Information transmitting method, device and system, and storage medium

• US 10,284,707 B2
• Filed: 04/06/2018
• Issued: 05/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Lu, Yisha
• Primary Examiner(s): Thieu, Benjamin M
• Application Number:
  US15/947,387
• Publication Number:
  US 20180227408A1
• Time in Patent Office: 396 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

An information transmitting method includes the following steps: generating a connecting code and displaying the connecting code on a display of the information sending device; receiving a second unique identity from the server; obtaining contents selected by a user; generating an information sending request; and sending the information sending request to the server. According to above information transmitting method, by establishing a connection between two terminals, or two browser applications, information of different categories can be efficiently transmitted from one terminal to the other terminal. In addition, this disclosure also publishes an information transmitting device and an information transmitting system.

Claims

1. An information transmitting method, comprising:

generating and displaying, by a browser of an information sending device, a connecting code, wherein the connecting code comprises a first unique identity of the information sending device;

receiving, by the information sending device, a second unique identity of an information receiving device from a server, after the server processes a binding request from the information receiving device triggered by scanning the connecting code;

after receiving the second unique identity, providing, by the browser, a sending option for sending information of a page opened by the browser to the information receiving device;

after the sending option is triggered, displaying, by the browser, a content selection interface that includes the information extracted from the page according to the sending option;

obtaining a content selected by a user on the content selection interface; and

sending, by the information sending device, the content selected by the user to the information receiving device via the server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the connecting code comprises:

generating a barcode comprising the first unique identity.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying multiple sending options corresponding to multiple information categories; and

in response to the sending option being triggered, extracting, from the page opened by the browser, the information matching one of the multiple information categories that corresponds to the triggered sending option.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the multiple sending options corresponding to the multiple information categories comprise:

an option of sending URLs included in the page, an option of sending texts included in the page, and an option of sending graphics included in the page, wherein the URLs included in the page includes a URL of the page, a URL of an image or multimedia content in the page.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the content selected by the user comprises multimedia content; and

sending the content selected by the user further comprises;

sending a current playing time of the multimedia content, the current playing time being configured to cause the information receiving device to play the multimedia content starting from the current playing time.

6. An information transmitting method, comprising:

scanning, by an information receiving device, a connecting code using a camera, wherein the connecting code is displayed by an information sending device and at least comprises a first unique identity of the information sending device;

extracting the first unique identity from the connecting code;

generating a binding request, which at least comprises the first unique identity of the information sending device and a second unique identity of the information receiving device;

sending the binding request to a server, wherein the server associates the first unique identity and the second unique identity upon receiving the binding request;

receiving, by the information receiving device, a binding result returned by the server;

displaying, on a browser of the information receiving device, the binding result;

receiving content sent from the information sending device via the server; and

presenting, by the information receiving device, the content received from the information sending device.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

displaying, by the browser of the information receiving device, a disconnection option; and

in response to the disconnection option being triggered, sending, by the information receiving device, a request to the server for unbinding the first unique identity and the second unique identity.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein:

receiving the content further comprises receiving an information category of the content; and

presenting the content further comprises;

processing, by the information receiving device, the content received from the information sending device according to the information category of the received content.

9. The method of 8, wherein presenting the content further comprises:

if the information category is multimedia, extracting a current playing time of the received multimedia content, and playing the multimedia content starting from the current playing time;

if the information category is image, sharing or saving, by the browser, the received image content;

if the information category is URL, loading, by the browser, the URL to display corresponding information; and

if the information category is associated with an application other than the browser, calling, by the information receiving device, the application associated with the information category to process the received content.

10. An information sending device, comprising:

a display;

a memory; and

one or more processor coupled to the display and the memory, the one or more processor being configured to;

cause a browser installed on the information sending device to generate and display a connecting code, wherein the connecting code comprises a first unique identity the information sending device;

receive a second unique identity of an information receiving device from a server, after the server processes a binding request from the information receiving device triggered by scanning the connecting code;

after receiving the second unique identity, provide, in the browser, a sending option for sending information of a page opened by the browser to the information receiving device;

after the sending option is triggered, display, in the browser, a content selection interface that includes the information extracted from the page according to the sending option;

obtain a content selected by a user on the content selection interface; and

send the content selected by the user to the information receiving device via the server.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein generating the connecting code further comprises:

generating a barcode comprising the first unique identity.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

display multiple sending options corresponding to multiple information categories; and

in response to the sending option being triggered, extract, from the page opened by the browser, the information matching one of the multiple information categories that corresponds to the triggered sending option.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the multiple sending options corresponding to the multiple information categories comprise:

an option of sending URLs included in the page, an option of sending texts included in the page, and an option of sending graphics included in the page, wherein the URLs in the page include at least one of a URL of the page, a URL of an image, a URL of a multimedia content in the page.

14. The device of claim 10, wherein:

the content selected by the user comprises multimedia content; and

sending the content selected by the user further comprises;

sending a current playing time of the multimedia content, the current playing time being configured to cause the information receiving device to play the multimedia content starting from the current playing time.

15. An information receiving device, comprising:

a camera;

a memory; and

one or more processor coupled to the camera and the memory, the one or more processor being configured to;

scan a connecting code using the camera, wherein the connecting code is displayed by an information sending device and at least comprises a first unique identity of the information sending device;

extract the first unique identity from the connecting code;

generate a binding request, which at least comprises the first unique identity of the information sending device and a second unique identity of the information receiving device;

send the binding request to a server, wherein the server associates the first unique identity and the second unique identity upon receiving the binding request;

receive a binding result returned by the server;

display, on a browser of the information receiving device, the binding result;

receive content sent from the information sending device via the server; and

present the content received from the information sending device.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the one or more processor is further configured to:

display, in the browser of the information receiving device, a disconnection option; and

in response to the disconnection option being triggered, send a request to the server for unbinding the first unique identity and the second unique identity.

17. The device of claim 15, wherein:

receiving the content further comprises receiving an information category of the content; and

presenting the content further comprises;

processing, by the information receiving device, the content received from the information sending device according to the information category of the received content.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the one or more processor is further configured to:

if the information category is multimedia, extract a current playing time of the received multimedia content, and playing the multimedia content starting from the current playing time;

if the information category is image, share or save, by the browser, the received image content;

if the information category is URL, load, in the browser, the URL to display corresponding information; and

if the information category is associated with an application other than the browser, call the application associated with the information category to process the received content.