Method and client terminal for prompting instant communication message

• US 10,367,779 B2
• Filed: 06/14/2016
• Issued: 07/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhang, Lili, Dong, Qi, Chen, Hang
• Primary Examiner(s): Truong, Lan Dai T
• Application Number:
  US15/182,502
• Publication Number:
  US 20160366092A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,141 Days
• Field of Search: 709206, 709202, 709203, 709204, 709205
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/62 Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A method for prompting an instant communication message is disclosed. The method includes receiving an instant communication message; determining a message type according to the instant communication message; and invoking a corresponding way of prompting according to the message type, where at least a first way of prompting and a second way of prompting are set up in advance, and the first way of prompting and the second way of prompting are different from each other. The disclosed method is capable of providing prompts for instant communication messages of different types differently.

Claims

1. A method implemented by a computing device, the method comprising:

receiving a new instant message at the computing device; and

enhancing privacy of the new instant message by;

determining a message type based at least in part on the new instant message, the determined message type including at least one of a normal message type or a special message type;

invoking a corresponding way of prompting based at least in part on the determined message type, the corresponding way of prompting comprising a first way of prompting or a second way of prompting, the second way of prompting being different from the first way of prompting, the first way of prompting comprising setting a first prompting indicator at a first predetermined position of an interface image, and the second way of prompting comprising setting a second prompting indicator at a second predetermined position of the interface image, wherein the second prompting indicator is different from the first prompting indicator, the second predetermined position covering at least a part of the first predetermined position;

rendering the first prompting indicator at the interface image to have a first style in response to determining that the new instant message corresponds to the normal message type; and

rendering the second prompting indicator at the interface image to have a second style in response to determining that the new instant message corresponds to the special message type.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a normal message of the normal message type being displayed repeatedly, and content of a special message of the special message type being deleted after the special message is displayed for a predetermined number of times or after a predetermined time interval since the special message is displayed for the first time.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the interface image is provided with a session list icon, and wherein the first way of prompting and the second way of prompting add the first prompting indicator and the second prompting indicator on top of the session list icon.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the new instant message comprises a special message, and the method further comprises:

receiving a request for viewing the special message;

receiving an input password; and

displaying content of the special message in response to the input password being matched with a preset access password.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the computing device comprises a mobile device, and wherein receiving the request for viewing the special message comprises detecting successive changes of a motion direction of the mobile device in opposite direction.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein receiving the request for viewing the special message comprises a session list icon being in a clicked state for a predetermined time duration.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second way of prompting further comprises displaying a session list in an interface without displaying the new instant message.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an instruction of not displaying the new instant message;

providing a password setting interface; and

receiving an input password for storing the input password as a preset access password.

9. One or more computer-readable media storing executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:

receiving an instant message; and

enhancing privacy of the instant message by;

determining a message type based at least in part on the instant message, the determined message type including at least one of a normal message type or a special message type; and

invoking a corresponding way of prompting based at least in part on the determined message type, the corresponding way of prompting comprising a first way of prompting or a second way of prompting, the second way of prompting being different from the first way of prompting, the first way of prompting comprising setting a first prompting indicator at a first predetermined position of an interface image, and the second way of prompting comprising setting a second prompting indicator at a second predetermined position of the interface image, wherein the second prompting indicator is different from the first prompting indicator, the second predetermined position covering at least a part of the first predetermined position;

rendering the first prompting indicator at the interface image to have a first style in response to determining that the instant message corresponds to the normal message type; and

rendering the second prompting indicator at the interface image to have a second style in response to determining that the instant message corresponds to the special message type.

10. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 9, wherein a normal message of the normal message type being displayed repeatedly, and content of a special message of the special message type being deleted after the special message is displayed for a predetermined number of times or after a predetermined time interval since the special message is displayed for the first time.

11. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 9, wherein the interface image is provided with a session list icon, and wherein the first way of prompting and the second way of prompting add the first prompting indicator and the second prompting indicator on top of the session list icon.

12. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 9, wherein the instant message comprises a special message, and the acts further comprise:

receiving a request for viewing the special message;

receiving an input password; and

displaying content of the special message in response to the input password being matched with a preset access password.

13. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 12, wherein receiving the request for viewing the special message comprises detecting successive changes of a motion direction of a mobile device in opposite direction.

14. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 12, wherein receiving the request for viewing the special message comprises a session list icon being in a clicked state for a predetermined time duration.

15. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 9, wherein the second way of prompting comprises displaying a session list in an interface without displaying the instant message.

16. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 9, the acts further comprising:

receiving an instruction of not displaying the instant message;

providing a password setting interface; and

receiving an input password for storing the input password as a preset access password.

17. A client terminal comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more memories stored thereon computer-executable instructions, executable by the one or more processors, to cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising;

receiving an instant communication message;

enhancing privacy of the instant communication message by;

determining a message type according to the instant communication message, the determined message type including at least one of a normal message type or a special message type;

invoking a corresponding way of prompting according to the determined message type;

wherein at least a first way of prompting and a second way of prompting are preset, and the first way of prompting and the second way of prompting are different from each other, the first way of prompting comprising setting a first prompting indicator at a first predetermined position of an interface image, and the second way of prompting comprising setting a second prompting indicator at a second predetermined position of the interface image, wherein the second prompting indicator is different from the first prompting indicator, the second predetermined position covering at least a part of the first predetermined position;

rendering a first prompting indicator at the interface image to have a first style in response to determining that the instant communication message corresponds to the normal message type; and

rendering the second prompting indicator at the interface image to have a second style in response to determining that the instant communication message corresponds to the special message type.

18. The client terminal of claim 17, wherein a normal message of the normal message type being displayed repeatedly, and content of a special message of the special message type being deleted after the special message is displayed for a predetermined number of times or after a predetermined time interval since the special message is displayed for the first time.

19. The client terminal of claim 17, wherein the instant communication message comprises a special message, and the acts further comprise:

receiving a request for viewing the special message;

receiving an input password; and

displaying content of the special message in response to the input password being matched with a preset access password.

20. The client terminal of claim 17, wherein the interface image is provided with a session list icon, and wherein the first way of prompting and the second way of prompting add the first prompting indicator and the second prompting indicator on top of the session list icon.