File sharing method, device and mobile equipment

• US 10,089,094 B2
• Filed: 05/20/2014
• Issued: 10/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chengdu Kingsoft Digital Entertainment Company Limited, Zhuhai Kingsoft Online Game Technology Company Limited (Kingsoft Corporation Limited)
• Original Assignee: Chengdu Kingsoft Digital Entertainment Company Limited, Zhuhai Kingsoft Online Game Technology Company Limited (Kingsoft Corporation Limited)
• Inventors: Wang, Quanguo, Wu, Xinchun
• Primary Examiner(s): Parry, Chris
• Assistant Examiner(s): Houlihan, Stephen
• Application Number:
  US14/442,486
• Publication Number:
  US 20160274881A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,596 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/452 Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5007 Internet protocol [IP] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0236 Filtering by address, protocol, port number or service, e.g. IP-address or URL
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0263 Rule management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/563 Data redirection of data network streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

The present application discloses a file sharing method, device and mobile equipment. The method for file sharing, applicable to a first mobile equipment, comprises: fetching the sharing instruction directed to the file to be shared; performing network connection to a second mobile equipment that requests network sharing after starting the network sharing function of the first mobile equipment; intercepting and redirecting the browser-based network request sent by the second mobile equipment, and using the file to be shared as the result of the request corresponding to the network request and send it to the second mobile equipment. By using this embodiment, a quick file sharing is achieved without producing any network flow, without installing any software or plug-in having file sharing function in the receiving end of the file to be shared, thereby improving the user experience.

Claims

1. A file sharing method, applicable to a first mobile equipment, comprising:

fetching a sharing instruction directed to a file to be shared;

after starting a network sharing function of the first mobile equipment, performing a network connection to a second mobile equipment that requests network sharing such that a direct connection is established through the network sharing function between the first mobile equipment and the second mobile equipment; and

intercepting and redirecting a browser-based network request sent by the second mobile equipment, and sending, via the direct connection, the file to be shared as the result of the request corresponding to the browser-based network request to the second mobile equipment,

wherein, the browser-based network request sent by the second mobile equipment is generated by the second mobile equipment after detecting any address information that is input by a user in an address bar of a browser of the second mobile equipment sufficient to cause the second mobile equipment to make a network request, and

wherein intercepting and redirecting the browser-based network request sent by the second mobile equipment is realized by means of setting rules of iptables in the operation system of the first mobile equipment when the current user name of the operation system of the first mobile equipment is the one with administrator authority.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, before performing the network connection to the second mobile equipment that requests network sharing, the method further comprises:

starting the network sharing function of the first mobile equipment.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein in fetching the sharing instruction directed to the file to be shared when an operation sent based on an application indicating to share file is detected during the time when the application is in open state, the file to be shared is a file corresponding to the application.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein in fetching the sharing instruction directed to the file to be shared when an operation indicating to share file is detected;

and

before sending the file to be shared as the result of the request corresponding to the browser-based network request to the second mobile equipment, the method further comprises;

presenting a file selection interface for indicating the user to select the file that needs to be shared, wherein the sharable files stored in the first mobile equipment are included in a file selection page; and

using the file selected by user and needed to be shared as the file to be shared.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein, after fetching the sharing instruction directed to the file to be shared, the method further comprises:

fetching the sharing installation webpage of the file to be shared, wherein the download link directed to the file to be shared is included in the sharing installation webpage;

accordingly, sending the file to be shared as the result of the request corresponding to the browser-based network request to the second mobile equipment comprises;

sending the sharing installation webpage as the result of the request corresponding to the browser-based network request to the second mobile equipment; and

after receiving the download request sent by the second mobile equipment and formed based on the download link of the sharing installation webpage, sending the file to be shared corresponding to the download request to the second mobile equipment.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein intercepting and redirecting the browser-based network request sent by second mobile equipment comprises:

intercepting the browser-based network request sent by the second mobile equipment;

judging whether the browser-based network request is the preset first network request; and

redirecting the browser-based network request when it is judged that the browser-based network request is the preset first network request.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein intercepting and redirecting the browser-based network request sent by the second mobile equipment is realized by means of mounting a written kernel module when the current user name of operation system of the first mobile equipment is the one with administrator authority.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein, when a current user name of operation system of the first mobile equipment is the one without administrator authority, further comprising:

after fetching the sharing instruction directed to the file to be shared, presenting a page that includes the IP address and the access method of the first mobile equipment itself, to indicate the user corresponding to the second mobile equipment to input the IP address of the first mobile equipment in the address bar of the browser of the second mobile equipment; and

accordingly, intercepting and redirecting the browser-based network request sent by the second mobile equipment comprising;

fetching the browser-based network request of the second mobile equipment via a WEB module built in the first mobile equipment.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein performing the network connection to the second mobile equipment which requests network sharing comprises:

indicating the user to select a sharable second mobile equipment from the second mobile equipment that request network sharing; and

performing a network connection to the selected sharable second mobile equipment.

10. A device for sharing a file applicable to a first mobile equipment, the device comprising:

a processor, a memory, a communication interface and a bus;

wherein the processor, the memory and the communication interface are connected to one another via the bus and communicate with each other;

wherein the memory stores executable program codes;

wherein the processor runs a program corresponding to the executable program codes by reading the executable program codes stored in the memory for;

fetching a sharing instruction directed to a file to be shared;

performing a network connection to a second mobile equipment that requests network sharing after a network sharing function of the first mobile equipment is started such that a direct connection is established through the network sharing function between the first mobile equipment and the second mobile equipment;

intercepting and redirecting a browser-based network request sent by the second mobile equipment; and

sending, via the direct connection, the file to be shared as the result of the request corresponding to the browser-based network request to the second mobile equipment;

wherein, the browser-based network request sent by the second mobile equipment is generated by the second mobile equipment after detecting any address information that is input by a user in an address bar of a browser of the second mobile equipment sufficient to cause the second mobile equipment to make a network request, and

wherein intercepting and redirecting the browser-based network request sent by the second mobile equipment is realized by means of setting rules of iptables in the operation system of the first mobile equipment when the current user name of the operation system of the first mobile equipment is the one with administrator authority.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein the processor runs the program corresponding to the executable program codes by reading the executable program codes stored in the memory further for:

starting the network sharing function of the first mobile equipment before performing the network connection to the second mobile equipment that requests the network connection.

12. The device according to claim 10, wherein in fetching the sharing instruction directed to the file to be shared when an operation sent based on an application indicating to share file is detected during the time when the application is in open state, the file to be shared is the one corresponding to the application.

13. The device according to claim 10, wherein in fetching the sharing instruction directed to the file to be shared when an operation indicating to share file is detected;

presenting a file selection interface for indicating the user to select the file that needs to be shared before sending the file to be shared as the result of the request corresponding to the browser-based network request to the second mobile equipment, wherein the sharable file(s) stored in the first mobile equipment is/are included in the file selection interface.

14. The device according to claim 10, after fetching the sharing instruction directed to the file to be shared, the processor runs the program corresponding to the executable program codes by reading the executable program codes stored in the memory further for fetching the sharing installation webpage of the file to be shared, wherein a download link pointing to the file to be shared is included in the sharing installation webpage;

accordingly, sending the sharing installation webpage as the result of the request corresponding to the browser-based network request to the second mobile equipment; and

sending the file to be shared corresponding to the download request to the second mobile equipment after receiving the download request sent by the second mobile equipment and formed based on the download link of the sharing installation webpage.

15. The device according to claim 10, wherein intercepting and redirecting the browser-based network request sent by second mobile equipment comprises:

intercepting the browser-based network request sent by the second mobile equipment;

judging whether the browser-based network request is the preset first network request; and

redirecting the browser-based network request when it is determined that the browser-based network request is the preset first network request.

16. The device according to claim 10, wherein, intercepting and redirecting the browser-based network request sent by the second mobile equipment is realized by mounting a written kernel module when the current user name of operation system of the first mobile equipment is the one with administrator authority.

17. The device according to claim 10, wherein, when a current user name of an operation system of the first mobile equipment is the one without administrator authority, the processor runs the program corresponding to the executable program codes by reading the executable program codes stored in the memory further for:

presenting a webpage that includes the IP address and the access method of the first mobile equipment itself after fetching the sharing instruction directed to the file to be shared, so as to indicate the user corresponding to the second mobile equipment to input the IP address of the first mobile equipment in the address bar of the browser of the second mobile equipment; and

obtaining the browser-based network request of the second mobile equipment via a WEB module built in the first mobile equipment.

18. A mobile equipment comprising a device for file sharing according to claim 10.