TWI535327B - Apparatus, server and method of data synchronization between clients of communication account - Google Patents

Description

Data synchronization method, device and server between communication client accounts

The invention relates to a data synchronization method, device and server, in particular to a data synchronization method, device and server between clients of a network communication account.

With the development of network technology, the same communication account can be operated on multiple clients at the same time. For example, the same instant messaging account can simultaneously log in to the mobile client and PC (Personal Computer) client, and can use the mobile phone. The client and PC client exchange information with other instant messaging accounts. However, in the prior art, data between multiple clients corresponding to the same communication account cannot be synchronized in time. According to the above example: when the mobile client updates the associated data of the instant communication account (for example, user profile data), the PC The client cannot synchronously display the associated data of the updated instant messaging account, thereby affecting the consistency of the display data between the mobile client and the PC client, reducing the intelligence of the client and affecting the user experience.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a method, a device, and a server for synchronizing data between clients of a communication account enable consistency between clients corresponding to the same communication account, thereby improving the intelligence of the client and improving the user experience. .

In an embodiment of the present invention, a method for synchronizing data between clients of a communication account, the method includes: when the first client corresponding to the communication account updates the associated data of the communication account, acquiring the Updating the update information of the associated data; searching the first client corresponding to the communication account, and the second client in the connected state; synchronizing the update information of the associated data to the second client, so as to The second client displays the updated associated data.

In another embodiment of the present invention, a data synchronization device between the clients of the communication account may include: an information acquisition module, configured to: when the first client corresponding to the communication account updates the associated data of the communication account And acquiring, by the search module, the first client that is corresponding to the communication account, and the second client that is in a connected state; and a synchronization module, configured to use the associated data The update information is synchronized to the second client, so that the second client displays the updated associated data.

In another embodiment of the present invention, a server may include the data synchronization device described in the above embodiments.

When the first client corresponding to the communication account performs an update operation on the associated data of the communication account, the update information of the associated data is synchronized to the second connection state of the communication account other than the first client. The client may enable the second client to synchronously display the updated The data is combined to make the first client and the second client display data consistent, which improves the intelligence of the client, thereby improving the user experience.

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more <RTIgt;

S101~S103‧‧‧Steps

S201~S211‧‧‧Steps

S301~S310‧‧‧Steps

101‧‧‧Information acquisition module

102‧‧‧Search module

103‧‧‧Synchronization module

104‧‧‧First login detection module

105‧‧‧Time acquisition module

106‧‧‧First Information Search Module

107‧‧‧First update module

108‧‧‧ Third Information Search Module

109‧‧‧ third update module

110‧‧‧Second login detection module

111‧‧‧Second information search module

112‧‧‧Second update module

1201‧‧‧List acquisition unit

1202‧‧‧Status detection unit

1203‧‧‧Determining unit

1 is a flowchart of a method for synchronizing data between clients of a communication account according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for synchronizing data between clients of a communication account according to another embodiment of the present invention; 3 is a flowchart of a data synchronization method between clients of a communication account according to another embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a data synchronization device between clients of a communication account according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a data synchronization device between clients of a communication account according to another embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 6 is a structural diagram of a data synchronization device between clients of a communication account according to another embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a search module of a data synchronization apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The foregoing and other technical contents, features and effects of the present invention will be described in the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the drawings. Can be clearly presented. The directional terms mentioned in the following embodiments, such as up, down, left, right, front or back, etc., are only directions referring to the additional drawings. Therefore, the directional terminology used is for the purpose of illustration and not limitation.

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the present invention will be further described in conjunction with the drawings and embodiments. It is understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

In the present invention, the client may be a terminal device, such as a PC, a PAD (tablet), a mobile phone, a smart phone, a notebook computer, and the like. The client can also be a client module in the terminal device, for example, an instant messaging client, a SNS (Social Networking Services) client, and the like. The communication account can be an instant messaging account, a mobile phone number, an email account, etc., and is used to identify a unique communication user. The client corresponding to the communication account refers to the login client of the communication account, that is, the communication account logs in to the communication system through the client corresponding to the communication account.

In the present invention, the first client corresponding to the communication account can log in to any client used by the communication system for the communication account. The second client corresponding to the communication account may log in to the at least one client used by the communication system for the communication account, and any client other than the first client. The client is in the connected state, indicating that the client is connected to the data synchronization device. At this time, the user state corresponding to the client can be displayed as online, invisible, and away; the client is not in the connected state, including the logout state and hibernation. The status indicates that the client and the data synchronization device are not connected, and the user status corresponding to the client can be displayed as offline. In the following embodiments of the present invention, the client uses an instant messaging client as an example for description.

The data synchronization method between clients of the communication account of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3.

1 is a flowchart of a method for data synchronization between clients of a communication account according to an embodiment of the present invention; the method includes the following steps S101 to S103.

S101. Acquire update information of the associated data when the first client corresponding to the communication account performs an update operation on the associated data of the communication account.

The associated data of the communication account may include, but is not limited to, user personal data and user relationship chain data corresponding to the communication account; for example, the associated data of the instant messaging account may include, but is not limited to, a nickname and a personalized signature of the instant communication user. User personal data such as the identity of the joined instant messaging group, as well as the friend data of the instant messaging user, the friend data in the instant messaging group, and the like. The same communication account can correspond to multiple clients. For example, the communication account A can correspond to the mobile client A and the PC client B, and can also correspond to the PAD client C. The user corresponding to the communication account can update the associated data of the communication account on any client corresponding to the communication account. For example, the user corresponding to the communication account A can modify the user nickname through the mobile client A. In this step, when the first client corresponding to the communication account performs an update operation on the associated data of the communication account, the update information of the associated data of the communication account is obtained, where the update information of the associated data includes but is not limited to: The update time of the associated data, the type of operation for performing the update operation on the associated data, and the updated content of the associated data.

S102. Search for the first client corresponding to the communication account and the second client in a connected state.

According to the example in step S102, the communication account A corresponds to the first A client is the mobile client A, and the communication account A also corresponds to the PC client B and the PAD client C; wherein the PC client B is in the connected state, and the communication account A has logged out from the PAD client C before performing this step. The PAD client C is in an unconnected state; in this step, the PC client B corresponding to the communication account A is searched for as the second client.

S103. Synchronize update information of the associated data to the second client, so that the second client displays the updated associated data.

In this step, after the update information of the associated data is synchronized to the second client, the second client displays the updated associated data, so that the first client and the second client display The associated data of the communication account has consistency; according to the example in step S101 and step S102: after the mobile client A updates the associated data of the communication account A, the PC client B can synchronously display the updated association. The data makes the data displayed between the mobile client A and the PC client B consistent. In this step, the update information of the associated data synchronized to the second client is used for the second client to perform synchronous display of the associated data, and is not used for updating the associated data of the communication account in the second client local database. This is because the second client may change from the connection state to the non-connected state during the synchronization process, for example, the communication account is logged out at the second client, or the second client is in the sleep state, etc., so that the second client cannot Receiving the complete update information, the update integrity of the associated data of the second client local database with respect to the communication account cannot be guaranteed.

2 is a flowchart of a method for synchronizing data between clients of a communication account according to another embodiment of the present invention; the method may include: step S201 - step S211.

S201: When the communication client accounts correspond to the first client, the communication is performed. When the associated data of the account is updated, the update information of the associated data is obtained. For the step S201 of the embodiment, reference may be made to the step S101 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 , and details are not described herein.

S202. Acquire a login list of the communication account, where the login The list includes identification information of at least one client corresponding to the communication account.

In this embodiment, the server maintains a login column for each communication account. Table, after each communication account is logged in using the client, the server adds the login record to the login list of each communication account. A login record contains the identification information of a client and the login time. The login list includes identification information of at least one client corresponding to the communication account; and the identification information of one client identifies only one client. In this step, the login list of the communication account can be obtained from the server. For example, the communication account A is logged in through the mobile client A, the PC client B, and the PAD client C. In this step, the communication account A can be obtained. The login list includes the identification information of the mobile client A, the identification information of the PC client B, and the identification information of the PAD client C.

S203. According to at least one client corresponding to the communication account. The identifier information is used to detect a status of at least one client corresponding to the communication account.

In this step, at least one corresponding to the communication account may be detected. Whether the client is connected to the server. If a client remains connected to the server, it indicates that the client is connected. Otherwise, it indicates that the client is not connected. According to the example shown in step S202, it is possible to separately detect whether the mobile client A is connected to the server, detect whether the PC client B is connected to the server, and detect the PAD guest. Whether the client C is connected to the server; if it is detected that both the mobile client A and the PC client B are connected to the server, and the PAD client C is disconnected from the server, the mobile client A can be indicated. Both the PC client B and the PC client B are connected, and the PAD client C is not connected.

S204. At least one client corresponding to the communication account. The client in addition to the first client and in the connected state is determined to be the second client. According to the example in step S203: the first client is the mobile client A, and in this step, the PC client B can be determined as the second client. Steps S202 to S204 of this embodiment are the step details of step S102 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1.

S205. Synchronize update information of the associated data to the first a second client, so that the second client displays the updated associated data. Step S205 can be referred to step S103 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 , and details are not described herein.

S206, when receiving any client corresponding to the communication account When the login request is sent, it is detected whether the client that requested the login has a history registration record; if the detection result is yes, the process goes to step S207; otherwise, the process goes to step S210.

In step S206, it is detected whether the client requesting login is saved. In the historical login record, that is, whether the communication account is used for the first time to log in using the requesting login, and if the client that requests the login has a historical login record, the communication account has used the request before the login. The logged-in client logs in, and the communication account is not used for the first time to log in using the client that requests the login; if the client that requests the login does not have a historical login record, the communication account is used before the login. Logging in from the client that has not requested to log in, the communication account is Log in for the first time using the client requesting login. For example, when the communication account A uses the mobile client D to log in, the mobile client D sends a login request. In this step, it is detected whether there is a login record of the mobile client D in the login list of the communication account A. If the detection result is yes, it indicates Before the login, the communication account A has used the mobile client D to log in, and then proceeds to step S207; otherwise, it indicates that the communication account A has never used the mobile client D to log in before the login, and then proceeds to the step S210.

Step S207: Acquire a last historical login time of the client that requests to log in. In this step, the historical login record of the client that requests the login may be searched from the login list of the communication account, and the latest historical login time is obtained from the login history; for example, the latest historical login time of the mobile client D is 2013-2-1-11:00.

Step S208: Search for update information of the associated data of the communication account according to the latest historical login time of the client that is requested to log in. In this step, according to the latest historical login time of the client that is requested to log in, from all the update information of the associated data of the communication account, the search update time is later than the last historical login time of the client requesting to log in. Update information; according to the example shown above: from all the update information of the associated data of the communication account A, the update information of the update time later than 2013-2-1-11:00 is searched.

Step S209, sending the updated update information of the associated data of the communication account to the client requesting to log in. After the step of sending the updated information of the associated data of the communication account to the client requesting the login, the client requesting the login may update the communication in the local database by using the received update information. Linked data for the account. Step S207 to step S209 of this embodiment describe the client requesting login An incremental update process for the associated data of the communication account in the local database.

Step S210: Search for the associated data of the communication account and all the update information of the associated data of the communication account.

Step S211, the associated data of the searched communication account and all the updated information of the associated data of the communication account are sent together to the client requesting to log in. In this step, after the associated data of the communication account and the update information of the associated data of the communication account are sent to the client requesting login, the client requesting login may be in the local database storage office. The latest associated data for the communication account. Step S210 to step S211 of the present embodiment describe a full amount update process of the associated data of the communication account in the local database of the client requesting login.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a data synchronization method between clients of a communication account according to another embodiment of the present invention; the method may include the following steps S301 to S310.

S301. Acquire update information of the associated data when the first client corresponding to the communication account performs an update operation on the associated data of the communication account. S302. Acquire a login list of the communication account, where the login list includes identifier information of at least one client corresponding to the communication account. S303. Detect, according to the identifier information of the at least one client corresponding to the communication account, the status of the at least one client corresponding to the communication account. S304. Determine, in the at least one client that corresponds to the communication account, a client that is in a connected state except the first client, and is determined to be a second client. S305. Synchronize update information of the associated data to the second client, so that the second client displays the updated associated data. S306, when receiving a login request sent by any client corresponding to the communication account, detecting Whether the history registration record exists in the client that is logged in; if the detection result is yes, the process goes to step S307; otherwise, the process goes to step S310.

Step S301 to step S306 of this embodiment can be seen as shown in FIG. 2 Steps S201 to S206 of the embodiment are not described herein. It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the login request carries an information pull indication and a last information pull time; wherein the information pull indication is used to indicate the client requesting login The range of information requested by the terminal, for example, requesting to pull the user personal data corresponding to the communication account, or requesting to pull the user relationship chain data corresponding to the communication account, or requesting to pull a friend in the user relationship chain corresponding to the communication account. Data, and so on. The last pull time indicates the time when the client requesting the login last obtained the requested pull information.

S307, according to the information pull instruction and the last information pull Searching for updated information of the associated data of the communication account. In this step, from all the update information of the associated data of the communication account, the search update time is later than the last information pull time, and the update content is located in the information range indicated by the information pull indication; For example, from all the update information of the associated data of the communication account, the search update time is later than the last information pull time, and the update content is update information of the user personal data; or, the associated data from the communication account In all the update information, the search update time is later than the last information pull time, and the update content is update information of the user relationship chain data, and the like.

S308, the related data of the communication account to be searched for is further changed. New information is sent to the client requesting login. After the step of sending the updated information of the associated data of the communication account to the client requesting the login, the client requesting the login may use the received update letter. Update the associated data of the communication account in the local database. Steps S307-S308 of the present embodiment describe an incremental update process of the associated data of the communication account in the local database of the client requesting login.

S309. Search for associated data of the communication account and the communication. All updates to the associated data for the account.

S310, the associated data of the communication account to be searched for and All update information of the associated data of the communication account is sent to the client requesting login. For the steps S309 to S310 of the embodiment, reference may be made to step S210 to step S211 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, and details are not described herein.

Through the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, in the embodiment of the present invention, When the first client corresponding to the communication account performs an update operation on the associated data of the communication account, the update information of the associated data is synchronized to the second connection state of the communication account other than the first client. The client may enable the second client to synchronously display the updated associated data, so that the display data between the first client and the second client is consistent, thereby improving the intelligence of the client, thereby improving the user. The experience of using.

Referring to Figures 4-7, a communication account is an embodiment of the present invention. The structure of the data synchronization device between the clients. The data synchronization device between the clients of the communication account is used to perform the method of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 of the present invention. For the convenience of description, only the parts related to the embodiment of the present invention are specifically shown. For technical details not disclosed, please refer to the embodiment shown in Figures 1-3 of the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 4, which is a communication account provided by an embodiment of the present invention. A schematic diagram of a structure of a data synchronization device between clients; the device includes: an information acquisition module 101, a search module 102, and a synchronization module 103.

The information obtaining module 101 is configured to: when the communication account corresponds to the first When the client performs an update operation on the associated data of the communication account, the client obtains the update information of the associated data.

The associated data of the communication account may include but is not limited to: The user personal data and the user relationship chain data corresponding to the communication account; for example, the associated data of the instant messaging account may include, but is not limited to, the user's personal data such as the nickname of the instant communication user, the personalized signature, and the identity of the joined instant communication group. And friend data of the instant messaging user, friend data in the instant communication group, and the like. The same communication account can correspond to multiple clients. For example, the communication account A can correspond to the mobile client A and the PC client B, and can also correspond to the PAD client C. The user corresponding to the communication account can update the associated data of the communication account on any client corresponding to the communication account. For example, the user corresponding to the communication account A can modify the user nickname through the mobile client A. The information obtaining module 101 acquires update information of the associated data of the communication account when the first client corresponding to the communication account performs an update operation on the associated data of the communication account; wherein the update information of the associated data includes but not It is limited to: an update time of the associated data, an operation type of performing an update operation on the associated data, and an update content of the associated data.

The searching module 102 is configured to search for a corresponding a second client outside the first client and in a connected state. According to the embodiment, the first client corresponding to the communication account A is the mobile phone client A, and the communication account A also corresponds to the PC client B and the PAD client C; wherein the PC client B is in the connected state, and the Before the search module 102 performs the search, the communication account A has logged out from the PAD client C, and the PAD client C is in the unconnected state; the search module 102 searches for the PC client B corresponding to the communication account A as the second client.

a synchronization module 103, configured to update information of the associated data Synchronizing to the second client, so that the second client displays the updated associated data according to the update information of the associated data.

The synchronization module 103 compares the update information of the associated data After the step to the second client, the second client displays the updated associated data according to the update information of the associated data, so that the displayed between the first client and the second client is displayed. The associated data of the communication account has consistency; after the mobile client A updates the associated data of the communication account A, the PC client B can synchronously display the updated associated data, so that the mobile client A and the PC client The data displayed between end B is consistent. The synchronization module 103 synchronizes update information of the associated data to the second client for the second client to perform synchronous display of the associated data, and is not used for updating the associated data of the communication account in the second client local database. This is because the second client may change from the connection state to the non-connected state during the synchronization process, for example, the communication account is logged out at the second client, or the second client is in the dormant state, etc., thereby making the second client The terminal cannot receive the complete update information, and the update integrity of the associated data of the communication account by the second client local database cannot be guaranteed.

Referring to FIG. 5, in another embodiment of the present invention, a communication account A schematic diagram of a structure of a data synchronization device between clients; the device includes: an information acquisition module 101, a search module 102, and a synchronization module 103. The apparatus may further include: a first login detection module 104, a time acquisition module 105, a first information search module 106, and a first update module 107. The apparatus further includes: a third information search module 108 and a third update module 109. The structure and function of the information acquisition module 101, the search module 102, and the synchronization module 103 can be referred to the related description of the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, and details are not described herein.

a first login detection module 104, configured to receive the communication When the login request is sent by any client corresponding to the account, it is detected whether the client that requested the login has a historical login record, that is, whether the communication account is logged in for the client that is requested to log in for the first time request, and if the login is requested The client has a historical login record, indicating that the communication account has used the client that requested to log in to log in before the login, and the communication account is not the first time to log in using the client requesting to log in; The client that requests the login does not have a historical login record, indicating that the communication account has never logged in using the client that requested to log in before the login, and the communication account is the client that is logged in for the first use request. Log in. For example, when the communication account A uses the mobile phone client D to log in, the mobile phone client D sends a login request, and the first login detection module 104 detects whether there is a login record of the mobile phone client D in the login list of the communication account A, if the detection is detected. If the result is yes, it means that before the login, the communication account A has used the mobile client D to log in; otherwise, it indicates that the communication account A has never used the mobile client D to log in before the login.

a time acquisition module 105, configured to request the login of the client A historical login record exists on the end, and the last historical login time of the client that requested the login is obtained.

In this embodiment, the server maintains a login column for each communication account. Table, after each communication account is logged in using the client, the server adds the login record to the login list of each communication account. A login record contains the identification information of a client and the login time. The login list includes identification information of at least one client corresponding to the communication account; and the identification information of one client identifies only one client. The time obtaining module 105 may search for the client requesting login from the login list of the communication account. All historical login records, from which the latest historical login time is obtained; according to the foregoing example, the time acquisition module 105 can obtain the latest historical login time of the mobile client D as 2013-2-1-11:00.

The first information searching module 106 is configured to log in according to the request The latest historical login time of the client, searching for update information of the associated data of the communication account. The first information searching module 106 searches for update information of the latest historical login time of the client that is later than the request to log in from all the update information of the associated data of the communication account; according to the foregoing example: An information search module 106 searches for update information later than 2013-2-1-11:00 from all the update information of the associated data of the communication account A.

a first update module 107, configured to search the communication account The update information of the associated data of the number is sent to the client requesting the login. After the first update module 107 sends the updated update information of the associated data of the communication account to the client requesting login, the client requesting login may update the local data by using the received update information. The associated data of the communication account in the library. The setting of the time obtaining module 105, the first information searching module 106, and the first updating module 107 describes the increment of the associated data about the communication account in the local database of the client requesting login. Update process.

a third information searching module 108, configured to request the login The client does not have a historical login record, and searches for the associated data of the communication account and all the updated information of the associated data of the communication account.

a third update module 109, configured to request the login of the client The historical login record does not exist, the associated data of the communication account number searched by the third information searching module 108, and the associated data of the communication account. All update information is sent to the client requesting login.

The third update module 109 will search for the communication account After the associated data and all the update information of the associated data of the communication account are sent to the client requesting the login, the client requesting the login may store the latest associated data of the communication account in the local database. The third information search module 108 and the third update module 109 describe a full amount update process for the associated data of the communication account in the local database of the client requesting login.

Please refer to FIG. 6, which is a data synchronization device according to another embodiment of the present invention. The device structure diagram includes: an information acquisition module 101, a search module 102, and a synchronization module 103. The apparatus further includes: a third information search module 108 and a third update module 109. The device further includes: a second login detection module 110, a second information search module 111, and a second update module 112. The structure and function of the information acquisition module 101, the search module 102, the synchronization module 103, the third information search module 108, and the third update module 109 can be referred to the related descriptions of the embodiments shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, and details are not described herein. .

a second login detection module 110, configured to receive the communication When the login request is sent by any client corresponding to the account, it is detected whether the client that requested the login has a historical login record.

The login request includes: carrying a message pull instruction and The last time the information was pulled. The information pull instruction is used to indicate the range of information requested by the client that requests the login, for example, requesting to pull the user personal data corresponding to the communication account, or requesting to pull the user relationship chain data corresponding to the communication account. Or request to pull a friend data in the user relationship chain corresponding to the communication account. The last pull time indicates the time when the client requesting the login last obtained the requested pull information.

a second information searching module 111, configured to request the login The client has a historical login record, and searches for update information of the associated data of the communication account according to the information pull instruction and the last information pull time.

The second information searching module 111 is off from the communication account In all the update information of the joint data, the search update time is later than the last information pull time, and the update content is located in the information range indicated by the information pull indication; for example, the associated data from the communication account In all the update information, the search update time is later than the last information pull time, and the update content is the update information of the user personal data; or, from all the update information of the associated data of the communication account, the search update time is later than The last information pull time, and the update content is the update information of the user relationship chain data, and so on.

a second update module 112, configured to search the communication account The update information of the associated data of the number is sent to the client requesting the login. After the second update module 112 sends the updated update information of the associated data of the communication account to the client requesting login, the client requesting login may update the local data by using the received update information. The associated data of the communication account in the library. The second information searching module 111 and the second update module 112 describe an incremental update process of the associated data of the communication account in the local database of the client requesting login.

Referring to FIG. 7, a search module according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided. The structure of the search module 102 includes a list obtaining unit 1201, a state detecting unit 1202, and a determining unit 1203.

The list obtaining unit 1201 is configured to obtain the login of the communication account Recording a list, the login list includes identification information of at least one client corresponding to the communication account. The server maintains a login list for each communication account. After each communication account is logged in using the client, the server will log in. Add to the login list for each communication account. A login record contains the identification information of a client and the login time. The login list includes identification information of at least one client corresponding to the communication account; and the identification information of one client identifies only one client. The list obtaining unit 1201 may obtain a login list of the communication account from the server, for example, the communication account A is logged in through the mobile phone client A, the PC client B, and the PAD client C, respectively, and the list obtaining unit 1201 may obtain a login list of the communication account A, where the login list includes the identification information of the mobile phone client A, the identification information of the PC client B, and the identification information of the PAD client C.

a status detecting unit 1202, configured to correspond to the communication account The identification information of the at least one client detects the status of the at least one client corresponding to the communication account.

The status detecting unit 1202 can detect the communication account Whether the corresponding at least one client is in a connected state with the server, if a client is in a connected state with the server, it indicates that the client is in a connected state; otherwise, the client is in an unconnected state. According to the above example of the embodiment, it is possible to detect whether the mobile client A is connected to the server, detect whether the PC client B is connected to the server, and detect whether the PAD client C remains connected to the server; If it is detected that both the mobile client A and the PC client B are connected to the server, and the PAD client C is disconnected from the server, it can indicate that both the mobile client A and the PC client B are connected, PAD Client C is in an unconnected state.

a determining unit 1203, configured to at least correspond to the communication account In a client, a client other than the first client and in a connected state is determined to be a second client.

According to the above example of the embodiment, the first client is a mobile phone The client A, the determining unit 1203 can determine the PC client B as the second client.

Through the description of the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 to FIG. 7 above, it can be seen that when When the first client corresponding to the credit account performs an update operation on the associated data of the communication account, the update information of the associated data is synchronized to the second client in the connected state except the first client corresponding to the communication account. End, the second client may be synchronized to display the updated associated data, so that the display data between the first client and the second client is consistent, thereby improving the intelligence of the client, thereby improving the user's Use experience.

Another embodiment of the present invention discloses a server including For a data synchronization device between the clients of a communication account, the structure and function of the data synchronization device between the clients of the communication account can be referred to the description of the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 to FIG. 7 , and details are not described herein. The server can be applied to the methods shown in Figures 1-3.

When the communication client accounts corresponding to the first client to the communication account When the associated data is updated, the update information of the associated data is synchronized to the second client in the connected state except the first client corresponding to the communication account, and the second client can be synchronized to display the update. The associated data is used to make the display data consistency between the first client and the second client, which improves the intelligence of the client, thereby improving the user experience.

A person skilled in the art can understand that all or part of the process of implementing the above embodiments can be completed by controlling a related hardware through a computer program, and the program can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. When executed, the flow of an embodiment of the methods as described above may be included. The storage medium may be a hard disk, a compact disk, or a read-only storage memory. (Read-Only Memory, ROM) or Random Access Memory (RAM).

It should be noted that each embodiment in this specification adopts progressive The description of the manners, each embodiment focuses on the differences from the other embodiments, and the same similar parts between the various embodiments can be referred to each other. For the system or device disclosed in the embodiment, since it corresponds to the method disclosed in the embodiment, the description is relatively simple, and the relevant parts can be referred to the method part.

It should also be noted that, in this paper, such as the first and second, etc. Relational terms such as those are merely used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order. Furthermore, the term "comprises" or "comprises" or "comprises" or any other variations thereof is intended to encompass a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or device that comprises a plurality of elements includes not only those elements but also Other elements, or elements that are inherent to such a process, method, item, or device. An element that is defined by the phrase "comprising a ..." does not exclude the presence of additional equivalent elements in the process, method, item, or device that comprises the element.

While the present invention has been described in its preferred embodiments, the present invention is not intended to limit the invention, and the present invention may be modified and modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The scope of protection is subject to the definition of the scope of the patent application. In addition, any of the objects or advantages or features of the present invention are not required to be achieved by any embodiment or application of the invention. In addition, the abstract sections and headings are only used to assist in the search of patent files and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

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A method for synchronizing data between clients of a communication account, the method comprising: acquiring update information of the associated data when the first client corresponding to the communication account performs an update operation on the associated data of the communication account; The first client corresponding to the communication account, and the second client in the connected state; synchronizing the update information of the associated data to the second client, so that the second client displays the update And the related data of the client; and when receiving the login request sent by any client corresponding to the communication account, detecting whether the client that requests the login has a historical login record. The method of claim 1, wherein the update information of the associated data comprises: an update time of the associated data, an operation type of performing an update operation on the associated data, and an update content of the associated data. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of searching for the first client corresponding to the communication account and the second client in a connected state further comprises: acquiring the communication account a login list, where the login list includes the identification information of the at least one client corresponding to the communication account; and detecting the status of the at least one client corresponding to the communication account according to the identification information of the at least one client corresponding to the communication account; And the at least one client corresponding to the communication account, the client other than the first client and in the connected state is determined as the second client. The method of claim 1, wherein when the login request sent by any client corresponding to the communication account is received, detecting whether the client requesting the login has a historical login record, The method further includes: if the client that requests the login has a historical login record, obtaining the latest historical login time of the client that requests the login; searching for the communication account according to the last historical login time of the client that is logged in to the request And updating information of the associated data; and sending the updated update information of the associated data of the communication account to the client requesting the login. The method of claim 1, wherein the login request carries an information pull indication and a last information pull time, and the login request sent by any client corresponding to the communication account is received. The step of detecting whether the client requesting the login has a historical login record further includes: if the client requesting the login has a historical login record, searching according to the information pull instruction and the last information pull time, searching And the update information of the associated data of the communication account; and the update information of the associated data of the searched communication account is sent to the client requesting to log in. The method of claim 1, wherein when the login request sent by any client corresponding to the communication account is received, detecting whether the client requesting the login has a historical login record, And including: if the client that requests the login does not have a historical login record, searching for the associated data of the communication account and all update information of the associated data of the communication account; and the associated data of the communication account to be searched for And all the update information of the associated data of the communication account is sent to the client requesting to log in. The method of claim 1, wherein the login request carries an information pull indication and a last information pull time, and the login request sent by any client corresponding to the communication account is received. The step of detecting whether the client requesting the login has a historical login record further includes: searching for the associated data of the communication account and the association of the communication account if the client that requests the login does not have a historical login record All the update information of the data; and the associated data of the searched communication account and all the update information of the associated data of the communication account are sent to the client requesting to log in. A data synchronization device between each client of a communication account, the device includes: an information acquisition module, configured to be used by a first client corresponding to a communication account When the associated data of the communication account is updated, the update information of the associated data is obtained; the search module is configured to search the first client corresponding to the communication account, and the second client in the connected state; a module, configured to synchronize update information of the associated data to the second client, so that the second client displays the updated associated data according to update information of the associated data; and login detection And a module, configured to: when receiving the login request sent by any client corresponding to the communication account, detecting whether the client that requests the login has a historical login record. The device of claim 8, wherein the update information of the associated data comprises: an update time of the associated data, an operation type of performing an update operation on the associated data, and an update content of the associated data. The device of claim 9, wherein the search module includes: a list obtaining unit, configured to acquire a login list of the communication account, where the login list includes at least one client corresponding to the communication account And a status detecting unit, configured to detect, according to the identification information of the at least one client corresponding to the communication account, a status of the at least one client corresponding to the communication account, and a determining unit, configured to: at least one corresponding to the communication account In the client, the client in addition to the first client and in the connected state determines For the second client. The device of claim 8, further comprising: a time acquisition module, configured to: if the client that requests the login has a historical login record, obtain the latest historical login time of the client that requests to log in; An information searching module, configured to search for update information of associated data of the communication account according to a last history login time of the client that is requested to log in; and a first update module, configured to search for the communication account The update information of the associated data is sent to the client requesting login. The device of claim 8, wherein the login request carries an information pull indication and a last information pull time, and the device further includes: a second information search module, configured to request login The client has a historical login record, searches for update information of the associated data of the communication account according to the information pull instruction and the last information pull time; and a second update module, configured to search the The update information of the associated data of the communication account is sent to the client requesting the login. The device of claim 11, further comprising: a third information searching module, configured to search for associated data of the communication account and the communication if the client that requests the login does not have a historical login record All update information of the associated data of the account; and a third update module, configured to: if the client requesting login does not have a calendar The history registration record searches for the associated data of the communication account and all the updated information of the associated data of the communication account. The device of claim 12, further comprising: a third information searching module, configured to search for associated data of the communication account and the communication if the client that requests the login does not have a historical login record All update information of the associated data of the account; and a third update module, configured to search for the associated data of the communication account and all updates of the associated data of the communication account if the client that requests the login does not have a historical login record information. A server, the server includes a data synchronization device between the clients of the communication account, wherein the device includes: an information acquisition module, configured to: when the first client corresponding to the communication account performs the associated data of the communication account The update module acquires update information of the associated data; the search module is configured to search the first client corresponding to the communication account, and the second client in a connected state; and a synchronization module, configured to: Updating information of the associated data is synchronized to the second client, so that the second client displays the updated associated data according to the update information of the associated data; and the first login detecting module is configured to receive When the login request is sent to the client corresponding to the communication account, detecting whether the client that requests the login has a historical login record, and the time obtaining module is configured to: if the client that requests the login has a historical login record, Get the last historical login of the client requesting login The first information searching module is configured to search for update information of the associated data of the communication account according to the latest historical login time of the client that is requested to log in; the first update module is configured to search the communication The update information of the associated data of the account is sent to the client that requests the login; the second login detection module is configured to detect the request for the login when receiving the login request sent by any client corresponding to the communication account Whether the client has a historical login record, and the login request carries the information pull indication and the last information pull time; the second information search module is configured to: if the client that requests the login has a historical login record, according to the The information pull instruction and the last information pull time, and the update information of the associated data of the communication account is searched; the second update module is configured to send the updated update information of the associated data of the communication account to the requested login The third information search module is configured to: if the client that requests the login does not have a historical login record, the search Correlation data of the communication account and all update information of the associated data of the communication account; and a third update module, configured to search for the associated data of the communication account if the client that requests the login does not have a historical login record And all update information of the associated data of the communication account. The server according to claim 15, wherein the update information of the associated data includes: an update time of the associated data, an operation type of performing an update operation on the associated data, and an update content of the associated data. . The server of claim 16, wherein the search module includes: a list obtaining unit, configured to acquire a login list of the communication account, where the login list includes at least one client corresponding to the communication account And the status detecting unit is configured to detect, according to the identifier information of the at least one client corresponding to the communication account, the state of the at least one client corresponding to the communication account, and the determining unit, configured to: at least correspond to the communication account In a client, a client other than the first client and in a connected state is determined to be a second client.