TWI774519B - System and method of dispatching an instant message in silent mode - Google Patents

Abstract

System and method of an instant mobile message, includes a database, a server, a push gateway, and a mobile communication device. A cloud is composed of the database, the server and the push gateway. The database stores members’ information. The mobile communication device loads a dispatching-mute-time table, and checks to see if the present time is a dispatching-mute-time or not, if it is the dispatching-mute-time then displays a mute-send-button and a normal-send-button on the screen.

Description

System and method for silently transmitting instant messages

The present invention relates to an instant message transmission technology applied to a mobile communication device, and more particularly, to a system and method for silently transmitting instant messages.

Nowadays, there are many systems for transmitting instant messages on mobile communication devices. Some users use it for general private communication purposes, such as sending chat messages to relatives and friends; some users use it for commercial purposes, such as sending quotation information To customers; some users use it in corporate governance, for example: supervisors send work tasks to subordinates. When instant messaging is used for business purposes or corporate governance, instant messaging that is different from general personal communication purposes may not have any urgency. When the time is not right, users can wait for an appropriate time before sending. However, due to the urgency of business or official business, information on business purposes and corporate governance often needs to be delivered to the other party as soon as possible. During non-working hours, the supervisor temporarily thought of a very important work item and wanted to remind the subordinate to deal with it immediately when he went to work the next day. In order to avoid forgetting to send the message of this important level, the supervisor immediately sent the message to the subordinate at the moment. However, in order to avoid disturbing the recipient or their family members during non-working hours, it is necessary to send a silent message. The so-called silent message is a silent mode (the message is delivered to the other party without any sound prompt).

There is a prior art, the "Line" application and its back-end system developed by LINE Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Korea's NHN Corporation in Japan, for example: Line version 10.9.2 or later on Android phones, its The method of sending a silent message is: 1. On the Line home page, click the "Settings" option in the gear icon in the upper right corner; 2. Scroll down to find "Line Labs" and click to enter, then scroll down to "Silent Message", and check to use ;3. After writing the message to be sent, long press the send button (Long Press), and the “Normal Transmission” and “Silent Transmission” options will pop up on the phone screen for users to choose.

Since the prior art needs to enable the setting in advance before sending a silent message, however, unfamiliar novice users (such as a new employee of the company) may not know how to set up, or even completely unaware that the prior art has this "silent message" feature. Send function, forget to long press the send button and send the written message directly (that is, send it as a normal "audio message"), "accidentally" disturb the recipient, thus losing the meaning of this function design. That is to say, the operation method of the prior art is not intuitive for the user, and the function of the "silent message" is easily ignored by the user and does not play its function at an important time point. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the conventional method, and to propose a system and method for silently transmitting instant messages applied to mobile communication devices by means of the cooperative operation of hardware and software, so as to use an intuitive user interface for users to operate, so as to avoid being affected by users. ignored in order to make up for the deficiencies of the prior art.

In view of this, the present invention proposes a system and method for silently transmitting instant messages. The system directly provides intuitive transmission buttons for users to operate at appropriate timings on the GUI of the client according to working hours and non-working hours.

The present invention provides a system for silently transmitting instant messages, comprising: a database storing information of a plurality of members; a server accessing the database, comprising: a first network communication module, establishing a network connection with a mobile communication device associated with one of the member information; a login verification module to verify that the mobile communication device is connected to the server via the network; and a first message module to receive the uploaded a message and generate a message receiver list according to a receiver setting, the message receiver list includes at least one push ID associated with the mobile communication device, and check that an attribute of the message is a silent mode or a The prompt tone mode is used to set a prompt tone off or on; and the mobile communication device includes: one or more processors and a screen, the processor executes a plurality of program instructions, and the program instructions include: a first program an instruction to make the mobile communication device establish a network connection with the server for login verification; a second program instruction to make the mobile communication device read a silent period table from the server; a third program instruction, causing the mobile communication device to receive the input of the message and the input of the receiving end setting, and the receiving end setting is associated with at least one of the member information; a fourth program command to cause the mobile communication device to check according to the silent period table Whether the current time is a silent period or a non-silent period, when the current time is the silent period, a silent transmission button and a normal transmission button are displayed on the screen; and, a fifth program command, when the silent transmission The button is selected to upload the message, and the attribute of the message is set to the silent mode and then uploaded to the first message module. When the normal transmission button is selected to upload the message, the attribute of the message is set to the The mode with the prompt tone is then uploaded to the first message module; and a push gateway, which generates a mute push notification or a push notification with a prompt according to the message and the setting of the prompt tone, and transmits it through an external The push host sends the mute push notification or the alert sound push notification to the mobile communication device corresponding to the member information associated with the receiver setting.

The present invention goes further, in some embodiments, the mute period table is a member work period table, which records a unified work period or a personal work period of each member information in the member information, so as to correspond to the non-mute period time period.

The present invention goes further, in some embodiments, the fourth program instruction is based on the The personal working period of the staff working period table checks whether the current time is the silent period or the non-silent period corresponding to the associated member information.

The present invention goes further, in some embodiments, the silent period table is stored in: the database or the memory of the mobile communication device.

The present invention goes further. In some embodiments, the server further includes: a working period management module, which provides a management interface with a graphical user interface for a manager with system authority to maintain and update the silent period table .

The present invention goes further, in some embodiments, the fourth program instruction checks that the current time is the non-silent period, and displays a first send button on the screen; and, when the first send button is selected to upload the message , set the attribute of the message to the mode with beep sound.

The present invention further proposes a method for silently transmitting an instant message, which is applied to a cloud composed of a database, a server and a push gateway, the mobile communication device includes a screen, and the method includes: in the data The database stores a plurality of member information, and the server accesses the database; the server establishes a network connection with a mobile communication device associated with one of the member information to log in and verify the mobile communication device; the The mobile communication device reads a silent period table; the mobile communication device receives an input of a message and an input of a receiver setting, the receiver setting is associated with at least one of the member information; the mobile communication device according to the silent period table Check whether a current time is a silent period or a non-silent period, when the current time is the silent period, a silent transmission button and a normal transmission button are displayed on the screen; wherein, when the silent transmission button is selected to upload When the message is sent, set an attribute of the message to the silent mode and upload it to the server. When the normal transmission button is selected to upload the message, set the attribute of the message to a sound mode and then upload it. to the server; the server generates a message receiver list according to the receiver settings, and the message receiver list includes at least one associated with the mobile communication device the push ID of the message; the server checks the attribute of the message to set a notification sound off or on; and the push gateway generates a mute push notification or A push notification with an alert sound, and the silent push notification or the push notification with an alert sound is sent through a push host to the respective mobile communication devices associated with the member information.

The present invention goes further, in some embodiments, the silent period table records a unified work period or a personal work period of each member information in the member information, so as to correspond to the non-silent period.

The present invention goes further, in some embodiments, the mobile communication device checks whether the current time is the silent period or the non-silent period according to the member work period table, and checks the current time according to the personal work period of the member work period table Whether it is the mute period or the non-mute period corresponding to the associated member information.

The present invention goes further, in some embodiments, the silent period table is stored in: the database or the memory of the mobile communication device.

The present invention goes further. In some embodiments, the server further includes: a working period management module, which provides a management interface with a graphical user interface for a manager with system authority to maintain and update the silent period table .

The present invention goes further, in some embodiments, the mobile communication device checks whether the current time is the silent period or the non-quiet period according to the silent period table or the member work period table, and when checking that the current time is the non-silent period, displaying a first transmission button on the screen; and, when the first transmission button is selected to upload the message, set the attribute of the message to the mode with prompt sound.

The present invention further proposes a method for silently transmitting an instant message, which is applied to a mobile communication device, the mobile communication device accesses a server in a cloud, and the mobile communication device includes one or more locations a processor and a screen, the processor executes a plurality of program instructions, and the program instructions include: a first program instruction to enable the mobile communication device to establish a network connection with the server for login verification; a second program instruction a program command to make the mobile communication device read a mute period table; a third program command to cause the mobile communication device to receive an input of a message and an input of a receiver setting; a fourth program command to make the mobile communication device Checking whether the current time is a silent period or a non-silent period according to the silent period table, displaying a silent transmission button and a normal transmission button on the screen when the current time is the silent period; and, a fifth program instruction, when The silent transmission button is selected to upload the message, and an attribute of the message is set to the silent mode and then uploaded to the server. When the normal transmission button is selected to upload the message, the attribute of the message is set to the If there is a beep pattern, upload it to the server.

The present invention goes further, in some embodiments, the silent period table records a unified work period or a personal work period of each member information in the member information, so as to correspond to the non-silent period.

The present invention goes further, in some embodiments, the fourth program instruction checks whether the current time is the silent period or the silent period corresponding to the associated member information according to the personal work period of the member work period table.

The present invention goes further, in some embodiments, the fourth program instruction checks that the current time is the non-silent period, and displays a first send button on the screen; and, when the first send button is selected to upload the message , set the attribute of the message to the mode with beep sound.

The present invention goes further, in some embodiments, the cloud is composed of the server, a database and a push gateway, wherein the database stores a plurality of member information and the mute period table, and the server server to access the database.

The present invention further, in some embodiments, the silent period table is stored in the row the memory of the mobile communication device.

The present invention goes further, in some embodiments, the receiver is configured to associate at least one of the member information.

The detailed features and advantages of the present invention are described in detail below in the embodiments, and the content is sufficient to enable any person skilled in the relevant art to understand the technical content of the present invention and implement it accordingly, and according to the content disclosed in this specification, the scope of the patent application and the drawings , any person skilled in the related art can easily understand the related objects and advantages of the present invention.

10: Server

12: The first network communication module

14: Login verification module

16: Working hours management module

18: The first message module

20:Database

22: Push gateway

24: Cloud

26: Push host

28: Mobile communication device

30: Apps

32: Second network communication module

34: Login module

36:Data access module

38: Second message module

40: Message input module

42: Silent mode management module

44: Screen

46: Message View

48: Message input box

50: Buda Objects

52: The first transmission button

54: The second transmission button

56: The third transmission button

Figure 1 is a system architecture diagram of an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 2A is a schematic diagram (1) of a screen of a message view according to an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 2B is a schematic diagram of a screen of a message view of Embodiment 1 of the present invention (2) ; Figure 2C is a schematic diagram (3) of the screen of the message view of the first embodiment of the present invention; Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the screen of the message view of the second embodiment of the present invention; Figure 4 is the screen of the third embodiment of the present invention The screen of the message view Schematic diagrams; Figure 5A is a schematic diagram (1) of a screen of a message view according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention; Figure 5B is a schematic diagram of a screen of a message view (2) of Embodiment 4 of the present invention; Figure 5C is a message diagram of Embodiment 4 of the present invention Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of a screen of a message view according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention; Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of a screen of a message view of Embodiment 6 of the present invention; and Figure 8 is an implementation of the present invention Example operation flow chart.

The so-called "instant message" of the present invention is applied to the bulletin board message of the mobile bulletin board in one embodiment, and can be applied to the top-down message in the enterprise or organization, such as : important announcement of the company; in one embodiment, it is applied to chat messages in mobile chat rooms, for example: all members conduct multi-person online conferences in the chat room and send chat messages to each other; in one embodiment, it is applied to Articles in Timeline News (or News Feed), for example: a member sends a post to other members in the group.

Referring to FIG. 1, which is a system architecture diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the system of the present invention includes: a database 20 on a server side (ie, a cloud 24), a server 10, a push gateway 22, and a client The mobile communication device 28. Here, the server end and the client end can communicate via an external push broadcasting system (external push broadcasting host 26 ), but the external push broadcasting system is not within the scope of the system of the present invention, and is only used for illustration.

The database 20 prestores a plurality of member information and a member working time table. A member information represents a member, and each member information includes the account and password of an individual member. The so-called database in the present invention is not limited to a specific type, specific form or specific version of software, hardware or a combination of software and hardware, any storage container that has a computer-readable recording medium and can access computer digital data All of them can be regarded as the database 20, and even the method of simply storing data in plain text files and managing them by a file system can also be regarded as a kind of database. In some embodiments, the unified working hours recorded in the member working hours table is applicable to all members of the enterprise, for example: all members of an enterprise have the same working hours (eg: Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 18:00 pm: 00 or 8:30 in the morning to 17:30 in the afternoon, etc.); in some embodiments, the member's work time table records the work time of the shift system, for example: the work time of an enterprise is 24 hours and three shifts (for example: class A is 8:00 am to 16:00 pm, Class B: 16:00 pm to 24:00 pm, Class C: 24:00 pm to 8:00 am, etc.), such examples are recorded in the member information. Information about the working hours schedule of associated members. In some embodiments, the database 20 additionally stores a holiday announcement table in advance. The holiday announcement table records non-working days of national holidays, and in some embodiments, also includes temporarily mobilized holidays, such as typhoon holidays. In addition to the above pre-stored information, the database 20 is also used for storing instant messages (referred to as messages in the following embodiments) sent by members, which include message content, message subject, message sender, message receiver, message Attributes, message sending time, attachments... and other related information.

The aforementioned member working hours table presents two main concepts of working hours: unified working hours for all employees, and multi-shift working hours for different groups of employees. It can be stored in the database 20 after pre-editing (editing in the interface generated by the working period management module 16), and then downloaded and executed by the mobile communication device 28 of the client end, and the mobile communication device 28 of the client end can use this The preset member working time table is used to determine the working time or the non-working time (ie the silent time) corresponding to the Buda object of the setting message (ie, the receiver setting). The generation of the member work time table can be stored in the database 20 after the server 10 is edited or updated. For another embodiment of the present invention, it can also be performed by the user's self-editing method on the mobile communication device 28 on the client side, and the editing method can be the same as the editing method on the server 10 side; After the member work time table is edited by the mobile communication device 28 , it can be uploaded to the server 10 and stored in the database 20 .

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the member work time table corresponding to the unified work time period applicable to all employees may be pre-stored in the memory (built-in by the application program) of the mobile communication device 28 of the client terminal (may be is a default value) and does not need to be downloaded from the database through the server 10 . Regardless of whether the member's work schedule must be downloaded from the server 10, it must be stored in the mobile communication device of the client In the memory of 28, the mobile communication device 28 of the client terminal can judge whether the current time is a non-working time according to the member's work time table.

The server 10 includes one or more processors, and implements the following modules in a cooperative manner of hardware and software: a first network communication module 12 , a login verification module 14 , a work period management module 16 and a first Message Module 18. The first network communication module 12 is used to establish a network connection with the second network communication module 32 of the mobile communication device 28 of the client. In various embodiments of the present invention, the network connection is based on TCP Protocol (including Socket and WebSocket connection), HTTP protocol, HTTPS protocol, HTTP/2 protocol or SPDY protocol. Log in to the verification module 14 , verify that the mobile communication device 28 is connected to the server 10 via the network, and receive the account and password uploaded by a member through the mobile communication device 28 , and then compare the account and password with the member stored in the database 20 Information account and password for verification. The working period management module 16 provides a management interface with a graphical user interface for the administrator with system authority to maintain and update the member working period table. The shift schedule in the member's work time table. In some embodiments, the management interface provided by the working period management module 16 also includes a maintenance notice table for holidays. For example, after logging in, the administrator uses the management interface to add vacation days to the holiday notice list. In some embodiments, the working hours management module 16 calculates the working hours and/or non-working hours of individual members according to the member working hours table and the holiday announcement table, for the mobile communication device 28 to download. In these embodiments, the member working time table downloaded by the mobile communication device 28 is the result obtained by the server 10 (working time management module 16 ) calculating and excluding the holiday announcement table. In some embodiments, the management interface provided by the working period management module 16 also includes setting the silent period (the setting of the silent period is stored in the database 20 for downloading by the mobile communication device 28 ). The mute period includes a start time and an end time. When the current time is the period, the mobile communication device 28 is forced to display the silent transmission button (the second transmission button 54 ) and the normal transmission button (the third transmission button 54 ) before sending the message. Send button 56) on screen 44 superior. In other words, when the silent period is set on the server side, the execution effect on the mobile communication device 28 is equivalent to the relevant execution action when "the fourth program instruction checks that the current time is a non-working period". The first message module 18 receives the message uploaded by the mobile communication device 28 and generates a message receiving end list according to the "receiver setting", and the message receiving end list includes at least one push ID associated with the mobile communication device 28 (Push ID), A push ID corresponds to a member's receiving device (ie, the mobile communication device 28). When setting the Buda object of the message (that is, the receiver setting), the members in the organization address book are usually selected by means of a check box. , "selected members in the organization address book") are converted into a list of message receivers (that is, the "push IDs" of the selected members); in addition, the first message module 18 checks that the attribute of the uploaded message is the silent mode Or with prompt tone mode, to set the prompt tone off or on, when the attribute is silent mode, set "prompt tone off", when the attribute is with prompt tone mode, set "prompt tone on".

As far as the above embodiments are concerned, the present invention uses the member work period table to define the work period and non-work period of different members, and introduces a way of defining the silent period. The silent period corresponds to the non-working period. The difference between it and the member's working period table is that the application of the silent period is similar to the "unified working period of all employees" in the member's working period table (that is, all employees apply the same silent period), The difference between the two lies in the way time periods are defined. However, for the present invention, it can be uniformly defined as a silent period (non-working period) and a non-silent period (working period). The definition of different time periods is defined by the time of the members, that is, the work period, or the silent period, as mentioned above. Therefore, the aforementioned member working time period table and silent period (table) are uniformly defined as the silent period table in the present invention.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the above modules included in the server 10 should be understood as a resource in which hardware and software work together, and the technical characteristics of each module may be a plurality of program instructions or a part of an application program to express, but the technical effect of each module must be executed by one or more processors. It can be realized in the form of some program instructions or applications (ie, the resources that the hardware and software cooperate with each other).

The above-mentioned server 10 and database 20 are not limited to be deployed on a specific number of devices. In different embodiments of the present invention, both the server 10 and the database 20 can be deployed on the same device, or, two Each of them can be deployed on a device in a cluster (Cluster) structure, or on a cluster device in a different place.

The push gateway 22 generates a "silent push notification" or "a push notification with a beep" according to the settings of the message and its prompt tone, and transmits it through an external push host 26 (eg, Microsoft Azure, MPNS, GCM, and APNS) Send "silent push notification" or "prompt sound push notification" to the mobile communication device 28 corresponding to the list of message recipients. In an embodiment of the present invention, the mute push notification/push notification with prompt sound includes part or all of the message content and the push identification code on the message receiver list, and the mute push notification/alert The notification tone push notification contains a unique sequence number of the push notification (or at least within the range where recent data can be queried). In one embodiment of the present invention, the so-called "partial or complete message content" of the so-called silent push notification/tone push notification depends on the length of the message content. Taking APNS as an example to illustrate, its maximum allowable message content (Payload) length is 256Bytes. When the content of a message is less than 256Bytes, its mute push notification/prompt sound push notification includes the complete content of the message, and when a certain message content is greater than 256Bytes, its mute push notification/prompt sound push notification The notification only contains part of the message (ie the first 256Bytes). In another embodiment of the present invention, the message includes a message subject, and the mute push notification/prompt sound push notification is sent with the message subject.

In various embodiments of the present invention, the mobile communication device 28 may be a smartphone or tablet computer running iOS, Android or Windows 10 operating systems. The mobile communication device 28 includes one or more processors and a screen that can execute a plurality of program instructions or application programs 30 (ie, Application, Also known as App). The application program 30 executed by the processor includes: a second network communication module 32, a login module 34, a data access module 36, a second message module 38, a message input module 40 and a silent mode management module 42. The second network communication module 32 is used for establishing a network connection with the first network communication module 12 of the server 10. In different embodiments of the present invention, the network connection is based on the TCP protocol, the HTTP protocol , HTTPS protocol, HTTP/2 protocol or SPDY protocol. The login module 34 receives the account number and password input by the user (ie the member) from the input interface of the mobile communication device 28 and uploads it to the server 10 for verification. In another embodiment of the present invention, the account number and password can be temporarily stored in the memory of the mobile communication device 28. Repeated logins within a period of time (eg, one day or one week) do not require manual input of the account number and password, that is, Can log in automatically. The data access module 36 is a network connection (TCP protocol, HTTP protocol, HTTPS protocol, HTTP/2 protocol) established by the second network communication module 32 and the first network communication module 12 of the server 10 or SPDY protocol), download the member working time table from the server 10. Since the member work time table on the server side does not update the data frequently, in some embodiments, the data access module 36 only needs to check whether the member work time table on the server side is updated once a day, and if there is any update, it will be updated from the server 10 can be downloaded. In some embodiments, the data access module 36 checks whether the member work time table on the server side is updated after each user login authentication, and downloads it from the server 10 if there is any update. In some embodiments, the data access module 36 also downloads information from the server 10 in addition to downloading the member work schedule. The second message module 38 generates a message view and displays it on the screen of the mobile communication device 28. The message view is a graphical user interface of the application program 30 for the user to browse or operate the message. The message input module 40 receives user instructions to generate "input message content" (including new message and reply message), "receiver setting" and "subject". The way of inputting the message is to click on the message input box (generated by the message input module 40), and the generated message not only contains the input message content, but also includes the setting of the receiver (that is, the Buda object, and the setting interface is also set by the message input module). Group 40), the so-called "receiver setting" is: when a new message is input, it will be selected from the address book (such as organizational address book or personal address book) select a specific member (at least one), and when replying to a message, the recipient of the original message is set as the receiver setting (that is, there is no need to additionally check the specific member in the address book). ). The silent mode management module 42 checks whether the current time is a non-working time period or a working time period according to the downloaded member work time period table, and if the current time is a non-working time period, it generates a non-working time period confirmation command (or can be called a mute command) to the second The message module 38 triggers the second message module 38 to generate and display the silent transmission button and the normal transmission button in the message view.

The above-mentioned processor can execute a plurality of program instructions including: a first program instruction for enabling the mobile communication device 28 to establish a network connection with the server 10 to perform login verification; a second program instruction for enabling the mobile communication device 28 to read members Working time table (downloaded from the server 10, or read from the memory of the mobile communication device 28); the third program command enables the mobile communication device 28 to receive the input of the message and the setting of the receiving end (the receiving end setting is related to the member information) , at least one); the fourth program command makes the mobile communication device 28 check whether the current time is a non-working period or a working period according to the downloaded member work time table, and when the current time is a non-working time period, the silent transmission button and the normal transmission button are displayed on On the screen; and, the fifth program instruction, when the user uploads the message by the silent transmission button, the attribute of the message is set to "silent mode" and then uploaded to the first message module 18 of the server 10, when the user sends the message normally Press the button to upload the message, set the attribute of the message as "with prompt tone mode", and then upload it to the first message module 18 .

In different embodiments of the present invention, the first program instruction, the second program instruction, . . . executed by the processor respectively represent a set of a plurality of program instructions, and the first, second, . It is not intended to limit the steps following the technical features or methods expressed in the first program instruction, the second program instruction, . . . Those skilled in the present invention can understand that the steps of the technical features or methods expressed in the first program instruction, the second program instruction, . . . can be combined or combined to be expressed by different sets of program instructions.

Referring to FIG. 2A to FIG. 2C, the screen diagrams of the screen 44 of the message view 46 according to the first embodiment of the present invention illustrate the graphics displayed on the screen 44 after the mobile communication device 28 executes the application program 30 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. user interface. The message view 46 of the first embodiment to the third embodiment is a chat room, which can be used for multi-person (eg group) or one-to-one chat. In this embodiment, after the user inputs a message, he first presses the first transmission button 52. If the current time is not working hours, the message view 46 displays the second transmission button 54 (silent transmission) and the third transmission button 56 (normal transmission). send) and the Cancel button. When it is the working time, the first transmission button 52 is the normal transmission button, and pressing the first transmission button 52 directly uploads the message to the server. Figure 2A shows that there are 7 members in a chat room of a business department of a company. The member "Wang Xiaoming" first sent a message. After seeing the message sent by the other party in message view 46, the user has not yet entered a reply message. Therefore, The message view 46 does not yet have the first send button 52 . FIG. 2B illustrates that after the user enters a reply message in the message input box 48 , the message view 46 displays the first send button 52 . Fig. 2C illustrates that since the current time is "10:01 PM" (assuming it is a non-office period), the message view 46 displays the second transmission button 54 (silent transmission), the third transmission button 56 (normal transmission) and the Cancel button for user to select again. The figure illustrates the operation flow of the first transmission button 52, the second transmission button 54 (silent transmission) and the third transmission button 56 (normal transmission) of the present invention by replying a message. However, when a new message is sent, it is The operation process is the same as the above, therefore, it will not be repeated.

Referring to FIG. 3 , a schematic diagram of the screen 44 of the message view 46 according to the second embodiment of the present invention illustrates the graphical user interface displayed on the screen 44 after the mobile communication device 28 executes the application program 30 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, when the current time is a non-working period, the second transmission button 54 (silent transmission) and the third transmission button 56 (normal transmission) are directly displayed in the message view 46 . The illustration illustrates that even though the user has not input the content of the message in the message input box 48, since the current time is "Next 10:01 pm (assuming it is a non-office period), therefore, the message view 46 directly displays the second transmission button 54 (silent transmission) and the third transmission button 56 (normal transmission).

Referring to FIG. 4 , a schematic diagram of the screen 44 of the message view 46 according to the third embodiment of the present invention illustrates the graphical user interface displayed on the screen 44 after the mobile communication device 28 executes the application program 30 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the user has entered the message content in the message input box 48 and the current time is a non-working time, the message view 46 directly displays the second transmission button 54 (silent transmission), the third transmission button 56 (normal transmission) and cancel button.

Referring to FIGS. 5A to 5C , the screen diagrams of the screen 44 of the message view 46 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention illustrate the graphics displayed on the screen 44 after the mobile communication device 28 executes the application program 30 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. user interface. The message view 46 of the fourth embodiment to the sixth embodiment is a mobile bulletin board or mobile dynamic message, and when the user wants to send a new bulletin board message or a new post, it is shown in the figures. The operation process of this embodiment is actually the same as that of the first embodiment, except that the first embodiment is applied to a chat room, and this embodiment is applied to an action bulletin board or an action dynamic message. In this embodiment, after the user inputs a message, he first presses the first transmission button 52. If the current time is not working hours, the message view 46 displays the second transmission button 54 (silent transmission) and the third transmission button 56 (normal transmission). send) and the Cancel button. When it is the working time, the first transmission button 52 is the normal transmission button, and pressing the first transmission button 52 directly uploads the message to the server. FIG. 5A illustrates that when the user adds a bulletin board message or a new post, the message view 46 temporarily does not display the first send button 52 until the message content has not been entered in the message input box 48 . FIG. 5B illustrates that when the user enters the message content in the message input box 48 and also sets the Buda object 50 (ie, the receiver setting) and the subject, the message view 46 displays the first send button 52 . Fig. 5C illustrates that since the current time is "10:01 pm" (assuming it is a non-working time period), the message view 46 displays the second transmission button 54 (silent transmission) and the third transmission button 56 (normal transmission). send) and cancel button for the user to select again. The figure illustrates the operation flow of the first transmission button 52 , the second transmission button 54 (silent transmission) and the third transmission button 56 (normal transmission) of the present invention by adding a new bulletin board message or a new post. However, when replying to a bulletin board message or replying to an old post, although the GUI is somewhat different (the subject and Buda object 50 do not need to be entered when replying to a message), the operation process is the same as above. (Or in other words, it is closer to the operation interface of FIG. 2A to FIG. 2C in the first embodiment), therefore, no further description is given.

Referring to FIG. 6 , a schematic diagram of the screen 44 of the message view 46 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention illustrates the graphical user interface displayed on the screen 44 after the mobile communication device 28 executes the application program 30 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention. The operation process of this embodiment is actually the same as that of the second embodiment, except that the second embodiment is applied to the chat room, while the present embodiment is applied to the action bulletin board or the action dynamic message. In this embodiment, when the current time is a non-working period, the second transmission button 54 (silent transmission) and the third transmission button 56 (normal transmission) are directly displayed in the message view 46 . The illustration illustrates that even though the user has not yet entered the message content in the message input box 48, since the current time is "10:01 PM" (assuming it is not working time), the message view 46 directly displays the second send button 54 ( silent transmission) and the third transmission button 56 (normal transmission).

Referring to FIG. 7 , a schematic diagram of the screen 44 of the message view 46 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention illustrates the graphical user interface displayed on the screen 44 after the mobile communication device 28 executes the application program 30 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention. The operation process of this embodiment is actually the same as that of the third embodiment, except that the third embodiment is applied to the chat room, while the present embodiment is applied to the action bulletin board or the action dynamic message. In this embodiment, the user has entered the message content in the message input box 48 and the current time is a non-working time, the message view 46 directly displays the second transmission button 54 (silent transmission), the third transmission button 56 (normal transmission) and cancel button.

Referring to FIG. 8 , an operation flow chart of an embodiment of the present invention illustrates an operation flow of sending a message to the mobile device during non-working hours. Please refer to Fig. 1, Fig. 2A, Fig. 2B, Fig. 2C, Fig. 5A, Fig. 5B and Fig. 5C at the same time, the method of the present invention includes:

Step S101 : Execute the application 30 of the present invention on the mobile communication device 28 . The mobile communication device 28 is, for example, a smart phone or a tablet computer.

Step S102 : The mobile communication device 28 establishes a network connection with the server 10 and performs login verification. After the application 30 is executed, the second network communication module 32 of the application 30 establishes a network connection with the first network communication module 12 of the server 10 of the cloud 24, and the network connection is based on the TCP protocol (including Socket and WebSocket connections), HTTP protocol or HTTPS protocol, HTTP/2 protocol or SPDY protocol. After connecting, the login module 34 of the mobile communication device 28 uploads the account and password input by the user to the server 10 , and the login verification module 14 performs the login verification. In another embodiment of the present invention, the login module 34 temporarily stores the account number and password entered last time within the validity period, and when the application program 30 is executed, the account number and password are automatically uploaded to the server 10, and then the login verification is performed. The module 14 performs login verification.

Step S103 : the mobile communication device 28 downloads the member work time table from the server 10 . After logging in, the data access module 36 of the mobile communication device 28 downloads the member work time table from the server 10 , and the member work time table is stored in the database 20 in advance. In some embodiments, the data access module 36 only needs to check whether the member work time table on the server side is updated once a day, and if there is an update, it can be downloaded from the server 10; in some embodiments, the data access The module 36 checks whether the member working time table on the server side is updated every time the user logs in and authenticates, and downloads the update from the server 10 if there is any update.

Step S104 : the mobile communication device 28 receives the input of the message and the setting of the receiver. First, the second message module 38 generates a message view 46 and displays it on the screen 44 of the mobile communication device 28 . Next, the user uses the message input module 40 to input the message content and receiver settings, as shown in FIG. 2A (the legend is a reply Therefore, there is a receiver setting, that is, "7 people in the business department" in the legend, click here to view the detailed list). In some embodiments, the message input module 40 further includes input of subject matter, as shown in FIG. 5A . After the user inputs the required information, the second message module 38 generates the first send button 52 in the message view 46, as shown in Fig. 2B or Fig. 5B, for example: Fig. 2A only needs to be in the message input box 48 Input the message content (no need to enter the subject, and the receiver has already been set), and in Figure 5A, the subject, the receiver setting (buda object 50) and the message content (message input box 48) need to be input.

Step S105 : The mobile communication device 28 checks whether the current time is a non-working time or a working time according to the member work time table. The silent mode management module 42 checks whether the current time is a non-working time period or a working time period according to the downloaded member work time table. If the current time is the work time period of the member (at least one person) associated with the settings of the receiver, no mute command is generated. At this time, the first transmission button 52 is a normal transmission button (ie, the attribute of the message is set to “with prompt tone mode”), and the user presses the first transmission button 52 to directly upload the message to the server 10 . If the current time is the non-working period of the members in the setting of the receiver, the silent mode management module 42 generates a mute command. At this time, the second message module 38 that receives the mute command generates and displays the mute transmission button (the second transmission button). 54) and the normal transmission button (the third transmission button 56) in the message view 46, as shown in Figures 2C and 5C (the legend also includes a cancel button, which can be used to cancel the transmission).

Step S106: The mobile communication device 28 sets the attributes of the message and uploads it to the server. In the previous step, when the user selects the silent transmission button (the second transmission button 54) to upload the message, the mobile communication device 28 sets the attribute of the message to silent mode and uploads it to the server 10; when the user selects the normal transmission Press the button (the third transmission button 56 ) to upload the message, and the mobile communication device 28 sets the attribute of the message to the mode with prompt sound and then uploads it to the server 10 .

It will be understood that various embodiments of the present invention can be implemented by program instructions executed by a computer that perform each block of the flowchart illustrations, combinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations, and steps in the various embodiments. The program instructions are provided to a processor for execution to produce a machine or to produce resources for cooperating hardware and software whereby, when executed on the processor, the instructions result in the execution of the actions specified in the flowchart blocks or components of technical effects. Different sets of program instructions can also cause at least some of the operation steps shown in the flowchart blocks to be performed in parallel, and the technical content expressed by the first, second, ... program instructions of an application program may depend on different embodiments. and different. Furthermore, some of these steps may be performed on more than one processor, such as may occur in a multi-processor server computer system, or in a mobile communication device where the microprocessor and peripheral interface processor work together . Furthermore, one or more blocks or combinations of blocks in the flowcharts may be performed concurrently with other blocks or combinations of blocks, or even in a different order than shown, without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention .

Accordingly, blocks of the flowcharts of the present invention support combinations of components for performing the specified actions or technical effects, combinations of steps for performing the specified actions or technical effects, and program instruction components for performing the specified actions or technical effects. It will also be understood that the specified acts or technical effects are performed by special purpose hardware systems, or special purpose hardware and program instructions operating in conjunction with implementing individual blocks of the flowcharts of the present invention, and combinations of blocks in the flowcharts.

To sum up, the present invention discloses a system and method for silently transmitting instant messages applied to a cloud and its application to a mobile communication device for accessing the cloud, which solves the problem of the prior art "the operation mode of transmitting silent messages and the It is not intuitive and easy to be ignored by users”, and also solves the problem of “silent transmission of messages must be preset in advance” in the prior art. The present invention makes it easier for users to send mute messages during non-working hours, omitting the inconvenient “transmission of messages in the prior art”. "Long press the button" operation method, it is less likely to occur the problem of "accidentally sending a message with a prompt tone" disturbing the recipient.

Although the technical content of the present invention has been disclosed above with preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person who is familiar with the art, makes some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit of the present invention, should be included in the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the scope of the appended patent application.

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Claims (16)

A system for silently transmitting instant messages, comprising: a database storing a plurality of member information; a server accessing the database, comprising: a first network communication module associated with one of the member information A mobile communication device of the device establishes a network connection; a login verification module verifies that the mobile communication device is connected to the server via the network; and a first message module receives an uploaded message and configures it according to a receiving end generating a message receiver list, the message receiver list including at least a push identifier associated with the receiver mobile communication device, and checking that an attribute of the message is a silent mode or a sound mode to set a The prompt sound corresponds to off or on; the mobile communication device includes: one or more processors and a screen, the processor executes a plurality of program commands, and the program commands include: a first program command to enable the mobile communication The device establishes a network connection with the server for login verification; a second program command enables the mobile communication device to read a silent period table; a third program command enables the mobile communication device to receive the input of the message an input with the receiver setting, and the receiver setting is associated with at least one of the member information; a fourth program command to make the mobile communication device check whether a current time is a silent period or a silent period according to the silent period table During the non-silent period, when the current time is the silent period, a silent transmission button and a normal transmission button are displayed on the screen; and, A fifth program instruction, when the silent transmission button is selected to upload the message, set the attribute of the message to the silent mode and then upload to the first message module, and when the normal transmission button is selected to upload the message When sending a message, set the attribute of the message to the mode with prompt sound and then upload it to the first message module; and a push gateway to generate a mute push notification or A push notification with alert sound, and send the silent push notification or the push notification with alert sound through an external push host to the mobile communication of the associated receiver corresponding to the respective member information associated with the receiver settings The device; wherein, the database, the server and the push gateway are combined into a cloud. The system for silently transmitting instant messages according to claim 1, wherein the silent period table is a member work period table, which records a unified work period or a personal work period of each member information in the member information, so as to Corresponds to the non-silent period. The system for silently transmitting instant messages according to claim 2, wherein the fourth program instruction is to check whether the current time is the silent period corresponding to the associated member information according to the personal work period of the member work period table or a non-silent period. The system for silently sending instant messages as claimed in claim 1, wherein the server further comprises: a working period management module, which provides a management interface with a graphical user interface for a manager with system authority to maintain and update The mute period schedule. The system for silently transmitting instant messages as claimed in claim 1 or 3, wherein the fourth program instruction checks that the current time is the non-silent period, and displays a first transmission button on the screen; and, when the first transmission When the button is selected to upload the message, the attribute of the message is set to the mode with beep sound. A method for silently transmitting instant messages is applied to a mobile communication device of a cloud and a client which is composed of a database, a server and a push gateway, the mobile communication device comprising a screen, The method includes: storing a plurality of member information in the database, and accessing the database by the server; the server establishing a network connection with the mobile communication device associated with one of the member information for login verification the mobile communication device; the mobile communication device reads a mute period table; the mobile communication device receives an input of a message and an input of a receiver setting, the receiver setting is associated with at least one of the member information; the mobile communication The device checks whether a current time is a silent period or a non-silent period according to the silent period table, and displays a silent transmission button and a normal transmission button on the screen when the current time is the silent period; wherein, when the silent transmission When the button is selected to upload the message, set an attribute of the message to a silent mode and then upload it to the server, when the normal transmission button is selected to upload the message, set the attribute of the message to a yes The prompt tone pattern is then uploaded to the server; the server generates a message receiver list according to the receiver settings, and the message receiver list includes at least a push identification code associated with the receiver's mobile communication device; the server checks The attribute of the message is used to set a notification sound off or on; and, the push gateway generates a silent push notification or a notification with a notification sound according to the message and the setting of the notification sound, and sends the notification through a The push host sends the mute push notification or the alert sound push notification to the associated receiver mobile communication device corresponding to the respective member information associated with the receiver setting. The method for silently transmitting instant messages according to claim 6, wherein the silent period table is a member work period table, which records a unified work period or a personal work period of each member information in the member information, to correspond to the non-silent period. The method for silently transmitting instant messages according to claim 7, wherein the mobile communication device checks whether the current time is the silent period or the non-silent period according to the member's work time table, according to the personal work of the member's work time table The period checks whether the current time is the silent period or the non-silent period corresponding to the associated member information. The method for silently sending real-time messages according to claim 6, wherein the server further comprises: a working period management module, which provides a management interface with a graphical user interface for a manager with system authority to maintain and update The mute period schedule. The method for silently transmitting instant messages according to claim 6 or 8, wherein the mobile communication device checks whether the current time is the silent period or the non-silent period according to the silent period table, and when checking the current time is the associated During the non-silent time period corresponding to the member information, a first transmission button is displayed on the screen; and when the first transmission button is selected to upload the message, the attribute of the message is set to the alert tone mode. A method for silently transmitting an instant message is applied to a mobile communication device, the mobile communication device accesses a server in a cloud, the mobile communication device comprises one or more processors and a screen, the processor executes a plurality of programs Instructions, the program instructions include: a first program instruction to make the mobile communication device establish a network connection with the server for login verification; a second program instruction to make the mobile communication device read a silent period surface; A third program command enables the mobile communication device to receive an input of a message and an input of a receiver setting; a fourth program command enables the mobile communication device to check whether a current time is a silent period or not according to the silent period table. a non-silent period, when the current time is the silent period, a silent transmission button and a normal transmission button are displayed on the screen; and, a fifth program command, when the silent transmission button is selected to upload the message, Make an attribute of the message set to a silent mode and then upload it to the server, when the normal send button is selected to upload the message, set the attribute of the message to the sound mode and upload it to the server . The method for silently transmitting instant messages according to claim 11, wherein the silent period table is a member work period table, which records a unified work period or a work period for each member information in the member information, so as to Corresponds to the non-silent period. The method for silently transmitting instant messages according to claim 12, wherein the fourth program instruction is to check whether the current time is the silent period corresponding to the associated member information according to the personal work period of the member work period table or the non-silent period. The method for silently transmitting an instant message as claimed in claim 11 or 12, wherein the fourth program instruction displays a first transmission button on the screen when checking that the current time is the non-silent period; and, when the first transmission When the button is selected to upload the message, the attribute of the message is set to the mode with beep sound. The method for silently transmitting instant messages as claimed in claim 11, wherein the cloud is composed of the server, a database and a push gateway, wherein the database stores a plurality of member information and the silent period table , the database is accessed by the server. The method for silently transmitting an instant message according to claim 15, wherein the receiver is configured to associate at least one of the member information.

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