WO2012155652A1

WO2012155652A1 - Communication method, net element and system of cross-social network

Info

Publication number: WO2012155652A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/072672
Authority: WO
Inventors: 丁欣; 卢艳
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2011-07-14
Filing date: 2012-03-21
Publication date: 2012-11-22
Also published as: CN102882759A; CN102882759B

Abstract

A communication method, a net element and a system of cross-social network, the method comprises: a cross-social network gateway receives a media message sent from a sender social network, wherein the media message carries user identification information of the receiver; the cross-social network gateway acquires corresponding identification information of receiver of the receiver social network according to the user identification information of the receiver. The cross-social network gateway forwards the media message to the receiver social network according to the identification information of the receiver social network. The technical solution enables users in different social networks communicate with each other, thereby improving user performance.

Description

Communication method, network element and system across social networks

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a communication method, a network element (including a cross-social network gateway and a converged address book server) and a system across social networks.

Background technique

The Internet is not only an important tool for people to obtain information, but also provides a platform for people to communicate and communicate. In recent years, there has been a new type of business called "social network" on the Internet. The more popular social networks are Facebook, Twitter, Linkedln, and domestic "happy network", "renren", "sina micro Bo" Wait. Through these social networks, people can easily send messages to and share information with other friends on the network, including multimedia content.

However, the emergence of various social networks has also brought about a problem of interoperability between different social networks. Specifically, how can user A in a social network send a message to user B in another social network? For example, user A logs in on Facebook, user B logs in on Twitter, and user A wants to A media file saved in its Facebook is sent to User B. According to the prior art, user A can only download the media file to the local, and then log in to Twitter, and then upload and send the media file to user B in Twitter, but cannot directly send the media file to user B. This is obviously a bad user experience.

Summary of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a communication method, network element and system across social networks, in which users in different social networks cannot communicate with each other.

To solve the above technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a communication method across a social network, the method comprising:

Receiving, by the social network gateway, a media message sent by the sender social network, where the media message carries the user identification information of the receiver;

The cross-social network gateway acquires a corresponding receiver according to the user identification information of the receiver Identification information of the social network;

The cross social network gateway forwards the media message to the recipient social network according to the identification information of the recipient social network.

Optionally, the cross-social network gateway locally caches the converged address book, where the converged address book includes a correspondence between the user identification information and the social network identification information; and the cross-social network gateway queries the locally cached the converged address book Obtaining identification information of the social network of the recipient.

Optionally, the step of obtaining, by the social network gateway, the identifier information of the social network of the receiver includes:

The cross-social network gateway sends a query request to the fused address book server, where the user identification information of the receiver is carried;

The fused address book server receives the query request, queries the fused address book, obtains the identification information of the social network of the receiver corresponding to the user identification information of the receiver, and feeds back a query response, where the fused address book includes user identification information. Corresponding relationship with the social network identification information; the cross-social network gateway receiving the query response, where the identifier information of the social network of the recipient corresponding to the user identification information of the receiver is carried.

To solve the above technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a cross-social network gateway, where the cross-social network gateway includes:

a media message receiving unit, configured to receive a media message sent by a sender social network, where the media message carries user identifier information of the receiver;

The network identifier obtaining unit is configured to acquire, according to the user identifier information of the receiver, identifier information of the corresponding recipient social network;

The media message forwarding unit is configured to forward the media message to the recipient social network according to the identity information of the recipient social network.

Optionally, the network identifier obtaining unit includes:

The fused address book is set to save the correspondence between the user identification information and the social network identification information; the query module is configured to query the fused address book according to the query request, and obtain the social network of the receiver corresponding to the user identification information of the receiver Identification information; Optionally, the network identifier obtaining unit includes:

The query request sending module is configured to send a query request to the fused address local server, where the user identification information of the receiver is carried;

The query response receiving module is configured to receive the feedback query response sent by the fused address local server, where the query response carries the identifier information of the social network of the receiver corresponding to the user identification information of the receiver.

To solve the above technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a fused address book server, where the fused address book server includes:

The query request receiving module is configured to receive a query request, where the user identification information of the receiver is carried;

The fused address book is set to save the correspondence between the user identification information and the social network identification information; the query module is configured to query the fused address book according to the query request, and obtain the social network of the receiver corresponding to the user identification information of the receiver Identification information;

The query response sending module is configured to provide a feedback query response, where the query response carries the identification information of the social network of the recipient corresponding to the user identification information of the receiver.

Additionally, embodiments of the present invention also provide a communication system across social networks, the system comprising: a sender social network, a recipient social network, and a cross-social network gateway as described above, wherein:

The sender social network is configured to send a media message, where the media message carries user identification information of the receiver;

The recipient social network is configured to receive the media message forwarded by the cross-social network gateway. The present invention also provides a communication system across social networks, the system comprising: a sender social network, a recipient social network, a cross-social network gateway as described above, and a converged address book server, wherein:

The recipient social network is configured to receive the media message forwarded by the cross-social network gateway. The communication method, the network element and the system of the cross-social network provided by the embodiments of the present invention can facilitate the intercommunication of users in different social networks, thereby improving the user experience. BRIEF abstract

1 is a schematic diagram of a fused address book according to a solution provided by an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of Embodiment 1 of an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a flowchart provided by an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a module of an embodiment of a cross-social network gateway according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a module of a fused address book server according to an embodiment of the present invention. Preferred embodiment of the invention

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 in the present application may be arbitrarily combined with each other.

In this embodiment, the social network is allocated to the user and the identification information used to distinguish different user identities in the social network is called a user identifier, for example, a certain user identifier information is “abc@domain.com”.

According to the solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention, a fused network address book is established in the network, in which information of each social network user is recorded. In the address book, under the name of each user, all social network user identifiers of the user are recorded, including user identifiers belonging to different social networks, and the fusion address book includes the user identifier The identification information of the social network corresponding to the user identifier, that is, the correspondence between the user identification information and the social network identification information is saved in the fused address book. The way the address book saves user information is shown in Figure 1. In the address book, each user has his own "personal contact card" on which all social networks registered by the user are marked, and corresponding to each registered social network, also recorded. The identification information of the user on this social network. Whenever a user registers for a new social network, his information in the address book is updated once, adding new social network information to his individual. Contact card.

If the user A currently logged into a social network (referred to as the first social network) wishes to share one media content to the user B in another social network (referred to as the second social network), the media message will include the user B. User ID. When the media message reaches the cross-social network gateway where the first social network interacts with other networks, the cross-social network gateway queries the fused address book, and obtains the second social network identifier where the user B is located. Subsequently, the cross-social network gateway routes the media message to the second social network according to the identification information of the second social network. Through the above method, User A can also simultaneously send a media message to multiple users in a plurality of different social networks.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

Embodiment 1

This embodiment describes a simple procedure for implementing media message interworking between different social networks by using the solution provided by the present embodiment. In this embodiment, the user A in the first social network wishes to transmit information to the user B in the second social network, the user C in the third social network, and the user D in the fourth social network, the embodiment transmits The information carries the relevant social network identifier as an example. The flow diagram is shown in Figure 2. The process specifically includes the following steps:

Step 101: The first social network sends user A to create information to be transmitted on the terminal, assuming that the intended recipient is user B, C, D. The information includes user identification information of users B, C, and D. For example, the user identifier of user B on Facebook is bl@facebook. domain, and the user identifier of C on Twitter is cl@twitter. domain, and D is in Linkedln. The user ID is dl@linkedin.domain. The social network identification information of the recipient users B, C, and D is also included, and the identification information of Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedln is MSN-1, MSN-2, MSN-3, and the identifier can be used to select across social network gateways. Purpose social network.

In this step, before transmitting the message, the user A can view the user identification information of the receiving friend in each social network by using the fused address book, and can select some user identifiers of the expected receiving friends to transmit. Specifically, each user (including user A) has a contact list (or a buddy list) in the fused address book, and after user A selects a contact (friend) in his or her own contact list, See the personal contact card information of the selected contact, including the user identification information of the contact on each social network.

The above information is transmitted to the social network server where it is currently located through the terminal using the HTTP protocol.

The message is sent to the cross social network gateway where the first social network interacts with other networks. Step 102: After receiving the information to be transmitted, the social network gateway selects the destination social network according to the identification information of the social network carried in the information, and transmits the information to the social network. That is, according to the MSN-1, MSN-2, and MSN-3 identifiers carried in the information, the information is respectively transmitted to the social networks Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedln to which the intended users B, C, and D belong.

Embodiment 2

This embodiment describes a simple flow for implementing media message interworking between different social networks using the solution provided by the embodiments of the present invention. In this embodiment, the user A in the first social network wishes to transmit information to the user B in the second social network, the user C in the third social network, and the user D in the fourth social network, the embodiment transmits The information does not carry the relevant social network identifier as an example. The schematic diagram of the process is shown in Figure 3. The process specifically includes the following steps:

Step 201: The first social network (ie, the sender social network) sends a media message created by user A on the terminal, assuming that the intended recipient is user B, C, D. The information includes the user identification information of users B, C, and D, such as the user ID of the user B on Facebook is b 1 @facebook. domain , and the user identifier of C on Twitter is c 1 @twitter. domain , and D The user ID in LinkedIn is dl@linkedin.domain.

In this step, before transmitting the message, the user A can view the user identification information of each social network that is received by the friend through the fused address book, and can select some user identifiers of the expected receiving friends to transmit.

The above information is transmitted to the social network server where it is currently located by the terminal using the HTTP protocol. The message is sent to the cross social network gateway where the first social network interacts with other networks. Step 202: After receiving the media message sent by the first social network, the cross-social network gateway interacts with the converged address book server in the network, according to the identifiers of the users: 8, C, and D provided in the message, in the address book. The personal contact card of the user: 8, C, D is found, and the identification information of the second social network where the user B is located is obtained, and the identification information of the third and fourth social networks where the user C and D are located is obtained. And user identification information of the users C and D in the third and fourth social networks.

Specifically, the process of interacting with the fused address book server includes:

The cross-social network gateway sends a query request to the fused address book server, where the user identification information of the receiver, that is, the identification information of the users B, C, and D, is carried;

Step 203: The cross-social network gateway transmits the media message to the social network (ie, the recipient social network) to which the users B, C, and D belong according to the information acquired from the converged address book server.

Alternatively, the above converged address book can also be implemented across social network gateways. Specifically, the cross-social network gateway locally caches the fused address book, where the fused address book includes a correspondence between the user identification information and the social network identification information; and the cross-social network gateway obtains the locally cached fused address book. Identification information of the recipient social network.

Corresponding to the foregoing method, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a cross-social network gateway. As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the cross-social network gateway includes:

The media message receiving unit 401 is configured to receive a media message sent by the sender social network, where the media message carries user identifier information of the receiver;

The network identifier obtaining unit 402 is configured to acquire a pair according to the user identifier information of the receiver Identification information of the recipient's social network;

The media message forwarding unit 403 is configured to forward the media message to the recipient social network according to the identity information of the recipient social network.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 4, the network identifier obtaining unit 402 includes:

The fused address book 4021 is configured to save a correspondence between the user identification information and the social network identification information;

The querying module 4022 is configured to query the fused address book according to the query request, and obtain the identifier information of the social network of the receiver corresponding to the user identifier information of the receiver;

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 5, the network identifier obtaining unit 402 includes:

The query request sending module 4023 is configured to send a query request to the fused address local server, where the user identifier information of the receiver is carried;

The query response receiving module 4024 is configured to receive the feedback query response sent by the fused address local server, where the query response carries the identifier information of the social network of the receiver corresponding to the user identification information of the receiver.

In addition, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a fused address book server. As shown in FIG. 6, the fused address book server includes:

The query request receiving module 601 is configured to receive a query request, where the user identifier information of the receiver is carried;

The fused address book 602 is configured to save a correspondence between the user identification information and the social network identification information;

The querying module 603 is configured to query the fused address book according to the query request, and obtain the identifier information of the social network of the receiver corresponding to the user identifier information of the receiver;

The query response sending module 604 is configured to provide a feedback query response, where the query response carries the identification information of the social network of the recipient corresponding to the user identification information of the recipient.

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a communication system across social networks, the system comprising: a sender social network, a recipient social network, and a cross-social network gateway as shown in FIG. 4.

among them: The sender social network is configured to send a media message, where the media message carries user identifier information of the receiver;

The recipient social network is configured to receive the media message forwarded by the cross-social network gateway.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides another communication system across social networks, the system comprising: a sender social network, a recipient social network, a cross-social network gateway as shown in FIG. 5, and a fused address as shown in FIG. This server, where:

This embodiment is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

It can be seen that, by using the solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention, users in different social networks can be easily intercommunicated, thereby improving the user experience.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the above steps may be accomplished by a program instructing the associated hardware, such as a read-only memory, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk. Alternatively, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may also be implemented using one or more integrated circuits. Correspondingly, each module/unit in the above embodiment may be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of a software function module. Embodiments of the invention are not limited to any specific form of combination of hardware and software.

The above embodiments are only intended to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be modified or equivalently substituted without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Industrial applicability The communication method, the network element, and the system of the cross-social network provided by the foregoing embodiment receive the media message sent by the sender social network by using the cross-social network gateway, where the media message carries the user identification information of the receiver; And obtaining, by the network gateway, the identifier information of the corresponding recipient social network according to the user identifier information of the receiver, where the cross-social network gateway forwards the media message to the receiver social network according to the identifier information of the receiver social network. ,

Users in different social networks can be easily intercommunicated, thereby improving the user experience.

Claims

Claim

1. A communication method for a cross-social network, comprising:

And obtaining, by the cross-social network gateway, identifier information of the corresponding recipient social network according to the user identifier information of the receiver;

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: locally caching a converged address book across a social network gateway, the converged address book comprising a correspondence between user identification information and social network identification information;

The step of the cross-social network gateway acquiring the identifier information of the corresponding recipient social network according to the user identifier information of the receiver includes: the cross-social network gateway querying the local cache according to the user identifier information of the receiver The fused address book acquires identification information of the social network of the recipient.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein: the step of obtaining, by the social network gateway, the identification information of the social network of the recipient comprises:

4. A cross-social network gateway, including:

a media message receiving unit, configured to receive a media message sent by a sender social network, where the media message carries user identification information of the receiver; a network identifier obtaining unit, configured to acquire, according to user identifier information of the receiver, identifier information of a corresponding recipient social network;

And a media message forwarding unit configured to forward the media message to the recipient social network according to the identification information of the recipient social network.

The cross-social network gateway according to claim 4, wherein the network identifier obtaining unit comprises:

a fused address book, configured to store a correspondence between user identification information and social network identification information;

And a querying module, configured to query the fused address book according to the query request, and obtain identification information of the social network of the recipient corresponding to the user identification information of the receiver.

a query request sending module, configured to send a query request to the fused address local server, where the user identification information of the receiver is carried;

The query response receiving module is configured to receive the feedback query response sent by the fused address local server, where the query response carries the identification information of the social network of the recipient corresponding to the user identification information of the receiver.

A fused address server, where the fused address server includes: a query request receiving module, configured to receive a query request, where the user identification information of the receiver is carried;

a fusion address book, configured to save a correspondence between user identification information and social network identification information;

a querying module, configured to query the fused address book according to the query request, and obtain the identifier information of the social network of the receiver corresponding to the user identification information of the receiver;

The query response sending module is configured to send a query response, where the query response carries the identifier information of the social network of the recipient corresponding to the user identifier information of the receiver.

A communication system for a cross-social network, wherein the system comprises: a sender social network, a recipient social network, the cross-social network gateway according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein: the transmitting The social network is configured to send a media message, where the media message carries user identification information of the receiver;

The recipient social network is configured to receive the media message forwarded across the social network gateway.

9. A communication system across social networks, wherein the system comprises: a sender social network, a recipient social network, the cross-social network gateway of claim 6, and the fused address book server of claim 7. , among them: