Method and device for sending communication message

• US 10,528,012 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2017
• Issued: 01/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Wang, Sheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Pan, Yuwen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fleming-Hall, Erica L
• Application Number:
  US15/456,743
• Publication Number:
  US 20170185052A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,030 Days
• Field of Search: 455 411, 455 412, 4555756
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/04 using radio waves radio-controlled time-pieces G04R
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/06 using voice
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/0064 in which functions not related to time can be displayed digital output to display devices of digital computers G06F3/14
• CPC Class Codes: G04R 20/14 the radio signal being a telecommunication standard signal, e.g. GSM
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/321 using wearable devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/327 Short range or proximity payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/384 using social networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3861 carried in a hand or on fingers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/413 with random access, e.g. carrier-sense multiple-access with collision detection [CSMA-CD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/50 Network service management, e.g. ensuring proper service fulfilment according to agreements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/06 Message adaptation to terminal or network requirements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 : User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 : using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 : with interactive means for internal management of messages

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the field of computer technologies, and discloses a method and a device for sending a communication message. The method includes: receiving, by a wearable device, a communication message sent by a transfer device, where the communication message is sent to the transfer device by a target device, and is forwarded to the wearable device by the transfer device when the transfer device meets a predetermined condition; receiving, by the wearable device, a reply message input for the communication message; and sending, by the wearable device, the reply message to the transfer device, where the reply message is forwarded to the target device by the transfer device. The present disclosure resolves a problem that a user cannot send or reply to a communication message in time when it is inconvenient to operate an electronic device, and achieves an effect of improving communication efficiency.

Claims

1. A method for sending a communication message, comprising:

setting an application list in a transfer device storing at least one predetermined service application, wherein the application list comprises a navigation application;

determining that the transfer device meets a predetermined condition when the transfer device is running the navigation application in a lock screen status;

when the transfer device is in the lock screen status, receiving, by a wearable device, an incoming communication message sent by the transfer device, wherein the incoming communication message is sent to the transfer device by a first target device, and is forwarded to the wearable device by the transfer device when the transfer device meets the predetermined condition and is in the lock screen status;

receiving, by the wearable device, a voice reply message input by a user for the incoming communication message; and

sending, by the wearable device, the voice reply message to the transfer device without changing the lock screen status of the transfer device, wherein the voice reply message is forwarded to the first target device by the transfer device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined condition further comprises:

an interface currently displayed by the transfer device is not a display interface of the incoming communication message;

or

an interface currently displayed by the transfer device is not a display interface of a social application corresponding to the incoming communication message;

or

the transfer device is currently in the lock screen status and a control switch in the transfer device is in a predetermined status, wherein the predetermined status is used for indicating that the transfer device is allowed to send the incoming communication message to the wearable device;

or

a first historical message sent by the wearable device is received within a first time period, wherein an end moment of the first time period is a moment at which the transfer device receives the incoming communication message, and the first historical message is a historical voice reply message obtained by the wearable device according to a communication message received at a historical moment, or the first historical message is a communication message sent by the wearable device at the historical moment;

or

a second historical message is sent to the wearable device within a second time period, wherein an end moment of the second time period is a moment at which the transfer device receives the incoming communication message, and the second historical message is a communication message received by the wearable device at the historical moment.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

starting timing when receiving the incoming communication message;

detecting, by the wearable device, whether the input voice reply message is received within a third time period from the starting of the timing; and

sending, by the wearable device, a predetermined voice reply message to the transfer device when the voice reply message is not received within the third time period, wherein the predetermined voice reply message is forwarded to the first target device by the transfer device.

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

displaying, by the wearable device, contact accounts stored in the wearable device;

receiving, by the wearable device, an account selection instruction, and obtaining a contact account returned in response to the account selection instruction; and

sending, by the wearable device, the obtained contact account to the transfer device, wherein the contact account is used for instructing the transfer device;

when receiving a communication message sent by the contact account, to skip forwarding the communication message to the wearable device.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining, by the wearable device, an identifier of a second target device;

receiving, by the wearable device, an outgoing communication message based on user input; and

sending, by the wearable device, the outgoing communication message and the identifier to the transfer device, wherein the transfer device is configured to determine the second target device according to the identifier, and forward the outgoing communication message to the second target device.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein before the receiving, by a wearable device, an incoming communication message sent by a transfer device, or before the sending, by the wearable device, the outgoing communication message and the identifier to the transfer device, the method further comprises:

establishing, by the wearable device, a communication connection to the transfer device; and

receiving, by the wearable device, a user account sent by the transfer device by means of the communication connection, and logging in the user account to the wearable device, wherein the user account is an account used for performing communication by another device.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein when the identifier is a contact account, the obtaining, by the wearable device, an identifier of a second target device comprises:

displaying, by the wearable device, contact accounts of target devices stored in the wearable device, receiving an account selection instruction, and determining a contact account returned in response to the account selection instruction as a contact account of the second target device;

or

receiving, by the wearable device, input contact information, and detecting whether the wearable device stores a contact account that matches the contact information;

when the wearable device stores the contact account that matches the contact information, determining the contact account as a contact account of the second target device;

or when the wearable device does not store the contact account that matches the contact information, sending the contact information to the transfer device, receiving the contact account that matches the contact information and that is sent by the transfer device, and determining the contact account as a contact account of the second target device.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein the receiving, by the wearable device, the outgoing communication message or the reply message input for the incoming communication message comprises:

detecting, by the wearable device, a voice reply instruction triggered by a user;

receiving, by the wearable device, an input voice message, the input voice message being the outgoing communication message or the voice reply message input by the user for the incoming communication message.

19. The method according to claim 1, wherein when detecting the transfer device is in the lock screen status, the transfer device further reads a status of a control switch;

and the method further comprises;

when the transfer device is in the lock screen status and the control switch in the transfer device is in a disabled status, determining that the transfer device does not meet the predetermined condition.

9. A wearable device, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory, wherein

the memory stores one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are configured to be executed by the one or more processors, and the one or more programs comprise instructions used for performing the following operations;

setting an application list in a transfer device storing at least one predetermined service application, wherein the application list comprises a navigation application;

determining that the transfer device meets a predetermined condition when the transfer device is running the navigation application in a lock screen status;

when the transfer device is in the lock screen status, receiving an incoming communication message sent by the transfer device, wherein the incoming communication message is sent to the transfer device by a first target device, and is forwarded to the wearable device by the transfer device when the transfer device meets the predetermined condition and is in the lock screen status;

receiving a voice reply message input by a user for the incoming communication message; and

sending the voice reply message to the transfer device without changing the lock screen status of the transfer device, wherein the voice reply message is forwarded to the first target device by the transfer device.

10. The wearable device according to claim 9, wherein the predetermined condition further comprises:

an interface currently displayed by the transfer device is not a display interface of the incoming communication message;

or

an interface currently displayed by the transfer device is not a display interface of a social application corresponding to the incoming communication message;

or

the transfer device is currently in the lock screen status and a control switch in the transfer device is in a predetermined status, wherein the predetermined status is used for indicating that the transfer device is allowed to send the incoming communication message to the wearable device;

or

a first historical message sent by the wearable device is received within a first time period, wherein an end moment of the first time period is a moment at which the transfer device receives the incoming communication message, and the first historical message is a historical voice reply message obtained by the wearable device according to a communication message received at a historical moment, or the first historical message is a communication message sent by the wearable device at the historical moment;

or

a second historical message is sent to the wearable device within a second time period, wherein an end moment of the second time period is a moment at which the transfer device receives the incoming communication message, and the second historical message is a communication message received by the wearable device at the historical moment.

11. The wearable device according to claim 9, wherein the one or more programs comprise instructions used for performing the following operations:

starting timing when receiving the incoming communication message;

detecting whether the input voice reply message is received within a third time period from the starting of the timing; and

sending a predetermined voice reply message to the transfer device when the reply message is not received within the third time period, wherein the predetermined voice reply message is forwarded to the first target device by the transfer device.

12. The wearable device according to claim 9, wherein the one or more programs comprise instructions used for performing the following operations:

displaying contact accounts stored in the wearable device;

receiving an account selection instruction, and obtaining a contact account returned in response to the account selection instruction; and

sending the obtained contact account to the transfer device, wherein the contact account is used for instructing the transfer device;

when receiving a communication message sent by the contact account, to skip forwarding the communication message to the wearable device.

13. The wearable device according to claim 9, wherein the one or more programs further comprise instructions used for performing:

obtaining an identifier of a second target device;

receiving an outgoing communication message based on user input; and

sending the outgoing communication message and the identifier to the transfer device, wherein the transfer device is configured to determine the second target device according to the identifier, and forward the outgoing communication message to the second target device.

14. The wearable device according to claim 13, wherein the one or more programs comprise instructions used for performing the following operations:

establishing a communication connection to the transfer device, before receiving the incoming communication message sent by the transfer device, or before sending the outgoing communication message and the identifier to the transfer device; and

receiving a user account sent by the transfer device by means of the communication connection, and logging in the user account to the wearable device, wherein the user account is an account used for performing communication by another device.

15. The wearable device according to claim 13, wherein when the identifier is a contact account, the one or more programs comprise instructions used for performing the following operations:

displaying contact accounts of target devices stored in the wearable device, receiving an account selection instruction, and determining a contact account returned in response to the account selection instruction as a contact account of the second target device;

or

receiving input contact information, and detecting whether the wearable device stores a contact account that matches the contact information;

when the wearable device stores the contact account that matches the contact information, determining the contact account as a contact account of the second target device;

or when the wearable device does not store the contact account that matches the contact information, sending the contact information to the transfer device, receiving the contact account that matches the contact information and that is sent by the transfer device, and determining the contact account as a contact account of the second target device.

16. The wearable device according to claim 13, wherein the one or more programs comprise instructions used for performing the following operations:

detecting a voice reply instruction triggered by a user;

receiving an input voice message, the input voice message being the outgoing communication message or the voice reply message input by the user for the incoming communication message.

20. The wearable device according to claim 9, wherein when detecting the transfer device is in the lock screen status, the transfer device further reads a status of a control switch;

and

when the transfer device is in the lock screen status and the control switch in the transfer device is in a disabled status, the transfer device is determined as not meeting the predetermined condition.

17. A transfer device, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory, wherein

the memory stores one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are configured to be executed by the one or more processors, and the one or more programs comprise instructions used for performing the following operations;

setting an application list in the transfer device storing at least one predetermined service application, wherein the application list comprises a navigation application;

determining the transfer device meets a predetermined condition when the transfer device is running the navigation application in a lock screen status;

when the transfer device is in the lock screen status, receiving a communication message sent by a target device;

detecting whether the transfer device meets the predetermined condition;

forwarding the communication message to a wearable device when the transfer device meets the predetermined condition; and

receiving a voice reply message sent by the wearable device without changing the lock screen status of the transfer device, and forwarding the voice reply message to the target device, wherein the voice reply message is input to the wearable device for the communication message.

18. The transfer device according to claim 17, wherein the one or more programs comprise instructions used for performing the following operations:

detecting, whether an interface currently displayed by the transfer device is a display interface of the communication message;

or

detecting whether an interface currently displayed by the transfer device is a display interface of a social application corresponding to the communication message;

or

detecting, whether the transfer device is currently in the lock screen status, and detecting whether a control switch in the transfer device is in a predetermined status, wherein the predetermined status is used for indicating that the transfer device is allowed to send the communication message to the wearable device;

or

detecting whether the transfer device receives, within a first time period, a first historical message sent by the wearable device, wherein an end moment of the first time period is a moment at which the transfer device receives the communication message, and the first historical message is a historical voice reply message obtained by the wearable device according to a communication message received at a historical moment, or the first historical message is a communication message sent by the wearable device at the historical moment;

or

detecting whether the transfer device sends a second historical message to the wearable device within a second time period, wherein an end moment of the second time period is a moment at which the transfer device receives the communication message, and the second historical message is a communication message received by the wearable device at the historical moment;

or

detecting whether the transfer device is running the at least one predetermined service application.