WO2015081816A1

WO2015081816A1 - Methods and devices for file transmitting through browser

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Publication number: WO2015081816A1
Application number: PCT/CN2014/092569
Authority: WO
Inventors: Xiaodan LIN
Original assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
Priority date: 2013-12-04
Filing date: 2014-11-28
Publication date: 2015-06-11
Also published as: CN104702635B; CN104702635A

Abstract

A communication terminal device may comprise a processor-readable storage medium including a set of instructions for transmitting a file through for a browser; and a processor in communication with the storage medium. When executing the at least one instructions, the processor is directed to receive an identifying instruction to a browser installed in the communication terminal device to identify a target terminal device; identify, in response to the identifying instruction, at least one target terminal device within a preset distance; obtain identification information of each of the at least one target terminal device; select a target terminal device from the at least one target terminal device; establish a network connection with the selected target terminal device according to identification information thereof; and send an object file to the selected target terminal device.

Description

METHODS AND DEVICES FOR FILE TRANSMITTING THROUGH BROWSER

PRIORITY STATEMENT

This application claims the priority benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 201310649184. X filed on December 4, 2013, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.

FIELD

The present disclosure generally relates to network technologies. Specifically, the present disclosure relates methods and devices for file transmitting through a browser.

BACKGROUND

When a file is transmitted through browsers of a terminal devices (e.g., a computer) , the file is usually first uploaded to a server through a browser of a source terminal device, and then downloaded from the server by a target terminal device. During this procedure, the source terminal device cannot actively transmit the file to the target terminal device, nor does the source terminal device have control over a download permission for the target terminal device to download the file. In a method, the download permission is authorized by matching a two-dimensional bar code. For example, the file is uploaded to the server through the browser of the source terminal device and meanwhile a two-dimensional bar code or a string of identification codes are generated. Other devices nearby may download the file through their browsers by scanning the two-dimensional code or inputting the identification codes. But in this method, the source terminal device still cannot actively transmit the file to the target terminal device, and the other devices nearby need to scan the two-dimensional code or input the identification codes manually. Further, every time a file is uploaded and downloaded, the above mentioned operations will have to be repeated, which is tedious when the number of files to be upload and/or download is large.

SUMMARY

Example embodiments of the present disclosure provide a file transmitting method and device for a browser, which allows a source terminal device to actively transmit a file to a target terminal device through a browser and is easy to be operated and realized.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a communication terminal device may comprise a processor-readable storage medium including a set of instructions for transmitting a file through for a browser； and a processor in communication with the storage medium. When executing the at least one instructions, the processor is directed to receive an identifying instruction to a browser installed in the communication terminal device to identify a target terminal device； identify, in response to the identifying instruction, at least one target terminal device within a preset distance； obtain identification information of each of the at least one target terminal device； select a target terminal device from the at least one target terminal device； establish a network connection with the selected target terminal device according to identification information thereof； and send an object file to the selected target terminal device.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a method for transmitting a file through for a browser may comprise: receiving, by a source terminal device, an identifying instruction to a browser installed in the source terminal device to identify a target terminal device； identifying, by the source terminal device in response to the identifying instruction, at least one target terminal device within a preset distance； obtaining, by the source terminal device, identification information of each of the at least one target terminal device； selecting, by the source terminal device, a target terminal device from the at least one target terminal device； establishing, by the source terminal device, a network connection with the selected target terminal device according to identification information thereof； and sending, by the source terminal device, an object file to the selected target terminal device.

According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium may comprise a set of instructions for transmitting a file through for a browser. When being executed by a processor of a source terminal device the set of instructions directs the processor to perform functions of: receiving an identifying instruction to a browser installed in the source terminal device to identify a target terminal device； identifying, in response to the identifying instruction, at least one target terminal device within a preset distance； obtaining identification information of each of the at least one target terminal device； selecting a target terminal device from the at least one target terminal device； establishing a network connection with the selected target terminal device according to identification information thereof； and sending, by the source terminal device, an object file to the selected target terminal device.

By adopting the device identifying technology, the example embodiments of the present disclosure display the identified target terminal device on the browser page and actively transmit the object file to the target terminal device nearby, so that a user of the source terminal device is able to select the needed target terminal device to which the object file is transmitted, which allows the source terminal device to actively transmit the object file to the target terminal device and further improves the controllability of the file transmission. And the user just needs to select the needed target terminal device to which the object file is transmitted on the browser page of the source terminal device without manually scanning the two-dimensional code or inputting the identification codes, which simplifies the file transmission operation and is easy to be operated and realized. Meanwhile, the to-be-transmitted object file may be directly transmitted between both devices without being uploaded to a server, which improves the efficiency of file transmission.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a file transmitting method through a browser according to a first example embodiment of the present disclosure；

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a file transmitting method through a browser according to a second example embodiment of the present disclosure；

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a file transmitting method through a browser according to a third example embodiment of the present disclosure；

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a file transmitting method through a browser according to a fourth example embodiment of the present disclosure；

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a file transmitting method through a browser according to a fifth example embodiment of the present disclosure；

FIG. 6 is a construction schematic view of a file transmitting device through a browser according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure；

FIG. 7 is a construction schematic view of a file transmitting device through a browser according to a another example embodiment of the present disclosure； and

FIG. 8 illustrates a structural diagram of an intelligent terminal according to the example embodiments of the present disclosure

The purpose realization, function features and advantages of the present disclosure will be further described in conjunction with the example embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE

It should be understood that the specific example embodiments described herein are merely used to illustrate the present disclosure and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.

FIG. 8 illustrates a structural diagram of an intelligent terminal according to the example embodiments of the present disclosure. The intelligent terminal may be implemented as systems and/or to operate methods disclosed in the present disclosure.

The intelligent terminal may include an RF (Radio Frequency) circuit 1110, one or more than one memory unit (s) 1120 of computer-readable memory media, an input unit 1130, a display unit 1140, a sensor 1150, an audio circuit 1160, a WiFi (wireless fidelity) module 1170, at least one processor 1180, and a power supply 1190. Those of ordinary skill in the art may understand that the structure of the intelligent terminal shown in FIG. 8 does not constitute restrictions on the intelligent terminal. Compared with what may be shown in the figure, more or fewer components may be included, or certain components may be combined, or components may be arranged differently.

The RF circuit 1110 may be configured to receive and transmit signals during the course of receiving and transmitting information and/or phone conversation. Specifically, after the RF circuit 1110 receives downlink information from a base station, it may hand off the downlink information to the processor 1180 for processing. Additionally, the RF circuit 1110 may transmit uplink data to the base station. Generally, the RF circuit 1110 may include, but may be not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a tuner, one or multiple oscillators, a subscriber identification module (SIM) card, a transceiver, a coupler, an LNA (Low Noise Amplifier) , and a duplexer. The RF circuit 1110 may also communicate with a network and/or other devices via wireless communication. The wireless communication may use any communication standards or protocols available or one of ordinary skill in the art may perceive at the time of the present disclosure. For example, the wireless communication may include, but not limited to, GSM (Global System of Mobile communication) , GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) , CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) , WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) , LTE (Long Term Evolution) , email, and SMS (Short Messaging Service) .

The memory unit 1120 may be configured to store software programs and/or modules. The software programs and/or modules may be sets of instructions to be executed by the processor 1180. The processor 1180 may execute various functional applications and data processing by running the software programs and modules stored in the memory unit 1120. The memory unit 1120 may include a program memory area and a data memory area, wherein the program memory area may store the operating system and at least one functionally required application program (such as the audio playback function and image playback function) ； the data memory area may store data (such as audio data and phone book) created according to the use of the intelligent terminal. Moreover, the memory unit 1120 may include high-speed random-access memory and may further include non-volatile memory, such as at least one disk memory device, flash device, or other volatile solid-state memory devices. Accordingly, the memory unit 1120 may further include a memory controller to provide the processor 1180 and the input unit 1130 with access to the memory unit 1120.

The input unit 1130 may be configured to receive information, such as numbers or characters, and create input of signals from keyboards, touch screens, mice, joysticks, optical or track balls, which are related to user configuration and function control. Specifically, the input unit 1130 may include a touch-sensitive surface 1131 and other input devices 1132. The touch-sensitive surface 1131, also called a touch screen or a touch pad, may collect touch operations by a user on or close to it (e.g., touch operations on the touch-sensitive surface 1131 or close to the touch-sensitive surface 1131 by the user using a finger, a stylus, and/or any other appropriate object or attachment) and drive corresponding connecting devices according to preset programs. The touch-sensitive surface 1131 may include two portions, a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device may be configured to detect the touch location by the user and detect the signal brought by the touch operation, and then transmit the signal to the touch controller. The touch controller may be configured to receive the touch information from the touch detection device, convert the touch information into touch point coordinates information of the place where the touch screen may be contacted, and then send the touch point coordinates information to the processor 1180. The touch controller may also receive commands sent by the processor 1180 for execution. Moreover, the touch-sensitive surface 1131 may be realized by adopting multiple types of touch-sensitive surfaces, such as resistive, capacitive, infrared, and/or surface acoustic sound wave surfaces. Besides the touch-sensitive surface 1131, the input unit 1130 may further include other input devices 1132, such as the input devices 1132 may also include, but not limited to, one or multiple types of physical keyboards, functional keys (for example, volume control buttons and switch buttons) , trackballs, mice, and/or joysticks.

The display unit 1140 may be configured to display information input by the user, provided to the user, and various graphical user interfaces on the intelligent terminal. These graphical user interfaces may be composed of graphics, texts, icons, videos, and/or combinations thereof. The display unit 1140 may include a display panel 1141. The display panel 1141 may be in a form of an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) , an OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) , or any other form available at the time of the present disclosure or one of ordinary skill in the art would have perceived at the time of the present disclosure. Furthermore, the touch-sensitive surface 1131 may cover the display panel 1141. After the touch-sensitive surface 1131 detects touch operations on it or nearby, it may transmit signals of the touch operations to the processor 1180 to determine the type of the touch event. Afterwards, according to the type of the touch event, the processor 1180 may provide corresponding visual output on the display panel 1141. In FIG. 8, the touch-sensitive surface 1131 and the display panel 1141 realize the input and output functions as two independent components. Alternatively, the touch-sensitive surface 1131 and the display panel 1141 may be integrated to realize the input and output functions.

The intelligent terminal may further include at least one type of sensor 1150, for example, an optical sensor, a motion sensor, and other sensors. An optical sensor may include an environmental optical sensor and a proximity sensor, wherein the environmental optical sensor may adjust the brightness of the display panel 1141 according to the brightness of the environment, and the proximity sensor may turn off the display panel 1141 and/or back light when the intelligent terminal may be moved close an ear of the user. As a type of motion sensor, a gravity acceleration sensor may detect the magnitude of acceleration in various directions (normally three axes) and may detect the magnitude of gravity and direction when it may be stationary. The gravity acceleration sensor may be used in applications of recognizing the attitude of the intelligent terminal (e.g., switching screen orientation, related games, and magnetometer calibration) and functions related to vibration recognition (e.g., pedometers and tapping) ； the intelligent terminal may also be configured with a gyroscope, barometer, hygrometer, thermometer, infrared sensor, and other sensors.

An audio circuit 1160, a speaker 1161, and a microphone 1162 may provide audio interfaces between the user and the intelligent terminal. The audio circuit 1160 may transmit the electric signals, which are converted from the received audio data, to the speaker 1161, and the speaker 1161 may convert them into the output of sound signals； on the other hand, the microphone 1162 may convert the collected sound signals into electric signals, which may be converted into audio data after they are received by the audio circuit 1160； after the audio data may be output to the processor 1180 for processing, it may be transmitted via the RF circuit 1110 to, for example, another terminal； or the audio data may be output to the memory unit 1120 for further processing. The audio circuit 1160 may further include an earplug jack to provide communication between earplugs and the intelligent terminal.

WiFi may be a short-distance wireless transmission technology. Via the WiFi module 1170, the intelligent terminal may help users receive and send emails, browse web pages, and visit streaming media. The WiFi module 1170 may provide the user with wireless broadband Internet access.

The processor 1180 may be the control center of the intelligent terminal. The processor 1180 may connect to various parts of the entire intelligent terminal utilizing various interfaces and circuits. The processor 1180 may conduct overall monitoring of the intelligent terminal by running or executing the software programs and/or modules stored in the memory unit 1120, calling the data stored in the memory unit 1120, and executing various functions and processing data of the intelligent terminal. The processor 1180 may include one or multiple processing core (s) . The processor 1180 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor may process the operating system, user interface, and application programs, and the modem processor may process wireless communication.

The intelligent terminal may further include a power supply 1190 (for example a battery) , which supplies power to various components. The power supply may be logically connected to the processor 1180 via a power management system so that charging, discharging, power consumption management, and other functions may be realized via the power management system. The power supply 1190 may further include one or more than one DC or AC power supply, a recharging system, a power failure detection circuit, a power converter or inverter, a power status indicator, and other random components. The intelligent terminal 1100 may also include a camera, Bluetooth module, etc., which are not shown in FIG. 8.

Further, the intelligent terminal may implement the systems and methods disclosed in the disclosure. For example, the intelligent terminal may store a set of instructions in the memory unit 1120 and the processor 1180 may execute the set of instruction to complete functions implementing the methods. Merely for illustration, only one processor will be described in intelligent terminals that execute operations and/or method steps in the following example embodiments. However, it should be note that the intelligent terminals 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 an intelligent terminal 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 intelligent terminal (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 flowchart of a file transmitting method through a browser according to a first example embodiment of the present disclosure. The method may be implemented in the intelligent terminal 1100, such as a cell phone, a tablet computer, a laptop computer, and a desktop computer, which has a web browser and has functions of network interactions and file storages. The method may include the following steps.

Step S10, receiving an identifying instruction in a browser of a source terminal device.

When a user wishes to transmit a file through the browser (e.g., an Internet browser or other type of browsers) , the user may open the browser and select a file transmission function provided on the browser (e.g., the browser may provide a button for file transmission on an interface of the browser) . The browser accordingly generates a file transmission instruction and sends the file transmission instruction to the source terminal device. The file transmission instruction is an identifying instruction, which may direct the source terminal device may identify a target terminal device nearby. The source terminal device refers to a device being used by the current user, and the target terminal device refers to any other device except the source terminal device, namely a device being used by another user.

Step S20, identifying the target terminal device within a preset distance range according to the identifying instruction.

In this step, the source terminal device may identify the target terminal nearby according to the identifying instruction. For example, the source device may identify the target terminal device within the near field range by adopting Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, or look up the target terminal device connected in the same network over a network connection, such as a mobile data network, a wireless communication network, and a local area network connection. Here, NFC is a technology for smartphones and similar devices to establish radio communication with each other by bringing them into proximity. The identification method is not limited to the above-mentioned technologies. It may be other methods or a combination of several methods. Further, the browser may include a button and/or a menu to set the preset distance range, and the preset distance range may be set prior to the identifying instruction either by the user or by default.

Step S30, displaying a list of the target terminal device identification on a browser page.

When the source terminal device identified that at least one target terminal device is within the preset distance range, the source terminal device displays identification information of the identified target terminal device (s) in the form of a list on the opened browser page of the source terminal device. The displayed identification information may be a device number or a device name of each target terminal device, or may be shown as an account that the user of the target terminal device logs in through its browser and so on to uniquely identify the target terminal device being used by the current user.

Step S40, receiving a selection instruction including the identification information of a selected target terminal device.

The browser may include a button and/or a menu for transmitting a selected file. In this step, the user of the source terminal device looks up the target terminal devices nearby on the browser page, selects one or more target terminal devices, confirms the object file to be transmitted, and sends a file sending operation instruction to the browser by press the file transmission button to initiate a file transmission activity.

Step S50, establishing a network connection with the selected target terminal device according to the identification information and sending an object file to the selected target terminal device.

The source terminal device may look up the selected target terminal device over the network according to the identification information and establish a connection with the selected target terminal device. The network connection may be merely between the source terminal device and the target terminal device and do not rely on a third party network provider, so that the file transmission does not consume a data plan of any of the source and target terminals provided by their respective Internet providers. Alternatively, the source terminal device and the target terminal device may respectively connect to Internet through a network in order to establish a mutual connection. After the connection is successful, the source terminal device may send the object file to the selected target terminal device. After receiving the transmission request, the target terminal device may display a prompting message to indicate the user whether to receive the files or not, or directly pop up a prompting message on the display screen without calling the browser. The target terminal device may begin to receive the object file after the user confirms receiving of the object file.

By adopting the device identifying technology, the example embodiment of the present disclosure displays the identified target terminal device on the browser page and actively transmits the object file to the target terminal device nearby, thus, a user of the source terminal device is able to select the needed target terminal device to which the object file is transmitted. This allows the source terminal device to actively transmit the object file to the target terminal device and further improves the controllability of the file transmission. And the user just needs to select the needed target terminal device to which the object file is transmitted on the browser page of the source terminal device without manually scanning the two-dimensional code or inputting the identification codes, which simplifies the file transmission operation and is easy to be operated and realized. Meanwhile, the to-be-transmitted object file may be directly transmitted between both devices without being uploaded to a server, which improves the efficiency of file transmission.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a file transmitting method through a browser according to a second example embodiment of the present disclosure. The example embodiment is based on the example embodiment shown in FIG. 1. When NFC identification technology is adopted, step S20 of the example embodiment may further include the following steps.

Step S210, identifying a target terminal device that has an NFC function and is within the preset distance range, and obtaining a device number or a device name of the target terminal device as identification information.

As for a source terminal device having a built-in NFC chip, NFC may be chosen to identify the target terminal device nearby which has the same built-in NFC chip. Because the NFC technology relates to near field communication, the source terminal device may determine, by default, that a terminal device within an NFC identifiable range is within the preset distance range. Therefore the source terminal may not further position the identified target terminal device.

Step S50 may further include the following steps:

Step S511, establishing an NFC connection with the selected target terminal device according to the device number or the device name； and

Step S512, sending the object file to the selected target terminal device through a NFC radio-frequency field.

As for the devices having built-in NFC chips, data interaction may be conducted through NFC to send the object file to the target terminal device.

The example embodiment adopts the NFC technology to identify the device and transmit the object file. The identifying and transmitting speed is fast, and the process of logging into an account or positioning the device may be omitted, which is beneficial to improve the transmission efficiency of the object file.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a file transmitting method through a browser according to a third example embodiment of the present disclosure. The example embodiment is based on the example embodiment shown in FIG. 1. When account identification technology is adopted, step S20 of the example embodiment may further include the following steps.

Step S221, receiving an input login account and a password, and sending the login account and the password to a server for login； and

Step S222, identifying the logged-in target terminal device after the account is successfully logged in.

In the event that the same user wishes to send the object file to target terminal devices through various source terminal devices, i.e., when the user wish to use a second terminal device to send an object file, the user may do so by logging into an account (hereinafter the “source account” ) from the second terminal device to mark his/her own identification, thereby make the second terminal device a source terminal device. To this end, the user may select a corresponding login option on the browser page of the second terminal device. The browser pops up a login box in which the user may input his source account and password. The background of the browser will send the source account and password to the server for verification. After the source account and the password are successfully verified, the second terminal device may become a source terminal device and may be able to obtain accounts of other users that are in a friend list of the source account or obtain accounts of other users who have logged in through network.

Step S223, determining whether each identified target terminal device is within the preset distance range.

Step S224, obtaining a login account of each target terminal device within the preset distance range as identification information of the respective target terminal device.

After obtaining other user accounts, the source terminal device does not directly display all the user accounts near the source terminal device, but rather filters the accounts according to their distance to the source terminal and choose the accounts near the source terminal device, and then the source terminal device displays the chosen accounts on the browser page. Furthermore, all identified accounts may be displayed in an order according to their respective distances from the source terminal device. For example, the nearest account is displayed as the first account in the list and the farthest account is displayed last in the list. The distance between the corresponding target terminal device and the source terminal device may also be listed after its account, thus the user may decide to choose which target terminal device is used for transmitting the object file.

Step S50 may further include the following steps:

Step S521, establishing a GPRS or WIFI network connection with the selected target terminal device according to the login account.

Step S522, sending the object file to the selected target terminal device over the GPRS or WIFI network.

As for the devices that the accounts thereof have been logged in, the file may be transmitted directly through the network connection which has a transmission distance longer than that of the NFC transmission method and thus allows the file to be transmitted to a further target terminal device.

The example embodiment adopts the login account to identify the device and transmit the object file, and uses the same account to uniquely identify the same user, thus, it’s more convenient for the user to look up the account list and select the target terminal device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a file transmitting method for a browser according to a fourth example embodiment of the present disclosure. The example embodiment is based on the example embodiment shown in FIG. 1. When the source terminal device adopts device number or device name identification technology to identify a target terminal device, step S20 of the example embodiment may include the following steps.

Step S231, identifying the target terminal device which is connected to a GPRS or WIFI network.

In the event that an account of the device is not logged in, it’s able to directly look up whether there is a target terminal device connected to the network. For each of these devices, the device number or device name is regarded as a unique identification.

Step S232, determining whether each identified target terminal device is within the preset distance range.

Step S234, obtaining the device number or device name of each target terminal device within the preset distance range as the identification information.

After obtaining the device numbers or device names of the target terminal devices connected to the network, the source terminal device does not directly display the device numbers or device names, but filters the device numbers or device names according to their positions to choose the device numbers or device names near the source terminal device and displays the chosen device numbers or device names on the browser page. Furthermore, all identified device numbers or device names may be displayed according to their respective distances (e.g., from near to far) , and the distance between the corresponding target terminal device and the source terminal device may be listed after each device number or device name, thus, the user may decide to choose which target terminal device is used to transmit the object file.

Step S50 may further include the following steps.

Step S531, establishing a GPRS or WIFI network connection with the selected target terminal device according to the device number or device name； and

Step S532, sending the object file to the selected target terminal device over the GPRS or WIFI network.

According to the user’s choice, the source terminal device may establish a connection with the target terminal device through the network connection and transmit the file, which has a transmission distance longer than that of the NFC transmission method and thus allows that the file to be transmitted to a further target terminal device.

The example embodiment adopts the device number or device name to identify the device and transmit the object file without logging into any account, thus, the operation is simpler and more convenient； in addition, since the transmission of the file is based on network, the transmission distance is further.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a file transmitting method for a browser according to a fifth example embodiment of the present disclosure. The example embodiment is based on the example embodiment shown in FIG. 3 or in FIG. 4. In step S222 and/or step S232 of the example embodiments, the following steps are further included to determine whether an identified target terminal device is within a preset distance range:

Step S61, determining positions of the source terminal device and the target terminal device by identifying an ID of a SIM card in the source terminal device and the target terminal device, respectively, using GPS (global positioning system) positioning technology or using telecommunication base stations communicating with the source and target terminal devices；

Step S62, comparing a reference distance with the distance between the source terminal device and the target terminal device； and

Step S63, determining that the identified target terminal device is within the preset distance range if the distance between the source terminal device and the target terminal device is less than or equal to the reference distance.

When positioning the device, the source terminal device may use Location Based Service (LBS) technology to obtain position information of the device through a wireless communication network (such as GSM network, CDMA network) or an external positioning method (such as GPS) , to provide the users with the device position and related service under the support of Geographic Information System (GIS) platform. If the source terminal device has a GPS function, the position of the source device may be obtained by using the GPS positioning technology. If the source terminal device does not have the GPS function, it may start a SIM (subscriber identity module) card and positions the SIM card by identifying the ID of the SIM card through the base station of the wireless communication network. Same may apply to the target terminal device. Adopting the aforesaid positioning technology, the distance between the source terminal device and the target terminal device may be quickly obtained, whether the identified target terminal device is within the preset distance range or not may be determined, and the target terminal device nearby may be timely displayed to the user of the source terminal device, which allows the source terminal device to actively transmit the file to the target terminal device, and improves the controllability and efficiency of file transmission.

FIG. 6 is a construction schematic view of a file transmitting device through a browser according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure. The device may include:

An instruction receiving module 10, configured to receive an identifying instruction in a browser；

An identifying module 20, configured to identify a target terminal device within a preset distance range；

A displaying module 30, configured to display an identification information list of the target terminal device on a browser page；

An input module 40, configured to receive a selection instruction including identification information of a selected target terminal device； and

An interactive module 50, configured to establish a network connection with the selected target terminal device according to the identification information and send an object file to the selected target terminal device.

The hardware environment of the file transmission device may be the terminal device 1100, such as cell phones, a tablet computer, laptops, and desktop computers which are provided with browsers and have the function of network interactions and file storages. When a user needs to transmit a file through the browser, the user opens the browser of the file transmission device (i.e., the source terminal device) and selects the file transmission function； the browser generates a file transmission instruction and sends the file transmission instruction to a source terminal device in the background. The file transmission instruction is an identifying instruction, according to which the source terminal device is ready to identify target terminal device nearby. The source terminal device refers to a device being used by the current user, and the target terminal device refers to any other device except for the source terminal device, namely a device being used by another user. The example embodiment of the present disclosure identifies the target terminal device within the near field range by NFC technology, or looks up the target terminal device connected in the same network over network connection such as a mobile data network, wireless communication network, and local area network. The aforesaid identification method may be one of the above methods or the combination of several ones of the above methods. The preset distance range may be set through the setting function of the browser.

When it is identified that at least one target terminal device is within the preset distance range, the identification information of the identified target terminal device is displayed in the form of a list the opened browser page of the source terminal device. The displayed identification information may be a device number or a device name of each target terminal device, or may be shown as an account that the user logs in through the browser and so on to uniquely identify the target terminal device being used by the current user. The user looks up the target terminal devices nearby on the browser page, selects one or more target terminal devices, confirms the to-be-transmitted object file, and triggers a file sending operation instruction. The source terminal device looks up the selected target terminal device over network according to the identification information and establishes a connection with the selected target terminal device. After the connection is successful, the source terminal device sends the object file to the selected target terminal device. After receiving the transmission request, the target terminal device displays a prompting message to indicate the user whether to receive the file or not, or directly pops up a prompting message on the display screen without calling the browser. The target terminal device begins to receive the object file after the user confirms the receiving of the object file.

By adopting adopts device identifying technology, the example embodiment of the present disclosure displays the identified target terminal device on the browser page and actively transmits the object file to the target terminal device nearby, thus, the user of the source terminal device is able to select the needed target terminal device to which the object file is transmitted. This allows the source terminal device to actively transmit the object file to the target terminal device and further improves the controllability of the file transmission. And the user just needs to select the needed target terminal device to which the object file is transmitted on the browser page of the source terminal device, without manually scanning the two-dimensional code or inputting the identification codes, which simplifies the file transmission operation and is easy to be operated and realized. Meanwhile, the to-be-transmitted object file may be directly be transmitted between both devices without being uploaded to a server, which improves the efficiency of file transmission.

Furthermore, when NFC identification technology is adopted, the identifying module 20 is further configured to:

Identify the target terminal device having the NFC function within the preset distance range, and obtain a device number or a device name of each target terminal device as identification information.

The interactive module 50 is further configured to:

Establish a NFC connection with the selected target terminal device according to the device number or device name； and

Send the object file to the selected target terminal device through a NFC radio-frequency field.

As for a source terminal device having a built-in NFC chip, NFC may be chosen to identify the target terminal device nearby which has the same built-in NFC chips. Because the NFC technology itself is near field communication, it’s defaulted that the target terminal device within an NFC identifiable range is within the preset distance range and it is unnecessary to position an identified target terminal device. As for the devices having built-in NFC chips, data interaction may be conducted through NFC and the object file may be sent to the target terminal device.

The example embodiment adopts the NFC technology to identify the device and transmit the object file. The identifying and transmitting speed is fast, and the process of logging into an account or positioning the device may be omitted, which is beneficial to improve the transmitting efficiency of the object file.

Furthermore, when account identification technology is adopted, the identifying module 20 is further configured to:

Receive an input login account and a password and send the login account and the password to a server for logging in；

Identify the logged-in target terminal device after the account is successfully logged in；

Determine whether each identified target terminal device is within the preset distance range； and

Obtain a login account of each target terminal device within the preset distance range as identification information.

The interactive module 50 is further configured to:

Establish a GPRS or WIFI network connection with the selected target terminal device according to the login account； and

Send the object file to the selected target terminal device over the GPRS or WIFI network.

In the example embodiment, the situation that the same user may send the object file to other devices through various devices is considered, and at this time the user may adopt the method of logging into an account to mark his/her own identification. The user may select a corresponding login option on the browser page. The browser pops up a login box in which the user may input his own login account and password, thereby a background of the browser will send the login account and password to the server for verifying. After the login account and the password are successfully verified, the source terminal device may look up a logged-in account of any other user in the buddy list of the user, or obtain a logged-in account of any other user through network. After obtaining other user accounts, the source terminal device does not directly display the user accounts, but filters the accounts according to their positions to choose the accounts near the source terminal device and displays the chosen accounts on the browser page. Furthermore, all identified accounts may be displayed according to the sort order based on distance from near to far, and the distance between the corresponding target terminal device and the source terminal device may also be listed after each account, thus the user may decide to choose which target terminal device is used to transmit the object file. As for the devices that the accounts thereof are logged in, the file may be transmitted directly through the network connection which has a transmission distance longer than of the NFC transmission method and thus allows the file to be transmitted to a further target terminal device.

The example embodiment adopts the login account to identify the device and transmit the object file, and uses the same account to uniquely identify the same user, so that it’s more convenient for the user to look up the account list and select the target terminal device.

Furthermore, when device number or device name identification technology is adopted to identify the device and transmit the object file, the identifying module 20 is further configured to:

Identify the target terminal device which is connected to a GPRS or WIFI network；

Obtain a device number or device name of each target terminal device within the preset distance range as identification information.

The interactive module 50 is further configured to:

Establish a GPRS or WIFI network connection with the selected target terminal device according to the device number or device name； and

In the case that an account of the device is not logged in, it’s able to directly look up whether there is a target terminal device is connected to the network. For each of these devices, the device number or device name is regarded as a unique identification. After obtaining the device numbers or device names of the target terminal devices connected to the network, the source terminal device does not directly display the device number or device name, but filters the accounts according to their positions to choose the device numbers or device names, displays the accounts near to the source terminal device on a browser page. Furthermore, all identified device numbers or device names may be displayed according to the sort order based on distance from near to far, and the distance between the corresponding target terminal device and the source terminal device may be listed after each device number or device name, thus, the user may decide to choose which target terminal device is used to transmit the object file. According to the user’s choice, the source terminal device may establish a connection with the target terminal device though network connection and conduct the files transmission, which has a transmission distance longer than that of the NFC transmission method and thus allows that the file to be transmitted to a further target terminal device.

FIG. 7 is a construction schematic view of a file transmitting device through a browser according to a another example embodiment of the present disclosure As shown in FIG. 7, FIG. 7 is a construction schematic view of a file transmitting device for a browser according to a second example embodiment of the present disclosure. Based on the example embodiment shown in FIG. 6, the device of the example embodiment further includes a positioning module 60, which is configured to:

Adopt GPS positioning technology or a base station to identify an ID of a SIM card to determine positions of the source terminal device and the target terminal device；

Compare the distance between the source terminal device and the target terminal device； and

Determine that the identified target terminal device is within the preset distance range if the distance between the source terminal device and the target terminal device is less than or equal to the preset distance.

In the present example embodiment, when positioning the device, the LBS technology is adopted to obtain position information of the device through a wireless communication network (such as GSM network, CDMA network) or an external positioning method (such as GPS) , to provide the users with the device position and related service under the support of GIS platform. For the device with GPS function, the position of the device may be obtained by using the GPS positioning technology. For the device without GPS function, the device may start a SIM card and positions the SIM card by identifying the ID of the SIM card through the base station of wireless communication network. Adopting the aforesaid positioning technology, the distance between the source terminal device and the target terminal device may be quickly obtained, whether the identified target terminal device is within the preset distance range or not may be determined, and the target terminal device nearby may be timely displayed to the user of the source terminal device, which allows the source terminal device to actively transmit the file to the target terminal device, and improves the controllability and efficiency of file transmission.

It should be noted that, herein, the term “includes” , “comprises” or any other variant are intended to cover a non-exclusive contain, so that the process, method, product or device including a series of elements not only includes those elements but also includes other elements which are not explicitly listed, or further includes elements inherent to such process, method, product or device. Without any further limitation, elements defined by the statement “includes a . . . ” does not exclude the existence of additional identical elements in the process, method, product or device.

The serial number of the above example embodiment is only descriptive and is not intended to represent the merit of the example embodiment.

Through the above description of the example embodiments, those skilled in the art may clearly understand that the present disclosure may be achieved by means of software plus a necessary universal hardware platform, of course, also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is a better one. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present disclosure in essence or the part of the present disclosure which contributes to the prior art may be embodied in the form of a software product； the computer software product is stored in a storage medium (ROM/RAM, magnetic disk or optical disk, etc. ) , including a number of instructions for allowing a terminal device (such as a cell phone, a computer, a server, or a network device) to perform the method of any example embodiment of the present disclosure.

The aforesaid are only preferred example embodiments of the present application and is not intended to limit the patent scope of the present disclosure. Any modification, equivalent replacement and improvement made under the spirit and principle of the present disclosure should be included in the protection scope thereof.

Claims

A communication terminal device, comprising:

a processor-readable storage medium including a set of instructions for transmitting a file through for a browser； and

a processor in communication with the storage medium, wherein when executing the at least one instructions the processor is directed to:

receive an identifying instruction to a browser installed in the communication terminal device to identify a target terminal device；

identify, in response to the identifying instruction, at least one target terminal device within a preset distance；

obtain identification information of each of the at least one target terminal device；

select a target terminal device from the at least one target terminal device；

establish a network connection with the selected target terminal device according to identification information thereof； and

send an object file to the selected target terminal device.
The communication terminal device of Claim 1, wherein to identify the at least one target terminal device the processor is further directed to:

identify at least one terminal device with a Near Field Communication (NFC) function within the preset distance as the at least one target terminal device, and

obtain a device number or a device name of each of the at least one target terminal device as the identification information thereof.
The communication terminal device of Claim 2, wherein the network connection comprises an NFC connection and the object file is sent to the selected target terminal device through an NFC radio-frequency field.
The communication terminal device of Claim 1, wherein to identify the at least one target terminal device the processor is further directed to:

login an source account of a user in a server through the source terminal device,

identify a friend account associated with the source account and treat a corresponding terminal device that has logged in the friend account as a target terminal device of the at least one target terminal device； and

obtain an account of the target terminal device as the identification information thereof.
The communication terminal device of Claim 1, wherein to identify the at least one target terminal device the processor is further directed to:

identify at least one terminal device connected to a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) or WIFI network as the at least one target terminal device； and

obtain a device number or device name of each target terminal device as the identification information thereof.
The communication terminal device of Claim 5, wherein the network connection comprises a GPRS or a WiFi network connection； and

the object file is sent to the selected target terminal device over the GPRS or WiFi network connection.
The communication terminal device of Claim 1, wherein to identify the at least one target terminal device within the preset distance the processor is further directed to:

determine a distance between a position of the source terminal device and a position of the at least one target device；

compare a reference distance with the distance； and

determine that the at least one target terminal device is within the preset distance when the distance is less than or equal to the reference distance.
A method for transmitting a file through for a browser, comprising:

receiving, by a source terminal device, an identifying instruction to a browser installed in the source terminal device to identify a target terminal device；

identifying, by the source terminal device in response to the identifying instruction, at least one target terminal device within a preset distance；

obtaining, by the source terminal device, identification information of each of the at least one target terminal device；

selecting, by the source terminal device, a target terminal device from the at least one target terminal device；

establishing, by the source terminal device, a network connection with the selected target terminal device according to identification information thereof； and

sending, by the source terminal device, an object file to the selected target terminal device.
The method of Claim 8, wherein the identifying of the at least one target terminal device comprises:

identifying at least one terminal device with a Near Field Communication (NFC) function within the preset distance as the at least one target terminal device, and

obtaining a device number or a device name of the at least one target terminal device as the identification information thereof.
The method of Claim 9, wherein the network connection comprises an NFC connection and the object file is sent to the selected target terminal device through an NFC radio-frequency field.
The method of Claim 8, wherein the identifying of the at least one target terminal device comprises:

logging in an source account of a user in a server through the source terminal device,

identifying a friend account associated with the source account and treating a corresponding terminal device that has logged in the friend account as a target terminal device of the at least one target terminal device； and

obtaining an account of the target terminal device as the identification information thereof.
The method of Claim 8, wherein the identifying of the at least one target terminal device comprises:

identifying at least one terminal device connected to a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) or WIFI network as the at least one target terminal device； and

obtaining a device number or device name of each target terminal device as the identification information thereof.
The method of Claim 12, wherein the network connection comprises a GPRS or a WiFi network connection； and

the object file is sent to the selected target terminal device over the GPRS or WiFi network connection.
The method of Claim 8, wherein the identifying of the at least one target terminal device within a preset distance comprises:

determining a distance between a position of the source terminal device and a position of the at least one target device；

comparing a reference distance with the distance； and

determining that the at least one target terminal device is within the preset distance when the distance is less than or equal to the reference distance.
A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium, comprising a set of instructions for transmitting a file through for a browser, wherein when being executed by a processor of a source terminal device the set of instructions directs the processor to perform functions of:

receiving an identifying instruction to a browser installed in the source terminal device to identify a target terminal device；

identifying, in response to the identifying instruction, at least one target terminal device within a preset distance；

obtaining identification information of each of the at least one target terminal device；

selecting a target terminal device from the at least one target terminal device；

establishing a network connection with the selected target terminal device according to identification information thereof； and

sending, by the source terminal device, an object file to the selected target terminal device.
The storage medium of Claim 15, wherein the identifying of the at least one target terminal device comprises:

identifying at least one terminal device with a Near Field Communication (NFC) function within the preset distance as the at least one target terminal device, and

obtaining a device number or a device name of the at least one target terminal device as the identification information thereof.
The storage medium of Claim 16, wherein the network connection comprises an NFC connection and the object file is sent to the selected target terminal device through an NFC radio-frequency field.
The storage medium of Claim 15, wherein the identifying of the at least one target terminal device comprises:

logging in an source account of a user in a server through the source terminal device,

identifying a friend account associated with the source account and treating a corresponding terminal device that has logged in the friend account as a target terminal device of the at least one target terminal device； and

obtaining an account of the target terminal device as the identification information thereof.
The storage medium of Claim 15, wherein the identifying of the at least one target terminal device comprises:

identifying at least one terminal device connected to a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) or WIFI network as the at least one target terminal device； and

obtaining a device number or device name of each target terminal device as the identification information thereof.
The storage medium of Claim 19, wherein the network connection comprises a GPRS or a WiFi network connection； and

the object file is sent to the selected target terminal device over the GPRS or WiFi network connection.