CN110048933A - Sound and its application method in a kind of chat tool - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses the sound in a kind of chat tool, its mode for carrying group chat in the chat tool, one sound has the group session room of multiple circle units to conversate, each group session room is self-existent, for the uniqueness of group session room according to sound unique identification and circle unique identification, sound is divided into open two kinds of forms of sound and common sound.Advantages of the present invention: facilitate user to carry out different circle units and chat, and do not interfere with each other；It can be conversated in all circle group sessions room of oneself with unrestricted choice for this sound or only be conversated in specified circle, it allows users to more be published by oneself dynamic with heart, build purer acquaintance's environment, user is facilitated to interact with acquaintance, so that colleague, classmate, family membership credentials " Spatial circle ", improve social quality.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to the sound and its application method in a kind of chat tool, belong to social networking system field.
Background technique
With the continuous development of society, the social scene of person to person is also more and more abundant, and this results in get in life
Also to there is the case where depth social activity shallow-layer while more shallow social activities.Under such social environment, no matter people with
Social networks between people are all to become inefficient with the efficiency of " good friend and non-good friend " to distinguish or be distinguished with " group ".It is modern
There are following three big pain spots in social networks.
Pain spot 1: user social contact pressure is big, and social demand is suppressed:
Core acquaintance can be simply divided into according to intimate degree and the connection frequency and enclose (strong relationship), including parent brother and sister, love
People, preferable colleague and classmate；Universal relation circle (middle relationship), included the colleague cooperated several times, client, contacted few
Classmate, by participating in various activities understanding and then having the regular friend of 2-3 contact；Peripheral relation loop (weak relationship), including which
Only the people of some impression, the people of exchanged business card do not contact the classmate for not having dealing for a long time a bit.This ring layer division be with
Centered on me.In reality it is strong, in, weak relationship, mainstream social application be based on " good friend/non-good friend " plane relation structure
In, it is all defined with the relationship of " good friend ", brings relation chain eventually extensive.Social activity pressure caused by " general acquaintanceization " allows use
Interaction, sharing between family are reduced, and deleting good friend also has pressure, and social demand is suppressed.User is purer there is an urgent need to one
Acquaintance's environment, interacts with acquaintance.
Pain spot 2: social Spatial circle:
In addition to working, other than the membership credentials of classmate, relationship can also be established based on hobby, and such as art runs, play trip
Play outing, is taken exercises, animation, pet, fighting landlord etc..Synkaingenesis produces variation, young man for the cultural core of young man
Aesthetic and surface on mainstream constantly breaking up, as hip-hop, electric sound, animation, idol culture prevalence, ring layer is more and more
Memberization, ring layer boundary are more and more obvious.People tend to the people of oneself " similar " in opening relationships, to obtain acceptance, deposit
In sense and Social dilemma.Inner in one's own " inner circle of people ", people can only focus on the content information for discussing and oneself liking, no
Spend and worry extraneous eye, without considering " generation gap " of exchange, only do it is true oneself.Things of a kind come together, people of a mind fall into the same group, things of a kind come together, people of a mind fall into the same group is
People are divided into one and another subculture groupuscule with different hobbies by one good state, and each other
Estrangement, each other alienation, this is only life in the state of generation the most comfortable.Colleague, classmate, family membership credentials also in this way, also answering
This has " Spatial circle ".
Pain spot 3: " shallow social " allow social quality worse and worse:
Still adhere to that the tradition contacts of " dropping in " are different from rural area, " shallow social " is quietly popular in city, and sociologist is very
To not having enough time also providing an official definition.Its most attractive place is that stranger condenses together, and is divided and is enclosed with interest
Son is associated at low cost, small to personal air interference.Stop after getting a little knowledge of a subject or about sth., still keeps safe distance each other.Means of communication is changing
Traditional form of communication, flow of personnel is unprecedentedly violent all over China in addition, and many people establish circle of friends by " shallow social ", saves bit by bit people
Arteries and veins.Gansu Province psychologist learns deputy chairman and secretary-general Mo Xingbang is pointed out, " shallow social " is a kind of new person occurred in recent years
The border manner of intercourse, it is easy to allow stranger because novel and common interest bring contacts generate pleasure, but are also easy to
Because contacts is made to tend to be plain without jointly lasting life circle, so that instant messaging is more next using upper good friend's number
It is more, can talker it is fewer and fewer." shallow social " allows people's social activity quality, and the efficiency of depth social activity is dropping worse and worse
It is low.Depth social activity is that aspectant exchanges and communication are carried out under line to be revert to, and carries out interactive event.But on line, because in
The social activity culture of the implicit intension of state itself, either acquaintance or general acquaintance, stranger, the social puzzlement of " ice-breaking is difficult ", always
There is no very good solution, although having there is the product of " social gaming ", " displaying ", but if to be converted into depth society
It hands over, or the taste with " deliberately ", " affected unconvention ".For usually wanting that expression is linked up, depth close to but there is the people that can not be got close to
Leading off for selfish desire prestige is got in touch with or peeped, is not met well.
Summary of the invention
The technical problem to be solved in the present invention is to provide sound and its application method in a kind of chat tool, convenient
User chats in different circle units, and does not interfere with each other, and can with unrestricted choice for this sound in oneself institute
Have and conversate in circle group session room or only conversate in specified circle, allows users to more be published by with heart
Oneself dynamic builds purer acquaintance's environment, and user is facilitated to interact with acquaintance so that colleague, classmate, family group
Relationship " Spatial circle " is knitted, social quality is improved.
The present invention passes through following proposal and realizes: the sound in a kind of chat tool carries group chat in the chat tool
Mode, a sound have the group session room of multiple circle units to conversate, and each group session room is self-existent, group's meeting
The uniqueness of room is talked about according to sound unique identification and circle unique identification.
The chat tool be user creation multiple circle units composition, each circle unit by circle unique mark
Knowledge, circle title, circle management member, the rank and file in circle, circle classification information composition.
The sound is divided into open two kinds of forms of sound and common sound.
The open sound is that sound participant understands in all circle group sessions room of oneself for this sound
Words.
The common sound is that sound participant is merely able in the circle group session room that the sound producer specifies
Words.
The producer of the common sound is the user using the chat tool product；The producer of open sound is to use
The user of the chat tool product or except the chat tool product is with anyone outdoor, the open sound and described general
The participant of logical sound is the user using the chat tool product.
The sound is that can modify formula.
The application method of sound in a kind of chat tool comprising send sound and check sound, send sound and be divided into
It sends common sound and sends open sound, send common sound and follow the steps below: editor's sound, selection send circle
Son successfully issues sound；Send open sound to follow the steps below: editor's sound is shared certainly by third-party application
It is dynamic to generate sound, it is sent to chat tool, participant enters after the sound any circle that may be selected in oneself all circle
Participate in the session of the sound；One-to-one session reply or straight can be unfolded in user by sound and chat tool user sound producer
Tap into the group session room into the sound.
Open sound is sent by using the user of chat tool product or being appointed with outdoor except the chat tool product
Who makes transmission.
The invention has the benefit that sound carries the mode of group chat in the chat tool, a sound can have multiple
The group session room of circle unit conversates, each group session room be it is self-existent, facilitate user in different circle units
It chats, and does not interfere with each other；Open two kinds of forms of sound and common sound can be directed to this sound at oneself with unrestricted choice
All circle group sessions room in conversate or only conversate in specified circle, allow users to more send out with heart
The dynamic of table oneself builds purer acquaintance's environment, facilitates user to interact with acquaintance, so that colleague, classmate, family
Membership credentials " Spatial circle ", improve social quality；Group session room is equipped with shortcut navigation, and navigation shows user institute under the sound
There is the message of the group session of circle to summarize, the specific position of group session room where user can navigate to it by every summary message
It sets, sound is that can modify formula.
Specific embodiment
The present invention is further described below, but the scope of the present invention does not limit to the content.
For clarity, not describing whole features of practical embodiments, in the following description, it is not described in detail well known function
And structure, because they can make the present invention chaotic due to unnecessary details, it will be understood that opening in any practical embodiments
In hair, it is necessary to make a large amount of implementation details to realize the specific objective of developer, such as according to related system or related business
Limitation, changes into another embodiment by one embodiment, additionally, it should think that this development may be complicated and expend
Time, but to those skilled in the art it is only routine work.
A kind of sound in a kind of chat tool of sound in chat tool, carries the side of group chat in the chat tool
Formula, a sound have the group session room of multiple circle units to conversate, and each group session room is self-existent, group session
The uniqueness of room is according to sound unique identification and circle unique identification.
The chat tool be user creation multiple circle units composition, each circle unit by circle unique identification,
Circle title, the management member of circle, the rank and file in circle, circle classification information composition, wherein circle unit is only
One mark is generated by processing unit, can use a unique character string or digital representation, the title of circle unit is by circle list
The management member of member edits, and the classification information of circle unit is edited by the management member of circle, unique mark of circle unit
Know, is for identifying the uniqueness of circle and determining member's ownership of circle unit；The circle title of circle unit is used for this
Circle unit is illustrated, circle unit one and only one circle title；The circle classification information of circle unit is used for
Mark circle unit itself and any member in circle unit, a circle unit may include multiple specific names.
The circle classification information of circle unit is for identifying circle unit itself and any member in circle unit, and one
Circle unit includes multiple specific names, and when creation, the management user of circle unit will stamp circle unit for circle
One tag along sort, and the user that circle unit is added can stamp the tag along sort automatically, we had used tag along sort both in this way
Can classify to circle unit, and user can be classified, though so two users in different circle units,
Also can see the common category with other side mutually, there certainly exist classification whether visible this privacy authority function, if with
The visibility of some classification is closed at family, then it can not see mutually the classification, circle unit with non-circle friend any under the classification
Open and secret two states itself are also classified into, the circle of open state finds for all users and applies being added；Secret shape
The circle of state is applied being added by way of user forwards for other users；User's right that also promising other users label,
But the right of friend's label is only stamped for other users, i.e., I, which compares, pays close attention to these users；User both sides' opening relationships is not
The confirmation of relationship both sides is depended on again, and depends on circle, and if it is desired to can then be added with a certain specific user's opening relationships
Address list is added to, how relating to a user can contact by two ways, the first joins to find user from circle
System, another is to search user by phone number.
The mode of group chat is carried by sound in the chat tool, and a sound has the group session room of multiple circle units
Conversate, each group session room be it is self-existent, the uniqueness of group session room is according to sound unique identification and circle
Sub- unique identification, sound form, which is divided into, discloses two kinds of forms of sound and common sound, and open sound is sound participant for this
Sound conversates in all circle group sessions room of oneself, and common sound is that sound participant is merely able to produce in sound
It conversates in the circle that person specifies, the producer of common sound is the user using the chat tool product；Open sound
The producer is to use anyone outdoor using the user of the chat tool product or except the chat tool product, can be one
A certification is the chat tool product user of public platform, the web page interlinkage of other websites or a commodity in other application
Sharing, the participant of open sound and common sound is the user for using the chat tool product；In common sound form, move
Quiet only when can conversate in a circle, which can just appear in the circle, and either when enter
The user of circle can see this sound, but the group session of sound is the timeline record for entering corresponding circle according to user
's；If a user exits circle, this user is considered as not as the common sound in the circle of founder
Group session can be carried out in the circle, i.e., these common sound do not appear in the circle, can not carry out the group session, but it yet
Preceding group session record not will be deleted；When user deletes the sound of oneself production, i.e., whole sound is deleted, that is, deletes sound sheet
Body also deletes group session.
Sound is that can modify formula, for example send first some time one day and participate in certain movable sound, if discussing in sound has
The modification of time and location can directly modify sound title content and be updated to latest news.
The application method of sound in a kind of chat tool comprising send sound and check sound, send sound and be divided into
It sends common sound and sends open sound, send common sound and follow the steps below: editor's sound, selection send circle
Son successfully issues sound；Send open sound to follow the steps below: editor's sound is shared certainly by third-party application
It is dynamic to generate sound, it is sent to chat tool, participant enters after the sound any circle that may be selected in oneself all circle
The session of the sound is participated in, participant may be selected arbitrary circle in oneself all circle and carry out the session, rather than by moving
It is carried out in the circle that the quiet producer selects sound to send, it may be assumed that after sending open sound formation unique identification, the sound and participant
The group session room unique identification is collectively formed in the circle unique identification of some circle of selection, and a sound is according to different circles
Multiple group session rooms can be formed.Common sound is then to complete sound unique identification by the sound producer specified circle is added uniquely to mark
Know；User can be unfolded one-to-one session reply with the sound producer for belonging to chat tool user by sound or be directly entered this
The group session room of sound.
Open sound is sent by using the user of chat tool product or being appointed with outdoor except the chat tool product
Who automatically generates open sound by user's sharing triggering chat tool after making and sends.
Group session room is equipped with shortcut navigation, and navigation shows that the message of the group session of all circles of user under the sound summarizes,
The specific location of group session room where user can navigate to it by every summary message.
Although having done more detailed elaboration to technical solution of the present invention and having enumerated, it should be understood that for ability
For field technique personnel, modifications to the embodiments described above may be made or uses equivalent alternative solution, this is to those skilled in the art
It is it is clear that these modifications or improvements without departing from theon the basis of the spirit of the present invention, belong to the present invention for member
Claimed range.
Claims (10)
1. the sound in a kind of chat tool, it is characterised in that: its mode for carrying group chat in the chat tool, a sound have
The group session room of multiple circle units conversates, and each group session room is self-existent, the uniqueness root of group session room
According to be sound unique identification and circle unique identification.
2. the sound in a kind of chat tool according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the chat tool is user's creation
Multiple circle units composition, each circle unit by the unique identification of circle, circle title, circle management member,
The classification information of rank and file, circle in circle form.
3. the sound in a kind of chat tool according to claim 2, it is characterised in that: the sound is divided into open sound
With two kinds of forms of common sound.
4. the sound in a kind of chat tool according to claim 3, it is characterised in that: the open sound is sound ginseng
It conversates in all circle group sessions room of oneself with person for this sound.
5. the sound in a kind of chat tool according to claim 3, it is characterised in that: the common sound is sound ginseng
It is merely able to conversate in the circle that the sound producer specifies with person.
6. sound and its application method in a kind of chat tool according to claim 3, it is characterised in that: described common
The producer of sound is the user using the chat tool product；The producer of open sound is to use the chat tool product
User or except the chat tool product is with anyone outdoor, the participant of the open sound and the common sound is
Use the user of the chat tool product.
7. sound and its application method in a kind of chat tool according to claim 3, it is characterised in that: the sound
For formula can be modified.
8. a kind of application method of the sound in chat tool, it is characterised in that: it includes sending sound and checking sound, is sent
Sound, which is divided into, to be sent common sound and sends open sound, is sent common sound and is followed the steps below: editor's sound, selection
Circle is sent, sound is successfully issued；Send open sound to follow the steps below: editor's sound passes through third-party application
Sharing automatically generates sound, is sent to chat tool, and appointing in oneself all circle may be selected after entering the sound in participant
Meaning circle participates in the session of the sound, and user can be unfolded by sound with the sound producer for belonging to chat tool user one-to-one
The group session room of the sound is replied or is directly entered in session.
9. the application method of the sound in a kind of chat tool according to claim 8, it is characterised in that: send open dynamic
Quiet user by using chat tool product makes transmission with anyone outdoor except the chat tool product.
10. the application method of the sound in a kind of chat tool according to claim 8, it is characterised in that: group's meeting
It talks about room and is equipped with shortcut navigation.
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