WO2008151529A1

WO2008151529A1 - Method and system for transmitting customized instant communication message

Info

Publication number: WO2008151529A1
Application number: PCT/CN2008/070914
Authority: WO
Inventors: Huipeng Zhang
Original assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
Priority date: 2007-06-13
Filing date: 2008-05-08
Publication date: 2008-12-18
Also published as: CN101075958B; CN101075958A

Abstract

A method for transmitting customized instant communication message is provided, which includes that: selecting at least one receiving party in the user list for constructing a member group, and storing the identifying information of the member in the group; when transmitting the same message to each member of the group, obtaining the identifying information of each member in the group, transmitting the same message in accordance with the identifying information. Moreover, a system for transmitting customized instant communication message is provided. The user can send the same message to the receiving party selected by the user. The complexity of the user operation is lowed, and the degree of the user satisfaction is improved.

Description

Method and system for instant messaging instant messaging

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular to a method and system for custom messaging of instant messaging messages. Background of the invention

Instant Messaging (IM) is a technology that enables users to identify online users and interact with the identified users. Instant messaging technology usually implements online real-time interaction of users through the client. When a user sends a message through the client, the user usually needs to open a dialog window through the client, which is used to input the information to be sent and display the interaction information of the interaction between the two parties.

Currently, instant messaging technology can support multiple forms of information interaction, such as peer-to-peer communication and point-to-multipoint communication.

In the peer-to-peer communication between the clients, a dialog window in the instant messaging corresponds to a client, and the sending client sends the information to the receiving client by identifying the recipient's user identifier (such as an IP address, etc.). And display interactive information through the dialog window.

In the point-to-multipoint single window information interaction between the clients, one dialog window may correspond to multiple receivers, and the point-to-multipoint single window interaction method is implemented. In the point-to-multipoint interaction, the user is usually required to be grouped in advance by the server, and the group member list is saved on both the sender and the receiver, and then the group identification information of the group member is to be sent. The message is sent to each recipient client and the interactive information is displayed through the dialog window. For example, the user is first grouped by establishing a group, and the members of each member in the group save the member list, and then send the interaction information group to each member in the group by identifying the group identifier of each member in the group, and through the dialogue. The window displays interactive information. Currently, in instant messaging, when a user needs to send the same piece of information to multiple recipients, if a peer-to-peer communication is used between the clients, a corresponding dialog window needs to be activated for each recipient and passed. The dialog window sends the information to the recipient separately, which complicates the user's operation and the user experience is poor. If point-to-multipoint single-window information interaction is used, each member in the group will receive the sender's information. When the object to which the interaction information is directed is a part of the group member, it will cause interference to other group members in the group. At the same time, the confidentiality of information is reduced, resulting in poor user experience and reduced user satisfaction. In addition, when the object to which the interaction information is located is located in a different group or only a part of the object is a group member, it is still necessary to open multiple dialog windows for multiple transmissions, which also causes complicated operation of the user and poor user experience. Summary of the invention

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for custom messaging of an instant messaging message, the method comprising: selecting at least one recipient in the user list to form a member group, and storing identification information of the group member; When the member sends the same message, the identifier information of each group member is obtained, and the same message is sent according to the identifier information.

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a system for custom messaging of an instant messaging message, the system comprising: a grouping unit, configured to select at least one recipient in the user list to form a member group, and store identification information of the group member; a sending unit, configured to: when sending the same message to each member of the member group, obtain identification information of each group member, and send the same message according to the identifier information.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, when the user sends the same message to the clients of multiple receivers, the user can select the recipient of the received message at the client, and form the selected recipient into a new group. The identification information of each group member is stored, and when the message needs to be sent, the identification information of the group member is obtained, and the message is simultaneously sent to each group member in the group, so that the user only needs to input one piece of information, and can send to multiple groups. Select the recipient's client to reduce the complexity of the operation and improve the user's experience satisfaction. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

1 is a flowchart of a method for implementing instant messaging according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

2 is a schematic block diagram of an instant messaging system according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention;

3 is a schematic block diagram of an instant messaging system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic block diagram of a display unit in the instant messaging system shown in FIG. 3;

Figure 5 is a timing diagram of the instant messaging system shown in Figure 3;

6 is a schematic block diagram of an instant messaging system according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. Mode for carrying out the invention

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for implementing instant messaging according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 1, Embodiment 1 of the present invention includes the following steps.

Step 101: When the sender needs to send a message to multiple receivers, first select at least one recipient from the user list, and the sender client receives information that at least one recipient is a member. In this step, the receivers are from the same group, that is, the receivers that need to send the same message are part of the same group. The recipients may be located at different locations in the user list, for example, the recipient may be a member of a different group of the user list; the recipient may also be a member of a group of the user list. That is, the sender will need to send multiple recipients of the same message to form a new group.

Step 102: The identifier information of the group member that needs to send the same message is saved in a database on the server side of the instant messaging system.

Relevant information of each recipient is stored in the user list of the instant messaging server-side database. The related information of the receiver includes the identifier information of the receiver, the current online state information of the receiver, various personality information, and interaction information between the receiver and the sender. The related information of the recipient is obtained from the instant messaging server, and when the related information is changed, the instant messaging server notifies the instant messaging client to update. In addition, the identifier information may further include information such as a user ID or an IP address or a TCP port number of the receiver for identifying the recipient. In the step 102, the identification information of the group members can be stored in the following two storage manners. A storage method is temporary storage. That is to say, when the sender establishes a group member list, the sender establishes a temporary storage table for each group member in the instant messaging database, and temporarily stores the identification information of the group members. When the information interaction ends, the temporary storage table will be deleted, and when the next information interaction, a set of member lists will be re-established. This storage method can consume as little database resources as possible.

Another storage method is permanent storage. That is, when the information interaction ends, the established storage table remains in the instant messaging database. When the next information interaction, the group member list still exists, and the sender can add and delete. The group member updates the corresponding information in the instant messaging database to perform this information interaction.

The above two storage methods are implemented during the information exchange process. When the sender needs to change the current receiver, it can be implemented by adding and deleting group members and simultaneously updating the corresponding identification information of the group member list in the instant messaging database.

Step 103: When the sender's client sends the input message to each group member in the established group, since the identification information in the newly established group member list has been associated with each receiver, Therefore, the sender's client can send the input message to each recipient according to the identification information by obtaining the identification information of each group member. In step 103, since the identification information of the group member is saved in the database of the server of the instant messaging system, the sender client first sends a request to the server of the instant messaging system, and the server of the instant messaging system sends the saved identifier information. To the sender client, so that the sender client sends a message according to the identifier information.

It can be seen from the above that in the first embodiment of the present invention, the receiver selected by the sender is the receiver that needs to receive the message; meanwhile, the group member list established by the sender is located at the sender's client, so each receiver The client does not have interference between the group member lists, thereby avoiding interference occurring during the information interaction, enhancing the confidentiality of the information, and improving the user's satisfaction.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, the identification information of the group member that needs to send the same message is Saved in the data file of the sender's client. The second embodiment of the present invention is different from the first embodiment in that, since the identifier information of the group member that needs to send the same message is stored in the client of the sender, there is no execution of obtaining the storage from the server in the second embodiment. The step of identifying the information of each group member can be realized only by the identification information stored in the sender.

In addition, the second embodiment of the present invention provides a point-to-multipoint single window information interaction scheme. On the sender's client, multiple dialog windows are superimposed in a single window in the form of tags, enabling point-to-multipoint single-window information interaction. A label is created for each group member that performs information interaction. The switch information is displayed in the dialog window of the corresponding group member by switching labels, thereby facilitating user management and further improving the user experience. When the user selects the recipient as a new group member from the user list, the sender client creates a corresponding label for each selected group member on the current conversation window, and sets the label of the currently activated group member to be activated. status.

In addition, in the second embodiment of the present invention, when information interaction is performed between the receiver and the client of the sender, the information interaction result will be displayed in the conversation of the group member for the group member whose label is in the active state. On the window; for group members whose labels are inactive, you can display the number of unread messages on the label and display the labels as different colors to show the difference.

When the sender client receives the message of switching the label, the label corresponding to the group member to be switched is activated, and the number of unread messages can be removed, and the label display color is restored to the default color.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, the manner of closing the single dialog window may be as follows: by clicking the close button of the single dialog window. When the active dialog window is closed, the last activated tag can be activated as the current dialog window.

In addition, in the second embodiment of the present invention, when the sender and the group member perform information interaction, if a client having a non-group member sends information to the sender client, another dialog window is established, and the sending is performed for the same. The client of the information establishes a label, and the label is managed in a similar manner as described above, and will not be described again. Further, in the second embodiment of the present invention, it may alternatively be issued to only one recipient. When only a receiver is sent, the label of the group member that needs to receive the information is activated first. When the message is sent to the single group member whose label is in the active state, the group member identification information is saved from the client. The identification information of the group member whose label is in the active state is obtained in the data file, and the identifier information is sent to the client of the group member.

Embodiment 3 of the present invention provides a system for instant messaging. 2 is a schematic block diagram of an instant messaging system according to a third embodiment of the present invention. The instant messaging system of the third embodiment of the present invention includes: a grouping unit 201, configured to select at least one recipient from the user list as a group member, and when receiving information of at least one recipient in the user list as a group member , store the identification information of the members of the group. In the above method of instant messaging, the grouping unit 201 in this embodiment may temporarily store the identification information of the group members, or may permanently store the identification information of the group members. When the grouping unit 201 temporarily stores the identification information of the group member, the grouping unit 201 determines that the identification information of the group member is deleted when the sender ends the information interaction.

The first transmitting unit 202 connected to the grouping unit 201, when transmitting a message to each group member, obtains identification information of each group member from the grouping unit 201, and transmits the information to all group members.

Embodiment 4 of the present invention provides a preferred embodiment of an instant messaging system based on the foregoing third embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of an instant messaging system according to an embodiment of the present invention, where each unit in the system is implemented in a client. The system for instant messaging described in Embodiment 4 includes: a grouping unit 301, configured to select at least one recipient from the user list as a group member, and when receiving information of at least one recipient in the user list as a group member , the identification information of the group member is stored in the data file of the client. Corresponding to the above method of instant messaging, the grouping unit 301 in this embodiment may be temporarily stored in the data file for the identification information of the group members, or may be permanently stored in the data file. When the grouping unit 301 temporarily stores the identification information of the group member, the grouping unit 301 determines that when the sender ends the information interaction, the identification information of the group member is deleted. The first transmitting unit 302 connected to the grouping unit 301, when transmitting a message to each group member, obtains identification information of each group member from the grouping unit 301, and transmits the information to all group members.

As shown in FIG. 3, Embodiment 4 of the present invention further includes a second sending unit 303 connected to the grouping unit 301. The second sending unit 303 is configured to implement sending a message to a single group member, and the second sending unit 303 obtains identification information of the group member in an activated state from the grouping unit 301, and sends the information to the group member. .

As shown in FIG. 3, the fourth embodiment of the present invention further displays the unit 304. The display unit 304 is connected to the first sending unit 302 and the second sending unit 303, and is configured to display the information to be sent input by the sender and the information displayed after the transmission is successful, or display the received information when receiving the information returned by the receiver. . In addition, the display unit 304 is further configured to display status information related to the recipient, such as online status, transmission time, signature avatar, and the like.

Preferably, the system in the fourth embodiment of the present invention further includes a first trigger unit 305 connected to the first sending unit 302, and the sender triggers the first trigger unit 305 to enable the first sending unit 302 to start sending. information.

Preferably, the system in the fourth embodiment of the present invention further includes a second trigger unit 306 connected to the second sending unit 303. The second triggering unit 306 is configured to implement a function of sending a message to a single receiving end, and the sending party notifies the second sending unit 303 to send the canceling picture 4 by triggering the second triggering unit 306, which is the display unit in the instant messaging system shown in FIG. The block diagram of 304. As shown in FIG. 4, the display unit 304 includes: a group display unit 3042, configured to obtain, when the sender selects at least one receiver from the user list as a group member, from the user list in the data file in the client. The user information related to the group member and the user information related to the group member. The display unit 304 further includes a dialog window 3043 connected to the first transmitting unit 302 and the second transmitting unit 303. The sender inputs information through the dialog window 3043, and notifies the sending unit to send the input information to the corresponding group member through the corresponding trigger unit. The corresponding sending unit can notify the pair after the transmission is successful. The dialog window 3043 will display when it receives the interaction information from the group members. The display unit 304 further includes a user list display unit 3041 for displaying list information of all users of the sender, that is, the user list display unit 3041 acquires and displays the user information related to the group members from the data file of the client.

The dialog window 3043 of the present embodiment further includes a label corresponding to each group member, and the label is a dialog window of the currently activated group member. The method of establishing the label is as described above and will not be described again.

The working sequence of the instant messaging system in the fourth embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 5. For convenience of explanation, in the following description, the display unit 304 is referred to as a chat window, the user list display unit 3041 is referred to as a buddy list window, the group display unit 3042 is referred to as a buddy list window being chatted, and the first trigger unit 305 is referred to as a group send. The button, the second trigger unit 306 is referred to as a send to current friend button.

FIG. 5 is a timing diagram of the instant messaging system shown in FIG. 3, which includes the following steps.

Step 501: The sender moves the image identifier for identifying the friend into the buddy list window that is being chatted from the buddy list window, and the mobile operation triggers the group unit to establish a group member identification information event. At this time, the related information such as the image of the moved friend is also copied, so that the display of the user in the chat list window being chat is the same as the display of the user in the friend list window, for example, the online status of the mobile friend. .

In step 501, when the sender activates a chat window to prepare a chat, if the method of temporarily storing the group member identification information is adopted, the buddy list window being chatted is empty; if the method of permanently storing the group member identification information is used, The chat buddy list window displays the list of group members that were last established by the sender. Know the information to save.

In addition, a bookmark is created for the chatting friend on the chat window, and the sender can perform information interaction with different friends in the chatting friend window by switching the label. Step 503: The sender inputs the information to be sent in the conversation window.

Step 504: The sending unit needs to send the information by using the group sending button or sending the current friend button.

Step 505: The sending unit acquires, from the grouping unit, user identification information of a group member that needs to receive information.

Step 506: The sending unit sends, according to the acquired user identification information, information that the sender needs to send to the corresponding group member that needs to receive the information.

Step 507: The information sent at the same time is saved in the buddy list information in the database, and the notification information is displayed.

Step 508: The dialog window displays the sent information. Step 408 specifically includes the following content: If the chat window of the friend is in an active state, the chat window obtains the sent message from the database for display; if the chat window with the friend is inactive, the message is displayed on the friend's label. The number of messages sent, and the tag is displayed in a different color than the activated tag. When the sender switches the currently activated chat window to the friend corresponding to the tag by clicking a tag, the number of messages displayed on the tag is removed, the color of the tag can be restored to the default color of the client, and the chat window will be retrieved from the database. The message is displayed.

The sender closes the chat window with a friend by double-clicking on a tag. If the double-clicked label is the currently active window, the window corresponding to the last clicked label before clicking the label is set to the active state. If there is currently only one label, double-click this tab to close the chat window. In addition, if the storage method of the user ID of the chatting friend is used, the temporary storage step 509 is adopted. Optionally, during the information interaction process, the sender may change the group member, that is, add or delete the current group member. List.

Step 510: The sender triggers the grouping unit to update the group member list event by the operation. Step 511: The grouping unit will update the stored group member list.

Step 512: When the information interaction ends, close the chat window. Step 513: Optionally, if the grouping unit adopts a temporary storage group member list manner, the display unit triggers deleting the group member identification information event.

Step 514: The grouping unit deletes the group member identification information according to the deletion group member identification information event. Embodiment 5 of the present invention provides a system for instant messaging, and FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of an instant messaging system according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention. The instant messaging system of the fifth embodiment of the present invention comprises: a server end and a client end. The grouping unit 601 and the database 607 are located at the server side, and the first sending unit 602, the first trigger unit 605, the display unit 604, the second sending unit 603, and the second trigger unit 606 are located at the client. The instant messaging system of the fifth embodiment of the present invention is different from the instant messaging system of the fourth embodiment in that: the grouping unit 601 is located at the server of the instant messaging system; the grouping unit 601 is connected to the database 607, and the database 607 The first sending unit 602 and the second sending unit 603 send a request to acquire the identification information of the group member to the grouping unit 601 of the server before transmitting the information, and the grouping unit 601 selects the database from the database 607 according to the request. The identification information of the group members is obtained, and then sent to the client for information, and will not be described again.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or within the technical scope disclosed by the present invention. Alternatives are intended to be covered by the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention should be determined by the scope of the claims.

Claims

Claim

A method for customizing the sending of an instant messaging message, comprising the steps of: selecting at least one receiving party in the user list to form a member group, and storing the identification information of the group member;

When the same message is sent to each member of the member group, the identification information of each group member is obtained, and the same message is sent according to the identification information.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

After at least one of the recipients in the selected user list constitutes a member group, a label corresponding to each group member in the member group is established, and the label of the group member who is in the conversation is set to an active state.

The method according to claim 1, wherein the selecting at least one recipient in the user list constitutes a member group comprises: selecting a group member in a group in the user list to form the member group.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

When a message is sent to a single group member of the member group, the identification information of the single group member is obtained, and the identification information is sent according to the identification information.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the storage of the group member identification information is temporary storage or permanent storage.

The method according to the method of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the group member identification information is stored in a data file of the client or in a database of the server.

7. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

During the information exchange process, when the information of deleting the member is received, the identification information of the member is deleted.

8. A system for custom messaging of instant messaging messages, comprising: a grouping unit, configured to select at least one receiver in the user list to form a member group, and store identification information of the group member;

And a first sending unit, configured to: when sending the same message to each member of the member group, obtain identification information of each group member, and send the same message according to the identifier information.

The system according to claim 8, wherein the grouping unit is configured to temporarily store the identification information of the group members, or store the information permanently.

The method according to claim 8, wherein the grouping unit is configured to: select a part of the members of a group in the user list to form the member group.

The system according to claim 8, wherein the grouping unit is located at a client or a server, and the group member identification information is stored in a data file of the client or in a database of the server.

The system according to claim 8, further comprising: a first triggering unit, configured to notify the first sending unit to send the same message to each of the group members.

13. The system according to claim 8, further comprising: transmitting the message to the group member according to the identification information;

And a second triggering unit, configured to notify the second sending unit to send a message to the designated single group member.

The system according to any one of claims 8 to 13, further comprising: a display unit;

The display unit includes:

a group display unit, configured to acquire and display related user information of the group member when receiving information that at least one recipient in the user list is a group member;

a dialog window for inputting information and displaying the sent letter when the sending unit sends the message a tab corresponding to each group member, a dialog window for activating the group member; and a user list display unit for displaying user information of the recipient in the user list.