Information sharing method, apparatus and computer device

• US 10,496,733 B2
• Filed: 04/28/2014
• Issued: 12/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Liang, Zhu, Feng, Xin
• Primary Examiner(s): Cortes, Howard
• Application Number:
  US14/263,258
• Publication Number:
  US 20140237335A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,045 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

Described is an information sharing method and apparatus, which are directed to information published by a user in a social network. For information published by a user in a social network, when a sharing instruction of the user is received, a selection box comprising one or more sharing targets is displayed for the user, each sharing target has its corresponding social network, and the social network corresponding to the sharing target includes a social network which published the information; when a submission instruction of the user is received, the information is sent to a sharing target selected by the user from the selection box. By using the present method, the spread of information can be accelerated, and the implementation is simple and convenient.

Claims

1. An information sharing method, comprising:

receiving a sharing instruction from a client user to re-share preset information that was previously shared by the client user on a first social media network service when the client user selects a sharing button corresponding to and displayed with the preset information;

displaying a sharing reason inputting box when the sharing instruction is received from the client user;

displaying a selection box when the client user selects an icon that is displayed with the sharing reason inputting box, the selection box comprising a plurality of social media network services accessible via the Internet for selection as a re-sharing target by the client user, the plurality of social media network services including the first social media network service where the preset information was previously shared by the client user;

receiving a selection of two or more of the plurality of social media network services as the re-sharing target from the selection box, the two or more of the plurality of social media network services including the first social media network service where the preset information was previously shared by the client user; and

sending the preset information to the two or more of the plurality of social media network services selected as the re-sharing target from the selection box when receiving a submission instruction from the client user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a search link in the selection box;

when the re-sharing target selected by the client user is friends of the client user in a second social media network service of the plurality of social media network services, the sending the preset information to the re-sharing target comprises;

converting the search link into a search box when the client user clicks the search link;

displaying object names of a first group of users who have friend relationships with the client user in the second social media network service, and prompting the client user to select at least one of the object names;

the object names comprising one or a combination of friend names, friend group names, group names, sub-group names;

sending the preset information to the first group of users corresponding to the at least one of the object names selected by the client user, when receiving the submission instruction from the client user.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

displaying a notification list in the selection box, and saving the at least one of the object names selected by the client user into the notification list;

sending the preset information to users corresponding to the at least one of the object names selected by the client user.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a search link in the selection box;

when the re-sharing target selected by the client user is friends of the client user in a second social media network service of the plurality of social media network services, the sending the preset information to the sharing target comprises;

converting the search link into a search box when the client user clicks the search link,

displaying object names of a second group of users who have friend relationships with the client user and satisfy an input keyword in the second social media network service when the client user inputs the keyword in the search box, and prompting the client user to select at least one of the object names;

the object names comprising one or a combination of friend names, friend group names, group names, sub-group names;

sending the preset information to the second group of users corresponding to the at least one of the object names selected by the client user, when receiving the submission instruction from the client user.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

displaying a notification list in the selection box, and saving the at least one of the object names selected by the client user into the notification list;

sending the preset information to users corresponding to the at least one of the object names selected by the client user.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

displaying object names of a plurality of users from a group of users in the notification list by default, the plurality of users having received other preset information shared by the client user previously, the group of users comprising, a first group of users or a second group of users;

prompting the client user to select at least one object name from the object names displayed in the notification list;

a time interval between current time and information sharing time of each of the plurality of users being the shortest;

sending the preset information to a user corresponding to the at least one object name selected by the client user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein

when the re-sharing target selected from the selection box is the first social network where the preset information was previously shared by the client user, the preset information is republished on a same user page of the first social network such that the preset information is displayed before other preset information that was shared after the preset information was previously shared.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of social media network services includes a microblog service and a social network service.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a list of friends of the client user in a social network service of the two or more of the plurality of social media network services for selection by the client user, wherein

the sending includes sending the preset information to the selected friends of the social network service when receiving the submission instruction from the client user.

10. An information sharing apparatus, comprising:

a processor;

a memory storing a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions when executed by the processor causing the processor to;

receive a sharing instruction from a client user to re-share preset information that was previously shared by the client user on a first social media network service when the client user selects a sharing button corresponding to and displayed with the preset information,

display a sharing reason inputting box when the sharing instruction is received from the client user,

display a selection box when the client user selects an icon that is displayed with the sharing reason inputting box, the selection box comprising a plurality of social media network services accessible via the Internet for selection as a re-sharing target by the client user, the plurality of social media network services including the first social media network service where the preset information was previously shared by the client user,

receive a selection of two or more of the plurality of social media network services as the re-sharing target from the selection box, the two or more of the plurality of social media network services including the first social media network service where the preset information was previously shared by the client user, and

send the preset information to the two or more of the plurality of social media network services selected as the re-sharing target from the selection box when receiving a submission instruction from the client user.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein

a search link is displayed in the selection box;

when the re-sharing target selected by the client user is friends of the client user in a second social media network service of the plurality of social media network services, the plurality of instructions further causes the processor to;

convert the search link into a search box and display object names of a first group of users who have friend relationships with the client user in the second social media network service, and prompt the client user to select at least one of the object names, when the user clicks the search link;

the object names comprising one or a combination of friend names, friend group names, group names, sub-group names; and

send the preset information to the first group of users corresponding to the at least one of the object names selected by the client user, when receiving the submission instruction from the client user.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein

a notification list is displayed in the selection box, and

the plurality of instructions further cause the processor to:

save the at least one of the object names selected by the client user into the notification list; and

send the preset information to users corresponding to the at least one of the object names selected by the client user.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein

a search link is displayed in the selection box;

when the re-sharing target selected by the client user is friends of the client user in a second social media network service of the plurality of social media network services, the plurality of instructions further causes the processor to;

convert the search link into a search box when the client user clicks the search link, and to display object names of a second group of users who have friend relationships with the client user and satisfy an input keyword in the second social media network service, and prompt the client user to select at least one of the object names, when the client user inputs the keyword in the search box;

the object names comprise one or a combination of friend names, friend group names, group names, sub-group names; and

send the preset information to the second group of users corresponding to the at least one of the object names selected by the client user, when receiving the submission instruction from the client user.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein

a notification list is displayed in the selection box, and

the plurality of instructions further causes the processor to:

save the at least one of the object names selected by the client user into the notification list; and

send the preset information to users corresponding to the at least one of the object names selected by the client user.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein

object names of a plurality of users from a group of users are displayed in the notification list by default, to prompt the client user to select at least one object name from the object names displayed in the notification list, the plurality of users having received other preset information shared by the client user previously, the group of users comprising a first group of users or a second group of users, a time interval between current time and information sharing time of each of the plurality of users is the shortest;

and

the plurality of instructions further causes the processor to send the preset information to a user corresponding to the at least one object name selected by the client user.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program which when executed by a processor causes the processor to perform:

receiving a sharing instruction from a client user to re-share preset information that was previously shared by the client user on a first social media network service when the client user selects a sharing button corresponding to and displayed with the preset information;

displaying a sharing reason inputting box when the sharing instruction is received from the client user;

displaying a selection box when the client user selects an icon that is displayed with the sharing reason inputting box, the selection box comprising a plurality of social media network services accessible via the Internet for selection by the client user, the plurality of social media network services including the first social media network service where the preset information was previously shared by the client user;

receiving a selection of two or more of the plurality of social media network services as the re-sharing target from the selection box, the two or more of the plurality of social media network services including the first social media network service where the preset information was previously shared by the client user; and

sending the preset information to the two or more of the plurality of social media network services selected as the re-sharing target from the selection box when receiving a submission instruction from the client user.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the program when executed by the processor further causes to computer to perform:

displaying a search link in the selection box of the display screen;

converting the search link into a search box when the client user clicks the search link, and displaying object names of a first group of users who have friend relationships with the client user in a second social media network service of the plurality of social media network services, and prompting the client user to select at least one of the object names, when the re-sharing target selected by the client user is friends of the user in the second social media network service;

the object names comprising one or a combination of friend names, friend group names, group names, sub-group names; and

sending the preset information to the first group of users corresponding to the at least one of the object-names selected by the client user, when the submission instruction from the client user is received.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the program when executed by the processor further causes to computer to perform:

displaying a search link on the display screen;

converting the search link into a search box when the client user clicks the search link, and displaying object names of a second group of users who have friend relationships with the client user and satisfying an input keyword in a second social media network service of the plurality of social media network services when the client user inputs the keyword in the search box, and prompting the client user to select at least one of the object names, when the re-sharing target selected by the client user is friends of the client user in the second social media network service;

the object names comprising one or a combination of friend names, friend group names, group names, sub-group names; and

sending the preset information to the second group of users corresponding to the at least one of the object names selected by the client user, when receiving the submission instruction from the client user.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the program when executed by the processor further causes to computer to perform:

displaying a notification list on the display screen, and saving the at least one of the object names selected by the client user into the notification list;

sending the preset information to users corresponding to the at least one of the object names selected by the client user.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the program when executed by the processor further causes to computer to perform:

displaying object names of a plurality of users from a group of users in the notification list by default, the plurality of users having received other preset information shared by the client user previously, the group of users comprising a first group of users or a second group of users;

prompting the client user to select at least one object name from the object names displayed in the notification list;

a time interval between current time and information sharing time of each of the plurality of users being the shortest;

sending the preset information to a user corresponding to the at least one object name selected by the client user.