Method, terminal and computer storage medium for group sending message in instant communication

• US 10,021,048 B2
• Filed: 04/27/2015
• Issued: 07/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Xie, Dong
• Primary Examiner(s): Madamba, Glenford
• Application Number:
  US14/696,590
• Publication Number:
  US 20150256492A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,170 Days
• Field of Search: 709206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

Provided is a method for group sending message in instant communication, including following steps: acquiring a request for group sending message, accessing a contact list, and then acquiring information of multiple contacts selected from said contact list; acquiring inputted message to be group sent; and sending said inputted message to a respective receiving terminal of each of said contacts, according to information of each of said contacts. By implementing the technical scheme of the present disclosure, the user'"'"'s time in operating is reduced, the efficiency of group sending message is improved, especially when the method is applied in a mobile terminal, the duration time of the mobile terminal is prolonged, and the security of group sending message is improved. The disclosure also provides a terminal and a computer storage medium for group sending message in instant communication.

Claims

1. A method for group sending message in instant communication, comprising:

acquiring a request for a group sending message by a processor of a terminal for group sending of a group message by clicking an icon of group sending message in a user interface of said terminal such that said terminal is in a group sending message mode, accessing a first contact list, and then acquiring information of multiple contacts selected from said contact list by said processor;

acquiring a request for sending the group sending message to a contact sub-group by said processor terminal, accessing a second contact list of the contact sub-group, and then acquiring information of multiple contacts selected from the second contact list of the contact sub-group by said processor, wherein information of each of the multiple contacts comprises a contact identification;

acquiring inputted message to be group sent by said processor; and

sending independently said inputted message, by said processor, to a respective receiving terminal of each of said contacts according to information of each of said contacts by sending said inputted message to a respective receiving terminal corresponding to each of the contact identifications preventing a contact of the respective receiving terminal from acknowledging other contacts who receive said inputted message.

2. The method for group sending message in instant communication according to claim 1, wherein, information of each of the multiple contacts comprises a contact identification and a time for timed sending corresponding to said contact;

said step of sending said inputted message, by said processor, to a respective receiving terminal of each of said contacts according to information of each of said contacts comprises;

when a local time reaches said time for timed sending, sending said inputted message, by said processor, to a respective receiving terminal corresponding to each of the contact identifications.

3. A terminal for group sending message in instant communication, comprising:

a processor and a memory having software programs stored therein, said processor being configured to execute the following steps when the software programs are executed by said processor;

acquiring a request for a group sending message by clicking an icon of group sending message in a user interface of said terminal such that said terminal is in a group sending message mode, accessing a first contact list, and then acquiring information of multiple contacts selected from said contact list;

acquiring a request for generating a request for sending the group sending message to a contact sub-group, access a second contact list of the contact sub-group, and then acquiring information of multiple contacts selected from the contact list of the contact sub-group, wherein information of each of the multiple contacts comprises a contact identification;

acquiring inputted message to be group sent; and

sending independently said inputted message, by said processor terminal, to a respective receiving terminal of each of said contacts, according to information of each of said contacts by sending said inputted message to a respective receiving terminal corresponding to each of the contact identifications preventing a contact of the respective receiving terminal from acknowledging other contacts who receive said inputted message.

4. The terminal for group sending message in instant communication according to claim 3, wherein, information of each of the multiple contacts comprises a contact identification and a time for timed sending corresponding to said contact;

and said processor is further configured to judge whether a local time of the terminal reaches said time for timed sending; and

, if the local time reaches said time for timed sending, send said inputted message to a respective receiving terminal corresponding to each of the contact identifications.

5. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium for storing executable instructions, wherein said computer executable instructions are configured to execute a method for group sending message in instant communication by a processor of a terminal, wherein the method comprises:

acquiring a request for a group sending message by said processor of a terminal for group sending of a group message by clicking an icon of group sending message in a user interface of said terminal such that said terminal is in a group sending message mode, accessing a first contact list, and then acquiring information of multiple contacts selected from said contact list, by said processor;

acquiring a request for generating a request for sending the group sending message to a contact sub-group by said processor, accessing a second contact list of the contact sub-group, and then acquiring information of multiple contacts selected from the contact list of the contact sub-group by the processor, wherein information of each of the multiple contacts comprises a contact identification;

acquiring inputted message to be group sent by said processor; and

sending independently said inputted message, by said processor terminal, to a respective receiving terminal of each of said contacts according to information of each of said contacts by sending said inputted message to a respective receiving terminal corresponding to each of the contact identifications preventing a contact of the respective receiving terminal from acknowledging other contacts who receive said inputted message.

6. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 5, wherein, information of each of the multiple contacts comprises a contact identification and a time for timed sending corresponding to said contact;

said step of sending said inputted message, by said processor, to a respective receiving terminal of each of said contacts according to information of each of said contacts comprises;

when a local time reaches said time for timed sending, sending said inputted message, by said terminal, to a respective receiving terminal corresponding to each of the contact identifications.