WO2015043540A1

WO2015043540A1 - Methods, systems, and devices for sharing multimedia information

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Publication number: WO2015043540A1
Application number: PCT/CN2014/087878
Authority: WO
Inventors: Hui Tang
Original assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
Priority date: 2013-09-30
Filing date: 2014-09-30
Publication date: 2015-04-02
Also published as: CN104144198B; CN104144198A

Abstract

A server implemented a method for sharing multimedia information provides a social communication platform to a first client device and a second client device; receives shared information from the first client through the social communication platform, wherein the shared information includes a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of a piece of multimedia information; obtains a title and a summary of the multimedia information; obtains a piece of target information generated based on the URL, the title, and the summary, wherein the target information is under a uniform format that is acceptable by all client devices in communication with the social communication platform; and sends, through the social communication platform, the target information to the second client to display the title and the summary on a dialogue interface of the social communication platform under the uniform format.

Description

METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR SHARING MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION

Field of the disclosure

The present disclosure relates to Internet technology. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to methods, systems, and devices for sharing multimedia information.

Background of the disclosure

With the development of Internet, Internet has become an indispensable part of our life, e. g. communication accounts are used to communicate with other accounts. It is common in the field of Internet that two communication accounts share multimedia information during an internet communication interactively, namely a communication account transmits network address of multimedia information to another communication account. However, when multimedia information is shared using current network technique, the source communication account just sends the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the multimedia information to the target communication account, namely, the target communication account can receive the URL of the multimedia information only. The target communication account then must transmit the URL to the device issuing multimedia information before receipt of the multimedia information returned by the device. Practically, the user of the target communication account may not be interested in the shared page of multimedia information. In case that the user of the target communication account is not interested in the shared page of multimedia information, the process in which the target communication account obtains the multimedia information will be meaningless. In other words, it is just a waste of network resource in which the target communication account transmits the URL to the device issuing multimedia information and then receives the multimedia information returned by the device. There exists a problem of network waste in the current multimedia sharing process.

Summary of the disclosure

The example embodiments of thisdisclosure provide a process, a system and a device to share multimedia information, which can reduce waste of network resources during the multimedia information sharing process.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a server implemented a method for sharing multimedia information providesa social communication platform to a first client device and a second client device； receives shared information from the first client through the social communication platform, wherein the shared information includes a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of a piece of multimedia information； obtains a title and a summary of the multimedia information； obtains a piece of target information generated based on the URL, the title, and the summary, wherein the target information is under a uniform format that is acceptable by all client devices in communication with the social communication platform； andsends, through the social communication platform, the target information to the second client to display the title and the summary on a dialogue interface of the social communication platform under the uniform format.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a methodfor sharing multimedia information may be implemented by a server and comprises providing a social communication platform to a first client device and a second client device； receiving, through the social communication platform, shared information from the first client, wherein the shared information includes a URL of a piece of multimedia information and the account information of the second communication account； obtaining a title and a summary of the multimedia information； obtaining a piece of target information generated based on the URL, the title, and the summary, wherein the target information is under a uniform format that is acceptable by all client devices in communication with the social communication platform； andsending, through the social communication platform, the target information to the second client to display the title and the summary on a dialogue interface of the social communication platform under the uniform format.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium comprises a set of instructionfor sharing multimedia information. The set of instruction, when executed by a processor, directs the processor to perform actions of: providing a social communication platform to a first client device and a second client device； receiving, through the social communication platform, shared information from the first client, wherein the shared information includes at least one of a URL of a piece of multimedia information and the account information of the second communication account； obtaining a title and a summary of the multimedia information； obtaining a piece of target information generated based on the URL, the title, and the summary, wherein the target information is under a uniform format that is acceptable by all client devices in communication with the social communication platform； andsending, through the social communication platform, the target information to the second client to display the title and the summary on a dialogue interface of the social communication platform under the uniform format.

Description of the drawings

In order to illustrate the example embodiments of this disclosure and technical scheme of the prior art more clearly, the accompanying drawings used in description of the example embodiments or the prior art will be introduced briefly. The drawings in the description are just some example embodiments of this disclosure, according to which other drawings may be obtained without creative labor by person of skill in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a methodfor sharing multimedia information according to example embodiments of this disclosure；

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of another methodfor sharing multimedia informationaccording to the example embodiments of this disclosure；

Fig. 3 is a flow diagram of another methodfor sharing multimedia informationaccording to the example embodiments of this disclosure；

Figs. 4-7 are example diagrams according to the example embodiments of this disclosure；

Fig. 8 is a structural diagram of a system for sharing multimedia information according to the example embodiments of this disclosure；

Fig. 9 is a structural diagram of a device for sharing multimedia information according to the example embodiments of this disclosure；

Fig. 10 is a structural diagram of a device for sharing multimedia information according to the example embodiments of this disclosure；

Fig. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example embodiment of a client device； and

Fig. 12 isaschematicdiagramillustratinganexampleembodimentofa server.

Detailed description of the preferred example embodiments

The technological scheme in the example embodiments of this disclosure will be described clearly and completely, using the accompanying drawings in the example embodiments of this disclosure. Any other example embodiment obtained by person of skill in the art on basis of the example embodiments of this disclosure without creative labor is in the scope of this disclosure.

In the example embodiments of this disclosure, the communication account may be an account of an instant communication application, a mobile phone number, an email account and so on, which is used to identify an individual communication user. For example, the communication account may be an account of WeChat, a social communication platform. Service of WeChat is provided by a server connected with mobile terminals via Internet. A mobile terminal, such as a smart phone, that uses WeChat has a WeChat application installed therein. A user of the mobile terminal may register a communication account of WeChat and use the communication account to login the application (e.g., login the server) . Once the user logs in, he/she may use WeChat to chat, tweet, share messages and websites with his/her friends on WeChat through the communication account.

In the present disclosure, the term “client” corresponding to the communication account means the user and/or a terminal by which the user logs in the instant communication application platform (e.g., the WeChat and/or the WeChat server) through the corresponding communication account. Namely, the communication account logins theserver that provide an instant communication platform.

Besides, the example embodiments of the present disclosure do not intend to limit the form of multimedia information: it may be any multimedia information in the field of Internet, such as news webpage, audio information, video information, image webpage or text webpage, or the like. The multimedia information may be a webpage accessed through Webview or browser. The example embodiments below will be introduced in detail with specific examples.

In addition, the example embodiments of this disclosureare not intend to limit the client that issues multimedia information, which may be any devices issuing multimedia information in the field of internet, such as a public platform, third news client, microblog client, server client, computer client or the like.

Fig. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example embodiment of a client device that may server as a client and implement methods introduced in the present disclosure. The client device may include apparatuses to execute methods and software systems introduced in the present disclosure. A client device 1100 may be a computing device capable of executing a software system. The client device 1100 may, for example, be a device such as a personal desktop computer or a portable device, such as a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a cellular telephone, or a smart phone.

The client device 1100 may vary in terms of capabilities or features. Claimed subject matter is intended to cover a wide range of potential variations. For example, the client device 1100 may include a keypad/keyboard 1156. It may also include a display 1154, such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) , or a display with a high degree of functionality, such as a touch-sensitive color 2D or 3D display. In contrast, however, as another example, a web-enabled client device 1100 may include one or more physical or virtual keyboards, and mass storage medium 1130.

The client device 1100 may also include or may execute a variety of operating systems 1141, including an operating system, such as a Windows^TM or Linux^TM, or a mobile operating system, such as iOS^TM, Android^TM, or Windows Mobile^TM. The client device 1100 may include or may execute a variety of possible applications 1142, such as an electronic game 1145. An application 1142 may enable communication with other devices via a network, such as communicating with another computer or server via a network.

Further, the client device 1100 may include one or more non-transitory processor-readable storage media 1130 and one or more processors 1122 in communication with the non-transitory processor-readable storage media 1130. For example, the non-transitory processor-readable storage media 1130 may be a RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, hard disk, a removable disk, a CD-ROM, or any other form of non-transitory storage medium known in the art. The one or more non-transitory processor-readable storage media 1130 may store sets of instructions, or units and/or modules that include the sets of instructions, for conducting operations and/or method steps described in the present disclosure. Alternatively, the units and/or modules may be hardware disposed in the client device 1100 configured to conduct operations and/or method steps described in the present disclosure. The one or more processors may be configured to execute the sets of instructions and perform the methods and/or operations in example embodiments of the present disclosure.

Fig. 12 isaschematicdiagramillustratinganexampleembodimentofa server as described in the present disclosure and may connect to the client device 1100 locally or via a network. A Server 1200 mayvarywidelyinconfigurationorcapabilities, but it mayincludeoneormorecentralprocessingunits 1222 andmemory 1232, one or more medium 1230 (such as oneormoremassstoragedevices) storing application programs 1242 or data 1244. The processing units 1222 may execute the application programs 1242 or data 1244 to perform methods disclosed in the present disclosure.

The server 1200 may further include, oneormorepowersupplies 1226, oneormorewiredorwirelessnetworkinterfaces 1250, oneormoreinput/outputinterfaces 1258, and/oroneormoreoperatingsystems 1241, suchasWindowsServer^TM, MacOSX^TM, Unix^TM, Linux^TM, FreeBSD^TM, orthelike. Thus a server 1200 may include, asexamples, dedicatedrack-mountedservers, desktopcomputers, laptopcomputers, settopboxes, mobile computational devices such as smart phones, integrateddevicescombiningvariousfeatures, suchastwoormorefeaturesoftheforegoingde vices, orthelike.

The server 1200 may serve as a content server for a social communication platform, such as WeChat. A contentservermayincludeadevicethatincludesaconfigurationtoprovidecontentviaanetwork toanotherdevice. Acontentservermay, forexample, hostasite, suchasasocialnetworkingsite, examplesofwhichmayinclude, but are not limited to, Flicker^TM, Twitter^TM, Facebook^TM, LinkedIn^TM, orapersonalusersite (suchasablog, vlog, onli nedatingsite, etc. ) . Acontentservermayalsohostavarietyofothersites, including, butnotlimite dtobusinesssites, educationalsites, dictionarysites, encyclopediasites, wikis, financialsites, g overnmentsites, etc. Acontentservermayfurtherprovideavarietyofservicesthatinclude, butar enotlimitedto, webservices, thirdpartyservices, audioservices, videoservices, emailservices, instantmessaging (IM) services, SMSservices, MMSservices, FTPservices, voiceoverIP (VO IP) services, calendaringservices, photoservices, orthelike. Examplesofcontentmayincludetext ,images, audio, video, orthelike, whichmaybeprocessedintheformofphysicalsignals, suchas electricalsignals, forexample, ormaybestoredinmemory, asphysicalstates, forexample. Exa mplesofdevicesthatmayoperateasacontentserverincludedesktopcomputers, multiprocess orsystems, microprocessortypeorprogrammableconsumerelectronics, etc.

Merely for illustration, only one processor will be described in client devices and servers that execute operations and/or method steps in the following example embodiments. However, it should be note that the client devices in the present disclosure may also include multiple processors, thus operations and/or method steps that are performed by one processor as described in the present disclosure may also be jointly or separately performed by the multiple processors. For example, if in the present disclosure a processor of a client device executes both step A and step B, it should be understood that step A and step B may also be performed by two different processors jointly or separately in the client device (e.g., the first processor executes step A and the second processor executes step B, or the first and second processors jointly execute steps A and B) .

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a methodfor sharing multimedia information according to example embodiments of this disclosure. The method may be implemented by the client device 1100 and the server 1200. The method comprises the following steps.

S101, a first client, corresponding to a first communication account of a social communication platform, transmits shared information to a server, wherein the shared information includes at least an Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of multimedia information and account information of 2 second communication account of the social communication platform.

The social communication platform, such as WeChat, may be operated by the server. In this step, the first client logins the server through the first communication account. After the first client logins, the first client obtains the multimedia information, and then extracts the shared information from the multimedia information. For example, the multimedia information may be a webpage, an online textual article, an online audio/video clip and/or a combination thereof； the shared information may include the URL of the multimedia information. Additionally, the first client may also include information of a second communication account as well as other information of the multimedia information, such as textual information or image information, in the shared information.

Here, the second communication account may be a friend account of the first communication account, i. e. , the second communication account may be a communication account of a contact of the user (i. e. , owner of the first communication account) in the social communication application, such as a friend in a friend list of WeChat. Alternatively, the second communication account may be an account other than a friend account of the first communication account.

S102, the server obtains target information according to the shared information, the target information including the URL and a title of the multimedia information and summary information of the multimedia information.

The servermay obtain the target information by recombining the shared information, or ask the device (i. e. , the client) , such as a server, that issues the multimedia information through the URL for the title and summary information. For example, if the shared information includes the title and the summary information, the server may directly recombine the shared information to obtain the title and summary information. Step S102 may include the followings；

The server reorganizesthe combination format of the shared information to obtainthe target information in a specific format.

For example, the specific format is a format that is recognizable by every client in communication with the server. This allows the target information transmitted by the server to every client to be in the same format. For example, when the summary information of the shared information includes a picture, the specific format may define that the front line of the summary should display the title, the left side of the second line should display the picture included in the summary information, and the right side of the second line should display the textual contentincluded in the summary information.

If there are only the URL and account information included in the shared information, the server transmits the request message including the URL to the client (e.g. , the first client) issuing the multimedia information, the clientissuing the multimedia information returns the title of the multimedia information and the summary information for exhibiting the summary of the multimedia information to the server, and the server receives the title and the summary information sent by the client issuing the multimedia information. Step S102 may comprise the following:

The server transmits a request message including the URL to the client issuing the multimedia information, and the client issuing the multimedia information returns the title of the multimedia information and summary information for exhibiting summary of multimedia information to the server；

The server receives the title and the summary information and generates the target information.

Alternatively, step S102 may include the followings:

The server transmits a request message including the URL to the client issuing the multimedia information, and the client issuing the multimedia information returns the multimedia information to the server；

The server receives the multimedia information, extracts the title and the summary information from the multimedia information and generates the target information.

After the server obtains the target information above, according to the account information, the server is able to retrieve the second communication account and finds a second client corresponding to the second communication account, to which the target information should be send.

The summary information in the target information may include at least one among the following: important textual information of the multimedia information, a first textual content of the multimedia information, top textual information of the multimedia information, the important image information of the multimedia information and/or the first image information of the multimedia information, and so on. Here, the important textual information of the multimedia information may be a summary of the textual content of the multiple media information； the first textual content of the multimedia information may be the first paragraph in the textual content； the top textual information of the multimedia information may be the first sentence in the first paragraph of the textual content； the important image information may be an image in the multimedia information pertinent to the topic and/or title of the multimedia information and/or be the most representational to the main content of the multimedia information. If the multimedia information does not include an image, the important image information may be a default image the server selected for the target information.

S103, the server transmits the target information to the second client corresponding to the second communication account according to the account information； and

S104, the second client displays the title and the summary information on an interface for a dialogue between the second communication account and the first communication account.

Here, the URL may be hidden in the dialogue interface. When the second client receives the request to display the multimedia information, the second client will read the URL form the dialogue interface. Alternatively, the URL may be displayed on the dialogue interface. Step S104 may include the followings:

The second client displays the title and the summary information on the interface (hereinafter “dialogue interface” ) for dialogue between the second communication account and the first communication account, in which the URL and the title and/or the summary information are bonded together. The description that the URL and the title and/or the summary information are bonded together may be the bond of the URL with the title, the bond of the URL above with summary information, or the bond of URL respectively with the title and the summary information, i. e. , the URL, the title and the summary information are taken as an entirety. For example, when a user of the second client clicks a touch region displaying the title and the summary information, the second client will be directed to a webpage that includes the multimedia information.

Alternatively, step S104 may includethe followings；

The second client displays the URL, the title and the summary information on the dialogue interface.

When the second client displays the title and the summary information on thedialogue interface, the second client will obtain the general content, the field or some involved information and properties of the multimedia information, according to the title and the summary information. Thus, the user corresponding to the second client can determine whether to read the multimedia information according to the title and the summary information. For example, if the user reads the summary information and the content carried in the summary information and are interested in learning more details about the news in the summary information, the user will access the multimedia information through the URL included in the target information to obtainmore detail of the information. If the user is not interested in learning more after reading the summary information, the user will do nothing to the target information. Therefore, waste in network resource can be reduced.

The first client and the second client may be any device with communication functions, such as tablet PC, mobile phone, e-reader, remoter, personal computer (PC) , laptop, in-vehicle infotainment, wearable device, as well as other intellectual device with network function.

In the technical scheme above, the first client corresponding to the first communication account transmits the shared information to a server, in which the shared information includes at least URL of the multimedia information and the account information of the second communication account； the server obtainsthe target information according to the shared information, and the target information includes the URL, title of the multimedia information and the summary information for exhibiting summary of multimedia information； the server transmits the target information to the second client corresponding to the second communication account according to the account information； and the second client displays the title and the summary information on an dialogue interface. With prior art, the second client obtains only URL of multimedia information and directly requests the device issuing multimedia information to return multimedia information. Compared with the prior art, the example embodiments of this disclosure can reduce waste in network during the process to share multimedia information.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of another methodfor sharing multimedia information according to the example embodiments of this disclosure. The method may be implemented by the client device 1100 and the server 1200. The method comprises the following steps.

S201, the first client corresponding to the first communication account transmits the shared information to the server, in which the shared information includes at least URL of the multimedia information and the account information of the second communication account.

In addition to the URL and the account information, the shared information may also include at least one of the title of the multimedia information and the summary information for exhibiting the summary of multimedia information.

The summary information for exhibiting the summary of multimedia information includes at least one of the important textual information of the multimedia information, the first text content of the multimedia information, the top textual information of the multimedia information, the first video frame of the multimedia information, the first video section of the multimedia information and the first audio section of the multimedia information, and so on.

Accordingly, in step S201, the first client transmits the shared information to the server and the shared information includes URL of the multimedia information, the title of the multimedia information, the summary information for exhibiting the summary of the multimedia information and the account information of the second communication account.

Thus, when the first client sends the URL, the title, the summary and the account information of the second communication account, the server can recombine the shared information to obtain the target information.

S202, the server obtainsthe target information according to the shared information and the shared information includes URL of the multimedia information, the title of the multimedia information and the summary information for exhibiting the summary of the multimedia information.

In case that the shared information includesthe title of the multimedia information, the summary information for exhibiting the summary of the multimedia information and the account information of the second communication account, Step S202 may include that theserver extracts the title and the summary information from the multimedia information and generates the target information.

The target information may be target information with a preset format. The preset format may be a uniform format that may be accepted by all users and/or client devices on the communication platform. The summary information included in the target information may contain the textual information and the image information of the multimedia information. Here, the image information includes the preset image information included in the multimedia information and the image information allocated for the multimedia information by the server. The textual information above may betextual information describingthe summary information of the multimedia information, and/or may be textual informationincertain position of the multimedia information (for example, textual information in the first graph of the multimedia information) . Therefore, when a webpage is shared in the whole communication system, the target information transmitted by the server to each client is in a uniform format, which provides a uniform access format to users and acceptable by all client devices in communication with the social communication platform, making it more convenient for users to read different target information.

When the shared information includesthe title of the multimedia information and the summary information of the multimedia information, the server directly recombines the information included in the shared information to obtain the target information of preset format. When the summary information included in the multimedia information in the shared information does not include image information (for example, the multimedia information does not include an image) , the server can allocate an image (e.g., a default image) for the multimedia information to generate the target information of the preset format.

S203, the server transmits the target information to the second client corresponding to the second communication account according to the account information.

It is through Internet that the target information is transmitted to the second client corresponding to the second communication account.

S204, the second client displays the title and the summary information on the dialogue interface.

Here, the URL may be hidden in the dialogue interface, or be displayed directly on the interface.

After step S204, the method may include the steps of the followings.

S205, when receiving a request for displaying the multimedia information, the second client is directed to a webpage of the client issuing the multimedia information, which includes the multimedia information.

Here, the client issuing the multimedia information may be a client device connecting to a sever of the webpage. The second client may display the webpage including the multimedia information of the client issuing the multimedia information in abuilt-in browser of the second client by calling the Webview. Here, a Webview is a view that displays web pages. Through a Webview, a user can roll his/her own web browser or simply display some online content. It uses the WebKit rendering engine to display web pages and includes methods to navigate forward and backward through a history, zoom in and out, perform text searches and more. For example, in case that the client issuing the multimedia information is a public platform, the second client will open a webpage provided by the multimedia information. Thus, the second client can display the multimedia information on a separate interface, such as an Internet browser.

The second client may transmit the URL to the client issuing the multimedia information, and then receive the multimedia information returned by the client issuing the multimedia information and open the webpage including the multimedia information in the client issuing a webpage including the multimedia information.

After the second client displays the title and the summary information, the user corresponding to the second client can read the title and the summary information. In case the user is interested in the title and the summary information, the user may send a request to the second client, for example, by clicking the touch regions displaying the title and the summary information.

Through step S205, the user can read the multimedia information. Because the second client displays the title and the summary information before the user reads the multimedia information, namely the user readsthe title and the summary information of the multimedia information, the user can obtainbetter feeling in browsing the multimedia information. Besides, when the second client receives several pieces of different target information, the user can quickly browse the several pieces of target information, select the target information he/she is interested in and read the multimedia information corresponding to the target information of his/her interest, andskip the target information he/she is not interested in. Therefore, utilization rate of network in sharing process of multimedia information is increased.

Before the Step S201, the methodmay also include the following:

The first client receives the source information transmitted by the client issuing the multimedia information, wherein the source information includes URL of the multimedia information, the title of the multimedia information and the summary information for exhibiting summary of the multimedia information；

The first client displays the title and the summary information on the interface for dialogue with the client issuing the multimedia interface.

Wherein, the URL of the multimedia information may be hidden or displayed on the interface for dialogue with the client issuing the multimedia information. For example, in case that the multimedia information is a news webpage, firstly the client issuing the multimedia information transmits source information, which may include the multimedia information as well as the title and summary information of the multimedia information. The user corresponding to the first client will obtain the general content of the multimedia information through reading the source information. When the user is interested in the source information, the user browses the multimedia information through the first client. When the user wants to share the multimedia information with the user corresponding to the second communication account, the steps above will be executed.

Because the source information includesthe title and the summary information of the multimedia information, and so does the target information, when the first client shares the multimedia information with the second client， the content displayed in the second client will be consistent with the content issued by the client issuing the multimedia information and received by the first client. Therefore, it will be convenient for the user corresponding to the second client to browse the webpage.

Besides, after the first client receives the source information, it can directly obtainthe shared information from the source information and transmit the shared information to a server. After the first client receives the source information, it may obtainthe multimedia information from the client issuing the multimedia information and obtain the shared information from the multimedia information.

In the example embodiment, more implementing approaches are provided on the basis of the example embodiment above, all of which reduce the waste of network in sharing the multimedia information.

Fig. 3 is a flow diagram of another methodfor sharing multimedia information according to the example embodiments of this disclosure. The method may be implemented by the client device 1100 and the server 1200. As shown in Fig. 3, the method comprises the following steps.

S301, receiving, by the server, the shared information transmitted by the first client corresponding to the first communication account, wherein the shared information includes the URL of the multimedia information and account information of the second communication account.

In addition to the URL and account information, the shared information may include other information of the multimedia information, such as textual information or image information.

The second communication account may be a friend account of the first communication account, which is not limited in the example embodiments. Alternatively, the second communication account may be a communication account other than a friend account of the first communication account.

S302, obtaining, by the server, the target information according to the shared information, wherein the target information includes the URL, the title of the multimedia information and the summary information for exhibiting the summary of the multimedia information；

The server obtains the target information by recombining the shared information, or asks the clientissuing the multimedia information through the URL for the title and the summary information. For example, if the shared information includes the title and the summary information, the server directly recombines the shared information to obtain the title and the summary information.

Step S302 may includerecombining, by the server, the component ofthe shared information with a specific format to obtainthe target information.

If there is only the URL and the account information included in the shared information, a request message including the URL is transmitted to the client issuing the multimedia information. The client issuing the multimedia information returns the title of the multimedia information and the summary information for exhibiting the summary of the multimedia information to the server and the server receives the title and the summary information sent by the client issuing the multimedia information. The step S302 may include:

transmitting, by the server, a request message including the URL to the client issuing the multimedia information, and the client issuing the multimedia information returning the title of the multimedia information and summary information for exhibiting summary of multimedia information to the server； and

receiving, by the server, the title and the summary information sent by the client issuing the multimedia information and generating the target information.

Alternatively, the step S302 may include:

Transmitting, by the server, a request message including the URL to the client issuing the multimedia information and the client issuing the multimedia information returning the multimedia information to the server； and

Receiving, by the server, the multimedia information transmitted by the client issuing the multimedia information, extracting the title and the summary information from the multimedia information and generating the target information.

After getting the target information above, the server obtains the identity of the second communication account according to the account information and sends the target information to the second client corresponding to the second communication account.

The summary information in the multimedia information may include at least one of the important textual information of the multimedia information, the first text content of the multimedia information, the top textual information of the multimedia information, the important image information of the multimedia information and/or the first image information of the multimedia information, and so on.

S303, transmitting, by the server, the target information to the second client corresponding to the second communication account according to the account information, and the second client displaysthe title and the summary information on the dialogue interface.

When the second client displays the title and the summary information on the dialogue interface, the second client may obtain the general content, the field or some involved information and properties of the multimedia information from the title and the summary information. Thus, the user corresponding to the second client can determine whether to read the multimedia information according to the title and the summary information. For example, if the user reads the summary information and the content carried in the summary information and is interested in knowing more details, the user will access the multimedia information through the URL included in the target information to obtainmore detail of the information. If the user reads the summary information, but is not interested in the content, the user will do nothing to the target information. Therefore, waste in network resource can be reduced.

Thestep S301 may include: receiving the shared information transmitted by the first client corresponding to the first communication account, wherein the shared information includes URL of the multimedia information, the title of the multimedia information, the summary information for exhibiting summary of the multimedia information and the account information of the second communication account.

Step S302 may include: extracting the title and the summary information from the multimedia information and generating the target information.

The target information may be one with preset format, in which the summary information included in the target information with preset format may include textual information and the image information of the multimedia information. The image information includes the preset image information included in the multimedia information and the image information allocated for the multimedia information by the server. The textual information above means the textual information used to describe summary information of the multimedia information, or the textual informationin a particular position (e.g., textual information in the first graph) included in the multimedia information. Therefore, when a webpage is shared in the whole communication system, the target information transmitted by the server to each client is in a uniform format, which provides a uniform access format to users and makes it more convenient for users to read different target information.

When the shared information includesthe title of the multimedia information and the summary information of the multimedia information, the server directly recombines the information included in the shared information to obtain the target information of preset format. When the summary information included in the multimedia information in the shared information does not include the image information (for example, the multimedia information does not include an image) , the server can allocate the image information for the multimedia information to generate the target information of the preset format.

Themethod may be applied in the server corresponding to the first communication account, namely the server can be used to execute the method.

The technical scheme comprises steps of receiving the shared information transmitted by the first client corresponding to the first communication account, in which the shared information includes the URL of the multimedia information and the account information of the second communication account； getting the target information according the shared information, in which the target information includes the URL, the title of the multimedia information and summary information for exhibiting the summary of the multimedia information； transmitting the target information to the second client corresponding to the second communication account according to the account information； thereby the second client displaying the title and the summary information on an dialogue interface. With prior art, the second client obtains only URL of multimedia information and directly requests the device issuing multimedia information to return multimedia information. Compared with the prior art, the example embodiments of this disclosure can reduce waste in network during the process to share multimedia information.

A specific example embodiment will be introduced to illustrate the above methods, in which reference is made to Fig. 4, Fig. 5, Fig. 6 and Fig. 7.

S401, the first client corresponding to the first communication account accesses the multimedia information through Webview or a public platform； for example, as shown in Fig. 5-1, picture 510 and information related to Typhoon “Usagi” 520 are displayed on a separate interface.

S402, the first client receives the user’s instruction to share the multimedia information, as shown in detail in Fig. 5-2 and Fig. 5-3, when the user clicks an “Edit” button 501 on the interface of Fig. 5-1, an interface, as shown in Fig. 5-2 and including the button 502 of Share, will appear. Then the user clicks the button 502 of Share, thus completing the process in which the first client receives the user’s instruction for sharing the multimedia information.

S403, the first client transmits the URL, title, text and picture of the multimedia information to a server.

S404, the URL, title, text and picture are recombined in a Cloud, and the server receives the recombined information from the Cloud. The recombined information may be in a form as shown in Fig. 6. For example, the recombined information may include a title 601, a picture 602 and an opening paragraph 603 of an article. Besides, the recombined information carries the URL.

S405, the server transmits the recombined information to the second client corresponding to the second communication account.

S406, the second client displays the recombined information on the interface for dialogue with the first communication account as shown in Fig. 7-1 in detail and the recombined information, as shown in Fig. 6, is displayed on the interface for dialogue with the first communication account.

S407, the second client receives the interface for user clicking the recombined information； obtains the multimedia information from the device issuing the multimedia information and displays the multimedia information on the interface for dialogue with the device issuing the multimedia information. Thus, the second client displays the multimedia information as shown in Fig. 7-2, and the multimedia information is same to that shown in Fig. 5-1.

The example embodiment of the device in accordance with this disclosure is described as below, which is used to carry out the methods of the first, second and third example embodiments of this disclosure. In order to simplify the description, only the part related to the example embodiment will be introduced. Reference may be made to the first, second and third aspects of the example embodiments to obtainthe undisclosed technical detail.

Fig. 8 is a structural diagram of a system for sharing multimedia information according to the example embodiments of this disclosure. As shown in Fig. 8, it comprises: the first client 81, a server 82 and the second client 83, wherein the first client 81 is corresponding to the first communication account and the second client 83 is corresponding to the second communication account.

The first client 81 is used to transmit the shared information to the server 82, in which the shared information includesthe Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the multimedia information and account information of the second communication account；

Specifically, the first client 81 logins onto the server 82 firstly. After the first client logins, it obtains the multimedia information and extracts the shared information from the multimedia information. In addition to the URL and the account information, the shared information may include other information of the multimedia information, such as the textual information and the image information.

The second communication account may be a friend account of the first communication account, which isnot limited in the example embodiments. Alternatively, the second communication account may be an account other than a friend account of the first communication account.

The server 82 obtains the target information according to the shared information wherein the target information includes the URL, the title of the multimedia information and the summary information for exhibiting summary of multimedia information and to transmit the target information to the second client 83 according to the account information.

For example, the server 82 obtains the target information by recombining the shared information, or asks the device issuing the multimedia information through the URL for the title and summary information. For example, if the shared information includes the title and the summary information, the server 82 directly recombines the shared information to obtain the title and summary information. Namely, the server 82 recombines the combination format of shared information to obtainthe target information in a certain format.

If there are only the URL and the account information included in the shared information, the server 82 transmits request message including the URL to the client issuing the multimedia information, the client issuing the multimedia information returns the title of the multimedia information and the summary information for exhibiting summary of multimedia information to the server 82 and the server 82 receives the title and the summary information sent by the client issuing the multimedia information. In other words, the server 82 transmits request message including the URL to the client issuing the multimedia information so that the client issuing the multimedia information may return the title of the multimedia information and summary information for exhibiting summary of multimedia information to the server 82 and the server 82 is also used to receive the title and the summary information transmitted by the client issuing the multimedia information and generate the target information. Or, the server 82 is also used to transmit the request message including the URL to the client issuing the multimedia information so that the client issuing the multimedia information may return the multimedia information to the server 82. The server 82 is also used to receive the multimedia information transmitted by the client issuing the multimedia information, extract the title and the summary information from the multimedia information and generate the target information.

After the server obtains the target information above, according to the account information the server will send the target information to the second client corresponding to the second communication account. The summary information may include at least one of the important textual information of the multimedia information, the first text content of the multimedia information, top textual information of the multimedia information, important image information of the multimedia information and/or the first image information of the multimedia information, and so on.

The second client 83 is used to display the title and the summary information on thedialogue interface.

The URL may be hidden in the dialogue interface in practical operation. When the second client 83 receives the request to display the multimedia information, the second client 83 will read the URL form the dialogue interface. The URL may be read on the dialogue interface above. In other words, the second client 83 is used to display the title and the summary information on thedialogue interface, in which the URL and the title and/or the summary information are bonded together.

The second client 83 is also used to display the URL, the title and the summary information on the dialogue interface.

When the second client 83 displays the title and the summary information on the dialogue interface, the second client 83 willobtain the general content, the field or some involved information and the properties of the multimedia information according to the title and summary information. Therefore, the user corresponding to the second client 83 can determine whether to read the multimedia information according to the title and the summary information. For example, if the user reads the summary information and content carried in the summary information interests the user, the user will access the multimedia information through the URL included in the target information to obtainmore detail of the information. If the user reads the summary information, but content does not interest the user, the user will do nothing to the target information. Therefore, waste in network resource can be reduced.

The first client 81 may also sendthe shared information to the server 82, in which the shared information includes URL of the multimedia information, the title of the multimedia information, the summary information for exhibiting summary of multimedia information and the account information of the second communication account.

The server 82 may also draw the title and the summary information out of the multimedia information and generate the target information.

Wherein, the summary information may include at least one of the important textual information of the multimedia information, the first text content of the multimedia information, the top textual information of the multimedia information, the summary information for exhibiting summary of the multimedia information, and the account information of the second communication account.

Thus, it is realized that the first client 81 transmits the URL, title, summary information and account information of the second communication account to the server 82, and the server 82 can recombine the shared information to obtainthe target information.

The target information may be one with preset format, in which the summary information included in the target information with preset format may include textual information and image information of the multimedia information. Wherein, the image information includes the preset image information included in the multimedia information and the image information allocated for the multimedia information by the server. The textual information above includes the textual information used to describe summary information of the multimedia information, or the textual information for a certain position (for example, textual information in the first graph) included in the multimedia information. Therefore, when a webpage is shared in the whole communication system, the target information transmitted by the server 82 to each client is in a uniform format, which provides a uniform access format to users and makes it more convenient for users to read different target information.

Wherein, when the shared information includesthe title of the multimedia information and the summary information of the multimedia information, the server 82 will directly recombine the information included in the shared information to obtaintarget information of preset format. When the summary information included in the multimedia information in the shared information does not include image information (for example, the multimedia information does not include image) , the server 82 can allocate image information for the multimedia information to generate target information of preset format.

The first client 81 is used to receive source the information transmitted by the client issuing the multimedia information, in which the source information includes: URL of the multimedia information, title of the multimedia information and summary information for exhibiting summary of the multimedia information. The first client 81 is also used specifically to display the title and the summary information on the interface for dialogue with the client issuing the multimedia interface.

Wherein, URL of the multimedia information may be hidden or displayed on the interface for dialogue with the client issuing the multimedia information. For example, in case that the multimedia information is a news webpage, firstly the client issuing the multimedia information transmits the source information, which may include title and summary information of the multimedia information. User corresponding to the first client 81 canbe aware of the general content of the multimedia information through reading the source information. When the user is interested in the source information, the user can browse the multimedia information through the first client 81. When the user wants to share the multimedia information with the user corresponding to the second communication account, the steps above will be executed.

Because the source information includesthe title and the summary information of the multimedia information and so does the target information, the content displayed in the second client 83 will be consistent with the content, issued by the client issuing the multimedia information and received by the first client 81, when the first client 81 shares the multimedia information with the second client 82. Therefore, it will be convenient for the user corresponding to the second client 83 to browse the webpage.

Besides, after the first client 81 receives the source information, it can directly obtainthe shared information from the source information and transmit the shared information to a server 82. After the first client 81 receives the source information, the first client 81 may obtainthe multimedia information from the client issuing the multimedia information, and the first client 81 then obtains the shared information from the multimedia information.

The second client 83 is also used to skip to a webpage in the client issuing the multimedia information, which includes the multimedia information, when the second client receives a request for displaying the multimedia information.

The second client 83 may display the webpage including the multimedia information of the client issuing the multimedia information in the built-in browser by calling the Webview. For example, in case that the client issuing the multimedia information is a public platform, the second client will skip to a webpage including the multimedia information. Thus, the second client 83 can display the multimedia information on a separate interface.

Because the second client 83 displays the title and the summary information before the user reads the multimedia information, namely, the user reads the title and the summary information of the multimedia information, the user can obtainbetter feeling in browsing the multimedia information. Besides, when the second client 83 receives several pieces of different target information, the user can browse fast these target information, select the target information of his/her interest and read the multimedia information corresponding to the target information of his/her interest, meanwhile those with no interest in will be ignored. Therefore, utilization rate of the network in sharing process of multimedia information is increased.

The first client 81 and the second client 83 may be any device with communication functions, such as tablet PC, mobile phone, e-reader, remoter, personal computer, laptop, in-vehicle infotainment, wearable device, as well as other intellectual device with network function.

In the technical scheme above, after the server receives the shared information transmitted by the first client, the server transmits the target information including URL and the summary information of the multimedia information to the second client. Thus, the second client can output the target information directly. Therefore, the user corresponding to the second client can browse the summary information of the multimedia information directly, and determine whether to send a request to the server corresponding to the multimedia information for the multimedia information, according to the summary information. With prior art, the second client obtains only URL of multimedia information and directly requests the device issuing multimedia information to return multimedia information. Compared with the prior art, the example embodiments of this disclosure can reduce waste in network during the process to share multimedia information.

Fig. 9 is a structural diagram of a device for sharing multimedia information according to the example embodiments of this disclosure. As shown in Fig. 9 the device comprises receiving unit 91, acquisition unit 92 and transmitting unit 93.

The receiving unit 91is configured to receive shared information transmitted by the first client corresponding to first communication account, wherein the shared information includes at least URL of the multimedia information and account information of the second communication account.

Wherein, the second communication account may be a friend account of the first communication account, which is, of course, not limited in the example embodiments. Namely, the second communication account may be not a friend account of the first communication account.

The acquisition unit 92is configured to obtaintarget information according to the shared information, and the target information includes the URL, the title of the multimedia information and the summary information for exhibiting summary of multimedia information；

The acquisition unit 92 may obtainthe target information by recombining the shared information and may ask the device issuing the multimedia information through the URL for the title and summary information. For example, if the shared information includes the title and the summary information, the acquisition unit 92 may directly recombine the shared information to obtain the title and summary information. For example, the acquisition unit 92 may be used to recombine the combination format of shared information to obtainthe target information in a certain format.

If there are only the URL and account information included in the shared information, it transmits the request message including the URL to the client issuing the multimedia information, the client issuing the multimedia information returns the title of the multimedia information and summary information for exhibiting summary of multimedia information and it receives the title and the summary information transmitted by the client issuing the multimedia information. In other words, the acquisition unit 92 is also used to transmit request message including the URL to the client issuing the multimedia information while the client issuing the multimedia information returns the title of the multimedia information and summary information for exhibiting summary of multimedia information； and to receive the title and the summary information transmitted by the client issuing the multimedia information and generate the target information. Or, the acquisition unit 92 is also used to transmit request message including the URL to the client issuing the multimedia information while the client issuing the multimedia information returns the multimedia information； and to receive the multimedia information transmitted by the client issuing the multimedia information, extract the title and the summary information from the multimedia information and generate the target information.

After it obtains the target information above, according to the account information, it willsend the target information to the second client corresponding to the second communication account. Wherein, the summary information may include at least one of the below items of:

important textual information of the multimedia information, the first text content of the multimedia information, top textual information of the multimedia information, important image information of the multimedia information and/or the first image information of the multimedia information, and so on.

The transmitting unit 93 is configured to transmit the target information to the second client corresponding to the second communication account while the second client displays the title and the summary information on an dialogue interface

When the second client displays the title and the summary information on an dialogue interface, the second client will obtain of the general content, field or some involved information and properties of the multimedia information, according to the title and summary information. Thus, the user corresponding to the second client can determine whether to read the multimedia information according to the title and the summary information. For example, if the user reads the summary information and content carried in the summary information can interest the user, the user will access the multimedia information through the URL included in the target information to obtainmore detail of the information. If the user reads the summary information, but content does not interest the user, the user will do nothing to the target information. Therefore, waste in network resource can be reduced.

The receiving unit 91 is also used to receive shared information transmitted by the client issuing the multimedia information, wherein the shared information includes: URL of the multimedia information, title of the multimedia information, summary information for exhibiting summary of the multimedia information and account information of the second communication account.

The acquisition unit 92 is also used to extract the title and the summary information from the multimedia information and generate the target information.

The target information may be one with preset format, in which the summary information included in the target information with preset format may include textual information and image information of the multimedia information. Wherein, the image information includes the preset image information included in the multimedia information and the image information allocated for the multimedia information by the server. The textual information above means the textual information used to describe summary information of the multimedia information, or the textual information for a certain position (for example, textual information in the first graph) included in the multimedia information. Therefore, when a webpage is shared in the whole communication system, the target information transmitted by the server to the clients is in a uniform format, which provides a uniform access format to the users and makes it more convenient for users to read different target information.

Wherein, when the shared information includesthe title of the multimedia information and the summary information of the multimedia information, the server will directly recombine the information included in the shared information to obtaintarget information of preset format. When the summary information included in the multimedia information in the shared information does not include image information (for example, the multimedia information does not include image) , the server can allocate image information for the multimedia information to generate target information of preset format.

The device may be applied in the server corresponding to the first communication account. Namely, the server may comprise the device above.

The technical scheme above comprises steps of receiving the shared information transmitted by the first client corresponding to the first communication account, in which the shared information includes the URL of the multimedia information and the account information of the second communication account； getting target information according the shared information, in which the target information includes the URL, title of the multimedia information and summary information for exhibiting the summary of the multimedia information； transmitting the target information to the second client corresponding to the second communication account according to the account information while the second client displays the title and the summary information on an dialogue interface. With prior art, the second client obtains only URL of multimedia information and directly requests the device issuing multimedia information to return multimedia information. Compared with the prior art, the example embodiments of this disclosure can reduce waste in network during the process to share multimedia information.

Fig. 10 is a structural diagram of a device according to the example embodiments of the presentdisclosure to share multimedia information, which comprises memory 101, receiver 102 and launcher 103, as well as processor 104 connected respectively to the memory 101, receiver 102 and launcher 103, in which, the memory 101 is configured to store program code and the processor 104 is configured to call the memory 101 to execute operations of:

receiving the shared information transmitted by the first client corresponding to the first communication account through the receiver 102, in which the shared information includes the URL of the multimedia information and the account information of the second communication account；

getting target information according the shared information, in which the target information includes the URL, title of the multimedia information and summary information for exhibiting the summary of the multimedia information； and

transmitting the target information to the second client corresponding to the second communication account through the launcher 103 according to the account information； thereby the second client displays the title and the summary information on an dialogue interface.

The specific operation to obtainthe target information according to the shared information, executed by the processor 104, comprises a step of:

recombining the combination format of shared information to obtainthe target information in a certain format.

The specific operation to obtainthe target information according to the shared information, executed by the processor 104, comprises steps of:

transmitting a request message including the URL to the client issuing the multimedia information through the launcher 103, thereby the client issuing the multimedia information returns the title of the multimedia information and summary information for exhibiting summary of multimedia information to the server； and

receiving the title and the summary information to the client issuing the multimedia information through the launcher 102, and generating the target information.

The specific operation to obtainthe target information according to the shared information, executed by the processor 104, may comprise steps of:

transmitting the server transmits a request message including the URL to the client issuing the multimedia information through the receiver 103, thereby the client issuing the multimedia information returns the multimedia information to the server； and

receiving the multimedia information transmitted by the client issuing the multimedia information through the receiver 102, drawing the title and the summary information out of the multimedia information and generating the target information.

The shared information may include URL of the multimedia information, the title of the multimedia information, the summary information for exhibiting summary of multimedia information and the account information of the second communication account. The processor 104 may be used to extract the title and the summary information from the multimedia information and generate the target information.

Wherein, the summary information may include at least one of the below items of:

The target information may be one with preset format, in which, summary information included in the target information with preset format may include textual information and image information of the multimedia information. Wherein, the image information includes the preset image information included in the multimedia information and the image information allocated for the multimedia information by the server. The textual information above means the textual information used to describe summary information of the multimedia information, or the textual information for a certain position (for example, textual information in the first graph) included in the multimedia information. Therefore, when a webpage is shared in the whole communication system, the target information transmitted by the server to each client is in a uniform format, which provides a uniform access format to users and makes it more convenient for users to read different target information.

Wherein, when the shared information includes title of the multimedia information and the summary information of the multimedia information, the server will directly recombine the information included in the shared information to obtaintarget information of preset format. When the summary information included in the multimedia information in the shared information does not include image information (for example, the multimedia information does not include image) , the server can allocate image information for the multimedia information to generate target information of preset format.

The process may be applied in the server corresponding to the first communication account, namely the server can be used to execute the process.

The technical scheme comprises steps of receiving the shared information transmitted by the first client corresponding to the first communication account, in which the shared information includes the URL of the multimedia information and account information of the second communication account； getting target information according the shared information, in which the target information includes the URL, title of the multimedia information and summary information for exhibiting the summary of the multimedia information； transmitting the target information to the second client corresponding to the second communication account according to the account information while the second client displays the title and the summary information on an dialogue interface. With prior art, the second client obtains only URL of multimedia information and directly requests the device issuing multimedia information to return multimedia information. Compared with the prior art, the example embodiments of this disclosure can reduce waste in network during the process to share multimedia information.

It is obvious for person of skill in the art that the whole or part of process in the example embodiments above may be realized through relevant hardware under instruction of computer program, in which the program may be stored in a computer-readable memory medium. When the program is executed, flow processes in the example embodiments of the method above may be included. The memory medium above may be diskette, optical disk, Read-Only Memory (ROM) or Random Access Memory (RAM) , or the like.

All disclosures above are the preferred example embodiments of this disclosure, which is not intending to limit range of this disclosure. Therefore, any equivalent change according to the claims of this disclosure is in range of this disclosure.

Claims

A server, comprising:

a processor-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions for sharing multimedia information on a social communication platform； and

a processor in communication with the storage medium, wherein the processor, when executing the set of instructions, is configured to；

provide the social communication platform to a first client device and a second client device, wherein the first client device is associated with a first communication account of the social communication platform and the second client device is associated with a second communication account of the social communication platform；

receive, through the social communication platform, shared information from the first client, wherein the shared information includes at least one of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of a piece of multimedia information and the account information of the second communication account；

obtain a title and a summary of the multimedia information；

obtain a piece of target information generated based on the URL, the title, and the summary, wherein the target information is in a uniform format that is acceptable by all client devices in communication with the social communication platform； and

send, through the social communication platform, the target information to the second client to display the title and the summary on a dialogue interface of the social communication platform under the uniform format.
The server of claim 1, wherein when the multimedia information comprises an image, the summary comprises the image from the multimedia information； and

when the multimedia information comprises no image, the summary comprises a default image.
Theserver of claim 1, wherein to obtain the title and the summary, the processor is further configured to execute the set of instructions to:

send a request message including the URL to a source client device that issues the multimedia information； and

receive the title and the summary from the source client device.
Theserver of Claim 1, wherein to obtain the title and the summary, the processor is further configured to execute the set of instructions to:

send a request message including the URL to the a source client device that issues the multimedia information；

receive the multimedia information from the source client device； and

extract the title and the summary from the multimedia information.
The server of Claim 1, wherein the target information is generated in a Cloud based on based on the URL, the title, and the summary； and

the target information is obtained from the Cloud.
Theserver of Claim 1, wherein the target information, when received by the second client device, directs the second client device to perform actions of:

displaying the title and the summary on the dialogue interface, wherein the URL is bonded to at least one of the title and the summary； or

displaying the URL, the title and the summary information on the dialogue interface.
The server of Claim 6, wherein when the second client device receives a request for displaying the multimedia information from a user of the second client device the target information further directs the second client device to open a webpage including the multimedia information from the source client device.
A methodfor sharing multimedia information, comprising:

providing, by a server, a social communication platform to a first client device and a second client device, wherein the first client device is associated with a first communication account of the social communication platform and the second client device is associated with a second communication account of the social communication platform；

receiving, by the server through the social communication platform, shared information from the first client, wherein the shared information includes at least one of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of a piece of multimedia information and the account information of the second communication account；

obtaining, by the server, atitle and a summary of the multimedia information；

obtaining, by the server, a piece of target information generated based on the URL, the title, and the summary, wherein the target information is under a uniform format that is acceptable by all client devices in communication with the social communication platform； and

sending, by the server through the social communication platform, the target information to the second client to display the title and the summary on a dialogue interface of the social communication platform under the uniform format.
The method of claim 8, wherein when the multimedia information comprises an image, the summary comprises the image from the multimedia information； and

when the multimedia information comprises no image, the summary comprises a default image.
Themethod of claim 8, wherein the obtaining of the title and the summary comprises:

sending a request message including the URL to a source client device that issues the multimedia information； and

receiving the title and the summary from the source client device.
Themethod of Claim 8, wherein the obtaining of the target information comprises:

sending a request message including the URL to the a source client device that issues the multimedia information；

receiving the multimedia information from the source client device； and

extracting the title and the summary from the multimedia information.
The method of Claim 8, wherein the target information is generated in a Cloud based on based on the URL, the title, and the summary； and

the target information is obtained from the Cloud.
The method of Claim 8, wherein the target information, when received by the second client device, directs the second client device to perform actions of:

displaying the title and the summary on the dialogue interface, wherein the URL is bonded to at least one of the title and the summary； or

displaying the URL, the title and the summary information on the dialogue interface.
The method of Claim 13, wherein when the second client device receives a request for displaying the multimedia information from a user of the second client device the target information further directs the second client device to open a webpage including the multimedia information from the source client device.
A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium, comprising a set of instructionfor sharing multimedia information, wherein the set of instruction, when executed by a processor, directs the processor to perform actions of:

providing a social communication platform to a first client device and a second client device, wherein the first client device is associated with a first communication account of the social communication platform and the second client device is associated with a second communication account of the social communication platform；

receiving, through the social communication platform, shared information from the first client, wherein the shared information includes at least one of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of a piece of multimedia information and the account information of the second communication account；

obtaining a title and a summary of the multimedia information；

obtaining a piece of target information generated based on the URL, the title, and the summary, wherein the target information is under a uniform format that is acceptable by all client devices in communication with the social communication platform； and

sending, through the social communication platform, the target information to the second client to display the title and the summary on a dialogue interface of the social communication platform under the uniform format.
The storage medium of claim 15, wherein when the multimedia information comprises an image, the summary comprises the image from the multimedia information； and

when the multimedia information comprises no image, the summary comprises a default image.
Thestorage medium of claim 15, wherein in the obtaining of the title and the summary the set of instruction further directs the processor to perform actions of:

sending a request message including the URL to a source client device that issues the multimedia information； and

receiving the title and the summary from the source client device.
Thestorage medium of Claim 15, wherein in the obtaining of the title and the summary the set of instruction further directs the processor to perform actions of:

sending a request message including the URL to the a source client device that issues the multimedia information；

receiving the multimedia information from the source client device； and

extracting the title and the summary from the multimedia information.
The storage medium of Claim 15, wherein the target information is generated in a Cloud based on based on the URL, the title, and the summary； and

the target information is obtained from the Cloud.
Thestorage medium of Claim 15, wherein the target information, when received by the second client device, directs the second client device to perform actions of:

displaying the title and the summary on the dialogue interface, wherein the URL is bonded to at least one of the title and the summary； or

displaying the URL, the title and the summary information on the dialogue interface.