Method and apparatus for uploading an attachment

• US 10,270,721 B2
• Filed: 05/28/2015
• Issued: 04/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Tong, Miao, Cui, Dengxue, Fang, Wenjie
• Primary Examiner(s): Tank, Andrew L
• Application Number:
  US14/723,960
• Publication Number:
  US 20150263998A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,426 Days
• Field of Search: 715733, 715752, 715838, 707822
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/168 Details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems, e.g. browsing and visualisation, 2d or 3d GUIs query results presentation G06F16/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information

Abstract

The examples of the present disclosure disclose a method and apparatus for uploading an attachment, relate to the internet technologies, and solve problems in the traditional art that a user device cannot completely show all the content to upload and that some touch screen devices cannot obtain information inputted by the user properly. The method comprises: uploading an attachment uploading interface, the attachment uploading interface including at least one attachment uploading option; determining an attachment to upload when an attachment uploading option is activated; and generating attachment information corresponding to the attachment to upload and displaying the attachment information on a location where the at least one attachment uploading option is displayed.

Claims

1. A method for uploading an attachment, comprising:

loading an attachment uploading interface on a social network, the attachment uploading interface containing at least one of a local attachment uploading button or a captured attachment uploading button, a text input box, and a publishing button;

in response to determining that the local attachment uploading button is triggered, displaying a local file selection interface for selecting a local file from a local file library, and in response to determining that the local file is selected from the local file library, determining the selected local file as a first attachment attached to text inputted into the text input box,

generating attachment information from the first attachment, and displaying the attachment information generated from the first attachment on a location where the local attachment uploading button is displayed

in response to determining that the captured attachment uploading button is triggered, obtaining a captured file, determining the obtained captured file as a second attachment attached to the text inputted into the text input box, generating attachment information from the second attachment, and displaying the attachment information generated from the second attachment on a location where the captured attachment uploading button is displayed; and

in response to determining that the publishing button is triggered, publishing at least one of the first attachment or the second attachment together with the text inputted into the text input box on the social network.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein

at least one of the first attachment or the second attachment is an image and at least one of the attachment information generated from the first attachment or the attachment information generated from the second attachment includes an image name, an image format, and an image thumbnail;

or

at least one of the first attachment or the second attachment is an audio file and at least one of the attachment information generated from the first attachment or the attachment information generated from the second attachment includes an audio name, an audio format, and an audio play time;

or

at least one of the first attachment or the second attachment is a video file and at least one of the attachment information generated from the first attachment or the attachment information generated from the second attachment includes a video name, a video format, a video thumbnail, and a video play time.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein

a size of an area where the attachment information generated from the first attachment is displayed is larger than, smaller than or equal to a size of the location where the local attachment uploading button is displayed, and a size of an area where the attachment information generated from the second attachment is displayed is larger than, smaller than or equal to a size of the location where the captured attachment uploading button is displayed.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

detecting that an area where the attachment information generated from the first attachment is displayed is selected and that the attachment information generated from the first attachment is moved, and in response to determining that the movement of the attachment information generated from the first attachment is larger than a predefined value, deleting the attachment information generated from the first attachment and displaying the local attachment uploading button again; and

detecting that an area where the attachment information generated from the second attachment is displayed is selected and that the attachment information generated from the second attachment is moved, and in response to determining that the movement of the attachment information generated from the second attachment is larger than a predefined value, deleting the attachment information generated from the second attachment and displaying the captured attachment uploading button again.

5. An apparatus for uploading an attachment, comprising:

memory;

one or more processors; and

one or more programs stored in the memory and configured for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising instructions to;

load an attachment uploading interface on a social network, the attachment uploading interface containing at least one of a local attachment uploading button or a captured attachment uploading button, a text input box, and a publishing button;

in response to determining that the local attachment uploading button is triggered, display a local file selection interface for selecting a local file from a local file library, and in response to determining that the local file is selected from the local file library, determine the selected local file as a first attachment attached to text inputted into the text input box,

generate attachment information from the first attachment, and

display the attachment information generated from the first attachment on a location where the local attachment uploading button is displayed;

in response to determining that the captured attachment uploading button is triggered, obtain a captured file, determine the obtained captured file as a second attachment attached to the text inputted into the text input box, generate attachment information from the second attachment, and display the attachment information generated from the second attachment on a location where the captured attachment uploading button is displayed; and

in response to determining that the publishing button is triggered, publish at least one of the first attachment or the second attachment together with the text inputted into the text input box on the social network.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

at least one of the first attachment or the second attachment is an image and at least one of the attachment information generated from the first attachment or the attachment information generated from the second attachment includes an image name, an image format, and an image thumbnail;

or

at least one of the first attachment or the second attachment is an audio file and at least one of the attachment information generated from the first attachment or the attachment information generated from the second attachment includes an audio name, an audio format, and an audio play time;

or

at least one of the first attachment or the second attachment is a video file and at least one of the attachment information generated from the first attachment or the attachment information generated from the second attachment includes a video name, a video format, a video thumbnail, and a video play time.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

a size of an area where the attachment information generated from the first attachment is displayed is larger than, smaller than or equal to a size of the location where the local attachment uploading button is displayed, and a size of an area where the attachment information generated from the second attachment is displayed is larger than, smaller than or equal to a size of the location where the captured attachment uploading button is displayed.

8. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the one or more programs further comprises instructions to:

detect that an area where the attachment information generated from the first attachment is displayed is selected and that the attachment information generated from the first attachment is moved, and in response to determining that the movement of the attachment information generated from the first attachment is larger than a predefined value, delete the attachment information generated from the first attachment and display the local attachment uploading button again; and

detect that an area where the attachment information generated from the second attachment is displayed is selected and that the attachment information generated from the second attachment is moved, and in response to determining that the movement of the attachment information generated from the second attachment is larger than a predefined value, delete the attachment information generated from the second attachment and display the captured attachment uploading button again.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions for rating reputation of a web site, the set of instructions to direct at least one processor to perform acts of:

loading an attachment uploading interface on a social network, the attachment uploading interface containing at least one of a local attachment uploading button or a captured attachment uploading button, a text input box, and a publishing button;

in response to determining that the local attachment uploading button is triggered, displaying a local file selection interface for selecting a local file from a local file library, and in response to determining that the local file is selected from the local file library, determining the selected local file as a first attachment attached to text inputted into the text input box,

generating attachment information from the first attachment, and

displaying the attachment information generated from the first attachment on a location where the local attachment uploading button is displayed;

in response to determining that the captured attachment uploading button is triggered, obtaining a captured file, determining the obtained captured file as a second attachment attached to the text inputted into the text input box, generating attachment information from the second attachment, and displaying the attachment information generated from the second attachment on a location where the captured attachment uploading button is displayed; and

in response to determining that the publishing button is triggered, publishing at least one of the first attachment or the second attachment together with the text inputted into the text input box on the social network.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 9, wherein, the set of instructions further direct the at least one processor to perform acts of:

detecting that an area where the attachment information generated from the first attachment is displayed is selected and that the attachment information generated from the first attachment is moved, and in response to determining that the movement of the attachment information generated from the first attachment is larger than a predefined value, deleting the attachment information generated from the first attachment and displaying the local attachment uploading button again; and

detecting that an area where the attachment information generated from the second attachment is displayed is selected and that the attachment information generated from the second attachment is moved, and in response to determining that the movement of the attachment information generated from the second attachment is larger than a predefined value, deleting the attachment information generated from the second attachment and displaying the captured attachment uploading button again.