WO2012155445A1

WO2012155445A1 - Method and apparatus for sharing terminal information

Info

Publication number: WO2012155445A1
Application number: PCT/CN2011/080857
Authority: WO
Inventors: 陈俊; 童向杰; 刘嫕
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2011-08-01
Filing date: 2011-10-17
Publication date: 2012-11-22
Also published as: CN102264029A

Abstract

A method for sharing terminal information is provided, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a server receiving path information sent from the terminal; the server sending the path information to other terminals of the group which the terminal belongs to. In the embodiments of the present invention, the terminal sends the path information to the server and the server sends the path information to the other terminals of the group which the terminal belongs to, thereby sharing the path information among the terminals in the group, and meeting the demand of the path information sharing for the terminal.

Description

Method and device for terminal information sharing

The present invention relates to terminal information sharing technologies in the field of communications, and in particular, to a method and device for terminal information sharing.

Background technique

With the advancement of technology in mobile phones and other terminals and the rise of mobile Internet, the applications of mobile phones and other terminals are becoming more and more diverse, and more advanced functions and applications are used on terminals such as mobile phones to better meet people's living needs.

At present, many mobile phones are equipped with the Global Positioning System (GPS) positioning function, so users can control their position at any time. GPS devices can also send location information to each other, so that they can not only grasp their own position, but also grasp each other's position information or monitor the position information of a certain group of people. For example, when traveling outdoors or organizing large-scale events, it is possible to send orientation information to each other via GPS mobile phones, which brings great convenience to the event organization.

Although existing GPS phones can share location information with each other, they cannot share path information. When using the GPS map function, due to the large number of GPS maps and the different levels of geographic information, people participating in the event may install different map versions for each other. Multiple GPS phones with different versions of maps select the same starting point and destination. , the resulting path may be different. Even if the paths are the same, there are not many possible paths, and there is no guarantee that everyone will choose the same path. For example, many people drive to a strange city, they are likely to start together. In the end, it is difficult to meet. Each city has multiple entrances. There is no way to find out which entrances they are going to make, which leads to many inconveniences in practical applications.

Therefore, how to provide a technical solution capable of sharing path information is a problem to be considered by those skilled in the art.

Summary of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and device for sharing terminal information, which are implemented in a terminal. Sharing path information.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method for sharing terminal information, including:

The server receives the path information sent by the terminal;

The server sends the path information to other terminals of the group in which the terminal is located.

The terminal sends path information between the origin and the destination on the GPS map to the server; and/or the terminal receives the path information sent by the server, and determines the path between the origin and the destination according to the path information. .

An embodiment of the present invention provides a server, including:

The receiving module is configured to: receive path information sent by the terminal;

The sending module is configured to: send the path information received by the receiving module to other terminals of the group where the terminal is located.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal, including:

The path processing module is configured to: determine path information between the origin and the destination on the GPS map; determine a path between the origin and the destination according to the path information received by the receiving module;

The sending module is configured to: send the path information determined by the path processing module to the server; the receiving module is configured to: receive path information sent by the server.

A method for sharing terminal information includes:

The server receives the path information sent by the terminal;

The server sends the path information to other terminals except the terminal in the group where the terminal is located.

The path information includes location information of a path point, where the path point is a point on a path between a start point and a destination on the GPS map of the terminal.

The method also includes:

The server receives a map sent by a terminal in the group, and performs a screenshot on the map. To the map screenshot, the map screenshot is sent to other terminals in the group except the terminal that sent the map.

A method for sharing terminal information includes:

The terminal sends path information to the server; and/or

The terminal receives the path information sent by the server, and determines a path between the origin and the destination according to the path information.

The path point is an aliquot obtained by dividing the path between the starting place and the destination by the terminal.

The method also includes:

Sending, by the terminal, a map including the determined path to the server; or

The terminal receives a map screenshot of the determined path sent by the server, and determines a path between the origin and the destination according to the map screenshot.

A server includes: a receiving module and a sending module, wherein:

The path information includes location information of the path point, where the path point is the terminal

A point on the path between the origin and destination on the GPS map.

The server also includes a screenshot processing module:

The screenshot processing module is configured to: receive, by the receiving module, a map that is sent by the terminal, including the determined path, and take a screenshot of the map, and obtain, by the receiving group, other terminals required to send the map, including determining A screenshot of the map, the map screenshot being sent by the sending module to other terminals in the group except the terminal that sends the map. Wherein, the screenshot processing module is configured to perform a screenshot according to the following manner: The current location of the terminal of the figure is the center point to take a screenshot.

A terminal, comprising: a path processing module, a sending module, and a receiving module, wherein: the path processing module is configured to: determine path information; determine a starting point and a destination according to the path information received by the receiving module Path between

The sending module is configured to: send the path information determined by the path processing module to a server;

The receiving module is configured to: receive path information sent by the server.

The path processing module is configured to determine the path information according to the following manner: equally divide the path between the starting place and the destination, and use the halving point as the path point.

The sending module is further configured to:

A map including the determined path is sent to the server.

The terminal also includes a screenshot processing module, wherein:

The screenshot processing module is configured to: receive, by the receiving module, a map screenshot sent by the server, including determining a path, and determine a path between the origin and the destination according to the map screenshot.

The embodiment of the invention has at least the following advantages:

The terminal sends the path information to the server, and the path information is sent by the server to the other terminals of the group in which the terminal is located, so that the path information is shared between the terminals in the group, which satisfies the requirement of the terminal for sharing the path information. BRIEF abstract

1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for sharing terminal information according to an embodiment of the present invention; 2 is a schematic diagram of a process of creating a group in which the terminal in FIG. 1 is located;

3 is a schematic diagram of a process in which a terminal joins a group;

4 is a schematic diagram of a process of sharing location information between terminals in a group;

5 is a schematic diagram of a process of sharing a GPS map between terminals in a group;

6 is a schematic diagram of a process of sharing a GPS map between terminals in the example 2 provided by the present invention; FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. Preferred embodiment of the invention

In order to make the objects, the technical solutions and the advantages of the present invention more clearly, the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the features in the embodiments and the embodiments of the present application may be arbitrarily combined with each other.

A method for sharing terminal information provided by an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, includes: Step 101: A server receives path information sent by a terminal.

The path information includes location information of the path point, which is a point on the path between the origin and the destination on the GPS map of the terminal.

Step 102: The server sends the path information to other terminals of the group where the terminal is located.

Corresponding to the processing of the server, the processing of the terminal includes: the terminal sends the path information between the origin and the destination on the GPS map to the server; and/or after the terminal receives the path information sent by the server, determines the start according to the path information. The path between the ground and the destination. For example, terminals A, B, and C belong to the same group, and terminal A sends path information to the server, and the path information is sent to terminals B and C (which may also include terminal A) through the server.

Among them, the server is a server dedicated to sharing path information, or a server having other functions at the same time. The terminal is a device with a GPS map function (ie, a map function with a GPS function), such as a mobile phone with a GPS map function.

The process of creating a group in which the terminal is located is as shown in FIG. 2, wherein the terminal used to create the group may be a specific terminal or any terminal in the group. For convenience of description, the specific terminal of the group is created below. Or any terminal is collectively referred to as the creator. The creation process includes:

Step 201: The creator sends a group establishment request to the server according to the address information of the server set in advance.

The creator pre-sets the address information of the server, such as the server's Uniform Resource Locator (URL, Universal Resource Locator) or IP address or other address information that can be addressed to the server. The creator requests to establish a connection with the server based on the address information of the server. After the connection is established, preferably, the creator synchronizes with the server time. The creator sends a group establishment request to the server, and the group establishment request carries the name of the group, preferably a private protocol.

Step 202: The server receives the group establishment request, verifies the creator, sends a confirmation message to the creator after the verification, and successfully establishes the group.

After the group is successfully created, the creator receives the number of the group sent by the server, and sends the group number to other terminals that need to join the group, for example, by sending a short message.

After the group is created, the terminal includes: a terminal other than the creator sends a group join request to the server according to the group number, and joins the group. The process is as shown in FIG. 3, including:

Step 301: The terminal sends a group join request according to the group number.

Preferably, the group join request sent by the terminal can be routed to the server by the number of the group.

Step 302: The server forwards the group join request to the creator, and allows the terminal to join the group after the creator confirms that the permission is allowed to be added.

Step 303: The server sends the confirmation result to the terminal.

In addition, after the group is created, if the group is to be deleted, the creator needs to send the group deletion request to the server. Preferably, only the creator has the right to delete the group created by it. If the terminal needs to leave the group, similar to the process of joining the group, the terminal sends a group exit request carrying the group number to the server, and after the creator confirms that the permission is allowed to exit (this step may not be needed), the server will terminal from the group. Deleted.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the path information may include location information of the path point, for example, the path information is coordinate information of a series of points on the path. The process of determining the path point by the terminal includes but is not limited to: the terminal equally divides the path between the origin and the destination, and uses the aliquot as the path point. Other path points The manner, for example, the manner in which all intersections on the path are used as path points should also be within the scope of the present invention. The path information can also be in other forms, including, for example, a road or street name. receive

In the embodiment of the present invention, the location information may be shared between the terminals in the group. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the method includes:

Step 401: Terminal A sends its own location information to the server.

Terminal A is any terminal in the group. Specifically, the terminal A obtains its own location information according to the GPS function, and sends the location information to the server, and the location information is sent in a format preset by the terminal and the server. Preferably, the terminals in the same group send location information to the server according to the same GPS location update frequency. The GPS location update frequency can be the default value set on the server, or set by the creator when creating the group, and the server sends the GPS location update frequency to each terminal in the group.

Step 402: The server sends the location information of the terminal A in the group, so that other terminals of the group obtain and display the location of the terminal A on the GPS map according to the location information of the terminal A.

By this method, each terminal in the group can know the location of the other party with each other. Preferably, different locations are used to indicate the location of the different terminals. For example, if the location information of a terminal in a group is not obtained, it is marked with the location information of the terminal and marked with a special color or symbol. After the marking, each member's location and code are displayed on the map.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when there is a terminal that does not have the currently required map in the group (for example, the terminal C may be a map function or a map function but lacks a map currently needed), The GPS map of the terminal (taking the terminal D as an example) is sent to the terminal for use. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, the method includes:

Step 501: The terminal D sends a screenshot of the preset size in the local map to the server, where the identifier information of the terminal C is carried.

Preferably, in the same group, only one terminal is allowed as the terminal D, and the terminal as the terminal D is preferably the creator of the group. Terminal D continuously sends a screenshot of the preset size to the server to ensure that the screenshot of the map is valid. For example, the terminal D sends a screenshot of the 9-screen size near the location of the terminal C in the map of the local machine to the server, and at the same time, as the coordinates change, the coordinates exceed 1 After the screen, continue to upload a new 9-screen map screenshot.

In the above process, the terminal C has a GPS function, the terminal D knows the location of the terminal C, and sends a screenshot of the map near the location of the terminal C. If terminal D does not have the GPS function, terminal D cannot determine the location of terminal C. At this time, the map including the starting point and the destination on the GPS map is divided into several screenshots and sent to the server.

Preferably, the terminal D sends a map screenshot after determining the path, and the map screenshot includes the determined path.

Step 502: The server sends a map screenshot according to the identification information of the terminal C, so that the terminal C obtains a map screenshot.

In this way, even if there is a terminal that does not have the GPS map function in the group, the GPS map of a certain terminal can be shared in the group, and the map screenshot size is preset, so as to ensure that neither the transmission is too frequent nor the data is transmitted. Very large causes the transmission speed to be too slow.

In another scenario, when the terminal D sends the map screenshot to the server, the terminal C may not carry the identification information of the terminal C, but the terminal that needs to receive the screenshot of the map is configured in advance on the server, and the server sends the map screenshot to the corresponding terminal.

In order to more clearly introduce the method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, two examples of the above method are described below.

Example 1: Terminals A, B, and C all configure the GPS path sharing function. Terminal 8 performs the GPS path sharing function, and sends a new group request to the server. Group name: Outdoor test. After receiving the confirmation message of the server group establishment request and the number of the group, A sends the group number to B and C by SMS. B, C performs the GPS path sharing function, sends a request to join the group to the server, and the server sends the request of ^C to the group creator A. After confirmation by A, the server adds ^ C to the group: outdoor test. Group creator A enters the starting point: Nanjing, End point: Wuxi, there are multiple reachable paths on the map. After selecting one of the paths, click Send. The GPS information of the key points of this path will be sent to the server. After the server processes, the GPS information of this path is sent to the group members. A sends the GPS location update frequency parameter 30s to the server, and the server confirms the GPS location update frequency parameter to A, B, C. A, B, C send GPS location information to the server every 30s according to the GPS location update frequency. After the server analyzes and processes, A, B, C The GPS location information is sent to the group members, and after receiving the GPS information, the group members can identify all the group member dynamics on the local map.

Example 2: As shown in Figure 6, terminal A has a set of fine Shangri-La GPS navigation maps provided by an outdoor club. Terminals B and C do not. After B and C join the group, A will mark the position of B and C in the map according to the location of B and C respectively, and send screenshots of 9 screens near the location of B and C to the server, and pass the server through the server. Give B and C the navigation, and at the same time, you can use the way of instance 1 to mark the path in the map screenshot.

According to the same technical concept as the foregoing method embodiment, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a server. As shown in FIG. 7, the server includes a receiving module 11 and a sending module 12, where:

The receiving module 11 is configured to: receive path information sent by the terminal. The path information includes location information of a path point, which is a point on a path between a start point and a destination on a GPS map of the terminal.

The sending module 12 is configured to: send the path information received by the receiving module to other terminals of the group in which the terminal is located.

Preferably, the server further includes a screenshot processing module 13:

The screenshot processing module 13 is configured to: receive, by the receiving module 11 , a map sent by the terminal, perform a screenshot on the map, and obtain a map screenshot required by the terminal other than the terminal that sends the map in the group, where the screenshot is The map screenshot is sent by the sending module 12 to other terminals in the group other than the terminal that sent the map.

Among them, when the screenshot is taken, the current location of the terminal that needs the map screenshot is taken as the center point for interception.

In addition, the server may further include a group management module, where the group management module is configured to: create a group according to the group establishment request sent by the terminal, and add a member of the corresponding group according to the group join request sent by the terminal, according to the establishment. The group deletion request sent by the terminal of the group deletes the corresponding group, and deletes the member of the corresponding group according to the group exit request sent by the terminal. The group management module may be further configured to: receive setting information of the group creator to the group, such as the frequency of updating the GPS location information, and then send the group setting information to all group members. According to the same technical concept as the foregoing method embodiment, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal. As shown in FIG. 8, the terminal includes a path processing module 21, a sending module 22, and a receiving module 23, where:

The path processing module 21 is configured to: determine path information between the origin and the destination on the GPS map; determine a path between the origin and the destination according to the path information received by the receiving module 23; the sending module 22 is configured to: Sending the path information determined by the path processing module 21 to the server;

The receiving module 23 is configured to: receive path information sent by the server.

A point on the path between the origin and destination on the GPS map.

The path processing module 21 is further configured to: bisect the path between the starting point and the destination, and use the halving point as the path point.

Preferably, the terminal further includes a screenshot processing module 24:

The sending module 22 is further configured to: send a map including the determined path to the server.

The screenshot processing module 24 is configured to: receive, by the receiving module 23, a map sent by the server including the determined path, and determine a path between the origin and the destination according to the map screenshot.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, in order to obtain location information of the terminal, the terminal is installed with

The GPS function module obtains its own position information through the GPS function module terminal. In addition, the terminal may further have a location information acquiring module, configured to acquire location information of the terminal from the GPS function module according to the GPS location information update frequency. In the embodiment of the present invention, each module of the server and the terminal may be split or merged. For example, each module of the server may be merged into a server GPS path sharing module, and each module on the terminal may be merged into a terminal GPS path sharing module.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or part of the steps in the above methods may be passed through the program. The instructions are related to hardware completion, and the program can be stored in a computer readable storage medium such as a read only memory, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk. Optionally, all or part of the steps of the foregoing embodiments may also be implemented by using one or more integrated circuits. Accordingly, each module/unit in the foregoing embodiment may be implemented in the form of hardware, or may use software functions. The form of the module is implemented. The invention is not limited to any specific form of combination of hardware and software.

The above description is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Industrial applicability

In the foregoing technical solution, the terminal sends the path information to the server, and the server sends the path information to other terminals of the group where the terminal is located, so that the path information is shared between the terminals in the group, which satisfies the requirement of the terminal for sharing the path information. . Therefore, the present invention has strong industrial applicability.

Claims

Claim

A method for sharing terminal information, comprising:

The server receives the path information sent by the terminal;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the path information comprises location information of a waypoint, the waypoint being a point on a path between a starting point and a destination on a GPS map of the terminal.

3. The method of claim 1 or 2, the method further comprising:

The server receives a map sent by the terminal in the group, and takes a screenshot of the map to obtain a map screenshot, and sends the map screenshot to other terminals in the group except the terminal that sends the map.

4. A method for sharing terminal information, comprising:

The terminal sends path information to the server; and/or

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the path information comprises location information of a waypoint, the waypoint being a point on a path between a starting point and a destination on a GPS map of the terminal.

The method according to claim 5, wherein the path point is an aliquot obtained by the terminal equally dividing the path between the start point and the destination.

7. The method of any of claims 4-6, the method further comprising:

Sending, by the terminal, a map including the determined path to the server; or

The terminal receives a screenshot of the map sent by the server including the determined path, and determines a path between the origin and the destination according to the map screenshot.

8. A server, comprising: a receiving module and a sending module, wherein:

The receiving module is configured to: receive path information sent by the terminal; The sending module is configured to: send the path information received by the receiving module to other terminals of the group where the terminal is located.

The server according to claim 8, wherein the path information includes location information of a path point, and the path point is a point on a path between a start point and a destination on a GPS map of the terminal.

The server of claim 8 or 9, further comprising a screenshot processing module: the screenshot processing module is configured to: receive, by the receiving module, a map that includes a determined path sent by the terminal, and take a screenshot of the map Obtaining a map of the map including the determined path required by the other terminals in the group except the terminal that sends the map, and using the sending module to send the map to the group other than the terminal that sends the map The terminal sends.

The server according to claim 10, wherein the screenshot processing module is configured to perform a screenshot in the following manner: taking a screenshot as a center point of the current location of the terminal requiring the map screenshot.

12. A terminal, comprising: a path processing module, a sending module, and a receiving module, wherein:

The path processing module is configured to: determine path information; determine a path between the origin and the destination according to the path information received by the receiving module;

The terminal according to claim 12, wherein the path information includes location information of a path point, and the path point is a point on a path between a start point and a destination on a GPS map of the terminal.

14. The terminal of claim 13, wherein the path processing module is configured to determine the path information in the following manner:

The path between the starting point and the destination is equally divided, and the aliquot is used as a path point.

The terminal according to any one of claims 12 to 14, wherein the sending module is further configured to:

A map including the determined path is sent to the server.

The terminal according to any one of claims 12 to 14, further comprising a screenshot processing module, wherein: the screenshot processing module is configured to: receive, by the receiving module, a map that is sent by the server and includes a determined path Screenshots, and determining the path between the origin and the destination based on the map screenshot.