Group messaging method, and device

• US 10,044,658 B2
• Filed: 09/08/2015
• Issued: 08/07/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Feng, Li, Liang
• Primary Examiner(s): Lim, Krisna
• Application Number:
  US14/847,777
• Publication Number:
  US 20150381541A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,064 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1877 Measures taken prior to transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1881 with schedule organisation, e.g. priority, sequence management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/226 Delivery according to priorities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/23 Reliability checks, e.g. acknowledgments or fault reporting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/42 Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A group messaging method and a device, which relate to the field of communications is described. The group messaging method is applied to a group-send management device and includes: acquiring an information parameter of an information scheduling device, generating a group-send policy according to the information parameter, and sending the group-send policy to a terminal device served by the information scheduling device. The terminal device performs group messaging according to the group-send policy. The group messaging method and the device provided in the embodiments of the present invention are used for group messaging.

Claims

1. A group messaging method comprising:

acquiring an information parameter of a communications device, wherein the information parameter comprises an average message-sending time, a message cache threshold, and a busy/idle period distribution;

generating a group-send policy according to the information parameter, wherein the group-send policy comprises a sending interval, a quantity range, and a validity period of the group-send policy, wherein generating the group-send policy according to the information parameter comprises generating the validity period of the group-send policy according to the busy/idle period distribution and generating a quantity range and a corresponding sending interval of each period in the validity period of the group-send policy according to the average message-sending time, the message cache threshold, and the validity period of the group-send policy, and wherein the quantity range and the corresponding sending interval of each period in the validity period of the group-send policy are in a one-to-one correspondence; and

sending the group-send policy to a terminal device served by the communications device, wherein the group-send policy is configured to be used by terminal device to perform group messaging.

2. The group messaging method according to claim 1,

wherein the corresponding sending interval of each period comprises a first sending interval and a second sending interval,

wherein the first sending interval is less than or equal to the average message-sending time, and a minimum value of a first quantity range corresponding to the first sending interval is greater than or equal to the message cache threshold, and

wherein the second sending interval is greater than the average message-sending time, and a maximum value of a second quantity range corresponding to the second sending interval is less than the message cache threshold.

3. The group messaging method according to claim 1, wherein after sending the group-send policy to the terminal device served by the communications device, the method further comprises:

receiving group-send execution data sent by each terminal device out of a plurality of terminal devices, wherein the group-send execution data comprises a message-sending period, a region identifier of a sending party, and a sending success rate of a terminal of each of the terminal device;

processing the message-sending period, the region identifier of a sending party, and the sending success rate of a terminal that are sent by each terminal device, to obtain a sending success rate of each group-send area in each message-sending period, wherein a serving device is disposed in each group-send area;

determining whether there is a group-send area, in each group-send area in each message-sending period, whose sending success rate is less than a first preset reference value; and

when a sending success rate of a first group-send area in a first message-sending period is less than the first preset reference value, adjusting a group-send policy, for a relevant period of the first message-sending period, of a terminal device served by a serving device in the first group-send area.

4. The group messaging method according to claim 3, wherein adjusting the group-send policy comprises:

shortening a quantity range of the first message-sending period, to obtain a quantity range of the relevant period of the first message-sending period;

or

extending a sending interval of the first message-sending period, to obtain a sending interval of the relevant period of the first message-sending period.

5. The group messaging method according to claim 1, wherein after sending the group-send policy to the terminal device served by the communications device, the method further comprises:

receiving group-send execution data sent by each terminal device, wherein the group-send execution data comprises a message-sending period, a region identifier of a sending party, a region identifier of a receiving party, and a sending success rate of a terminal;

processing the message-sending period, the region identifier of a sending party, the region identifier of a receiving party, and the sending success rate of a terminal that are sent by each terminal device, to obtain a receiving success rate of each group-send area in each message-sending period, wherein a serving device is disposed in each group-send area;

determining whether there is a group-send area, in each group-send area in each message-sending period, whose receiving success rate is less than a second preset reference value; and

when a receiving success rate of a first group-send area in a first message-sending period is less than the second preset reference value, adjusting a group-send policy, for a relevant period of the first message-sending period, of a terminal device served by a serving device in the first group-send area.

6. The group messaging method according to claim 5, wherein adjusting the group-send policy comprises:

shortening a quantity range of the first message-sending period, to obtain a quantity range of the relevant period of the first message-sending period;

or

extending a sending interval of the first message-sending period, to obtain a sending interval of the relevant period of the first message-sending period.

7. A group messaging method comprising:

receiving, in a first period, a group messaging task of sending a message to N recipients, wherein N is greater than or equal to 2, and N is equal to a quantity of group-sent messages; and

performing group messaging according to a group-send policy sent by a group-send management device, wherein the group-send policy is generated by the group-send management device according to an information parameter of a communications device, wherein performing the group messaging according to the group-send policy sent by the group-send management device comprises displaying group-send state information on a display interface, wherein the group-send state information comprises a total quantity of recipients, a quantity of messages sent, a recipient of a message that is being sent, or a combination thereof.

8. The group messaging method according to claim 7,

wherein the group-send policy comprises:

a sending interval, a quantity range, and a validity period of the group-send policy,

wherein a sending interval and a quantity range of each period in the validity period of the group-send policy are in a one-to-one correspondence, and

wherein performing the group messaging according to the group-send policy sent by the group-send management device comprises;

acquiring, from the group-send policy, a specific quantity range in which the N quantity of group-sent messages is located in the first period,

acquiring a specific sending interval corresponding to the specific quantity range, and

performing the group messaging according to the specific sending interval.

9. The group messaging method according to claim 7, wherein after performing the group messaging according to the group-send policy sent by the group-send management device, the method further comprises:

generating group-send execution data, wherein the group-send execution data comprises a message-sending period, a region identifier of a sending party, and a sending success rate, or wherein the group-send execution data comprises a message-sending period, a region identifier of a sending party, a region identifier of a receiving party, and a sending success rate; and

sending the group-send execution data to the group-send management device, wherein the group-send management device adjusts the group-send policy according to the group-send execution data.

10. The group messaging method according to claim 7, wherein after performing the group messaging according to the group-send policy sent by the group-send management device, the method further comprises:

displaying group-send result information on a display interface, wherein the group-send result information comprises;

a total quantity of recipients, a quantity of messages successfully sent, and/or a quantity of messages unsuccessfully sent.

11. A group-send management device comprising:

a processor configured to acquire an information parameter of a communications device, and to generate a group-send policy according to the information parameter, wherein the information parameter comprises an average message-sending time, a message cache threshold, and a busy/idle period distribution, wherein the group-send policy comprises a sending interval, a quantity range, and a validity period of the group-send policy, wherein the processor generates the group-send policy according to the information parameter by generating the validity period of the group-send policy according to the busy/idle period distribution, and generating a quantity range and a corresponding sending interval of each period in the validity period of the group-send policy according to the average message-sending time, the message cache threshold, and the validity period of the group-send policy, and wherein the quantity range and the corresponding sending interval of each period in the validity period of the group-send policy are in a one-to-one correspondence; and

a transmitter configured to send the group-send policy to a terminal device served by the communications device, wherein the group-send policy is configured to be used by a terminal device to perform group messaging.

12. The group-send management device according to claim 11,

wherein the corresponding sending interval of each period comprises a first sending interval and a second sending interval;

wherein the first sending interval is less than or equal to the average message-sending time, and a minimum value of a first quantity range corresponding to the first sending interval is greater than or equal to the message cache threshold; and

wherein the second sending interval is greater than the average message-sending time, and a maximum value of a second quantity range corresponding to the second sending interval is less than the message cache threshold.

13. The group-send management device according to claim 11, wherein the group-send management device further comprises:

a receiver configured to receive, after the transmitter sends the group-send policy to the terminal device served by the communications device, group-send execution data sent by each terminal device out of a plurality of terminal devices,

wherein the group-send execution data comprises a message-sending period, a region identifier of a sending party, and a sending success rate of a terminal of each of the terminal device, or

wherein the group-send execution data comprises a message-sending period, a region identifier of a sending party, a region identifier of a receiving party, and a sending success rate of a terminal; and

wherein the processor is further configured to;

process the message-sending period, the region identifier of a sending party, and the sending success rate of a terminal that are received by the receiver, to obtain a sending success rate of each group-send area in each message-sending period, or process the message-sending period, the region identifier of a sending party, the region identifier of a receiving party, and the sending success rate of a terminal that are received by the receiver, to obtain a receiving success rate of each group-send area in each message-sending period, and wherein a serving device is disposed in each group-send area;

determine whether there is a group-send area, in each of the group-send area in each of the message-sending period, whose sending success rate is less than a first preset reference value;

or determine whether there is a group-send area, in each group-send area in each message-sending period, whose receiving success rate is less than a second preset reference value; and

when a sending success rate of a first group-send area in a first message-sending period is less than the first preset reference value, or a receiving success rate of a first group-send area in a first message-sending period is less than the second preset reference value,

adjust a group-send policy, for a relevant period of the first message-sending period, of a terminal device served by a serving device in the first group-send area.

14. The group-send management device according to claim 13, when adjusting the group-send policy, the processor is specifically configured to:

shorten a quantity range of the first message-sending period, to obtain a quantity range of the relevant period of the first message-sending period;

or,

extend a sending interval of the first message-sending period, to obtain a sending interval of the relevant period of the first message-sending period.