WO2012024819A1

WO2012024819A1 - User information sharing method and system for client ends

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Publication number: WO2012024819A1
Application number: PCT/CN2010/001292
Authority: WO
Inventors: 郑志祥; 顾俊杰; 卢超; 王玮; 潘嘉俊; 郑晓飞
Original assignee: 广州客多软件科技有限公司
Priority date: 2010-08-26
Filing date: 2010-08-26
Publication date: 2012-03-01
Also published as: CN102742230A

Abstract

The present invention discloses a user information sharing system for client ends, which includes: multiple first-level client ends (202), a server (201) and at least one second-level client end (203) correspondingly attached to each first-level client end. The present invention also discloses a user information sharing method for client ends by using the system, which includes: a step (401) of sending a request for sharing user information, a step (402) of processing the request for sharing user information, a step (403) of acknowledging cooperative first-level client ends and a step (404) of sending messages. The method and the system of the present invention enables the messages to be targetedly sent to the second-level client ends attached to the first-level client ends in a communication system timely and accurately, thus not only reducing message forwarding nodes and improving message forwarding efficiency, but also effectively improving instantaneity and validity of messages.

Description

Method and system for sharing user information by client

The present invention relates to the field of network communication technologies, and in particular, to a method and system for a client to share user information. Background technique

With the rapid development of network communication technologies, Internet and mobile communication devices have become more and more popular, and the informationization process of the entire society has been accelerating. Compared with traditional media such as newspapers and televisions, Internet-based and mobile communication networks enable people to exchange and share information easily and accurately using communication network-based information systems.

Taking the public service industry as an example, with the acceleration of the informationization process of government departments, communication systems based on communication networks for sharing and sharing information have a significant role in improving the efficiency of functional departments.

1 is a schematic diagram of a prior art communication system for exchanging and sharing information. As shown in FIG. 1, the information platform (server) 101 is connected to and exchanges information with the subordinate organizations 102 attached to the information platform, and these subordinate organizations 102 function as clients 8 in the entire communication system. At the same time, these subordinate institutions 102 are also connected to a plurality of terminals 103 correspondingly associated with the respective subordinate institutions 102, and these terminals 103 function in the entire communication system as equivalent to the client 8 attached to the client B. The subordinate institution 102 can send a message to the terminal 103 attached to the subordinate institution. Information can be exchanged between the subordinate agencies 102 through the information platform 101. When a certain subordinate institution 102 needs to cooperate with another subordinate organization 102 to process certain transactions, it is necessary to send a message to the terminal 103 attached to the corresponding subordinate institution 102. At this time, the subordinate authority 102 that sends the message needs to sequentially send the message to the terminal 103 through the information platform 101 and other subordinate institutions 102. When the subordinate organization 102 wants to send more messages and the message is sent frequently, because there are many nodes for message delivery, it is easy to cause delay or failure of message delivery, thereby reducing the immediacy and effectiveness of information transmission.

For example, when the information platform 101 is a municipal government, the subordinate institution 102a is the city industrial and commercial bureau, the subordinate institution 102b is the municipal public security bureau, and the subordinate institution 102c is the municipal health bureau. Subordinate institution When 102a takes the lead, when the Joint Public Security Bureau and the Health Bureau conduct joint enforcement, the subordinate agency 102a needs to send messages to the subordinate agencies 102b and 102c. On the other hand, in the actual work, some messages with the same content are sent to the terminal 103 attached to the affiliates 102b and 102c. For example, when performing a comprehensive law enforcement inspection on a certain street located in a certain area, the subordinate institution 102a needs to notify the public security bureau and the relevant personnel of the health bureau by sending a notification message to the corresponding terminal 103. Since the sending of the message needs to be sequentially passed through the information platform and the corresponding subordinate organizations 102b and 102c, the terminal 103 can be reached. Once the subordinate agencies 102b and 102c do not send the message in time, it will affect the normal work. This complex messaging system also greatly impacts the immediacy and effectiveness of messages when dealing with inter-departmental messaging, such as business and taxation, construction, and planning, which require frequent collaboration.

The application of the communication system for exchanging and sharing information in the industrial field is similar to that of the public service industry. When a quality inspection department 102a of a factory finds that a batch of products fails to pass the quality inspection, it is necessary to promptly notify the content that the product quality inspection is unqualified. Correspondingly, it is sent to the sales department 102b and the library management department 102c. At this time, the shield inspection department 102a, the sales department 102b, and the library management department 102c function as the client A in the entire communication system, and are attached to the quality inspection department 102a and the sales department 102b. The terminal 103 of the library management department 102c corresponds to the client B. Once the information platform 101, the sales department 102b, or the library management department 102c fails to forward the notification message to the corresponding terminal 103 in time for some reason, or delays the transmission of the notification message, it may be attached to the sales department 102b or the library. The terminal 103 of the pipe department 102c cannot receive or receive the broadcast information in time, which may cause the unqualified product to leave the factory, thereby causing a major loss to the production and operation of the factory. At the same time, this complex messaging system also greatly affects the immediacy and effectiveness of the message when dealing with messages from the quality inspection department, the sales department, and the library management department that require frequent collaboration.

The application of the communication system for exchanging and sharing information in the commercial field is similar to that of the public service industry. When a certain enterprise 102a wants to send a message for promotion or advertisement to the member 103 belonging to another enterprise 102b through the commercial information service platform 101. The message needs to be forwarded to the corresponding member 103 by the enterprise 102b. For a company 102b, it often does not have enough motivation to advertise for other companies 102a. Therefore, the delay or even rejection of the news is more common.

Therefore, how to timely and accurately transmit the message to the second-level client attached to the first-level client in the communication system becomes an urgent problem to be solved. Summary of the invention

A series of simplified forms of concepts are introduced in the Summary of the Invention, which will be described in further detail in the Detailed Description section. The summary of the invention is not intended to limit the key features and essential technical features of the claimed invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of protection of the claimed embodiments.

The present invention provides a system for a client to share user information, in a targeted manner, for a timely and accurate transmission of a message to a second-level client attached to a first-level client in a communication system, the system comprising:

a plurality of first-level clients, servers, and at least one second-level client respectively associated with each of the first-level clients, the first-level clients connecting with the server and exchanging information, the second The level client receives a message from the server, wherein

Any of the first-level clients can find and determine at least one target first-level client through the server, and send a shared user information request to the target first-level client through the server,

The server can receive the information sent by the target first-level client to confirm the acceptance of the shared user information request, and identify the target first-level client that sends the confirmation information as and send the shared user information. The cooperation first-level client cooperated with the requested first-level client, and then sends the sharing success prompt information to the first-level client that sends the shared user information request;

The first level client is further capable of sending a message to the collaborative first level client and/or at least one second level client through the server;

The collaborative first level client and the second level client are capable of receiving a message sent by the first level client requesting the shared user information through the server. .

Further, the first-level client is further configured to send a search target first-level client request to the server, where the request carries a matching feature value requested by the first-level client, and receives the server to send a user name of the first-level client that matches the matching feature value, and determining the target first-level client according to the user name, and then notifying the server to send the target first-level client The shared user information request;

The server is further configured to receive the lookup target first level client request, and select and obtain the matching with the matching feature value from the stored feature values of all first level clients according to the matching feature value. a first level client, and matching the matching feature value The user name of the first-level client is sent to the first-level client that sends the first-level client request of the search target, and then the shared user information request is sent to the target first-level client.

Further, the first-level client is further configured to send a multimedia message to the collaborative first-level client by using the server, where the collaborative first-level client is further capable of receiving the multimedia message, and the multimedia is The message is transmitted to the display device for display.

Further, the first-level client is further capable of sending a text message or a multimedia message to the second-level client attached to the cooperation first-level client by using the server.

Further, the text information includes: a text message in a TXT format or an SMS format. Further, the multimedia message carries an image including one or several formats in a JPEG, BMP, WBMP or GIF format.

Further, the first level client is a palmtop computer, a computer, a POS machine or a mobile phone. Further, the second level client is a mobile phone.

Further, the server is further configured to automatically send, to the second-level client attached to the collaborative first-level client, the first-level client requested by the sending the shared user information in advance under a trigger condition. Set the message.

The present invention also provides a method for client sharing user information using the system, including:

Sending a shared user information requesting step, wherein the first-level client searches for and determines at least one target first-level client through the server, and sends a share to the target first-level client by using the server User information request;

The step of processing the shared user information request includes: the target first level client accepting the shared user information request, and sending the confirmation information to the server;

a collaboration first-level client confirmation step, wherein the server identifies the target first-level client that sends the confirmation information as a collaboration with the first-level client that sends the shared user information request. Level client, and sending a sharing success prompt message to the first-level client that sends the shared user information request;

a message sending step, wherein the first-level client that sends the shared user information request passes through the server to the collaborative first-level client and/or at least the collaborative first-level client One of the second level clients sends a message.

Further, the second-level client attached to the collaborative first-level client is the second-level client that the collaborative first-level client can directly send a message through the server. End.

Further, the step of sending the shared user information request includes:

The first-level client that sends the shared user information request sends a search target first-level client request to the server, where the request carries the request of the first-level client that sends the shared user information request Matching feature value;

The server selects and acquires a username of the first-level client that matches the matching feature value according to the matching feature value and the stored feature values of all first-level clients;

Sending, by the server, the username to the first account that sends the shared user information request;

The first-level client that sends the shared user information request determines the target first-level client according to the user name, and notifies the server to send the shared user to the target first-level client. Information request.

Further, the step of processing the shared user information request further includes: the target first-level client rejecting the shared user information request, and sending the rejection information to the server, where the server sends the rejection information according to the rejection information The first-level client that sends the shared user information request sends a rejection prompt message.

Further, the step of processing the shared user information request further includes: if the server does not receive the rejection information or the confirmation information sent by the target first-level client within the waiting time, sending the sharing to the sharing The first-level client of the user information request sends a request timeout information.

Further, the message is a multimedia message, and the method includes: after the receiving the multimedia message, the collaborative first client transmits the multimedia message to a client connected to the collaboration first level client. Display the device for display.

Further, the display device comprises: an LED electronic display, a projector or a liquid crystal television. Further, the sending step of the message includes:

The first-level client that sends the shared user information request sends a text message or multimedia to the second-level client attached to the collaborative first-level client by using the server, and the client sharing user information according to the present invention is eliminated. The method and system can specifically and timely transmit the message to the second-level client attached to the first-level client in the communication system. Compared with the prior art, the method and system of the invention not only reduce the node for sending a message, but also improve the efficiency of message sending, and can effectively improve the immediacy and effectiveness of the message. this invention The methods and systems can be widely used in the fields of public service, industry and commerce, and have good versatility. DRAWINGS

The following drawings of the invention are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety in their entirety. The embodiments of the invention and the description thereof are shown in the drawings In the accompanying drawings, FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a prior art communication system for exchanging and sharing information;

2A is a structural diagram of a system for a client to share user information according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2B is a schematic diagram of a first-level client of a system for sharing user information by a client, transmitting a message to a second-level client attached to a collaborative first-level client, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic diagram of a multimedia message display of a system in which a client shares user information according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flow diagram of a method for a client to share user information in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a flow chart of finding and determining a target first-level client by a method for a client to share user information according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a schematic diagram of a region according to a planar mesh according to a method for a client to share user information according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. detailed description

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in the However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without one or more of these details. In other instances, some of the technical features well known in the art have not been described in order to avoid confusion with the present invention.

In order to fully understand the present invention, detailed steps will be set forth in the following description in order to explain how the present invention can be used to timely and accurately transmit a message to a second-level client attached to a first-level client in a communication system. . It will be apparent that the practice of the present invention is not limited to the specific details familiar to those skilled in the art of network communication technology. The preferred embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, but the present invention may have other embodiments in addition to the detailed description.

In order to send the message to the communication system in a timely and accurate manner, it is attached to the first level. The second client of the client. The invention provides a system for a client to share user information. 2A is a structural diagram of a system for sharing user information by a client according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2B is a first-level client of a system for sharing user information by a client according to an embodiment of the present invention. A schematic diagram of a message sent by a second-level client of a first-level client. As shown in FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B, the system for sharing user information by the client in this embodiment includes:

a plurality of first-level clients 202, a server 201, and at least one second-level client 203 corresponding to each of the first-level clients 202. The first-level client 202 is connected to the server 201 and exchanges information. The secondary client 203 receives the message from the server 201.

Any first level client 202 can find and determine at least one target first level client through the server 201, and send the shared user information request to the target first level client through the server 201.

The server 201 can receive the information sent by the target first-level client to confirm the acceptance of the shared user information request, and identify the target first-level client that sends the confirmation information as cooperating with the first-level client 202 that sends the shared user information request. The collaboration first level client then sends a sharing success prompt message to the first level client 202 that sends the shared user information request.

Specifically, the server 201 may be composed of functional circuits or chips such as signal receiving, signaling, encoding, decoding, and digital signal processing, wherein the signal receiving circuit receives the shared user information request sent by the first-level client 202 and the first level of cooperation. The messages sent by the client and/or the second level client 203 affiliated with the collaborative first level client are decoded by the decoding circuitry for processing by the digital signal processing circuitry. The operation requested by the shared user information request can then be performed and the corresponding message sent to the second level client 203 affiliated with the collaborative first level client. When the first terminal 202 is a palmtop computer or computer connected to the Internet, the signal receiving circuit can receive information from the first level client 202 via the Internet in a wired or wireless manner. When the first level client 202 is a POS or mobile phone, the signal receiving circuit can receive information from the first level client 202 over the GPRS communication network in a wireless manner. The corresponding message sent by the server 201 to the second-level client 203 attached to the cooperative first-level client may be specifically through a mobile communication carrier connected to the server 201 (for example, China Mobile Communications Corporation or China United Network Communications Group Co., Ltd.) The network communication service provided is carried out. Since it is a prior art to send a message to a user through the service, the specific steps and principles of the service are not described in detail in order to prevent confusion with the present invention. The first client 202 is also capable of transmitting a message to the collaborative first level client and/or the at least one second level client 203 via the server 201.

Specifically, the first level client 202 can be a palmtop computer, computer, POS or mobile phone connected to the Internet. And correspondingly installed Visual Basic 6.0 software and Microsoft Soap Toolkit software using 1 soft company, and application software written based on Web Service technology, so that it can generate a request for sharing user information and to cooperate with the first-level client and/or affiliated with The function of the message sent by the second level client 203 of the cooperation level first client and the transmission of the information to the server 201.

The server 201 can receive the confirmation information, and identify the target first-level client that sends the confirmation information as the collaborative first-level client that cooperates with the first-level client 202 that sends the shared user information request, and sends a request for sending the shared user information. The first level client 202 sends a sharing success prompt message.

In order to improve the versatility and compatibility of the server 201, it can effectively support the GSM network, the GPRS network, the WIFI network and the WAP network, and the corresponding application software that the server 201 can load, wherein the application software can be based on the single object access protocol. (SOAP) is written. When the different first-level clients 202 access the server 201 through the GSM network, the GPRS network, the WIFI network or the WAP network respectively, the SOAP protocol can be used to enable the server 201 to provide different types of network services for different first terminals 202. At the time, based on the different networks used by the respective first-level clients 202, in the process of extracting data from the XML (Extensible Markup Language) database to provide the corresponding network service, there is no need to format the page, and the server 201 can be made different The different applications loaded by the network exchange data with each other in an XML format via an HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) communication protocol.

The collaborative first level client and the second level client 203 are capable of receiving messages sent by the first level client 202 requesting the shared user information through the server 201.

Specifically, the collaboration first-level client can be identical to any first client 202 in the system in terms of hardware and installed software, that is, the collaboration first: the client can be a palmtop computer or a computer connected to the Internet. , POS or mobile phone. And correspondingly installed application software based on Web Service technology using Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 software and Microsoft Soap Toolkit software. The second level client 203 can be a cell phone or other type of general mobile communication device that can receive and display information from the server 201.

In the system, each first level client 202 has at least one affiliated with the first level client The second level client 203 of the client 202, the first level client 202 can add or delete the second level client 203 attached to the system through the server 201 as needed. For example, when the first-level client 202 requests the server 201 to add a second-level client 203 to the system, the server 201 first checks the request to check whether it is legal, that is, whether the first-level client 202 has The right to attach to the second client 203 of the user is added to the system. After the audit is passed, the server 201 records relevant information in the database, that is, the information of the second-level client 203 is entered into the database, and is identified as the second-level client 203 attached to the first-level client 202. The method in which the first-level client 202 deletes the second-level client 203 attached to the system from the system by the server 201 as needed is similar to the addition, and therefore will not be described again. In particular, when the system is applied in the commercial field, the first-level client 202 also places each user of the second-level client 203 attached thereto in the first-level client during the normal operation of the system. The consumption status of the merchant corresponding to 202 is sent to the server 201 for the server 201 to store in the database, thereby facilitating related statistics and analysis.

Preferably, the server 201 is further configured to automatically send a message preset by the first-level client 202 to the second-level client 203 attached to the cooperative first-level client under the trigger condition.

As shown in FIG. 2B, in a case where any of the first-level client 202a and the cooperative first-level client 202b establish a cooperative relationship, the first-level client 202a and the cooperative first-level client 202b are correspondingly attached to the other party. The sending of the message by the second level client 203 can be automatically performed by the server 201 under certain trigger conditions. The first-level client 202a can pre-set the message to be sent and store it in the server 201. The server 201 can detect and judge whether the trigger condition is satisfied by the digital signal processing circuit, and correspondingly pass the signal transmission circuit. The message that the level client 202a presets and stores in the server 201 is sent to the second level client 203 attached to the collaborative first level client 202b. For example, in the public service industry, the triggering condition may be that the collaborative first level client 202b sends a notification message action to the second level client 203 via the server 201. That is, when the collaboration is first! When the client 202b sends a notification message to the second client 203 via the server 201, the server 201 also sends a preset corresponding notification message of the first-level client 202a to the second-level client. 203.

Similar to the public service industry, in the commercial field, after the first-level client 202a corresponding to the E-hair salon and the first-level client 202b corresponding to the F-hotel cooperate, a certain association is attached to the first-level collaboration. When the second level client 203 of the client 202b is consumed at the cooperative first level client 202b, the consumption action can be used as a trigger condition. At this time, the server 201 is to the first The secondary client 203 sends advertisements and offer messages pre-set by the first-level client 202a and stored in the server 201.

According to the system for sharing user information by the client according to the present invention, the message can be timely and accurately transmitted to the second-level client attached to the first-level client in the communication system. Compared with the prior art, the system using the invention not only reduces the node for sending messages, but also improves the efficiency of message sending, and can effectively improve the immediacy and effectiveness of the message. The system of the present invention can be widely applied in the fields of public service, industry and commerce, and has good versatility.

A preferred embodiment of the present invention further includes on the basis of the embodiments shown in Figures 2A and 2B:

The first level client 202a is further capable of transmitting a search target first level client request to the server 201, requesting to carry the matching feature value requested by the first level client 202a, and the first matching by the receiving server 201 to match the matching feature value. The user name of the level client 202, and the target first level client are determined according to the received user name of the first level client 202, and then the server 201 is notified to send a shared user information request to the target first level client.

The server 201 is further configured to receive the first-level client request for the search target, and select and acquire the first-level client 202 that matches the matching feature value from the stored feature values of all the first-level clients 202 according to the matching feature value. The user name of the first level client 202 matching the matching feature value is sent to the first level client 202a that sends the search target first level client request, and then the shared user information request is sent to the target first level client.

Specifically, the first-level client 202a sends a search target first-level client request to the server 201, where the request carries the matching feature value requested by the first-level client 202a, and the server 201 can search and match from the database according to the request. The first level client 202 whose feature value matches. The first-level client 202a can receive the username of the first-level client 202 that is matched by the matching feature value sent by the server 201, and process and display the received username of the first-level client 202, so that the user can determine The target first level client then notifies the server 201 to send a shared user information request to the target first level client.

The server 201 can receive the lookup target first level client request sent by the first level client 202a through the signal receiving circuit, and store the feature values of all the first level clients 202 according to the matching feature values through the digital signal processing circuit. The first level client 202 that matches the matching feature value is selected and obtained in the database. The server 201 sends the user name of the first-level client 202 matching the matching feature value to the sending search target first-level client request through the signaling circuit. The first level client 202a. The server 201 also receives the user name of the target first level client sent by the first level client 202a through the signal receiving circuit. The shared user information request is then sent to the target first level client via the signaling circuit.

The server 201 may further include a circuit or a chip that can implement a database calling function, and may select, according to the matching feature value, the first-level client that matches the matching feature value from the stored address information of all the first-level clients 202. 202. The feature values of all the first-level clients 202 may be stored in the form of a database in a storage device inside the server 201, or may be stored in the form of a database in an external computer or storage device connected to the server 201 for The server 201 obtains the first-level client 202 that matches the matching feature value by performing a lookup and retrieval operation on the database. The database can be realized by using the ORACLE 11G database of the company, and the function of the server 201 can be loaded by the application written by the Visual Studio 2008 software on the basis of the hardware constituting the server 201. Since the searching and retrieving operations on the database belong to the prior art, in order to prevent confusion with the present invention, the writing of the application software and the searching and retrieving operations of the data are not described in detail.

3 is a schematic diagram of a multimedia message display of a system in which a client shares user information in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes that the first level client 202a is further capable of transmitting a multimedia message to the collaborative first level client 202b via the server 201, and the collaborative first level client 202b is also capable of receiving multimedia messages. And transmitting the multimedia message to the display device 301b for display.

In order to enable the first level client 202a to send related notifications, announcements or advertisement messages to the collaborative first level client 202b through the multimedia message, and enable the members of the collaborative first level client 202b or the objects providing the services thereof to The content of the related notification, announcement or advertisement message is known through the multimedia message. Each of the first level clients 202 can be connected to the display device 301, for example, the first level client 202a is connected to the display device 301a, which can be a device such as an LED electronic display, a projector or a large liquid crystal television. The display device 301b can be connected to the cooperative first-level client 202b through the USB interface, and can receive and display the video stream transmitted by the first-level client 202a to the server 201 and delivered to the cooperative first-level client 202b through the server 201. , text, pictures and other multimedia information. Thus, the notification, announcement or advertisement message can be effectively made effective by displaying the content of the multimedia message on the display device 301.

A preferred embodiment of the present invention further includes on the basis of the embodiment shown in FIG. The first level client 202a is also capable of transmitting a text message or a multimedia message to the second level client 203 attached to the collaborative first level client 202b via the server 201.

Specifically, the second level client 203 may be a normal mobile communication device, such as a mobile phone supporting a multimedia function. In this way, the text message or the multimedia message sent by the first-level client 202a through the server 201 can be received and displayed, so that the user using the second-level client 203 can understand the content of the text message or the multimedia message through the displayed message, and then Make notifications, announcements, or advertising messages play a predetermined role.

Further preferably, the text information comprises: a text message in a TXT format or an SMS format. Since most mobile phones currently support the display of text messages in the TXT format and the SMS format, in order to prevent confusion with the present invention, the reception and display of text messages in the TXT format and the SMS format are not described in detail.

Further preferably, the multimedia message may carry an image comprising one or several of JPEG, BMP.WBMP or GIF formats.

In particular, since the image can more intuitively present the product, service, or related content to the user, for example, the user is informed of the geographic location in the form of an image (map image). Multimedia messages can carry images in one or more of JPEG, BMP, WBMP or GIF formats, which can be combined with textual information in the form of illustrations or combined with textual information in the form of background images. . When the multimedia message includes an image, the server 201 may send the multimedia message to the second-level client 203 through a GSM communication network, a GPRS communication network, a WCDMA communication network, or a 3G mobile communication network in the form of a multimedia short message (MMS). That is the user's mobile phone. The combination of the image and the text information in the multimedia message can be implemented by a digital image processing method commonly used by those skilled in the art, and therefore will not be described again.

According to the method and system for sharing client information by a client according to the present invention, the message can be sent to the second-level client attached to the first-level client in a timely and accurate manner in a targeted manner. Compared with the prior art, the method and system of the invention not only reduce the node for sending messages, but also improve the efficiency of message sending, and can effectively improve the immediacy and effectiveness of the message. The method and system of the present invention can be widely applied in the fields of public service, industry, and commerce, and has good versatility.

In order to deliver the message in a timely and accurate manner to the second-level client attached to the first-level client in the communication system. The present invention also proposes a method for client sharing user information by using the system in the above embodiment. 4 is a flow chart of a method for a client to share user information in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2A, FIG. 2B and FIG. 4, the method for the client to share user information in this embodiment includes the following steps:

The sending shared user information requesting step 401, wherein the first level client 202a finds and determines at least one target first level client through the server 201, and sends a shared user information request to the target first level client through the server 201.

The processing shared user information requesting step 402, wherein the target first level client accepts the shared user information request, and sends the confirmation information to the server 201.

Collaboration first level client confirmation step 403, wherein the server 201 identifies the target first level client that sends the confirmation information as the collaboration first level client 202b that cooperates with the first level client 202a that sends the shared user information request, And transmitting the sharing success prompt information to the first-level client 202a that sends the shared user information request.

Message sending step 404, wherein the first level client 202a that sends the shared user information request to the collaborative first level client 202b and/or the second level client 203 attached to the collaborative first level client 202b via the server .201 Send a message.

When the method of the present embodiment is applied to the public service industry, the server 201 is an information platform, and the first-level client 202 connected to the server 201 is corresponding to each affiliated institution affiliated with the information platform, and each first-level client 202 correspondingly has a plurality of second terminals 203 attached to the affiliated institution. For example, when the server 201 is an information platform of the A city government, the first-level client 202 connected to the server 201 is a subordinate institution attached to the information platform. The first-level client 202a is the A-city commercial and industrial bureau. One of the plurality of first-level clients 202 connected to the server 201 is the A-city public security bureau. When the first-level client 202a takes the lead, When the first level client 202b performs joint enforcement with the first level client 202b, the first level client 202b correspondingly has a plurality of second households attached to the public security branch office, the police station, and the like of the first level client 202b. End 203. Therefore, in the specific process of joint enforcement, the first client 202a needs to notify the public security bureau or police station located in the joint law enforcement area.

The first level client 202a first finds and determines the target first level client through the server 201, that is, the city public security bureau. The specific lookup and determination process may send a lookup target first level client request to the server 201, the request containing the feature value of the target first level client, so that the server 201 can efficiently find and determine the request of the first level client 202a. At least one target first level client. The request may be text information in TXT format, SMS format, or The first-level client 202a generates a corresponding numeric or alphanumeric code based on user operations. After receiving the request, the server 201 may extract feature values from the corresponding digital signal processing circuit or application, and find and determine the target first in the database storing the user data of all the first-level clients 202 according to the feature values. Level client. It should be noted that, since the generation of the first-level client request of the search target, the extraction of the feature value, and the search of the database belong to the prior art, in order to prevent confusion with the present invention, the specific steps and parameters of the above operation are not detailed. Description.

It should be noted that the first-level client 202a can simultaneously find and determine at least one target first-level client through the server 201, and correspondingly send a shared user information request to the target first-level client 202, and correspondingly pass the server 201. A plurality of first level clients 202 are determined to be collaborative first level clients 202b. Since determining the plurality of first-level clients 202 as the collaborative first-level client 202b is compared to determining the first-level client 202 as the collaborative first-level client 202b, the difference is that the first-level client is not required. The server 201 repeatedly searches and determines the operation of the cooperative first-level client 202b through the server 201, thereby reducing the load on the server 201 and saving the time of the first-level client 202a. Therefore, the present invention is only described in detail for the first client 202a to find and determine a cooperative first-level client 202b through the server 201. Those skilled in the art can know how to find and determine a plurality of target first level clients through the server 201 at the same time according to the disclosure of the present invention, and determine the plurality of first level clients 202 as the collaborative first level clients 202b, In order to make the description more concise, it will not be described in detail.

After the server 201 determines the target first level client, the first level client 202a sends a shared user information request to the target first level client through the server 201. If the target first level client accepts the shared user information request, it sends a confirmation message to the server 201.

Preferably, the target client A does not accept the shared user information request, and sends the rejection information to the server 201, and the server 201 sends the rejection prompt information to the first-level client 202a according to the rejection information. This prevents the first level client 202a from waiting for a long time to save time for the user who uses the first level client 202a.

The server 201 identifies the target first level client that sent the confirmation information as the collaborative first level client 202b that cooperates with the first level client 202a. Thus, the first-level client 202a has the right to send a message to the second-level client 203 attached to the cooperative first-level game terminal 202b through the server 201, and the related information of the second-level client 203 may be the second level. User name or network address information of the client 203. For example, when the first-level client 202a needs to perform joint enforcement in the C street of the B area of the city A, the server 201 can be directly searched through the server 201 for the B zone and the B zone. The second-level client 203a corresponding to the office and the second-level client 203b corresponding to the police station of the C-street, and the notification message are directly sent to the second-level clients 203a and 203b through the server 201. At this time, the first-level client 202a sends a notification message to the second-level clients 203a and 203b without collaborating with the first-level client 202b, thus reducing the node for notifying the message transmission, thereby effectively improving the transmission of the notification message. effectiveness. In order to facilitate the first-level client 202 to know in time that it has the right to send a notification message to the corresponding second-level client 203, and improve the efficiency of sending the notification message, the server promptly sends the confirmation message to the first-level client 202a. The sharing success prompt information is sent to facilitate the subsequent operations of the first level client 202a.

After the sharing is successful, the first level client 202a can send a notification message to the second level clients 203a and 203b attached to the collaborative first level client 202b via the server 201. The notification message can also be sent to the collaboration first-level client 202b at the same time, so that the collaboration first-level client 202b can effectively monitor the notification message, so as to facilitate cooperation of the first-level client 202b to the second-party client The supervision and management of the specific work of the relevant responsible person corresponding to the level client 203.

Similar to the field of the public service industry, when the method of the present embodiment is applied to the industrial field, the server 201 is a certain information platform of the factory, the first! The client 202a is the quality inspection department of the factory, and one of the plurality of first clients 202 connected to the server 201 has a first-level client 202b as the sales department of the factory. Since the quality inspection department and the sales department need to cooperate frequently to effectively improve the quality of the manufactured products, the first level client 202a often needs to send a notification message to the second level client 203 attached to the collaboration first level client 202b. To reduce the transmission node of the notification message and improve the transmission efficiency of the notification message, the first-level client 202a can find and determine the target first-level client (sales department) through the server 201, and reach the target first-level client through the server 201. Send a shared user information request. If the target first level client accepts the shared user information request, it sends a confirmation message to the server 201. The server 201 in turn identifies the target first level client that sent the confirmation information as the collaborative first level client 202b that cooperates with the first level client 202a, and sends the sharing success prompt information to the first level client 202a. Thus, the first level client 202a has a second level client attached to the collaboration first level client 202b via the server 201.

203 permission to send a message.

After the sharing is successful, the first level client 202a can send a notification message to the second level clients 203a and 203b attached to the collaborative first level client 202b through the server 201. For example, the notification message of the D product quality inspection is sent to the second level client corresponding to the sales manager. 203a and a second-level client 203b corresponding to the person responsible for the sales of the D product. The notification message can also be sent to the collaboration first level client 202b at the same time, so that the collaboration first level client 202b can effectively monitor the notification message, so as to facilitate cooperation of the first level client 202b to the first party attached thereto. The supervision and management of the specific work of the relevant responsible person corresponding to the level client 203.

Similar to the public service industry and the industrial field, when the method of the present embodiment is applied to the commercial field, the server 201 is a commercial information service platform, and the first-level client 202a is a certain merchant that joins the commercial information service platform. , for example, E hairdressing. In order to attract customers, E Hairdressing wants to establish a cooperative marketing relationship with other merchants who join the commercial information service platform, so that it is convenient to send its own advertisements and offer messages to the client B attached to other first-level clients 202 - .

The first level client 202a corresponding to the E hairdressing can find and determine the target level 1 4: the client through the server 201.

After the first level client 202a determines the target first level client, the server 110 sends a shared user information request to the target first level client through the server 201.

If the target first level client accepts the shared user information request, it sends a confirmation message to the server 201. The server 201 further identifies the target first-level client that sends the confirmation information as the collaborative first-level client 202b that cooperates with the first-level client 202a that sends the shared user information request, and sends the sharing success to the first-level client 202a. Prompt message. Thus, the first level client 202a has the authority to send a message to the second level client 203 attached to the collaborative first level client 202b via the server 201.

After the sharing is successful, the first level client 202a can send its own advertisement and offer message through the server 201 to the second level clients 203a, 203b and 203c attached to the collaborative first level client 202b. For example, E Hairdressing can put the content as: "This shop is to thank the customer, has given a 20 yuan cash coupon to your membership card, please use the card before the December 30th. Address XXX phone XXX." The second level clients 203a, 203b, and 203c are given. In this way, it is possible to effectively attract more customers to the first-level client 202a, effectively ensuring the effectiveness and efficiency of the advertisement and the preferential message.

Due to the widespread competition in the commercial field, in order to prevent the first level client 202a from sending a message to the second level client 203 affiliated with the collaborative first level client 202b that is not conducive to the collaborative first level client 202b. In the first level client 202a to the first affiliated to the collaboration first level client 202b At the same time as the secondary client 203, the notification message can be copied to the collaborative first level client 202b. In this way, the collaboration first-level client 202b can effectively monitor the advertisements and offer messages sent by the first-level client 202a, so that the rights of the collaboration-level first-party client 202b can be effectively maintained.

At the same time, considering the particularity of the business field, in the business field, the client should share fairness in the process of sharing user information. That is, after the sharing is successful, the collaborative first-level client 202b also has the same rights as the first-level client 202a, that is, the collaborative first-level client 202b can be attached to the first-level client 202a through the server. The second level client 203 sends advertisements and offer messages.

Preferably, the second level client 203 affiliated with the collaborative first level client 202b is a second level client 203 that the collaborative first level client 202b can send messages directly through the server.

Specifically, the collaborative first-level client 202b has the right to send a message directly to the second-level client 203 attached to itself through the server 201, that is, the collaborative first-level client 202b can directly access the second-level clients through the server 201. End 203 sends a message. For example, in the public service industry, the second terminal 203 corresponding to the public security bureau, the police station, and the like of the Public Security Bureau is the second-level client 203 attached to the cooperative first-level client 202b corresponding to the public security bureau. The collaboration first-level client 202b can directly send a notification message to the second-level client 203 corresponding to the police station, the public security branch, and the like under its jurisdiction through the server 201. Similarly, in the commercial field, the second client corresponding to the member of the F hotel is the second-level client 203 affiliated with the collaborative first-level client 202b corresponding to the F hotel, and cooperates with the first-level client. 202b may send an advertisement or offer message directly to the second level client 203 corresponding to its member through the server 201.

In the method of the embodiment, the message can be sent to the second client attached to the first-level client in the communication system in a timely and accurate manner. Compared with the prior art, the method of the present embodiment not only reduces the node for sending a message, but also improves the efficiency of message transmission, and can effectively improve the immediacy and effectiveness of the message. The method of the present embodiment can be widely applied to the fields of public welfare, industry, and commerce, and has good versatility.

5 is a flow diagram of a method of finding and determining a target first level client of a method for a client to share user information in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2A, FIG. 2B, FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the preferred embodiment is based on the embodiment shown in FIG. 4. The step of sending a shared user information request step 401 specifically includes the following steps: Step 501: The first-level client 202a that sends the shared user information request sends a search target first-level client request to the server 201, and requests to carry the matching feature value requested by the first client 202a that sends the shared user information request.

Step 502: The server 201 selects and acquires the username of the first-level client 202 that matches the matching feature value according to the matching feature value and the stored feature values of all the first-level clients 202.

Step 503 The server 201 transmits the username to the first level client 202a that sends the shared user information request.

Step 504: The first-level client 202a that sends the shared user information request determines the target first-level client according to the user name, and notifies the server 201 to send the shared user information request to the target first-level client.

Specifically, in the commercial field, for example, the first-level client 202a may send a search target first-level client request to the server 201, where the request includes the matching feature value requested by the first-level client 202a, so that the server 201 can Effectively finding and determining at least one target first level client requested by the first level client 202a. The request can be text information in TXT format, SMS format. In the case where the first-level client 202a installs the corresponding application software, the first-level client 202a can use the corresponding numeric or alphabetic code generated by the user's input operation as the search target first-level client request. The matching feature value included in the request for finding and determining the target first-level client may be the customer quantity value of the first-level client 202, the geographic location feature value of the first-level client 202, and the like, which may be effectively identified. The feature value of the first-level client 202, the matching feature value may specifically be a code or a number.

For example, the geographic location feature value may specifically divide the range of the geographic location where all the first-level clients 202 in the commercial information service platform are located into several regions according to the geographic location or in the form of a planar grid, and according to the first-level client. The geographic location where the terminal 202 is located determines which region it is located in, and the region where the first-level client 202 is located is the geographic location feature value of the first-level client 202.

For example, when the area is divided according to the geographical location, each of the first-level clients 202 in the commercial information service platform is respectively located in Tianhe District, Yuexiu District, Haizhu District and Huangpu District of Guangzhou City, and correspondingly, Tianhe District and Yuexiu District can be used. Haizhu District and Huangpu District were identified as areas 01 to 04. When the E hairdresser is located in the Tianhe District, it is located in the area 01. In this way, through the geographic location feature values of the respective first-level clients 202, the E-Shop can perform the search and determine the operation of the target first-level client through the server 201. The server 201 is based on the geographical feature value 01 in the matching feature value. It can be known that E hairdressing wants to use the first-level client 202 located in Tianhe District as the target first-level client, so that the server 201 can search for the first-level client 202 with the geographical feature value of 01 in the database. And provide the search results to E hairdressing. The search result provided to the E hairdressing can be the username of the first level client 202, such as F Hotel, G Beauty Salon, and the like. The search results can be sent to the first level client 202a corresponding to the E hairdressing in the form of a list, so that the first level client 202a can select from it.

It should be noted that, according to the geographical location, the area is not limited to the urban planning area or the administrative area, and some businesses may be defined by the geographical location and the distribution of the first-level client 202 corresponding to each merchant in the system. Circle area. For example, a pedestrian street in the first-level client 202 may be defined as a region H. When a certain first-level client 202 is located at the pedestrian street or located at a position close to the pedestrian street, the first-level client may be considered as the first-level client. End 202 is located in area H. Thus, the first level client 202a can determine one or several first level clients 202 located in the area H as the target first level client through the server 201.

Figure 6 is a diagram showing a region according to a plane mesh according to a method of sharing user information by a client according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the mechanism of the planar meshing area is similar to that according to the geographical location, and the Guangzhou urban area can be divided into several planar grids according to the distribution of all the first-level clients 202 in Guangzhou. And determining in which area each of the first-level clients 202 is located, so that the first-level client 202a determines the target first-party. For example, the first level client 202a is located in the plane grid 601, the first level client 202b is also located in the plane grid 601, the first! client 202c is located in the plane grid 602, and the first level client 202d is located. In the plane grid 603. At this time, the geographic location feature value of the first-level client 202 can be represented by the following manner: the geographic location feature value of the first-level client 202b can be 601. The geographic feature value of the first level client 202c may be 602, and the geographic feature value of the first level client 202d may be 603. The first level client 202a can find other first level clients 202b in the plane grid area 601 through the server 201 by matching the geographical location feature values 601 in the feature values, and determine the target level first client. .

After the first-level client 202a determines the target first-level client according to the user name, the first-level client 202a sends a corresponding notification message to the server 201 to notify the server 201 to send the shared user information to the target first-level client. request.

A preferred embodiment of the present invention, based on the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the processing shared user information request step 402 further includes: the target first level client rejects the shared user letter The request is sent, and the rejection information is sent to the server 201. The server 201 sends the rejection prompt information to the first-level client 202a that sends the <shared user information request according to the rejection information.

In order for the first-level client 202a to obtain the feedback information in time after sending the shared user information request, the target first-level client sends the rejection information to the server 201 in the case that the target first-level client rejects the shared user information request. The server 201 can send the rejection prompt information to the first-level client 202a according to the rejection information, so that the first-level client 202a can obtain relevant information in time, which does not waste time due to long waiting.

Further, the processing the shared user information requesting step 402 may further include: if the server 201 does not receive the rejection information or the confirmation information sent by the target first-level client within the waiting time, the server 201 goes to the first The level client 202a sends a request timeout message. The request for the first-level client 202a to send the shared user information request timeout by requesting the timeout information. This can further save the time of the first-level client 202a to prevent it from waiting for a long time.

The waiting time is preferably 30 minutes and 1 hour, and the first-level client 202a can also set the waiting time by itself and notify the server 201 of the waiting time. When the server 201 does not receive the confirmation information or the rejection information, once the time period specified by the waiting time is reached, the server 201 transmits the request timeout information to the first-level client 202a.

A preferred embodiment of the present invention is based on the embodiment shown in Figures 3 and 4, the first level client 202a to the collaborative first level client 202b and/or to the collaborative first level client via the server 201. The message sent by the second level client 203 of 202b is a multimedia message, and the message sending step 404 further includes:

After receiving the multimedia message, the collaboration first level client 202b transmits the multimedia message to the display device 301b connected to the cooperation first level client 202b for display.

Taking the public service industry as an example, with the rapid development of electronic technology, various government agencies and enterprises and institutions are generally equipped with display devices 301 for publicity or announcement, such as LED electronic displays, projectors or large LCD TVs. . These display devices 301 can display multimedia messages including text, images or video. Thus, a closer cooperation relationship can be established between the first level client 202a and the collaboration first client 202b. For example, when the first level client 202a is the business department and the collaboration first party 202b is the tax department, the announcement or notification multimedia message of the business department can be displayed on the display device 301b of the tax department. Therefore, the people who come to handle the business can timely understand the relevant information, and also facilitate the coordination and cooperation between the staff of the two departments. At the same time, in order to enable the higher authorities of the two departments to understand the dynamics of the subordinate departments in a timely manner. And the situation, and the effective supervision of multimedia information to prevent the occurrence of leaks or other situations that may have adverse effects. The first level client 202a needs to send a multimedia message to the collaborative first level client 202b via the server 201. That is to say, the multimedia information needs to be reviewed by the server 201 before being sent to the collaborative first level client 202b.

In the commercial field, many businesses currently have display devices for advertising in the store.

301. These display devices 301 can play an advertising role. On the other hand, when there are many customers and need to wait, the customers can not feel irritated. However, the display device 301 of the prior art generally only plays the advertisements of the merchants themselves, and these advertisements generally have a single content, which is easy to cause customers to be disgusted and bored. The prior art solution to this problem is generally to play a television program, and insert the merchant's own advertisement into the television program to achieve the purpose of propaganda. This, in turn, causes the display device 301 to display the television program most of the time, which does not give the merchant an additional benefit. The preferred embodiment allows the two-level display device 301 to be further shared between the first level clients 202 that have established the sharing relationship. For example, the first-level client 202a corresponding to the E-sales can send a multimedia message to the collaborative first-level client 202b corresponding to the F-hotel through the server 201, and the collaborative first-level client 202b receives the multimedia message and transmits the multimedia message. Displayed to display device 301b. In this way, the advertisement or the preferential message of the E hairdressing can be displayed on the display device 301b of the F hotel in the form of a multimedia message, on the one hand, the content displayed by the display device 301b of the F hotel can be more enriched, and on the other hand, the E hairdressing can be expanded. Customer resources. And in view of the competitiveness in the commercial field, it is required to make the display of the multimedia message on the display device 301 more fair, and the cooperation first-level client 202b should also have the corresponding display on the display device 301a of the first-level client 202a. The permissions of the multimedia message of the primary client 202b.

At the same time, in order to prevent unfair competition, play legitimate rights that damage other businesses or multimedia messages that violate laws and regulations and social ethics. The first level client 202a needs to send a multimedia message to the collaboration first! client 202b via the server 201. That is to say, the multimedia information needs to be audited by the server 201 before being sent to the collaborative first level client 202b.

A preferred embodiment of the present invention further includes the first embodiment client 202a transmitting a text message to the second client 203' affiliated to the collaboration first level client 202b via the server 201. Or multimedia message.

Specifically, after the sharing is successful, the first-level client 202a may send a message to the second-level client 203 attached to the collaborative first-level client 202b, and the sent message may be a text message or a picture. , multimedia messages for audio or video. According to the method for sharing the user information by the client according to the present invention, the message can be sent to the second-level client attached to the first-level client in the communication system in a timely and accurate manner. Compared with the prior art, the method of the invention not only reduces the node for sending a message, but also improves the efficiency of message sending, and can effectively improve the immediacy and effectiveness of the message. The method of the invention can be widely applied in the fields of public service industry, industry and commerce, and has good versatility.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the present invention can be implemented by hardware, or can be implemented by means of software and a necessary general hardware platform. Based on such understanding, the technology of the present invention. The solution may be embodied in the form of a software product, which may be stored in a non-volatile storage medium (which may be a CD-ROM, a USB flash drive, a mobile hard disk, etc.), which includes a number of instructions for making a computer device (may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) performing the methods described in the various embodiments of the present invention.

The present invention has been described by the above-described embodiments, but it should be understood that the above-described embodiments are only for the purpose of illustration and description. Further, those skilled in the art can understand that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made according to the teachings of the present invention. These modifications and modifications are all claimed in the present invention. Within the scope. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

Claim

A system for sharing user information by a client, comprising:

The collaborative first level client and the second level client are capable of receiving a message sent by the first level client requesting the shared user information through the server.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein:

The first-level client is further configured to send a search target first-level client request to the server, where the request carries a matching feature value requested by the first-level client, and receives a message sent by the server Determining, by the matching feature value, the username of the first-level client, and determining the target first-level client according to the username, and then notifying the server to send the sharing to the target first-level client User information request;

The server is further configured to receive the lookup target first level client request, and select and obtain the matching with the matching feature value from the stored feature values of all first level clients according to the matching feature value. a first-level client, and sending a username of the first-level client that matches the matching feature value to the first-level client that sends the first-level client request of the search target, and then The target first level client sends the shared user information request.

The system according to claim 1, wherein the first-level client is further configured to send a multimedia message to the collaborative first-level client by using the server, where the collaborative first-level client further The multimedia message can be received and transmitted to a display device for display.

The system according to claim 1, wherein the first-level client is further configured to send a text message or a multimedia message to the second-level client attached to the collaborative first-level client by using the server. .

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the text information comprises: a text message in a TXT format or an SMS format.

6. The method according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the multimedia message carries an image comprising one or more of a JPEG, BMP, WBMP or GIF format.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first level client is a palmtop computer, a computer, a POS machine or a mobile phone.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the second level client is a cell phone.

The system according to claim 1, wherein the server is further configured to automatically send, by the sending station, the second-level client attached to the collaborative first-level client under a trigger condition. The pre-set message of the first-level client sharing the user information request.

A method for the client to share user information by using the system according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that it comprises:

Sending a shared user information requesting step, wherein the first-level client searches for and determines at least one target first-level client through the server, and sends a share to the target first-level client through the server User information request;

The method according to claim 10, wherein the second-level client attached to the collaborative first-level client is that the collaborative first-level client can directly send a message through the server. The second level client.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the sending a shared user The information request steps include:

Sending, by the server, the username to the first client that sends the shared user information request;

The first-level client that sends the shared user information request determines the target first-level client according to the user name, and notifies the server to send the shared user information to the target first-level client. request.

The method according to claim 10, wherein the processing the shared user information requesting step further comprises: the target first-level client rejecting the shared user information request, and sending the rejection information to the server And the server sends the rejection prompt information to the first-level client that sends the shared user information request according to the rejection information.

The method according to claim 10 or 13, wherein the step of processing the shared user information request further comprises: the server not receiving the rejection information sent by the target first-level client within the waiting time Or, in the case of confirming the information, the request timeout information is sent to the first-level client that sends the shared user information request.

The method according to claim 10, wherein the message is a multimedia message, and the method comprises: the cooperative first-level client, after receiving the multimedia message, the multimedia message Transfer to a display device connected to the collaborative first level client for display.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the display device comprises: an LED electronic display, a projector or a liquid crystal television.

17. The method according to claim 10, wherein the step of transmitting the message comprises:

The first-level client that sends the shared user information request sends a text message or a multimedia message to the second-level client attached to the collaborative first-level client through the server.