongs to any conference group among the plurality of conference groups that the user specifies, where the conference group switching request information includes identification information of the switched conference group, and the server may remove the user from the conference group where the user originally belongs according to the identification information, and then add the user to the conference group corresponding to the identification information.

Fig. 2 shows a structure diagram of a network device for conference group merging according to an embodiment of the present application, where the network device includes a one-module 11 and a two-module 12. A one-to-one module 11, configured to respond to a merge request for multiple conference groups, and create a target conference group, where the target conference group includes at least one user in each conference group, so that first audio/video information input by each user in the target conference group is sent to users other than the user in the target conference group; and a second module 12, configured to respond to a merge cancellation request for the target conference group, and delete the target conference group, so that the second audio/video information input by each user in each conference group is only sent to other users except the user in the conference group.

A one-to-one module 11, configured to respond to a merge request for multiple conference groups, and create a target conference group, where the target conference group includes at least one user in each conference group, so that first audio/video information input by each user in the target conference group is sent to users other than the user in the target conference group. In some embodiments, the conference group refers to an audio group, a video group, or an audio-video group containing multiple people. In some embodiments, the merge request for the plurality of conference groups may be initiated by a creator of a conference group of the plurality of conference groups, or the merge request may be initiated by a user who is simultaneously in the plurality of conference groups. In some embodiments, the merge request includes identification information for the plurality of conference groups (e.g., conference group ID, conference group name, conference group link address, etc.). In some embodiments, the server directly creates a target conference group that does not exist actually according to the received merging request for multiple conference groups, where the target conference group includes all users in each conference group. In some embodiments, the server may send the merge request to the creator of each of the plurality of conference groups, add all users in a conference group to the target conference group if receiving feedback information returned by the creator of one of the conference groups to indicate agreement to merge the conference group, add all users in the conference group to the target conference group if not receiving feedback information returned by the creator of one of the conference groups within a predetermined time range, or add none of the users in the conference group to the target conference group. In some embodiments, the server sends the merge request to all users in each of the plurality of conference groups, and each user confirms whether to approve the merge conference group, and then adds all the users that confirm approval of the merge conference group to the target conference group, and if the confirmation information returned by one of the users is not received within a predetermined time range, adds the user to the target conference group, or does not add the user to the target conference group. In some embodiments, the target conference group may be a virtual conference group that does not actually exist, after the target conference group is newly established, an association relationship is established between at least one user in each conference group and the target conference group, and the first audio/video information input by each user in the subsequent target conference group is sent to other users except the user in the target conference group, rather than only to other users except the user in the conference group where the user is located. In some embodiments, the target conference group may also be an actually existing conference group, and after the target conference group is created, at least one user in each conference group is removed from the conference group where the user originally exists and added to the target conference group. In some embodiments, the first audio-video information input by each user in the target conference group is directly sent to other users in the target conference group except the user, or sent to other users in the target conference group except the user via the server. In some embodiments, the server receives a plurality of first audio/video information input by a plurality of users in a target conference group at the same time, synthesizes, for each user in the target conference group, the target audio/video information corresponding to the user according to the plurality of first audio/video information, and sends the target audio/video information to the user.

And a second module 12, configured to respond to a merge cancellation request for the target conference group, and delete the target conference group, so that the second audio/video information input by each user in each conference group is only sent to other users except the user in the conference group. In some embodiments, the cancel merge request may be initiated by a creator of one of the target conference groups, or may be initiated by one of the users of the target conference group who is simultaneously in the plurality of conference groups, or may be initiated by any one of the users of the target conference group. In some embodiments, the server directly deletes the target conference group according to the received merge cancellation request for the target conference group, or the server sends the merge cancellation request to creators of each conference group in the target conference group, and deletes the target conference group if all or part of the creators of the conference group feed back agreement to cancel the merge (the timeout is not fed back and can be regarded as default agreement to cancel the merge or as default rejection to cancel the merge), or sends the merge cancellation request to all users in the target conference group, and deletes the target conference group if all or part of the users in the target conference group (the number is greater than the predetermined number threshold or as the number is greater than the predetermined proportion threshold) feed back agreement to cancel the merge (the timeout is not fed back and can be regarded as default agreement to cancel the merge or as default rejection to cancel the merge). In some embodiments, if the target conference group is an actually existing conference group, deleting the target conference group removes each user in the target conference group from the target conference group and rejoins the conference group in which the user originally exists. In some embodiments, if the target conference group is a virtual conference group that does not actually exist, deleting the target conference group deletes the association relationship between each user in the target conference group and the target conference group. In some embodiments, after the target conference group is deleted, the second audio/video information input by each user in each conference group is restored to the normal state before the target conference group is created, and is only sent to the user or other users in the conference group, but not sent to the users in other conference groups.

In some embodiments, if the target conference group is a virtual conference group; wherein the method further comprises: and the network equipment receives first audio and video information input by each user in the target conference group and sends the first audio and video information to other users except the user in the target conference group. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, if the target conference group is a virtual conference group, the apparatus is further configured to: and receiving a plurality of first audio and video information simultaneously input by a plurality of users in the target conference group, synthesizing each user in the target conference group according to the plurality of first audio and video information to obtain target audio and video information corresponding to the user, and sending the target audio and video information to the user. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and thus are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, the receiving multiple pieces of first audio/video information input by multiple users in the target conference group at the same time, for each user in the target conference group, synthesizing the multiple pieces of first audio/video information to obtain target audio/video information corresponding to the user, and sending the target audio/video information to the user includes: receiving a plurality of first audio and video information simultaneously input by a plurality of users in the target conference group, and judging whether the plurality of first audio and video information comprises the target first audio and video information input by the user for each user in the target conference group; if not, synthesizing the plurality of first audio/video information to obtain target audio/video information corresponding to the user, and sending the target audio/video information to the user; if yes, synthesizing other first audio and video information except the target first audio and video information in the plurality of first audio and video information to obtain target audio and video information corresponding to the user, and sending the target audio and video information to the user. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, the apparatus is further configured to: and sending the user identification information corresponding to the plurality of users in the target conference group to each user in the target conference group so as to present the user identification information on a target conference group interface of each user. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, for each user in the target conference group, on a target conference group interface of the user, user identification information corresponding to other users of the user in different conference groups is presented in a first presentation manner, and user identification information corresponding to users of the user in the same conference group is presented in a second presentation manner, where the first presentation manner is different from the second presentation manner. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, the apparatus is further configured to: and receiving first request information which is sent by a new user and used for requesting to join a first conference group in the plurality of conference groups, and newly adding the new user in the target conference group. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, if the target conference group is a virtual conference group; wherein the device is further configured to: joining the new user to the first conference group. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and thus are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, if the target conference group is an actually existing conference group; wherein the device is further configured to: and after the target conference group is deleted, adding the new user into the first conference group. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, wherein the apparatus is further configured to: and receiving second request information which is sent by a new user and used for requesting to join the target conference group, and newly adding the new user in the target conference group. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, the apparatus is further configured to: and after the target conference group is deleted, determining a second conference group in the plurality of conference groups to which the new user is about to join, and joining the new user into the second conference group. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, the determining a target conference group of the plurality of conference groups to which the new user is to join after the target conference group is deleted, the joining the new user to the target conference group, includes: after the target conference group is deleted, generating conference group selection information and sending the conference group selection information to the new user, wherein the conference group selection information comprises identification information of each conference group in the plurality of conference groups; receiving conference group selection feedback information returned by the new user based on the conference group selection information, wherein the conference group selection feedback information comprises identification information of a second conference group in the plurality of conference groups selected by the new user and to be joined; and adding the new user into the second conference group. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, the determining a target conference group of the plurality of conference groups to which the new user is to join after the target conference group is deleted, the joining the new user to the target conference group, includes: after the target conference group is deleted, determining a second conference group in the plurality of conference groups to which the new user is about to join from the plurality of conference groups according to the association degree information between the new user and at least one user in each conference group in the plurality of conference groups, and joining the new user to the second conference group. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, the apparatus is further configured to: and determining association degree information between the new user and at least one user in each conference group according to the user related information of the new user and the user related information of at least one user in each conference group. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, the apparatus is further configured to: and determining the association degree information between the new user and at least one user in each conference group according to the historical audio and video input information of the new user in the target conference group and the historical audio and video input information of at least one user in each conference group in the target conference group. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, if the target conference group is a virtual conference group; wherein the device is further configured to: receiving conference group switching request information sent by users in the target conference group, wherein the conference group switching request information comprises identification information of the switched conference group; and removing the user from the originally located conference group according to the identification information of the switched conference group, and adding the user into the switched conference group. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the system 300 can be implemented as any of the devices in each of the described embodiments. In some embodiments, system 300 may include one or more computer-readable media (e.g., system memory or NVM/storage 320) having instructions and one or more processors (e.g., processor(s) 305) coupled with the one or more computer-readable media and configured to execute the instructions to implement modules to perform the actions described herein.

For one embodiment, system control module 310 may include any suitable interface controllers to provide any suitable interface to at least one of processor(s) 305 and/or any suitable device or component in communication with system control module 310.

The system control module 310 may include a memory controller module 330 to provide an interface to the system memory 315. Memory controller module 330 may be a hardware module, a software module, and/or a firmware module.

System memory 315 may be used, for example, to load and store data and/or instructions for system 300. For one embodiment, system memory 315 may include any suitable volatile memory, such as suitable DRAM. In some embodiments, the system memory 315 may include a double data rate type four synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR 4 SDRAM).

For one embodiment, system control module 310 may include one or more input/output (I/O) controllers to provide an interface to NVM/storage 320 and communication interface(s) 325.

For example, NVM/storage 320 may be used to store data and/or instructions. NVM/storage 320 may include any suitable non-volatile memory (e.g., flash memory) and/or may include any suitable non-volatile storage device(s) (e.g., one or more Hard Disk Drives (HDDs), one or more Compact Disc (CD) drives, and/or one or more Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) drives).

NVM/storage 320 may include storage resources that are physically part of the device on which system 300 is installed or may be accessed by the device and not necessarily part of the device. For example, NVM/storage 320 may be accessible over a network via communication interface(s) 325.

Communication interface(s) 325 may provide an interface for system 300 to communicate over one or more networks and/or with any other suitable device. System 300 may wirelessly communicate with one or more components of a wireless network according to any of one or more wireless network standards and/or protocols.

For one embodiment, at least one of the processor(s) 305 may be packaged together with logic for one or more controller(s) (e.g., memory controller module 330) of the system control module 310. For one embodiment, at least one of the processor(s) 305 may be packaged together with logic for one or more controller(s) of the system control module 310 to form a System In Package (SiP). For one embodiment, at least one of the processor(s) 305 may be integrated on the same die with logic for one or more controller(s) of the system control module 310. For one embodiment, at least one of the processor(s) 305 may be integrated on the same die with logic for one or more controller(s) of the system control module 310 to form a system on a chip (SoC).

In various embodiments, system 300 may be, but is not limited to being: a server, a workstation, a desktop computing device, or a mobile computing device (e.g., a laptop computing device, a holding computing device, a tablet, a netbook, etc.). In various embodiments, system 300 may have more or fewer components and/or different architectures. For example, in some embodiments, system 300 includes one or more cameras, a keyboard, a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) screen (including a touch screen display), a non-volatile memory port, multiple antennas, a graphics chip, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), and speakers.

The present application also provides a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer code which, when executed, performs a method as in any one of the preceding.

The present application also provides a computer program product, which when executed by a computer device, performs the method of any of the preceding claims.

The present application further provides a computer device, comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory for storing one or more computer programs;

the one or more computer programs, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement the method of any preceding claim.

It should be noted that the present application may be implemented in software and/or a combination of software and hardware, for example, implemented using Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), general purpose computers or any other similar hardware devices. In one embodiment, the software programs of the present application may be executed by a processor to implement the steps or functions described above. Likewise, the software programs (including associated data structures) of the present application may be stored in a computer readable recording medium, such as RAM memory, magnetic or optical drive or diskette and the like. Additionally, some of the steps or functions of the present application may be implemented in hardware, for example, as circuitry that cooperates with the processor to perform various steps or functions.

In addition, some of the present application may be implemented as a computer program product, such as computer program instructions, which when executed by a computer, may invoke or provide methods and/or techniques in accordance with the present application through the operation of the computer. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the form in which the computer program instructions reside on a computer-readable medium includes, but is not limited to, source files, executable files, installation package files, and the like, and that the manner in which the computer program instructions are executed by a computer includes, but is not limited to: the computer directly executes the instruction, or the computer compiles the instruction and then executes the corresponding compiled program, or the computer reads and executes the instruction, or the computer reads and installs the instruction and then executes the corresponding installed program. Computer-readable media herein can be any available computer-readable storage media or communication media that can be accessed by a computer.

Communication media includes media by which communication signals, including, for example, computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data, are transmitted from one system to another. Communication media may include conductive transmission media such as cables and wires (e.g., fiber optics, coaxial, etc.) and wireless (non-conductive transmission) media capable of propagating energy waves such as acoustic, electromagnetic, RF, microwave, and infrared. Computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data may be embodied in a modulated data signal, for example, in a wireless medium such as a carrier wave or similar mechanism such as is embodied as part of spread spectrum techniques. The term "modulated data signal" means a signal that has one or more of its characteristics set or changed in such a manner as to encode information in the signal. The modulation may be analog, digital, or hybrid modulation techniques.

By way of example, and not limitation, computer-readable storage media may include volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer-readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. For example, computer-readable storage media include, but are not limited to, volatile memory such as random access memory (RAM, DRAM, SRAM); and non-volatile memory such as flash memory, various read-only memories (ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM), magnetic and ferromagnetic/ferroelectric memories (MRAM, feRAM); and magnetic and optical storage devices (hard disk, tape, CD, DVD); or other now known media or later developed that can store computer-readable information/data for use by a computer system.

An embodiment according to the present application comprises an apparatus comprising a memory for storing computer program instructions and a processor for executing the program instructions, wherein the computer program instructions, when executed by the processor, trigger the apparatus to perform a method and/or a solution according to the aforementioned embodiments of the present application.

It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the present application is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrative embodiments, and that the present application may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the application being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned. Furthermore, it is obvious that the word "comprising" does not exclude other elements or steps, and the singular does not exclude the plural. A plurality of units or means recited in the apparatus claims may also be implemented by one unit or means in software or hardware. The terms first, second, etc. are used to denote names, but not any particular order.

Claims

1. A conference group merging method is applied to a network equipment side, and comprises the following steps:

responding to a merging request aiming at a plurality of conference groups, and establishing a target conference group, wherein the target conference group is a virtual conference group which does not exist actually, the target conference group comprises at least one user in each conference group, and the at least one user is established with an incidence relation with the target conference group, so that first audio and video information input by each user in the target conference group is sent to other users except the user in the target conference group;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein if the target conference group is a virtual conference group;

wherein the method further comprises:

and receiving first audio and video information input by each user in the target conference group, and sending the first audio and video information to other users except the user in the target conference group.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein if the target conference group is a virtual conference group;

wherein the method further comprises:

and receiving a plurality of first audio and video information simultaneously input by a plurality of users in the target conference group, synthesizing each user in the target conference group according to the plurality of first audio and video information to obtain target audio and video information corresponding to the user, and sending the target audio and video information to the user.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the receiving of the first audio/video information input by the users in the target conference group at the same time, and for each user in the target conference group, synthesizing the first audio/video information to obtain the target audio/video information corresponding to the user, and sending the target audio/video information to the user comprises:

receiving a plurality of first audio and video information simultaneously input by a plurality of users in the target conference group, and judging whether the plurality of first audio and video information comprises the target first audio and video information input by the user for each user in the target conference group; if not, synthesizing the plurality of first audio/video information to obtain target audio/video information corresponding to the user, and sending the target audio/video information to the user; if so, synthesizing other first audio/video information except the target first audio/video information in the plurality of first audio/video information to obtain target audio/video information corresponding to the user, and sending the target audio/video information to the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

and sending user identification information corresponding to a plurality of users in the target conference group to each user in the target conference group so as to present the user identification information on a target conference group interface of each user.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein for each user in the target conference group, on the user's target conference group interface, user identification information corresponding to other users that the user is in a different conference group is presented in a first presentation manner, and user identification information corresponding to users that the user is in the same conference group is presented in a second presentation manner, the first presentation manner being different from the second presentation manner.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

and receiving first request information which is sent by a new user and used for requesting to join a first conference group in the plurality of conference groups, and newly adding the new user in the target conference group.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein if the target conference group is a virtual conference group;

wherein the method further comprises:

joining the new user to the first conference group.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein if the target conference group is an actually existing conference group;

wherein the method further comprises:

and after the target conference group is deleted, adding the new user into the first conference group.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

and receiving second request information which is sent by a new user and used for requesting to join the target conference group, and newly adding the new user in the target conference group.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

and after the target conference group is deleted, determining a second conference group in the plurality of conference groups to which the new user is about to join, and joining the new user into the second conference group.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the determining a second conference group of the plurality of conference groups to which the new user is to join after the target conference group is deleted, joining the new user to the second conference group comprises:

after the target conference group is deleted, generating conference group selection information and sending the conference group selection information to the new user, wherein the conference group selection information comprises identification information of each conference group in the plurality of conference groups;

receiving conference group selection feedback information returned by the new user based on the conference group selection information, wherein the conference group selection feedback information comprises identification information of a second conference group in the plurality of conference groups selected by the new user and to be joined;

and adding the new user into the second conference group.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the determining a second conference group of the plurality of conference groups to which the new user is to join after the target conference group is deleted, joining the new user to the second conference group comprises:

after the target conference group is deleted, determining a second conference group in the plurality of conference groups to which the new user is about to join from the plurality of conference groups according to the association degree information between the new user and at least one user in each conference group in the plurality of conference groups, and joining the new user to the second conference group.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:

and determining association degree information between the new user and at least one user in each conference group according to the user related information of the new user and the user related information of at least one user in each conference group.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:

and determining the association degree information between the new user and at least one user in each conference group according to the historical audio and video input information of the new user in the target conference group and the historical audio and video input information of at least one user in each conference group in the target conference group.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein if the target conference group is a virtual conference group;

wherein the method further comprises:

receiving conference group switching request information sent by users in the target conference group, wherein the conference group switching request information comprises identification information of the switched conference group;

and removing the user from the originally positioned conference group according to the identification information of the switched conference group, and adding the user into the switched conference group.

17. An apparatus for conference group merging, the apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory arranged to store computer executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 16.

18. A computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a system to perform the operations of any of the methods of claims 1 to 16.